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...will stage a war over nuclear terrorism with Albania. "Why Albania?" the President asks with confusion. "Why not? They're standoffish. Who would trust Albanians?" Brean replies and so the question is settled. And thus begins the deliciously corrupt 'producing' of a war by Brean and Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman), a loquacious Hollywood producer who equates the crisis with the importance of maintaining a full tan. The war campaign is perfectly orchestrated--the President is photographed with random civilians posing as Albanians, clips that feature screaming young girls are shot on a soundstage and sent directly to news stations...
...taken the outside agitation of a publicity-seeking New York City legal expert--no, not Geraldo Rivera--to put the heaviest formal pressure on Boulder authorities. Attorney Darnay Hoffman (clients include Bernhard Goetz, the famed subway gunman; family members include wife Sidney Biddle Barrows, the famed "Mayflower Madam") has filed suit against district attorney Alex Hunter, charging--under an obscure Colorado statute that allows private citizens to question the actions of prosecutors--that Hunter has "unjustifiably refused" to charge Patsy Ramsey. Hoffman's evidence? Testimonials from four writing experts alleging it is probable the ransom note discovered when JonBenet...
...HOFFMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON...
Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 story "Der Nussknacker und der Mausekonig" (The Nutcracker and the Mouse king), the ballet is divided in two acts. The first act enters on a Christmas party at the home of the Silberhaus family, where the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer presents his god-daughter, little Clara Silberhaus, the very special gift of a nutcracker. Later that night, when everyone else is asleep, Clara sneaks to the drawing room to find the nutcracker and falls asleep briefly, only to wake to find herself surrounded by a horde of enormous mice. As the room and everything...
...think there's a big difference between the actors of the past generation--Duvall, Brando, DeNiro, Hoffman--and actors of the current...