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...that there is no more tendentious topic available to a filmmaker, Robbins' restraint, his determination to explore the moral and psychological nuances of the relationship that develops between Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a man condemned to death for his participation in a heinous crime, and Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), who becomes his spiritual counselor in his final months, is exemplary...
...surprising, since Robbins and Sarandon, a real-life couple, are not known for their shyness in expressing outraged opinions on controversial subjects. Here, however, working from a free adaptation of an autobiographical book by Sister Prejean, they have chosen to pursue a matter too subtle for sloganeering: the faint possibility that evil and goodness can find a way of speaking to one another, the dim hope that the former can be in some sense redeemed, the latter in some sense educated...
...secret reason was that the moguls were men. Susan Sarandon, a movie actress for 25 years, has a theory on the wiring in the boss-men's minds: "A picture gets made either because they want to be the guy who's starring in it or they want to be with the woman. More often they want to be the guy. They want to be Kevin Costner. They think that everybody does--and that therefore the film's going to make money." Result: Hudson Hawk, Last Action Hero, Assassins, Waterworld...
...close to their hearts that they agree to make them on the cheap. Demi Moore, for example, is being paid a burly $12 million to star in next year's Striptease. But as a producer, she got Now and Then made for the same $12 million. Little Women, with Sarandon and Ryder, took in $50 million at the U.S. wickets but cost only $18 million...
People go to the movies to fall in love, and not just with their dates. Wholesome sex appeal has kept Hollywood purring for 80 years. But today's prime actresses-Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, even Winona Ryder-are a formidable bunch, serioso artists who don't fit into a fellow's dream of easy chatter and backseat romance; they are more likely to hand you a petition. As for Sharon Stone, she's gorgeous, but thanks all the same, we would just as soon survive the good-night kiss...