Word: cumbrous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fire from investors for squandering money on his films and himself. And major studio bosses claim that his extravagance is hurting the business. For Sylvester Stallone's role in Rambo III, Kassar handed the star $16 million, more than the entire budget of First Blood, the series' opener. The cumbrous Arnold Schwarzenegger raked in $10 million from Carolco, plus a cut of the film's profits, for his role in last year's hit Total Recall. Kassar then bought Schwarzenegger an $11 million Gulfstream G-III jet for the forthcoming Terminator...
There is the calorific opening scene: "He felt like a teenager -- eager to plunge into her, unable to hold back." The cumbrous exposition: "He always imagined that people were making fun of him behind his back, which was sometimes true." The colliding metaphors: "He was in good hands. He had his foot in the door." And below all, the implausible plot...