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...Savant: "Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza." ((correct...
...villain, no ticking clock, no burning fuse." Yet it has exploded at the North American box office. In its second week of release, when ticket sales for even the most robust hits drop perhaps 20%, Gump held even. This past weekend it reached the $100 million mark; an industry savant predicts, quite conservatively, that it will finally earn $165 million...
...Bill did an extraordinary number of things extraordinarily well. He was TIME's drama critic, but while vigorously filling that post, he also wrote extensively about politics, social issues, the media, books (especially the mysteries he devoured) and the handful of nonteam sports of which he was an armchair savant -- tennis, in particular. Between stories he appeared frequently on TV panels -- you name the subject, he always seemed ready to express provocative but well-thought-out opinions -- he lectured, wrote books and free-lanced for other publications. After all that, he still had time for his amazingly wide and varied...
...Welsh and rhymes with safe signs) has a Golden Globe Award, a New York Film Critics Circle citation and, as of last week, an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his work in Schindler's List. In September moviegoers will see him as Charles van Doren, that fallen savant of '50s TV, in Robert Redford's much touted Quiz Show. After that, who can say? Spielberg can: "If he picks the right roles and doesn't forget the theater, I think he can eventually be Alec Guinness or Laurence Olivier...
...three roles have a taint of cliche: petty crook, idiot savant and mobster. What saves Orphans itself from cliche is the level of emotion that is maintained throughout. Playwright Lyle Kessler builds momentum nicely by shifting alliances and unearthing painful memories within this throwntogether family. A satisfyingly dramatic ending allows the two brothers to acknowledge the pain of their lives...