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...bravado. To make a movie about Ali - perhaps the most idolized, vilified and complex public figure of the 20th century - has been a high-wire act of both hubris and dedication. "For an African American, Muhammad Ali is the biggest role you could have. Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela - with any of those roles comes a responsibility," says Smith. "The level of dedication to this role is unparalleled to anything I've done so far other than having a family...
...indelible markers for our life and times. It is essential to maintaining a modicum of integrity that we acknowledge, honor and respect the contributions of individuals. The failure to do so by an author as esteemed and talented as Ambrose is disappointing to say the least. JACLYN NELSON Los Angeles...
...says charity chatter is boring? In October, journalism professor Anne Nelson was seated next to theater director Jim Simpson at a benefit. Nelson told him of her experience helping a fire captain write eulogies for firemen lost on Sept. 11. Simpson suggested she rework the meeting into a play. The result: The Guys, which Simpson is directing at his downtown theater, the Flea, starring his wife SIGOURNEY WEAVER and BILL MURRAY. The sight of two Hollywood stars sharing a tiny Tribeca stage will undoubtedly draw Manhattan crowds. And when Murray leaves in a few weeks, the play will begin rotating...
This line of reasoning must have been going through the minds of Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson when they wrote I Am Sam, an improbable story of an autistic man who fights a custody battle for his daughter. Nelson, who is also the film’s director and co-producer, flopped with her last script (the universally despised The Story of Us), and seems so eager to atone for that disaster that she pulls out all the stops for I Am Sam. The first-time director cast the versatile Sean Penn as the lead, the sassy Michelle Pfeiffer...
When making your reservation, ask for a table in the atrium, a space that soars up eight floors. Along one wall is a gentle, 20-ft.-high waterfall. Mobiles that suggest flying kites hang from the ceiling. A good conversation starter: Nelson Rockefeller owned the townhouse, and it was here in 1979 that he suffered a fatal heart attack in the arms of his mistress...