Word: gere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...desire to keep opera at a certain cultural level in society seems to be one cause of this sanitization. Richard Gere takes Julia Roberts to see La Traviata in "Pretty Woman"; the scene is interpreted as her first taste of this high cultural art form. Who cares that the heroine of the opera, Violetta, is a prostitute who leaves decadent Paris for the only true love of her life? The music is sublime (or so the operagoer is told beforehand) and of course, in Italian, love conquers all the nasty little moral quandaries of life. But whereas Violetta will...
...Richard Gere, playing an architect, doesn't act as if he could read a blueprint, much less draw one up. He's also supposed to be a loving father, but the scenes with his daughter are played as if he fears a charge of child molestation. His wife is meant to be a frigid businesswoman, but you can practically hear Sharon Stone's joints pop as she attempts the stretch. The other woman (Lolita Davidovich) is said to be a witty journalist, but looks as if she might need help booting up her word processor...
...endearing. Just don't ask her if she or he knows X, Y or Z famous movie stars. Brenda on "90210" left the University of Minnesota just for that reason; imagine how a Harvard student would react. Don't stress, and if your star does happen to know Richard Gere, tell him Norma sends her love...
...Band Played On arrives on television trailing storm clouds of controversy. Randy Shilts' 1987 book about the early years of the AIDS crisis was first acquired by NBC, which later dropped the project. HBO picked it up but had trouble finding stars willing to appear in it until Richard Gere led a parade of big names who signed on -- among them Steve Martin, Anjelica Huston, Lily Tomlin, Phil Collins, Ian McKellen and Matthew Modine. Later, director Roger Spottiswoode clashed with HBO over changes made without his approval to tone down the film's portrayal of gays in the promiscuous...
...children. Aside from filmmaking, Chute says, "the only things he's obsessed with are his family and his cooking." Woo may not have much time for Chinese cuisine: he is planning to direct Shadow War, a suspenser about cops and terrorists; and The Killer will be remade, with Richard Gere and Denzel Washington touted to play the assassin and his pursuer. For now, Woo says he is "quite happy with Hard Target." He is one tough guy -- tough enough to survive the M.P.A.A.'s baptism of a thousand cuts...