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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With the Wind,” the beautiful bantering leads of “The African Queen,” and the vaguely amusing stock background characters of “Casablanca.” Although “Australia” eventually succeeds in constructing itself as an epic film, it just isn’t a very good one.The story of “Australia” is essentially a series of clichés. Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an upper-class Brit, gets wrapped up in a caper when she treks to her husband?...

Author: By Samuel E. Chalsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Australia | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...like a member of the special forces, who goes into enemy territory to carry out existential maneuvers.” Lewis discussed how her own personal bouts of depression shaped her poetry. She pointed to “A Hospital Odyssey,” the epic poem that she is working on for her Institute project, as an investigation of the difficult territories into which writers sometimes venture. The epic is based on her experiences as a wife whose spouse was diagnosed with cancer. While caring for her husband, Leighton, in a Wales hospital, Lewis spent long periods of time...

Author: By Paul C. Mathis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet Probes States of Mind | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...craft a pair of riding boots for Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in The Thief of Baghdad. Today his legendary house has teamed up with director Baz Luhrmann and costume designer Catherine Martin to create a wardrobe of shoes for Nicole Kidman's character, a 1940s aristocrat, in the Outback epic Australia. Watch for the ruched red-velvet evening sandals and, yes, riding boots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ferragamo on Film | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...bunch of newly-created memorable moments, I also began to realize that you do not need to do something as extreme as Courtney and I did, though I firmly believe in taking advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves.If you’re not engaged in an epic hockey and sports journalistic pilgrimage, road trips are still a special moment, because embarking on them can lead to a number of memorable “firsts” and discoveries about yourself. Especially since we live in an area in proximity to so many schools, road trips involve anything from...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HAMMIN' IT UP: On the Sports Road Again | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...used the word "epic." Do you consider this a transformative moment in our national politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calvin Trillin | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

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