Word: dreamful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure, that comedy misappropriated a few of the sonnets for dramatic purposes, but it brought lines from "Romeo and Juliet" to the screen and was filmed on a set similar to the Bard's old haunt, The Globe Theatre, recently rebuilt in London. "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a serious effort at bringing an entire play of Shakespeare's--lines and all--to the screen is scheduled for release on May 7 (Calista Flockhart/Ally McBeal as Helena seems an odd choice, but Kevin Kline as Bottom may redeem the production...
...that fateful race. For Cullen and his senior teammates, even the national championship from the year before could not shake the demons. Cullen cites that one race as the major motivator in his decision to train for the national team. He has spent the last three years pursuing that dream while trying to forget the Princeton loss...
...punching guys through brick walls and over-the-top action like that." But they connected as well with older, more revered sources. "The Bible seeks to answer a lot of relevant questions for man," says Larry. "In the film we refer to the story of Nebuchadnezzar; he has a dream he can't remember but keeps searching for an answer. Then there's the whole idea of a messiah. It's not just a Judeo-Christian myth; it also plays into the search for the reincarnation of the Buddha...
...plans now seek his advice on how to set up their own catering enterprises. The definition of what is respectable in South Korea, until recently one of the world's greatest success stories, has changed fast since the economic collapse of December 1997 punched a hole in the Korean dream and created the country's worst recession in nearly 50 years...
There's honesty and energy in the film's flashbacking pursuit of that thought. But Chris' lasting luck is his wife Marion. Emily Watson plays her as a kind of dream nanny--knowing, ironic, tolerant of his erotic nostalgia and not as prim as she looks. She, and Metroland, finally make a good, subtle case for the bearable weightiness of middle-class being, for the higher morality of muddling through...