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Sophomore Daphne Onderdonk wasted little time in destroying Ann Nicholson in straight games...
Wait, there's more. He has provided the a cappella accompaniment for three animated Just So stories shown on Showtime and narrated by Jack Nicholson, recorded the theme for The Cosby Show and vocalized for the eye-catching, ear- gracing commercials for Levi's 501 jeans. His four-octave voice has topped Down Beat magazine's readers' poll for best male singer four years running -- that's one award per octave. For the past three years, he has also taken away Grammys for Best Male Jazz Vocalist. Now, after spending two of the past three years on the road (performing...
...question is, why the rest? He's given good performances in other movies (a moody, sarcastic DJ in Down By Law, and Jack Nicholson's decaying companion in Ironweed), and he's obviously interested in doing more than just translating his concert to the screen; the result is close to surreal...
Could anyone else play this role with the unforced authority that Bridges, 38, brings to it? Maybe, a decade ago, Jack Nicholson; he was Coppola's choice in 1977, when Tucker was on its first drawing board. But Nicholson, or virtually any other actor, would excavate demons of compulsion and desire. The Bridges version is splendidly driven, maniacally uncomplicated. The performance is also true to the prototype. The actor spent hours studying Tucker home movies; on the set, he wore the man's black pearl cuff links. "He's got it all," says Tucker's son John...
...York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson...