Word: porizkova
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starring Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Paulina Porizkova...
...star extravaganza, "Arizona Dream" combines, or rather collects, such disparate talents as Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Depp, Paulina Porizkova and Iggy Pop. It's initial attraction is its big names, but--as is sometimes the case with films where extras are supermodels and even the walk-ons are famous--the story becomes convoluted...
...line of makeup for Elizabeth Arden, say, or Estee Lauder for a set time period. A major contract would be worth $5 million and run three or four years. Supermodel Crawford signed a four-year deal with Revlon in 1989 that is said to total around $4 million; Paulina Porizkova's exclusive long-term contract with Estee Lauder is probably worth more than $6 million...
Unfortunately for the actors, the script does not take any chances on the acting abilities of the cast. One predictable scene follows another. For example, in one scene Selleck takes Porizkova home with him but later wonders whether or not she is actually the murderer. Alone in his bedroom, he gets up to block the door with his dresser bureau. And then what? Well naturally, Porizkova walks in catching him in the act. What does Selleck reply? A better question is: what would Magnum reply? "Oh I was just exercising. Some people lift weights, I move furniture." Where...
...only is Beresford's script guilty of being mundane, it is also sloppy. In deference to U. S.-Soviet glasnost relations, the writers have deftly swayed away from any direct attacks on the Russian government. Porizkova's Nina does not come from the Soviet Union, but is rather supposed to be a native of Romania. But the temptation of using the KGB as an obvious foil to the good American guys seems to have been irresistible, and so we see it re-enacted again. Once more, in the spirit of James Bond and other spy thrillers, we see a plot...