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...been offered the role of the wheelchair-bound nosy neighbor in a remake of the 1954 thriller Rear Window. "It's going to be a real showcase of what people in [Reeve's] condition can do," says exec producer Robert Gaulin. "Chris is extremely excited about it." Reeve's publicist says the actor is merely considering...
...They had similar journeys, but apparently, Lewis and Clark had a better publicist," says Burns...
...Evening Star. Publicist: "My sense was that no one cared about a sequel to that movie [1983 Best Picture Terms of Endearment]." Former studio head: "Another half hour of Jack Nicholson might have helped...
...People vs. Larry Flynt. Publicist: "I thought its reputation was inflated, and the backlash hurt. The media were interested in Courtney Love because she hadn't acted before, but she didn't do anything that Valerie Perrine or Candy Clark couldn't do on automatic pilot." Former studio head: "I didn't want to see a picture about Larry Flynt the same way I wouldn't want to see a picture about Hitler...
...what about the movies that did get big nominations? The publicist says he wasn't surprised: "Those are the movies people are talking about." The former studio head doesn't disagree, but he is not pleased: "These pictures are a sad commentary on the state of our business. Years ago, not one of them would have been nominated for Best Picture. Look at the list from 1974. The Godfather, Part II. Chinatown. Lenny. The Conversation. And ... what was the fifth one? I can't remember." A quick trip to the reference shelf reveals the answer: The Towering Inferno, arguably...