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...plot of Play It Again, Sam is a simple and perfect vehicle for Allen's shlemiel persona, here called Allan Felix. Felix's wife has just left him, and he bemoans his impossibly bad luck with women. His harried businessman friend Dick Christie (Nick Raposo) arrives with his flaky wife Linda (Lucy Soutter) to comfort him. They try to fix him up with dates until Felix realizes that he's fallen in love with Linda, and that through his relationship with her he's finally overcome his total lack of confidence with women. Along the way, Felix, a writer...
...character that I saw and enjoyed from my vantage point was the sharklike philosopher Richard Roma (Nick Raposo). The divorce lawyer on L.A. Law only wishes he were this evil. Raposo lures the audience with Roma's hedonistic world-view, then traps them in his repulsive character. "What's beyond all measure?" he asks the hapless James Lingk (Chris Ortiz) from a table away. "That's a sickness. That's a trap. There is no measure. Only greed." Roma embodies greed and manipulation. He pulls his boss, John Williamson (John Zedd), over here, shoves James Lingk over there, and pretty...
Judge William Young gave Silva, Raposo and Cordeiro prison terms of nine to 12 years. Vieira was given a term of six to eight years. All were sentenced to Walpole State Prison, Massachusetts' maximum-security facility...
Silva and Vieira were tried separately from Raposo, Cordeiro and two other men, Jose Medeiros and Virgilio Medeiros. The Medeiroses, who are not related, were acquitted of all charges in the rape, which occurred March 6, 1983 at Big Dan's tavern...
According to briefs in the case, Raposo's attorneys will argue that Raposo should have been granted a trial of his own. They also will argue that Young should not have allowed into testimony Raposo's prior conviction of assault with a dangerous weapon, the briefs stated...