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...First Snow” never musters enough strength to hold an audience’s attention. In his directorial debut, Mark Fergus—who was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar for “Children of Men”—fails to enliven his own elementary script, and the film suffers from a lack of momentum. Written by Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “First Snow” follows flooring salesman Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce, “Memento”) as he feverishly attempts to avert his own imminent demise, predicted by a roadside fortune...
...something, is I’m still relatively young. I’m 35,” he muses. Despite his youth, Wilson isn’t waiting around for Scorsese; instead, he’s focused on creating his own projects, including finishing up a script with Martin Lawrence, with whom he costarred in “Blue Streak” (1999). But his process could be quicker, he admits: “I’m not exactly Stephen King when it comes to output.” In the meantime, Wilson is concentrating on his role...
...know is that there are just so many of us working here,” Mangu-Ward says.For some, the shift from Harvard to the New York theater scene is easier than it is for others. Laurence O’Keefe ’91, a script and lyric writer who wrote the music and lyrics to “Legally Blonde” with his wife Nell D. Benjamin ’93, says his experiences in professional theater have largely been similar to those he had at Harvard. “This [Legally Blonde] is exactly like...
...trial of the century,” the case put three-time presidential candidate Bryan up against the pro-evolution politician Clarence Darrow (played by John de Lancie). The play is presented in the form of a radio program broadcast directly from the courtroom. The actors read from the script, and the set is minimal. As Bryan, Asner cites the Bible as he rails against evolutionism. Yet Asner is a self-proclaimed Darwinist.As director Brendon Fox observes, “It’s always interesting to watch the reaction of the audience around the country who may have assumed...
...more pure place," he says. "I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way." In fact, he says when he has to hit a joke in a script, he decides whether to deliver it like Matthew Perry, Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell. "There were two years before The O.C. when I was doing a Vince Vaughn impersonation in everything I did. Luckily, I wasn't good enough that anyone caught...