Word: rum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...funneling," in which beer is shot through a rubber hose into the drinker's mouth. Next came a communal bender at Murphy's bar, a frat hangout a few hundred yards from L.S.U. There, the libation of choice was "Three Wise Men," a high-octane mix of 151-proof rum, Crown Royal whiskey and Jagermeister liqueur. Wynne "was staggering, but no more than a lot of other people," says a college woman who was there. The festivities ended with upperclassmen wheeling the pledges out of the bar in shopping carts, because they were too far gone to walk. "They were...
Shooting on Jackie Brown--an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1992 Rum Punch--was scheduled to wrap just last Friday in Los Angeles. But already fans are circulating bootleg scripts and creating unofficial Websites on the Internet, including one with a countdown clock ticking off the seconds until the planned Christmas holiday release...
...longtime Leonard fan--as a teenager he was busted for boosting a copy of The Switch from a bookstore--Tarantino chose to film Rum Punch first. But he not only retitled the story, he also moved its location from Florida to California and changed the main character from a Caucasian to an African American. Phoning Leonard earlier this year, Tarantino confessed that he had been hesitant to call because of the alterations. But Leonard, who praises the young auteur's understanding of criminals and casually realistic dialogue, says he told him, "You're the filmmaker--use what you want...
...drives her pink Cadillac to the factory she owns; Reina sashays braless among the mahogany trees. Yet though they live on opposite sides of the revolution, both Aguero sisters share something deep as blood: a matter-of-fact commitment to the magic of their island of honey and rum. Constancia makes spells for women in the form of the "luscious unguents" she markets; Reina casts spells over...
With a yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, the Boston Ballet is currently performing the American premiere of the Russian classic, "The Pirate" (Le Corsaire). This brilliant and colorful production was aided by a $100,000 grant from The Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, which is dedicated to maintaining public awareness of Nureyev's artistic legacy. The tale of Le Corsaire is based on an 1814 Byron poem and was revived in 1868 by the great ballet choreographer and master Marius Petipa. The current Boston Ballet production is based on choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev and was staged by Anna-Marie...