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...school dropout was hit by a truck as a child, suffered a head injury and was stabbed in the head. She suffered from possible brain damage, and in two IQ tests scored 69 and 80. "A resignation usually sets in at this stage, but not with Wanda," lawyer Steve Presson said. But in her life, "normal" and "rational" seldom popped up on Allen's radar screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Race To The Death | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...Everest, IMAX Corp., of Mississauga, Ontario, plans to expand by taking this sensory overload to a megaplex near you. "The company is going through a huge shift from institutional sites into more commercial sites like multiplexes," says Kevin Skislock, a senior analyst at investment bank L.H. Friend, Weinress, Frankson & Presson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imax Gets Bigger (By Getting Smaller) | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...movie, for no apparent reason other than to ultimately send Arnold on a cross-country bus journey to the glittery world of Las Vegas. It is there that Arthur begins to open up express his emotions, and in a moving, if somewhat contrived, scene aboard a bus, Arnold (Jason Presson) confesses to a stranger that "he did a terrible thing," Arthur subsequently returns to his grandfather, who helps him realize that he is ready to come home...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: Sticks and Stones | 5/18/1984 | See Source »

Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Vise Squad | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

Unfortunately it is not. After a brisk 20 minutes, the movie loses its assurance and sense of purpose. Indeed, Jay Presson Allen's screenplay reels around like a drunken sailor. From moment to moment, Just Tell Me is a somber and confusingly plotted story of corporate power struggles, a syrupy account of a love triangle, and a sloppy satire of show business-rather like Lumet's Network. There are still some bright moments, but they are separated by flaccid, poorly connected scenes that go nowhere at great length...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cross Talk | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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