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...bucaneer billionaires who, like the robber barons of yore, command the outraged concern of economic moralists and the titillated attention of the media, ever eager to gossip about the rich and infamous. Think Donald Trump or Bill Gates, or some heroically glamorized combination of the two--after all, Mel Gibson plays Tom in Ransom--and you've got the good idea animating this movie...
That's not meant as criticism of this film. Its major sin--a certain ineluctable improbability--is pretty much offset by the moments of winsome humanity Gibson finds for his freebooter; by the rich, nicely tuned portrayals of the other actors; and by director Ron Howard's smoothly professional mastery of yet another genre that is new to him. Nevertheless, as a matter of social policy, limits should probably be set on our intake of Tom Mullens clones. His real-life models don't need any more good publicity. And they are rarely as cute as Mel Gibson...
DIED. DR. HUGH J. DAVIS, 69, developer of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine birth-control device, which was recalled in 1984 after being blamed for at least 18 deaths; on Gibson Island, Maryland...
...Gibson, who was born in Australia, has won two Academy Awards, both for his work starring in and directing the film "Braveheart." He has also starred in such films as "Lethal Weapon," "Hamlet...
Jessica H. Davis, who directs the Arts in Education concentration, said Gibson's visit is an "exciting, mysterious adventure...