Word: thal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only really problematic casting choice is that of Eric Thal as Rick, the naive boy from Utah whom Paul cons and seduces. Thal just looks too much like a sexy movie star than like a green kid getting his first experience in the big city...
...STRANGER AMONG US. This pill of a thriller, written by Robert Avrech, manages to demean everyone involved, regardless of creed or previous credits. The usually workmanlike Sidney Lumet directs Griffith to be shrill and most of the Hasidim to be cute and noble -- E.T.s with yarmulkes. Only Eric Thal, as a young scholar, emerges with dignity intact and prospects bright...
Like a Ninja Turtle conceived in disaster and destined for greatness, Schwarzenegger was born in the rubble of the Third Reich's defeat, in the Austrian village of Thal. His father was a policeman, his mother a housekeeper, and they lived in a house that had no toilet or refrigerator until he was 14. Could it have been such mean circumstances that gave Arnold an edge? He thinks so. "Today in America," he says, "I see kids comfortable, getting everything they want, peaceful minds, no hang-ups. And I realize that stability will never create the hunger it takes...