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...Sure enough, Vantage Point scored with surprisingly robustness at the wickets, outperforming the predictions of industry analysts and seeming likely to be the weekend's No. 1 attraction. With the aid of film-biz hindsight, we can realize what Barry L. Levy, the film's writer, and its director, Pete Travis, figured out about the assassination genre: (1) that it can easily be fit into a standard action scenario and (2) that the plot can be split six or eight ways, into as many points of view. Each witness to the assassination provides important fragments of the information needed...
...golfer with the two-step swing, Torakichi Nakamura, introduced an enduring craze for golf to postwar Japan with his 1957 victory in the Canada Cup. Nakamura, also known as Pete, first worked on a golf course as a caddie at 14 and compensated for his height with an innovative game. By 20, he was a pro, and in 1958 he became one of the first two Japanese golfers to play in the U.S. Masters after World War II. Later in life, he coached champions such as Hisako Higuchi, the first Asian to be inducted into the World Golf Hall...
...camera picks up Pete Fredriksen, 56 and still dressing in t-shirts. Tonight's is black and printed with an image borrowed from the Beatles: four giants of Democratic charisma crossing a road - Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Obama. Fredriksen is talking about the energy and optimism of Obama's young supporters. "They remind me of myself years ago." Then cut to Bruce Elfant, 49, a more practical sort. He's the Travis County constable and a lifelong soldier in the beleaguered ranks of Texas Democrats. You hear him talking about his hope that a jolt of Obamamania...
...come fast and furious thanks to writers W. Brian C. Polk ’09 and Kathleen H. Chen ’09. “Fable Attraction” boasts a wide array of onstage, backstage, and musical talent. More and more characters enter the mix. These include Pete O’Felia (Mac H. Bartels ’09), a take on the Pied Piper; Oldielocks (Clifford N. Murray ’10), a combination of the old and apparently Jewish woman who lived in a shoe and Goldielocks; and Roy L. Pain (Thomas R. Compton...
...ever imagine that The Rocky Horror Picture Show would become a phenomenon? -Pete Lund, MinneapolisNobody thought that. I did it just to have fun, which is why I do most things I do. I was terrified to sing, and I thought it would help me get over that...