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Some other coming attractions are bound to rankle the Chinese as well: Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt as an Austrian adventurer who befriends the young Dalai Lama, and Red Corner, starring Richard Gere, a story about the Chinese judicial system. Gere, who is a longtime supporter of the Tibetan spiritual movement, applauded Disney's stance. He told TIME, "It's a bad precedent to be dictated to by a dictatorship. Disney made a good business decision. You have to play hardball with guys who only understand hardball...
...Jianzhong, head of China's film bureau, and Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi have each visited the U.S. and complained about Kundun. These kinds of culture clashes won't go away soon. "They don't have any idea what will happen once they become part of the world market," says Gere. "Russia learned how countries just can't pick and choose what they want to see--after MTV and cable TV come in, it all comes in. You can't hold back a flood...
These films are about upsetting decorum, not scaring the wits out of you. But Primal Fear at least offers the reliable pleasure of watching Richard Gere succumb to the sin of pride. He's awfully good at playing sinuous, cynical men who are just a little too smart for their own good. In this case he's Martin Vail, a media-mad defense attorney in Chicago, who takes on--mostly for publicity--the case of a young man accused of murdering the city's beloved Catholic archbishop. Before he's through, Martin uncovers civic corruption, some hanky-panky with...
...John Mahoney and Frances McDormand, among others) but not much suspense. The only potentially scary guy--Edward Norton's weirdo defendant--is safely behind bars most of the time. Diverting without being fully absorbing, this is a film best appreciated as an exercise in--shall we say it?--Primal Gere...
...kiss in the course of televisual duty; they were also seen together afterward. This brings the tally of men Roberts has reportedly been linked with since just before her split from Lyle Lovett to six, not counting the really nutty stories. Let's see: ETHAN HAWKE (they danced), RICHARD GERE (they walked), BRAD PITT (no reason; it just made a good read), DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (a former flame rekindled) and a Venetian gondolier. Goodness, what has Scott Bakula's publicist been doing...