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...BLACK HAWK DOWN Ridley Scott's harrowing replay of a 1993 Somalian debacle for U.S. troops is pure cinema in action. In nearly two hours of relentless warfare (think of Saving Private Ryan without the slow bits), it shows how a director can marshal images and sounds, biography and geography, to create emotion pictures. With Gladiator, Hannibal and now this ultimate war movie, Ridley's on a roll...
...Fort Myers, Florida. Costello, known as among the last to lob the two-handed set shot, clinched NBA titles alongside Wilt Chamberlain in 1967 and when coaching the Bucks in 1971. DIED. ASHOK KUMAR, 90, Indian screen legend who dazzled audiences in more than 250 films and won Indian cinema's highest honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 1989; in Bombay. Kumar starred in mega-hits such as Achhut Kanya and Jewel Thief (see eulogy). DIED. DON TENNANT, 79, the creative advertising whiz who conceived Kellogg's lovable Tony the Tiger, dreamed up the Marlboro Man concept and composed such...
Richard Corliss's review of the new Harry Potter film was a real disappointment [CINEMA, Nov. 19]. Despite what Corliss thinks, there is nothing wrong with making a lavishly faithful version of J.K. Rowling's outstanding literature. Excellent prose is difficult to transfer to film. What director Chris Columbus has done for moviegoers is to capture characters in an intriguing plot, rich with detail, and give these characters a sense of magic. I have only praise for Rowling and Columbus for entertaining all ages and all intellects. CINDY CAMPBELL Stanley, Kans...
...Jess Cagle's story about Robert Redford [CINEMA, Nov. 19], he wrote that the actor is "64 and looks it, and he's O.K. with that." Redford may be O.K. with it, but I resent it. I am 64 and grew up working on a farm, but I don't even come close to the cragginess of Redford. Cagle should have said Redford is 64 but looks older. Only the truly young would assume that all 64-year-olds have road maps on their faces. Oh well, as craggy and weathered as he is, Robert Redford is still a hunk...
...movie-production company, HandMade Films, which he set up to help his pal Eric Idle finish his Monty Python film Life of Brian. Other HandMade productions included the 1981 fantasy Time Bandits and the 1986 noirish drama Mona Lisa, which launched actor Bob Hoskins. Harrison's cinema dabblings also included a cameo in Idle's faux rockumentary All You Need Is Cash, about the Rutles - the "Prefab Four." According to George, the parody told the Beatles story "much better than the usual boring documentary...