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...consequences to the soldier is a theme in my movies. Terminator has a scarred soldier character. We have to face the consequences of setting our people off to do our bidding in a foreign land. But it's not a major undercurrent of the story. I'm not trying to make some anti-Bush statement...
...accurate canvas of human diversity in any particular place except the Ivy League campus itself, the student body is more an unwieldy chimera manufactured to the specifications of Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” attraction. (Which, incidentally, the theme park’s planners have tellingly relegated to an area of the park called “Fantasy Land...
...Potter series was launched with high hopes. But some films are out-of-nowhere hits. Says Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer: "You take a movie based on a theme-park ride about pirates, and you had not very high expectations. After we had such an unexpected hit with the first Pirates movie, there was pressure to do something bigger and better, which we somehow did." Prudently, Bruckheimer shot the second and third Pirates films simultaneously, reducing the overall budget. Yet each sequel cost in the $200 million neighborhood, 50% more than the price of the original...
When John Edwards announced his candidacy on Dec. 28 in New Orleans' Katrina-ravaged Ninth Ward, the locale underscored his central theme: a 21st century war on poverty. Geography often sends a message. Ronald Reagan launched his 1980 campaign in Philadelphia, Miss., and some saw this as a cynical appeal to white Southerners. In '92 Ross Perot declared on the set of Larry King Live, in keeping with his spontaneous nature. Al Gore tried out Carthage, Tenn., in 2000, but his home state ultimately rejected him. Contenders for 2008 will want to stress their strengths, and TIME has some backdrop...
...focus interest groups that come with the Pelosi package: Italian, female, Catholic, grandmother. With so many facets illuminated, perhaps Pelosi's people are hoping no one notices what's been left out: the only nod to Pelosi's actual home district and voting record may well be Bennett's theme song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco...