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...upcoming HBO docudrama on Murrow's career has run into a storm of protest, most of it from the very people who knew him best. Their complaint is not with the film's admiring portrait of Murrow (played by Hill Street Blues' Daniel Travanti) but with its less favorable depiction of the CBS executives with whom Murrow had a sometimes rocky relationship...
...film, they charged, presents a distorted picture of the network's brass, particularly former CBS President Frank Stanton, who comes across as a shallow "numbers cruncher." Further, according to committee members, Rather argued that the R.C.F.P. should not lend its support to a movie produced by one broadcast organization (HBO is a subsidiary of Time Inc.) that appears to criticize a competitor...
RICHARD, YOU AREN'T PERFORMING AT LIVE 8, BUT YOU'VE MADE THE GIRL IN THE CAFE [WHICH WILL AIR ON HBO THIS SATURDAY]. ARE YOU SURE A ROMANTIC COMEDY ABOUT POVERTY AND THE G-8 IS A GOOD WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THE ISSUES...
Whatever the level of artistry or popular appeal, the documentary is no longer ashamed. "When Hoop Dreams came out in 1994," recalls director Steve James, "it hid the fact that it was a documentary." Sheila Nevins, who oversaw the excellent America Undercover series for HBO, concurs. "When we started," she says, "we used to try to not call our programs documentaries for fear the public would run away from it. Now we can't wait...
...This HBO sitcom, which starts its second season on June 5, follows newly minted Hollywood heartthrob Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), the support staff that works for (and sometimes against) him, and his three hanger-on buddies. Come for the good-natured insider humor. Stay for Jeremy Piven as Vince's quotably bad-natured agent...