Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...picture that Murphy ignites with his urchin charm, is by far the runaway hit of this holiday season. In its first 23 days Cop earned $64.5 million--more than the combined take of its three closest competitors (Dune, City Heat, and 2010). Trumpets a jubilant Frank Mancuso, who runs Paramount Pictures, the studio releasing Cop: "The picture is so dominant that it's hard to determine who's No. 2." In December, when 17 new releases were vying for attention, one of every three box-office dollars came from moviegoers paying to see Eddie Murphy. And only Eddie. In Beverly...
Beverly Hills Cop is a winner too, but eight months ago it was hardly a starter. At that time the property, which had been percolating at Paramount for eight years, was to star Sylvester Stallone. Then Stallone turned in a rewrite of the script, and soon the star and studio parted company. Paramount sent Murphy the script and within hours he agreed to do it. "Directing this movie was like doing live television," Director Martin Brest recalls. "There were seven versions of the script that were cut, pasted and rewritten before each scene. We were reshaping the material every...
Throughout his career, Arafat has made P.L.O. unity his paramount concern. The result, more often than not, has been paralysis. While hard-liners grew angry with Arafat's reluctance to embrace only violence, moderates became frustrated by their leader's failure to pursue diplomatic initiatives that might lead to the creation of a Palestinian homeland. When a group of Arafat's followers broke away in May 1983, it became clear that the dispute was no longer just about policies; it was also about Arafat. The rebels were led by Abu Mousa, a former commander in the Bekaa...
...route to his leading role alongside Terri Garr and Peter Weller in the new Paramount film was less secure. "I did a lot of production in school," he says. "A friend of mine was doing commercials and she said to go for it." After some dozen spots for the Madison Avenue set, he landed a role in The Torch Song Trilogy. "I played a battered child who was gay and adopted by a drag queen." He says, holding back a slight smile...
...ideas, especially on economic issues, Mr. Reagan has proven that massive doses of Keynesianism still work. Too many Liberals for too long listened to the Bank of Canada, the Department of Finance, and other defenders of the conventional order. Full employment--rather than tight money--must become the paramount goal of the Liberal Party...