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...busy raising money for famine relief in Africa that he lacks the time and inclination to drag a blade across his jaw. Grab some rays at a tennis tournament and scrutinize the botanical shadow on Bjorn Borg's face. Take a trip down to the local triplex: Mickey Rourke, Timothy Hutton and Christopher Lambert are scruffing up the screen; Mel Gibson, as Mad Max, is atomizing his enemies; Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris are rounding up all those POWs and MIAs in Asia. It's a jungle out there, and when the enemy is lurking in the undergrowth...
...Argentine, I am proud of the verdict against General Jorge Videla and company. However, I believe that the sentences were very mild. This trial is unique and set a precedent that should be noted by the other dictators in Latin America. Juan M. Cutri Arcadia, Calif. Mickey in France...
...your story on Mickey Mouse taking up residence in a French Disneyland [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Dec. 30], you say, "While anti-Americanism has swelled up in other areas of French life, no one ever seemed to have anything against Mickey Mouse." I have been involved in Franco-American relations for years and have never seen French and Americans, from tourists to government officials, from cultural leaders to businessmen, so much on the same wavelength. Edmund van Gilder Consul General of the U.S. Marseilles...
...mistake in choosing the Marne-la-Vallée for the company's first European Disney theme park. Bad weather in that region will keep this amusement park closed at least four months a year. My prediction: Eisner will lose "his" $1.8 billion and will be forced to pack Mickey's bags and run to Spain begging forgiveness. Anthony Mantykowsky Carrouges, France...
...Handle. In 1984, three days before British Director Adrian Lyne (Flash-dance) was scheduled to start 9½ Weeks, its original backer, Tri-Star Pictures, decided to pass. Eventually, MGM/UA took a chance, despite rumors that some kinky scenes of the obsessive love affair between Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke would mean an X rating. But last week word came that 9½ Weeks will hit theaters in February. Will the final edited R version live up to the flick's overheated reputation? Well, it seems that Lyne's cooler instincts prevailed. "I wasn't anxious to make an art film...