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After the search committee met in New York on Feb. 5, 1991, The Crimson reported that three of the original 200 candidates had risen to prominence. Two were already well-known Harvard figures: Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip M. Leder '56 and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61. There was another name from outside of Harvard: Neil L. Rudenstine, an executive vice president at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and formerly a well regarded provost at Princeton...
...when the search committee presented its short list of candidates to the bi-monthly meeting of the overseers on February 10, the list had eight candidates. In addition to Leder, Feldstein and Rudenstine, they were University of Chicago President Gerhard Casper, Houghton Professor of Chemistry Jeremy R. Knowles, Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Michael B. McElroy, Columbia University Professor of Psychology Donald Hood and Stephen G. Breyer, Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit...
...moviemaking process. It's true that Reuben, the black one-eyed Vietnam vet in the book, became the white burn victim Eugene in the movie (first choice Denzel Washington was busy); that scriptwriter Leslie Dixon (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair) fiddled with characters; that Leder moved the setting from Atascadero, Calif., to Las Vegas. ("I thought the land of lost hopes and lost dreams was the place for this movie," she says.) But Hyde shrugs off the changes: "The heart of the story survived beautifully. I do think people are ready to see an uplifting movie...
Paying it forward isn't so easy for most of us. Leder says she's still looking for her life-changing good deed--although good box office for Pay It Forward would be a start. "I hope this movie makes the world a better place. I hope it starts a human chain of goodness and kindness," she says. "We sure need a good dose of it." And--this is something parents, teachers and Congressmen can agree on--so does Hollywood...
These antique movie references are not coincidental. Surely Mimi Leder, the director, and screenwriter Leslie Dixon had them in mind. They are, however, of interest largely to students of cliches and their maddening persistence in popular culture. Leder and Dixon are more up to date. Theirs is an epic of au courant abuse and unlikely but inspirational redemption...