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...journalist deeply disappointed with the course the government is taking. How many more of these archetypes do we need? The characters’ oversimplified personas rarely break free from their stereotypes. The film’s single exception is Roth’s confrontation with her boss over publishing Irving??s story. It serves as the most exciting and well-acted scene of the film. Disappointingly, she gives in to her bosses’ wishes and refrains from being the strong figure that the film desperately needs. From the beginning, the movie builds towards a climax that...
After the success of Irving??s book, for which Elmyr sued him, the author was called by legendary recluse Howard Hughes (the subject of the recent biopic “The Aviator”) to help with Hughes’ own autobiography. Hughes trusted the writer enough to give him complete access to his autobiographical manuscripts, which Irving turned in to the publisher. Irving received the advance on Hughes’ behalf...
...controversy stemmed from C-SPAN’s initial decision to air Irving??s talk immediately after a lecture by Emory University Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies Deborah E. Lipstadt...
Lipstadt had refused to appear on C-SPAN upon learning of the planned broadcast time of Irving??s lecture...
...column by Richard Cohen that appeared in The Washington Post on March 15, Senior Executive Producer of “Book TV” Connie Doebele explained the decision to include Irving??s lecture: “You know how important fairness and balance is at C-SPAN....We ask ourselves, ‘Is there an opposing view of this...