Word: reiner
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DIRECTOR: ROB REINER...
...thing, director Rob Reiner's realization of this passage is an omen of all the crispness to come in an extraordinarily well-made movie, which wastes no words or images in telling a conventional but compelling story. All its scenes have been polished till they shine like brass belt buckles at a regimental parade. More important, metaphorically the few good men of that drill team have attained the military ideal -- perfect order, perfect discipline. They are, for their brief moment, an impossible dream made manifest. And a vivid contrast to the rest of the action...
...same house in Pacific Palisades, Calif., for 12 years, been married to the same woman for 22. He has scarcely missed a volleyball game of either daughter: Jennifer, 19, who is now studying acting in London; and Lindsay, 15. An exciting Saturday is when his good friends, director Rob Reiner and his wife, come over, or when he goes to root for Los Angeles' basketball underdogs, the Clippers. "For a star," says Reiner, who directed him in Harry, "he's the most normal man in America...
Allegations of two-tiered justice rose immediately after the predawn arrest of the first three suspects. L.A. County District Attorney Ira Reiner was criticized for political "grandstanding" a week before the primary elections for arraigning the four on nearly 40 charges, including attempted murder. Because of what their attorneys have termed "inflated" and unfounded charges, bail was set at $500,000 to $580,000 for three of them. All four of the original defendants, plus the fifth arrested last month, remain in custody awaiting trial. Though no trial date has been set, preliminary hearings will be held for all five...
...being treated like convicted criminals, though none of the charges against them have been proved. "Holding them in jail creates a punishment for these men who should be considered innocent until they are proven guilty," says Dennis Palmieri, the lead attorney for defendant Damian Williams. Not so, says Reiner. "There is only a single standard of justice," he says. "That standard is that where a crime has been committed, it will be investigated and it will be prosecuted...