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...Despite the public relief that greeted Ford's swearing-in, doubts about his fitness for the immense job he had been handed quickly began to spread. The fact that he would not have seemed out of place chairing a local Rotary Club meeting was, to many, a mark in his favor, another triumph of America's common man. But the nation in 1974 faced a number of complex and seemingly intractable problems. The cold war had grown even chillier after the Soviet support of the abortive October 1973 Arab attack on Israel. Then there were the agonizingly slow withdrawal...
...Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, Mogadishu and much of Somalia has been ruled by clan-based warlords who laid waste the country and turned Mogadishu into an anarchic, continuous battlefield. More than 100,000 people died in the fighting in 1991-92, and when the U.N. launched a massive relief operation in April 1992, the U.S. was drawn into the conflict - at first guarding the relief, then delivering it, then attacking the warlords that were stealing it. In October 1993, in events depicted in the film Black Hawk Down, Somali militiamen shot down a Blackhawk helicopter over Mogadishu...
...moments. Most of these moments can be attributed to McConaughey, who is perfectly cast. Though in a dramatically different role from his usual lead in romantic comedies, McConaughey brings just the right amount of his signature goofy charm into his character, giving the film moments of much needed comic relief. Upon first meeting the three players, McConaughey comes up with memory tricks to remember their names, crediting this technique to an article he read in Redbook magazine. Though McConaughey’s character has this lighter side, McConaughey also nails his character’s serious side, beautifully showing...
...entire premise for the production, so don’t expect any character development or thinly disguised Moulin Rouge references as in other Killers music videos. You shouldn’t expect anything beyond cheesy costumes and fuzzy shots of randomly assorted holiday decorations, which is quite a relief in light of the band’s previous, overwrought videos...
...admit “on camera that we’re stupid idiots, but [we’re] admitting to that with a great degree of relief and happiness,” Roll said...