Word: forrestal
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...Contact," the new Robert Zemeckis film about communicating with an alien civilization, and his attorneys are not amused. The movie twice uses footage of existing Clinton speeches to imply that the President is speaking about a message from the aliens, an extension of a tactic Zemeckis used in "Forrest Gump," where the protagonist was cut into historical footage so that he appeared to be talking to everyone from LBJ to Nixon. Clinton lawyer Charles Ruff says Zemeckis effectively gave the President a role in the film without his authorization, and has sent Warner Brothers a letter charging the film improperly...
...weaknesses and at times overreacts to situations. Striving for improvement should be a continuing process and one for which NRC chairman Shirley Ann Jackson and her colleagues should have our encouragement and support. Even with its weaknesses, the NRC is still the premier nuclear safety agency in the world. FORREST J. REMICK State College, Pennsylvania...
...those who like them love them. Jerry Maguire would normally be D.O.A. without a director nod, but don't underestimate the Marisa Tomei factor: studio output in a field of itchy new-wavism can pull off big surprises. Shine is easily the least accomplished film, but so were Forrest Gump and Rain Man. Oscar voters like their sappy, stunted geniuses wherever they can get them. Tough call...
...offbeat is "Sling Blade," really? In some ways, Thornton's Southern-gothic thriller is an unlikely hybrid of "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction," the tent-poles of the Oscar race two years ago. That is, "Sling Blade" inhabits some fairly original territory, but doesn't deliver on all of its promises...
...leagues, and Lyndon Johnson was President. Reggie White was six, and Brett Favre hadn't been born yet. Winning was once the only thing in Green Bay, but after Vince Lombardi left in 1968, it became only an occasional thing, even when such legendary Packers as Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg took over as coach. Titletown, U.S.A., became something of a joke. As Willie Davis, the Reggie White of his day, said last week, "I was beginning to think, like a lot of people, can it ever happen again in Green Bay in my life...