Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uncanny ability to convey alienation,injustice and disempowerment undoubtedly hassomething to do with Welles own experiencesattempting to work within Hollywood. After aseries of commercial failures, Orson Welles exiledhimself to Europe for 10 years. Having areputation for being difficult and often goingoverbudget, Hollywood was not terribly excitedabout his return to make Touch of Evil. Infact, it wasn't until Charlton Heston realizedthat Welles was only acting in the film and notdirecting it, and consequently refused to work onthe film unless Welles was the director, thatWelles was offered the position. Nevertheless,Welles was fired in post-production and his filmwas butchered...
Eric A. Krieger '02, of Hollywood, Fla.., was worried because he didn't know how strong the hurricane was in Florida...
...battle of the bugs is part of a larger web of Hollywood intrigue involving all sorts of moves, countermoves and, well, bites and stings. Antz was originally supposed to open in March 1999. Meanwhile, DreamWorks planned to make its animated debut in November with The Prince of Egypt--the story of Moses, a project very dear to Katzenberg's heart. Katzenberg is hoping his Bible epic will be enough of a critical and commercial success to prove he actually did play a crucial role in the making of such Disney animated hits as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast...
...provide pilots with oxygen masks and goggles to shield them from smoke in the cockpit. But thick smoke can also prevent pilots from seeing their instruments or the view through their windshields. That concern has moved scores of owners and operators of corporate jets, from Prudential Insurance to Planet Hollywood, to install a $9,915 Emergency Vision Assurance System, manufactured by VisionSafe Corp. in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The portable, 5-lb. units inflate to form smoke-free plastic "cocoons" around instrument panels and windshields. Pilots activate the systems--there are two in each cockpit--after donning oxygen masks and goggles. Says...
...sets the standard for both quality (i.e. winning Oscars) and financial success, Saving Private Ryan will be revered as a pinnacle of moviemaking. And the movie of ideas will continue to occupy a secondary berth underneath such displays of fireworks. The Truman Show was also made by a major Hollywood studio and cost a lot of money, but through a cleverly fabricated story it manages to give its viewers something new to think about...