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...surprise about Malcolm X is how ordinary it is. The film is a lavish, linear, way-too-long (3 hr. 21 min.) storybook of Malcolm's career, the movie equivalent of an authorized biography, a cautious primer for black pride. It is Lee's biggest film, and the least Spikey. At one point in producer Marvin Worth's 26-year hajj to get this movie made, and before he was persuaded that an African American should direct the movie, Norman Jewison (A Soldier's Story) wanted to do it. If Jewison had, the product would be about the same. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Elevation of MALCOLM X | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...Harvard field hockey team's storybookseason reached a storybook finish as the squadreceived its first-ever NCAA bid, one year aftercapturing its first Ivy League title...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Year of Contenders, Not Titles | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...radiant two-part adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's autobiography, French writer-director Yves Robert imagines family life in Provence as a storybook dream: loving parents, adventurous but obedient children, an idyllic refuge every summer. This old-men's view of youth tells us that memories are precious because life is short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...radiant two-part adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's autobiography, French writer-director Yves Robert imagines family life in Provence as a storybook dream: loving parents, adventurous but obedient children, an idyllic refuge every summer. This old-men's view of youth tells us that memories are precious because life is short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991:Cinema | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...storybook win for them," Sullivan said...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Division III Babson Shocks M. Cagers | 12/12/1991 | See Source »

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