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Which ties it to THE GRADUATE (Harvard Square). Mike Nichols' masterwork whips the desperation motif into full-fledged obsession with a strong 60's tinge. It's Dustin Hoffman's first film role and arguably his best as the boy next door seduced by the mother next door who falls for the girl next door. For freshmen, at least one screening is as perfunctory as first-year writing class--not to be practiced on vacations, but for collegiate literacy the next time someone mumbles, "Just like The Graduate...
Once written, even the best script may die for a variety of reasons. Material developed for a star like Dustin Hoffman will be dead if the bankable name is not interested. Heads of studios change, and so do Hollywood fashions. Current trends favor movies about teens in turmoil and Clint Eastwood films without Clint Eastwood (Code of Silence, Witness). Writers who are fashioning clones of these movies may finish just in time to see their work outmoded by a new trend. "It's like a slot machine," observes Writer Howard Franklin. "You can have done your job well...
...called Pudding Pots, now "internationally recognized," are given to performers who have made "a lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment", said Michacl K. Allio '86, Pudding spokesman. Past recipients have included Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Hepburn and Ella Fitzgerald...
MOST GRIEVOUS OVERSIGHT: The Tony Award snub to Death of a Salesman, which got but one nomination--some say to punish Star Dustin Hoffman for feuding with producers...
...tapped, says her husband of 50 years, Hicks, "I would congratulate the whole country on its selection." > Kathy Whitmire, 37. Five months into her second term as mayor of Houston, the primly coiffed and bespectacled Whitmire is no longer called "Tootsie," an unflattering reference to her resemblance to Actor Dustin Hoffman in the film by that name. A certified public accountant and dedicated feminist, Whitmire served two terms as city controller before winning the top job. She has run the flagging boomtown with businesslike efficiency, resisting new taxes while improving garbage collection and paving miles of streets...