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...superbly Teri Garr as Dorsey's spacey girl friend is consistently funny as she tries to hold onto Dorsey as a lover and an acting coach. Her wide eyed facial expressions belie her confusions with Dorsey's unusual actions as he tries to conceal his life in drag. Bill Murray as Dorsey's bemused play wright of a roommate gives a witty performance with his occasional wry comments. Murray remains detached throughout the movie as his character tries to humor Dorsey. Rumor has it that Murray improvised his lines, but regardless of their origin his cryptic remarks are an interesting...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: On a Roll | 1/5/1983 | See Source »

...started as nothing more than a $5 speeding ticket, but by the time it was over, Daniel S. Murray, 34, of Billings, Mont., had been hit with history's most expensive speeding fine. Murray was flagged down for driving 68 miles an hour in a 55-m.p.h. zone on Sept. 3, 1980, and ordered to pay a $5 fine. The incensed motorist not only refused to pay up, he filed a lawsuit asking damages of $1,050,007. It charged Montana Highway Patrol Sergeant Ron Johnson with using unauthorized police powers and other infractions. Murray, an unemployed salesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Road to Ruin | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...Court upheld a lower court's finding of damages for the Johnsons: $200,000 plus attorney's fees estimated at $2,100. Serving notice that it would not stand for similar suits, the court said it hoped to "alert those inclined to follow the example of Daniel Murray-they may well be traveling a rocky road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Road to Ruin | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

Resa Mollis Bacsik Murray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1982 | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...commercial and quits an off-Broadway show because he does not want his character to die where the director wants him to. He is, as his agent (wonderfully played by Director Pollack) tells him, "a cult failure." Michael's friends include his playwright-roommate, superbly underacted by Bill Murray, who is so sober about his art that he wants to have a theater that is open only when it rains and a girlfriend, played by Teri Garr, who makes high comedy out of low selfesteem. She is so insecure that when she is asked to describe a part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tootsie on a Roll to the Top | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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