Word: nile
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jewel of the Nile...
...begins The Jewel of the Nile, the latest installment in what is certain to be a long line of Romancing the Stone sequels. Succumbing to the xerox-machine method of screenwriting and directing which characterized the trend-setting originals of this genre, Raiders of the Lost Ark and its arklet, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, film executives Michael Douglas, Lewis Teague and chief xeroxers Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner have produced an entirely familiar if less satisfying version of the entertaining 1983 romantic, romancing, thriller...
Perhaps the only highlight of The Jewel of the Nile is that Kathleen Turner fans will have the opportunity to chart the progressive disintegration of Turner's Nino Cerrutti ensemble as she suffers through the rigor of desert living. For the rest of us, we'll just have to wait for the next dose of Romance, sure to arrive before we know...
...JEWEL OF THE NILE...
Consumers who buy CDs tend to become fervent disciples. Senator Barry Goldwater, a jazz fan who bought a Hitachi model last year, demonstrates the durability of CDs to neophytes by tossing the disks across his Washington apartment. He is thinking about buying a CD player for his car. Musician Nile Rodgers, who has produced albums for singers David Bowie and Madonna, listens to the CD player in his Porsche as he commutes between Connecticut and New York City. Gerald Koris, a Los Angeles lawyer, has bought more than two dozen classical-music disks since becoming hooked last year. Says...