Word: sultanic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With a lavishness that the Sultan of Brunei might envy, Disney threw a premiere party last week in Orlando to introduce its lavish movie theme park. It was a way of telling Hollywood, "Hey, guys, the magic is back. And we brought it. To Florida." The new attraction at Disney World is the golden Mouseketeer cap on the head of Chairman Michael Eisner...
...control high-tech companies worth tens of millions of dollars. The rest of the money comes from overseas. "I've sold houses to the royal family of Saudi Arabia," says Nelson, who glides around town in a yellow Rolls-Royce Corniche. "Also to the emissary for the Sultan of Brunei, two crown princes in Europe and three Japanese billionaires whose names I can't pronounce." Many foreign buyers are looking for a stable investment, since California seems an unlikely candidate for revolution, and, to the Japanese especially, the land seems cheap compared with Tokyo...
...Gilliam's picture worth all the fuss? Sure, because he has tapped the cinema's capacity for lying with a straight face. If you can create a vision onscreen, then it's true. At the start, Baron Munchausen (John Neville) strides onstage to recount his hoodwinking of a sulky Sultan (Peter Jeffrey), his dalliance with the Queen of the Moon (Valentina Cortese), his flirtation with the goddess Venus (Uma Thurman), his captivity inside a giant fish, and his long-odds battle with the Turkish army. Except for young Sally (Sarah Polley), his listeners don't know if he's telling...
...Arts B-35. "The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent: Art, Architecture and Ceromonial at the Ottoman Court." Guiru Necipoglu...
...Water might be much funnier if it were presented as a character-based comedy, though such comedy requires a degree of character development that the Dunster House cast seems unable to deliver. Still, Don't Drink the Water does have a few acting highlights. Andrew Osborne makes a wonderful Sultan, though his stay on stage is unfortunately brief. Wesson obviously received extensive training at the George C. Scott Acting School to perfect his gruff portrayal of Ambassador Magee. And Suzanne Rose gives a diverting performance as the embassy chef, though her accent seems to waver somewhere between Italian, French...