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...first surprise hit, Witness, was directed by Australian Peter Weir; this summer's runaway "Gook" buster, Rambo: First Blood Part II, was helmed by the Greek immigrant George Pan Cosmatos. Indeed, when America wants to cauterize its own psychology or psychopathy onscreen these days -- in Birdy or The Falcon and the Snowman, in The Killing Fields or Alamo Bay -- chances are it will call on a foreign director to perform the surgery...
ENGAGED. Madonna Louise Ciccone, 26, belly-button-baring rock phenomenon (Like a Virgin) and movie actress (Desperately Seeking Susan); and Sean Penn, 24, actor (The Falcon and the Snowman) and her steady of several months. The wedding, scheduled for late summer, will be the first for both...
...three years Northrop has been seeking a buyer for its F-20 Tigershark plane. Developed at a cost of $850 million, the jet fighter has consistently been spurned by the U.S. and foreign governments in favor of General Dynamics' larger F-16 Fighting Falcon. Adding to the Tigershark's woes, two of its three prototypes have crashed since last October...
General Dynamics last week struck back. The St. Louis-based company, which forfeited $22.5 million in defense contracts in May after disclosures that it had padded expense claims, offered a stripped-down version of the Fighting Falcon for $9.7 million apiece. General Dynamics estimated that the Air Force could save $1.4 billion over the next four years by buying a combination of 720 regular and modified F-16s. The price war was welcomed by both the Pentagon and Congress, which are seeking to contain weapons costs. A House bill calls for the winning plane to be chosen next year after...
...Falcon Crest and Knots Landing...