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WHAT ABOUT BOB? John Candy usually plays the man who came to dinner and stayed too long (and ate too much), but this time Bill Murray is the nerd determined to stick to his psychiatrist like Krazy Glue. Murray and Richard Dreyfuss are terrific in Frank Oz's pretty good comedy of discomfort...
...nearby National Elk Refuge, earlier this month collected a total of $76,177, or about $11.20 per lb. The price per pound has been rising about 50 cents annually, thanks in part to Asian bidders who can sell ground elk horn for as much as $300 per oz. because of its purported aphrodisiac and medicinal qualities. But this year Korean buyers sat on their hands, complaining that the ever pricier horns were now out of their range. The 6,839 lbs. of antlers went to 31 domestic buyers, who will use them largely to make furniture...
Directed by Frank Oz...
...wall counseling. For generally shaking things up. Murray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy. At the end What About Bob? skids into silliness, but not before Frank Oz proves that he's a director with just the mean sense of humor these bland times desperately need...
...packets have been dropped on Ujantia twice from the air, but the efforts ended in disaster. Most of the items fell into the water; villagers snatched up those that landed intact before relief workers could distribute them fairly. Last week fresh supplies arrived by boat. Still, allowing just 9 oz. of rice and a packet of crackers for each person, the ! supplies are enough for only half the families. "I am going mad," says Jasimuddin Chowdhury, the local Red Crescent representative...