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Which brings us to another Hollywood favorite, the Bigot with a Heart of Gold. In Remember the Titans (a formulaic film that soars on the strength of its performances) Will Patton plays a white football coach who at first resists integration, and then befriends head coach Denzel Washington. And in Men of Honor (another formulaic film enjoyable for its performances) Robert De Niro plays a BHG who at first tries to run Cuba Gooding Jr. out of the Navy diver program, and then champions his cause. Gooding's character is a real person. De Niro's is a fictional composite...
...night were in 1- and 3-meter diving competition, where senior Greg Walker had to settle for second to defending Eastern Champion Mark Fichera, a Columbia senior, in both events. Freshman Ricky Roy helped out, placing third on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter. Sophomore Erik Patton added third-place points to Harvard's score on the 3-meter board as well...
...Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., was integrated, and the usual ugly protests ensued. Perhaps the bitterest blow to the school's racist spirit was that its popular football coach, Bill Yoast (Will Patton), was demoted to defensive coordinator and replaced by a black man, Herman Boone (Denzel Washington). How Boone, a tough-love sort of guy, got his racially mixed team playing so well that it went on to an undefeated season and the state championship is the substance of Remember the Titans...
...Patton August...
Mark already looks like he's made junior partner. He's sipping a Glenfiddich and wearing a button: PATTON BOGGS IN L.A. WE'RE LOBBYISTS. WE ONLY LOOK LIKE MOVIE STARS. A flash goes off as someone frames Anjelica Huston, with guess who in the background? Mark. Now he spots Public Enemy No. 1, and he's inching closer as more flashes pop. Mark will be in pictures with McAuliffe. It's like watching Woody Allen's Zelig...