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...Rookies John Christensen and Michael Shore finished No. 28 and No. 31 individually. Christensen rebounded from rounds of 84 and 83 to close out the tournament with a 73, while Shore performed similarly with a 241 overall—just one stroke behind his classmate. “To shoot that as a freshman in the Ivy League championship,” Hynes said of Christensen’s round, “is obviously commendable. The fact that [Christensen and Shore] played like they did, it means they are going to be that much better next year...
...used to seeing murderous Mafioses portrayed in movies. Many audience members may not quite be ready for the loving jokiness Weitz displays towards his terrorist characters, and perhaps understandably so. In one of the film’s first shots of a terrorist training camp, the terrorists are shooting a training video for recruitment purposes. “Let’s shoot this puppy!” enthuses the director, in a fake, exaggerated Middle-eastern accent.Later, the terrorists watch spellbound as Omar wins successive elimination rounds on “American Dreamz.” In the last...
...Omar, a still-learning terrorist who is supposed to infiltrate “American Dreamz,” but becomes caught up in his love of show tunes. The making of the film itself was a challenge for Weitz, who had a small budget from Universal, a 40-day shoot (the director’s longest), and a legitimately large cast—regardless of how many of these actors he had worked with previously. His relationship with his actors is of particular note in Hollywood, where it is uncommon for friendships to emerge. Weitz says that...
...wing of the deposed Fatah party - vowed last week to continue cross-border attacks. A member of the equally militant Islamic Jihad, who called himself Abu Aziz, told Time his cadres will continue firing homemade Qassam rockets into Israel, even though the Israeli military responds to the few they shoot each day with hundreds of artillery shells. Thirteen militants were killed by Israeli artillery and air strikes in Gaza two weekends ago, but so were four civilians, one an 8-year-old girl. For now, Hamas leaders, facing dwindling post-election optimism, can be glad that popular frustration is pointed...
...just said whatever came into our minds.” She remembers that Altman encouraged them. “He kept us going and he was unafraid, and it made us unafraid,” she says.Altman also maximizes his actors’ talents by shooting essentially boundless scenes, full of uninterrupted stretches of dialogue during which characters speak simultaneously. “There’d be long, meandering takes, and all I could think was, ‘Surely he’ll say ‘Cut!’’” says...