Word: hilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mercies she was Robert Duvall's teen daughter. She righteously battled Dr. Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and taught her sweet niece how to dance in Desert Bloom. Just now she is bookending her role in Sea with a turn as the triple-crossing ultrabitch in Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome. Tough? This babe can blast a robbery victim without blinking. And when her muscular creep crony pulls a gun on her, she stares back utterly unimpressed, as if to say, "Go on and shoot. My hide's so hard, the bullets'll bounce...
...Ellen is very real. She looks like she's lived, like she's earned her face." And her spurs. This is a ferociously bright, witty, serious actor who packs risk and surprise in every move. She will go bigger, badder, beyond. "So much of what makes her special," says Hill, "is her chance taking. She understands instinctively that the enemy of art is what passes for good taste...
Acknowledging as much, the Democrats have repeatedly ducked or skirted major issues and problems and have been all but powerless to offer effective opposition to the Republican program. Part of their difficulty stems from the weakness, egotism, venality and sheer political cowardice rampant on Capitol Hill today. Much of the current session, in fact, has been devoted to investigating either former members of Congress like John Tower, Bush's first choice as Defense Secretary, or prominent members such as Speaker Jim Wright, who was forced to resign because of his ethical lapses...
JOHNNY HANDSOME (Mickey Rourke) has the face of the Elephant Man and the brain of a perverse computer. Now all he needs to take his revenge on some suave double-crossers is a little plastic surgery. Walter Hill's thriller boasts a sturdy cast (Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth McGovern) and a ripe sense of criminal ambiguity. Neat work...
...Bill Plympton's look at how to shed the deadly habit, and award winning graphicist John Lasseter's computer-generated Knick Knack. The Festival of Animation is known internationally as one of the best showcases for the most recent creations in animation. This year's show also highlights The Hill Farm, which took the Grand Prize at the Annecy France Film Festival and which displays a realistic look at British country life...