Word: casting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone served up some chills, but it was less interested in frightening the viewer than in offering moral parables. Star Trek will forever be enshrined in TV's science-fiction pantheon, but it wasn't nearly so scary as the sight of the cast members growing old in the movies that have followed. The 1960s anthology series The Outer Limits represented the outer limit of TV's flirtation with the fantastic, while Kolchak: The Night Stalker was the closest the medium ever got to a good monster show...
...hard to go wrong with a story as full of clever nuances and intriguing plot twists as Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. Nonetheless, credit must be given to director Molly Bishop for assembling such an accomplished cast. Given roles which are essentially stereotypes, the actors manage to infuse their characters with life, and they skillfully portray the change from innocent amusement in the play's first scene to suspicion and finally paranoia as more and more guests are murdered...
...first half-hour of Making 'Do The Right Thing' centers on the nine weeks of preparation for shooting: the refurbishing of old buildings, the construction of the pizzeria and the Korean grocery across the street (both built exclusively for the film), and interviews with local residents and cast members...
...second half of the film deals with the actual filming and alternates clips of Do The Right Thing with interviews of cast members, highlighting their attitudes about their characters' message and the messages of the film. This fascinating array of opinion is concluded best by Spike Lee's statement, "We just tried to go out for the truth without being concerned whether it was positive or negative...
Lampoonery II: Ostentation may have gone out with the Reagans, but the Harvard Lampoon doesn't seem to have caught on yet. A lavish bash the other night for millionaire motorcycle aficionado Malcolm S. Forbes, which reportedly cost somewhere in the $10,000 range, featured such tuxedo-clad cast in the hundreds. Once inside the Lampy castle, Forbes and crew were feted at the head table with a lavish meal. Other guests didn't get dinner, but there were drinks and hors d'oeuvres for all. But despite the big bucks lavished on the celebration, everything did not go without...