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...decision to focus on Harvard-based humor came at a meeting last January, when students decided that future shows would emulate a successful Penn game halftime program that showcased Harvard professors on the field, band manager Courtenay L. Kessler ’03 said...
...peaceful Tuesday morning calm in Adams House C-entry was shattered by the screams of Lesley W. Ma ’03 when a cunning yet stupid avian intruder flew down a chimney into the triple she shares with Courtenay L. Kessler ’03 and Emma F.O. Wendt ’03. “THERE IS A BIRD IN MY ROOM!!!!! i tried to open the storm windows to let it out — failed... WHAT DO WE DO?????” wrote Ma in a desperate 8:48 a.m. message to the Adams Schmooze...
Jack the butcher (Michael Caine) is dead. His three pals and his adopted son (beautifully played by Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone) bibulously set forth to scatter his ashes in the sea. As they drive, flashbacks inform us of a life richer in complexity, coincidence and moral confusion than we might expect from a humble shopkeeper. Schepisi also wrote this patient adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker prizewinning novel, in which wry humor and even a certain sexiness break through the reserve of a rueful, realistic, but finally emotionally rewarding film. --By Richard Schickel
...Bellow leaves his wife; sons Douglas of Cambridge, Mass., and David; daughter Courtenay Kettleson of Medford, Mass.; and sisters Helaine Gould of Manhasset, New York, and Bonnie Bellow of New York City...
...opening--two elderly gents meeting in a hospital as they await the death of their wives. The season premiere of Masterpiece Theatre can be poignant, yes, but just as often it's sly and funny, as Albert Finney, playing a randy former R.A.F. pilot, and Tom Courtenay, a fastidious retired milkman, are thrown into a sort of Odd Couple living arrangement. When Finney sets his sights on a chic divorce (Joanna Lumley, of Absolutely Fabulous), the results are delightfully unpredictable. And the richly nuanced performances are altogether superb...