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...comedy Showtime, starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, features De Niro as a serious, hardworking cop and Murphy as the over-the-top actor wannabe who gets in his way. The movie sells itself as a spoof on the buddy cop genre, with hilarious results...
...documentary plays more like an independent film than a slick network news special. Says co-producer Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS's 48 Hours: "Everything about it has to be respectful and can't call attention to itself." There are no commercials, thanks to sponsor Nextel. Robert De Niro, a longtime resident of the Tribeca neighborhood near the WTC, provides a brief introduction and closing remarks. The Naudets got the blessings of the fire company--fire fighter James Hanlon co-produced and narrates--and they offered advance tapes to the families of fire fighters who were killed. The Naudets...
...exception to an omission from TIME's list of "The Greatest Combat Films of All Time" [CINEMA, Dec. 17]. In my opinion, the very best and still the most relevant combat film ever made was Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978), which featured heroic performances by Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Cimino earned an Oscar as Best Director, and Walken got one for Best Supporting Actor. REIN J. VANDERZEE JR. San Antonio, Texas...
...Barbara Walters and Woody Allen. In one spot, a man runs the bases in an empty Yankee Stadium, sliding headfirst into home. Why, it's Henry Kissinger! He brushes the dirt off his face and says something that's supposed to sound like "Derek who?" In another, ROBERT DE NIRO, on a Thanksgiving parade float with BILLY CRYSTAL, yells, "Are you gobblin' at me?" In yet another, Yogi Berra conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra before asking "Who is this Phil Harmonic?" And in the most disturbing spot, a woman at a diner orders a "Ben Stiller with a side...
Meanwhile, Norton made extensive script revisions, especially in scenes he shared with De Niro. "There were moments on this movie when Bob and I disagreed," says Norton, "when Frank and I disagreed intensely and when Frank and Marlon butted heads. But the assumption that conflict is bad is wrong. It's just creative wrestling." In the end, the movie worked out fine, and it has been getting good response from preview audiences. "I don't care about tension on the set if it's all about the movie and the character," says Oz, who admits he learned a valuable lesson...