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...premise of this would-be son of Forrest Gump is an idealistic Ponzi scheme. The receiver of a good deed must do good deeds for three other people. They, in turn, must benefit a total of nine. Before long, millions are doing unto others, assuming Saddam Hussein and his like are kept out of the loop. It's an appealing idea but--sorry to be a meanie--seriously stunted. Hyde tells far more than she shows. A plodding love affair, tinny dialogue and awkward symbolism don't help. It's as if the novelist had ceded her imagination...
...hand wringing over what happened to NASA's Mars Polar Lander [SPACE, Dec. 20]? The Martians took one look at the ugly contraption, said, "There goes the neighborhood," and zapped it. It's as obvious as the noses on my face. FORREST G. WOOD Bakersfield, Calif...
...Just turned 30, the little-known Lindsay-Abaire has suddenly been discovered. He's been commissioned to write a play for Garofalo, and 20th Century Fox has given him a five-year film-and-TV contract. First up: Road to Ruin, a "screwball comedy" being produced by Wendy Finerman (Forrest Gump) for Hugh Grant...
...psychological, spiritual and moral exploration that permeates the film. The strong ensemble cast is further enhanced by the performances of David Morse (Contact), who plays Brutus Howell, Edgecomb's friend and another sympathetic guard; James Cromwell (Babe), who fills the role of Warden Hal Moores; and Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump), who briefly appears as John Coffey's public defender. The antagonists are a cruel prison guard named Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison) and an insane killer known as Wild Bill (Sam Rockwell...
...foreword to the published script of The Rainmaker, playwright N. Richard Nash advises, "It must never be forgotten that it is a romance, never for an instant by the director, the actors, the scenic designer or the least-sung usher in the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia." I can't vouch for the ushers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City, who are no less surly than usual, but mostly this Broadway revival gets into the right spirit. The set, a swath of brown prairie dominated by an expanse of blue sky, seems ready at any moment to disgorge...