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...most part, the amateurs are readily spotted, especially opposite the eminent Al Freeman Jr. (Malcolm X) as Scrooge. Freeman admits it "gives me pause" to have his craft, honed over decades, equated with a newfound hobby. He readily applauds one debut actor, however: Thomas Henry Brooks Jr., 66, who plays a handful of the 162 characters, most notably a pawnbroker with a steely manner and a Satchmo Armstrong voice. Says Brooks: "I strongly believed that an old man on crutches with no teeth wouldn't get cast. When they called me back, I thought it was just keeping up appearances...
Runyan-Shefa was more outspoken in her reaction to her newfound celebrity status...
...remained uneasy. Signing up for a college psychology course, she examined her newfound memories more carefully and concluded that they were false. Now Gavigan has begged her father's forgiveness and filed a lawsuit against the psychiatric hospital for the pain that she and her family suffered...
More immediately, they and director Chris Columbus had to contend with their star's newfound desire (see last year's Toys) to play the holy fool. Williams' head contains a multitude of characters -- some of them real, some of them American archetypes -- and as a vocal quick-change artist, Williams has a unique gift not only for dead-on impersonations of these characters, but also for setting them all free on a babbling stream of consciousness. These manic monologues are impolite and utterly incorrect politically. They articulate our secret, subversive thoughts. His impersonation of Mrs. Doubtfire shows that...
...simply getting the ball to his teammates. He has done that brilliantly enough this fall, completing 69% of his passes in F.S.U.'s first nine games and throwing & for 16 touchdowns with only one interception, way down from 17 last year. That stat indicates Ward's newfound maturity; but he is by nature no rah-rah jock. After F.S.U.'s win over Miami he uncharacteristically pumped both fists at the ecstatic crowd -- not from emotional overdrive but because, he said, "I thought they deserved it." Good doggies, says the stern master...