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...They saved the movie." When the actor first signed on, he and Ellis agreed that people who like the title are probably not easily offended. But when Jackson arrived for shooting, the script had been neutered to garner a PG-13 rating. "They restricted my cursing and restricted the gore," he says. "It was kind of a waste of time...
...movie much, much grosser. "Kids between 17 and 25 really want to see a little T. and A., so there's a nice Mile High Club scene," says Ellis. "And if you're going to do an R-rated film, you have to go for the violence and the gore. So now every time a snake strikes somebody, we hold on that snake attack and get more impact...
...this double voyage, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer re-enlisted the old crew: director Gore Verbinski, writers Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott and stars Johnny Depp (as scurvy Captain Jack), Orlando Bloom (the young hero, Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Will's fiancé, Elizabeth Swann). They all seem pumped. "There's a kid inside most of the people on this crew," Verbinski says, "that gets juiced to get up in the morning and say, 'Hey, we're doing this.' This is the type of movie that says it's fun to go to the theater again...
...G.O.P. presidential nomination [April 10]. I too am repulsed by politicians who put personal job security before defending the democratic principles that have made our country a beacon of freedom. Two people could lead the country away from the poverty and suffering resulting from Republican corruption and mismanagement: Al Gore and Senator Russ Feingold. True leadership is necessary to address global warming, nuclear proliferation and national security...
Klein's column about presidential ambitions brought to mind a quip attributed to Gore Vidal: "Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing...