Word: splash
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...destroyer is her potential beau. At a literary soiree he scoops up all the caviar. Who is this creep? Tom Hanks. And because he is, he must be decent, searching, a thoughtful lover, natural dad-in-the-making. He reveals that through the comic grace he's displayed since Splash. It is a nice reminder that this ordinary-looking guy--with the repetitive crunches in that pensive space between his eyebrows and, at 42, a bit of a Michelin Man neck--is the avatar of Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. Our suavest, most grounded light-romantic star...
...leave.") His real home--with his wife, actress Rita Wilson, and their two kids--is in west L.A., down the road from Spielberg's. But the star hasn't forgotten his dark roots. "Tom came from a hard place, and he remembers that," says Brian Grazer, producer of Splash and Apollo 13. The two men used to live near each other in a gated community on the Pacific. "I remember Tom sitting on the beach, holding the sand tight in his fist and saying, 'I can't believe this is my place...
...break no. 2: the 1984 Splash, in which Hanks falls for a mermaid. The modestly budgeted film grossed $62 million in North America, and Hanks was suddenly the new surefire romantic-comedy guy. In three years he did seven films, mostly raffish comedies. It took Penny Marshall's Big (Break No. 3) to change that. Now he was so hot he was cast in roles that didn't suit him, like Sherman McCoy in The Bonfire of the Vanities or the thinks-he's-going-to-die hero of Joe versus the Volcano...
...simple, if lacking a four-star polish. Ducasse: Flavors of France is another matter. Stunningly produced and poetically written, it is also more intimidating: heavy on costly truffles and types of fish not available in the U.S. For even the more ambitious amateurs, perhaps the best approach is to splash out on a visit to these chefs' restaurants and leave their cookbooks where they work best: on the coffee table...
...SPLASH OF LIFE...