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...starters, these movies have the same costume designer in miracle-worker Sandy Powell. And, as any true aficionado of the Kevin Bacon Game can tell you, Wings' Elizabeth McGovern was in the otherwise forgettable romantic comedy The Favor with Interview star Brad Pitt. (Actually, The Favor is forgettable anyway, unless you're curious how Brad looks in wire-rims...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reconciling Highbrow, Big-Budget Films | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...they've ever been," observes Coppola, who chose Damon over fellow finalist Edward Norton for the lead in the new John Grisham star vehicle. "They've become the trademarks of the movies, not the directors. There's barely a movie that can be made without Cage or Ford or Pitt. Now they determine what movies get made." As for Damon's qualifications for joining the short list, Coppola says, "Matt has got the gift--and he's a writer in his own right. That gives him something special." That plus the fact that Damon's salary remains a fraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MATT DAMON: REIGN MAN | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...YEAR'S RESOLUTION] Prepare for Tibet taboo in Hollywood. (If Brad Pitt couldn't sell the Dalai Lama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...gorgeous, half-successful epic gives much-needed public visibility to the tragic modern history of Tibet, but opts for glossy formulaic packaging over genuine emotional resonance, even in the central relationship between Brad Pitt's Austrian mountaineer and the young Dalai Lama. Pitt is ludicrously out of place--a Hollywood heartthrob trying to look spiritual and attempting a dreadful accent. The film actually becomes more dramatically compelling as his character fades in prominence, though it's amusing to watch his narcissism get deflated...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Seven Years in Tibet | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...gorgeous, half-successful epic gives much-needed public visibility to the tragic modern history of Tibet, but opts for glossy formulaic packaging over genuine emotional resonance, even in the central relationship between Brad Pitt's Austrian mountaineer and the young Dalai Lama. Pitt never frees us from the sensation that he's out of place--a Hollywood heart-throb trying to look spiritual and attempting a dreadful accent. The film actually becomes more dramatically compelling as Pitt's character fades in prominence, though it's amusing to watch his arrogant narcissism get deflated...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Seven Years in Tibet | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

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