Word: spader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis' best-selling account of life at the firm, is a hot ticket. Cameras are expected to roll next spring. But who will play fallen Salomon chairman John Gutfreund? Word is that MARLON BRANDO is being considered for the tough, cigar-chomping role, and James Spader for the freshman trainee based on Lewis. Warner Bros. says it's too early to tell who'll get the casting call...
WHITE PALACE. James Spader and Susan Sarandon bring so much intelligence and redeeming prurient interest to this May-September romance that the movie is almost over before you realize it's just another story of rich boy falling for poor woman. Say this, though: when...
...could be an upscale moviegoer's idea of the ultimate great date. What middle-aged woman would mind being romanced by gorgeous James Spader? His face is a bouquet of sensitive sensuality; he proved he was a good listener as the impotent confessor in sex, lies, and videotape. And what young fellow wouldn't care to wake up on a couch with Susan Sarandon's head in his lap? From The Rocky Horror Picture Show through Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, The Hunger and Bull Durham, she has been the American cinema's beacon of seductive intelligence: our own Statue...
...INFLUENCE. A devilish Rob Lowe matches wits with James Spader (sex, lies, and videotape), who plays a computer-nerd Faust in this stylish thriller. Spader, a truly talented actor, accomplishes the rare trick of making the weak good guy seem more interesting than the strong...
...thing Alex teaches Michael is that life, unlike computers, is a nonbinary system, offering more than two possibilities for, say, getting a stalled career moving or dumping out of a too carefully programmed engagement to a dull girl. Spader, an awfully good actor, accomplishes the rare trick of making the good weak guy seem more interesting than the strong bad guy. In fairness to Lowe, however, he is not given much to do but lurk in the shadows and look menacing as he stakes his claim on a bedazzled soul. Alas, Bad Influence never persuasively explains why cautious Michael would...