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American playwright David Mamet once described the Aga as "the best of things British," and, together with the old Rolex Explorer and the Land Rover, as among those things that are "perfect-of-their-kind." This may seem extravagant praise for a cast-iron stove that has not changed in appearance since it was designed 70 years ago. But Aga owners, who number some 500,000 worldwide, tend to even greater eulogies when it comes to their "stove-oven-cooktop-heater," as Mamet styled it. "The Aga is part of the family. It's the heart of my home," says...
...Marasco is a character straight out of an early David Mamet play: a smooth-talking real estate kingpin whose boyish enthusiasm is at war with his gray-flecked hair. For more than two decades, Marasco, 46, has erected shopping centers and sports arenas throughout the Southwest. He never had global ambitions. But then he had a crazy dream: a huge open-air shopping and entertainment complex located in the San Diego suburb of San Ysidro--but connected to Tijuana, Mexico, by its very own 525-ft. pedestrian bridge. Marasco says he wants "to make the whole border-crossing experience full...
...David Mamet has written numerous films and plays, and won the Pulitzer Prize...
...DAVID MAMET...
...Perhaps it is that complexity which has prevented Pinter from having the commercial big-screen hits enjoyed by other playwrights, such as David Mamet (The Untouchables) and Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons). Pinter's 22-strong movie output, however, is critically distinguished - particularly a three-film collaboration with director Joseph Losey (including the creepy Dirk Bogarde-James Fox classic The Servant), and his John Fowles adaptation, The French Lieutenant's Woman...