Word: lanes
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...PRODUCERS Starring Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell. Directed by Susan Stroman. Opens...
Stroman's transfer of her direction of Mel Brooks' Broadway musical about a lunatic producer (Lane) and a neurotic one (Broderick) trying to put on a musical so bad it will be a flop is quite literal and jolly. There's no attempt to address the show's endemic weak spots--a slow start and a contrived end. Mostly Stroman just lets it rip. But in some respects the movie is an improvement on the show. Thurman and Ferrell bring a winning naiveté to their parts; Gary Beach is unimprovable, repeating his role as a sweetly inept director-star...
...Crimson brings an entirely different offensive set into this season, boasting more size, speed, and depth than Harvard brought to the table a year ago. Cserny, despite being 6’3, played primarily on the perimeter, tallying most of her points on jumpshots or drives to the lane...
...Crimson’s guards are dual threats on the perimeter and off the dribble, a strength that will open up the lane for the Harvard forwards and create match-up problems for both man-to-man and zone defenses. Delaney-Smith has also installed a new-look motion offense that emphasizes more ball movement and high-low exchanges in the post...
...Lane and Peter Flynn started the festival, which began as an academic event featuring Irish films produced since the 1920s, while at Amherst College. It included panels and guest speakers, but at the end of the day, most of the people who attended were Irish-Americans interested in seeing movies from their own cultural background. The special program was so successful that despite what Flynn refers to as “the whole nightmare that it was” they decided to make it an annual event...