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June 8 General Motors will be delisted from the Dow Jones industrial average. GM shares then trade, in a limited fashion, on the Pink Sheets, an electronic over-the-counter system for companies that don't meet major exchange listing standards
We also must raise the matter of Jones' pedigree - he is the son of David Bowie, and as a child was called Zowie Bowie - but only because there is an tantalizing connection between a song of the father and the film of the son. Bowie's Space Oddity, from 1969...
Jones adds to this familiar elements from many a space epic or action movie. Sam might be the cop who is just days from a well-earned retirement, and who is bound to get bumped off so the hero can avenge him. There's also the ticking-clock mechanism of...
Around Rockwell, and on a low budget, Jones has created a plausible environment - sterile on the inside, grungy on the lunar surface - that would drive anybody nuts. He guides the film at a tempo that is both measured and assured; here, it's clear, is a director who knows how...
Jones hopes Moon to be the first of a trilogy, and he's already shown the promise that further episodes could bring to fulfillment. Here's hoping it happens, and that, in a few years, David Bowie is the answer to the trivia question: Who is the father of famous...