Word: cassandras
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...Cassandra's Dream is the name of a long-shot greyhound who wins a race and makes a small fortune for an addicted gambler named Terry (Colin Farrell). It is entirely appropriate for him to give the name to the smart little sailboat he and his brother Ian (Ewan McGregor) buy with his winnings. It is also believable that these working-class lads would not know much about the lady after whom the speedy canine was named - mythology's great purveyor of doomy portents. It is, finally, appropriate for Woody Allen to find the title for his movie in this...
...hard to handle - especially for the guilt-ridden Terry. It perhaps gives nothing away to say that his reaction to what he has done takes Allen into emotional territory he has not this fully explored in his previous reflections on capital crimes. Which is not to say that Cassandra's Dream is quite the breakthrough film I think it might have been. It is a talkative film, rather earnest in its tonalities, not at all a deft, witty or well-paced. On the other hand, it is, for Allen, a comparatively rare excursion into lower-class life - the setting...
...brilliant at portraying neurotics of all kinds. But the multitalented director, whose new movie is Cassandra's Dream, swears he's actually quite normal. Woody Allen will now take your questions
...short-lived namesake weekly 1954 TV show in which she introduced horror movies. Nurmi, who had a cameo in the classic Ed Wood film Plan 9 from Outer Space, faded from view, earning money by selling handmade jewelry. In 1989 she lost a $10 million lawsuit alleging that actress Cassandra Peterson, appearing as Elvira, had pirated her character. Nurmi...
...event because you can jump really well but not clear really high bars,” Stanton said. “We both jumped 3.5 meters, but this meet was definitely more important as a stepping stone toward other meets.” Freshmen Katrina Drayton, Stephanie Louis, and Cassandra Bowe teamed up with junior Jan Ng to win the 4x440 yard relay, breaking the tape in 4:04.20. Junior Brittan Smith placed second in the 60-meter dash (7.8 seconds) and in the long jump (5.62 meters). “I was a heptathlete for the last two years...