Word: simonizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tonight's presentation of Neil Simon's God's Favorite should be a humorous look at life in wealthy suburbia. The comedy is a reworking of the story of Job and follows the adventures of Joe Benjamin, a wealthy Jewish resident of Long Island. God's Favorite did not receive rave reviews at the time of its publication, as critics complained that its stereotyping of suburban life was trite and unoriginal. It will be interesting to see how the Hillel players present the play...
...Framed Roger Rabbit, the inventive comic blend of animation and live action, drew six nominations, but all of them for technical achievements. Working Girl also collected six nods, including best original song for Carly Simon's Let the River...
...LILAC TIME: THE LILAC TIME (Mercury). Bouncy, folk-tinged Brit pop, with jagged political subtext. Return to Yesterday has the jubilant rhythm and incidental melancholy of prime Simon and Garfunkel...
...other hightlight of True Believer is the soundtrack. Film producers have been paying more and more attention to soundtracks recently, and moviegoers have been treated to such delights as Carly Simon's title track from Working Girl, and the intriguing mix of Yaz and Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack of the Chocolate War. True Believer, boasts a good selection of tunes from the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, Traffic and The Doors...
Mebbe not. Yet Lonesome Dove rides rings around the overstuffed soap operas that usually pass for "epics" along Broadcast Row. Larry McMurtry's fat novel has been brought to TV -- by writer Bill Wittliff and director Simon Wincer -- with sweep, intelligence and sheer storytelling drive. Firmly anchoring the film is Robert Duvall's moving performance as the wry, philosophical ex-lawman Augustus McCrae. Tommy Lee Jones provides stern counterpoint as McCrae's partner, Woodrow F. Call. Dozens of finely etched characters surround them: a roguish ex-Ranger turned gambler (Robert Urich); a prostitute looking for escape (Diane Lane); a wimpy...