Word: sams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...transporting Dr. Kimble and other prisoners--well, let's just say something exciting happens--and Dr. Kimble is able to escape. A team of U.S. Marshals led by Tommy Lee Jones's character Sam Gerard steps onto the scene to apprehend the fugitives...
What is most impressive about the film are the strong, conflicting emotions the audience feels for the main characters. We know that Dr. Kimble is innocent, and empathize with his plight. At the same time we experience both sympathy for and anger toward Tommy Lee Jone's character. Sam Gerard is just doing his duty, yet we find ourselves hating him for his relentless pursuit of Kimble...
...deeply satisfying star performances and high-energy directorial craftsmanship. The difference between them arises from a couple of simple role reversals. In The Fugitive the criminal is actually an innocent man: Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), a surgeon falsely accused of murdering his wife. The lawman -- a U.S. marshal named Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) -- is the character in the grips of a dangerous obsession, namely to capture the eponymous escapee...
...learn, that was witnessed almost every step of the way by surveillance men hired by Jimmy Hoffa. The Teamsters boss even orders Bobby killed, but the would-be assassin, after training his telescopic sight on the couple smooching in a park, chickens out. Good thing, since Mafia boss Sam Giancana shortly thereafter tells Hoffa to lay off because the Mob is "doing a little business" with the Kennedy brothers...
Washington: Dan Goodgame, Ann Blackman, Margaret Carlson, Michael Duffy, Ted Gup, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver, Adam Zagorin, Melissa August New York: Janice C. Simpson, Edward Barnes Boston: Sam Allis Chicago: Jon D. Hull, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William McWhirter Atlanta: Michael Riley Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Sally B. Donnelly, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, Jeffrey Ressner, James Willwerth, Patrick E. Cole San Francisco: David S. Jackson...