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...beginning was Gentleman's Agreement, in which Nice Goy Gregory Peck pretended to be Jewish, the better to write an earnest indictment of anti- Semitism for a magazine. Now, almost 40 years later, comes Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell), overdosing on tanning pills and learning what it feels like to be black. But Mark is no gentleman: short of funds, he is out to obtain a scholarship to Harvard Law School intended for a black student. And the only agreement the filmmakers have reached is to aim for safe mediocrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Heart Trouble Soul Man | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...easy") like an old-time pharmacist handing out a Bromo. Or just his presence: decked out in cowboy duds ("They sell a lot of these around here, but I never see anybody else wearing them"), moonstruck and heartfelt, with knowing eyes and open face and sloping, sculpted jaw. Gregory Peck dosed out on lithium. He sure gives you pause. Then he makes you laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock's Renaissance Man | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

Although she has relinquished control of the program, Peck is working in Cambridge on a film about Citystep which she says will help the group's fundraising efforts and promote similar programs on other college campuses...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Make or Break Year for Citystep | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

After she completes the Citystep film, whichwill be shown at the group's December production,Peck says she hopes to work for a New Yorkphilanthropist who is organizing an internationalperforming arts festival in Manhattan...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Make or Break Year for Citystep | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

...Peck says she needs her own mentor in the arts."It's time for me to be part of someone else'slarger project...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Make or Break Year for Citystep | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

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