Word: dillon
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...Yorkshire, England, and started writing plays that won him a few awards, before going on to become a TV script editor and writer. After his feature debut, the 1990 comedy Truly, Madly, Deeply, starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, there was the low-key comedy Mr. Wonderful with Matt Dillon and Mary-Louise Parker. Then came The English Patient, which won nine Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture - and suddenly people started paying attention. "He directed most of The English Patient with an ankle in plaster, never losing his gentle humor and precision," said Ralph Fiennes, who was nominated...
...first inklings the Obama campaign got of what was afoot came last week. First, Caroline showed them an op-ed that she had written for the New York Times. And then on Wednesday, as Obama was campaigning in Dillon, S.C., he got word through former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, one of his prominent supporters, that Senator Kennedy was trying to reach him. The two didn't connect until the following morning, as Obama was stumping in Florence, S.C. Word quickly spread through the campaign staff: "Kennedy's on board...
...Once, Hillary and his friend Michael Dillon, a filmmaker, were on a short trek in Nepal when an American walker stopped and showed Hillary how to hold an ice ax. "Hillary listened and thanked him, but said nothing else," recalled Dillon. "The American went away without any idea whom he had spoken to." The conqueror of Everest didn't see himself as a hero. Others always will...
...goal early in the first half was a big bonus.” With the season winding down and each remaining game taking on more importance, the Crimson has gotten more contributions off the bench. One such player is a freshman recently brought up from the junior varsity squad, Dillon O’Neill. “Dillon came off of the bench and gave us a big lift,” Kerr said. “He came in for Marcel [Perl], and he was sharp, he was fast, and he was ready to play...
...that Coppola has shaken the blahs, he'll get back behind the camera again and start shooting a script of his own - still not Megalopolis - in Argentina in February. Tetro, starring Matt Dillon and Javier Bardem, is "about fathers and brothers and creative competition, a little Greek." In September thieves broke into Coppola's home studio in Buenos Aires. "Five guys tied up the people, stabbed the photographer in the shoulder when he resisted and stole our electronics," including Coppola's computer with the Tetro script on it and his backup drives. "The script was finished. It made Hamlet look...