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DIRECTOR: FRANK OZ...
Following What About Bob?, another film in which certifiable craziness intrudes on bucolic normality to funny effect, you'd have to say that director Frank Oz has staked out a comic country all his own. It's not a bad place to visit in the summertime...
...prize is a 144-year-old Victorian ewer fashioned from 134 oz. of British silver. The ornate vessel happens to be bottomless -- a fitting metaphor for a race whose victors could wind up paying more than half a million dollars an ounce for their trophy. For the bankers, industry barons and one drapery manufacturer who are battling through the semifinal rounds off San Diego this week, the 28th America's Cup competition is not just a matter of money. It is a spiritual quest that combines courage and seamanship with hubris and high technology. Yet deep pockets seem...
AMERICA'S CUP Vying for 134 oz. of silver in San Diego...
...funds, and, in fact, I do. The Big Apple is a not-for-profit organization; a donation of $2500 gains admission to the Ringmaster's Circle. And although The Big Apple is officially non-profit, the concession stand rakes it in. A cotton candy costs four dollars, an 11-oz bottle of water costs $2.50 (more than a soda or apple juice...