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...movie's hero is Grimm (Bill Murray), a city planner who wants nothing more than to escape the city once and for all. Inexplicably, instead of buying a place in Connecticut, he opts for planning a million-dollar bank robbery that will allow him and his girlfriend Phyllis (Geena Davis) and best friend Loomis (Randy Quaid) to spend the rest of their lives on a South Pacific island...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Does This Film Sound Familiar to You? | 7/27/1990 | See Source »

...fated afternoon, Grimm--as though to spite his name--dresses up as a clown, walks into a midtown bank, and takes everyone inside hostage. Of course, police snipers and SWAT teams, commanded by Chief Rotzinger (Jason Robards) surround the building within minutes. But Grimm has an ingenious escape plan--this is the cleverest part of the movie, so I won't give it away--and soon he and his pair of accomplices are on their way their way to JFK, Fiji and freedom. Or so they think...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Does This Film Sound Familiar to You? | 7/27/1990 | See Source »

...Grimm and friends get mired down by the usual unsavory Manhattan types, the action, too, quickly loses momentum...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Does This Film Sound Familiar to You? | 7/27/1990 | See Source »

...plot of The Frog Prince is familiar to any child who has grown up with The Brothers Grimm. A prince (Jeremy Dawson), soon to marry his beloved, strays onto the land of a hideous crone (Michelle Holdt). When he refuses to offer her his fresh-picked flowers, she turns him into a frog...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Telling Fairy Tales | 4/13/1990 | See Source »

...overlook Germany's historic contributions to science, music and literature. But there is little argument about what German political culture includes. During the 19th and part of the 20th century, many of its theorists were romantic nationalists, some of them anti-Semitic. Even the Brothers Grimm, in their collections of fairy tales, emphasized nationalism, order, discipline and contempt for the Jews. Modern, post-1871 Germany was organized in the mold of the Prussian state and strutted the world stage until it lost the first World War, after which it was plunged into disorder, depression and despair. As Friedrich Nietzsche anticipated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anything to Fear? | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

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