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...Pack of the '80s, the cliquish band of young stars that included Nelson, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and various sons of Martin Sheen. The '90s newcomers also provide a downtown alternative to married-with-children superstars like Demi Moore or Tom Cruise. Brad Pitt, Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Uma Thurman and a handful of others, all in their 20s and early 30s, share soulful good looks, unconventional style and a refreshing seriousness about their craft. They typically work with edgy directors in an impressive variety of roles. On screen and off, they convey a beguiling intensity and even a fondness...
Consider the group's recent successes. Pitt has gained star status since his leading role as a wild-hearted rancher in Legends of the Fall, the country's No. 1 box-office hit for four weeks this winter. Ethereal beauties Ryder and Thurman earned Oscar nominations last week- Ryder for her role as Jo in Gillian Armstrong's Little Women and Thurman for her portrayal of a heroin-sniffing Mob wife in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Hawke has been winning rave reviews for his role as a charmingly scruffy, Auden-quoting romantic in Before Sunrise. In the meantime, Mary...
Idealism seems to run in the blood of Hollywood's new junior class, several of whom grew up in counterculture families. Thurman's mother was once married to Timothy Leary-who is also, coincidentally, Ryder's godfather. Thurman's father is a highly regarded scholar of Buddhism. Charles Bukowski was a frequent houseguest at the DiCaprios' when Leonardo was growing up in Los Angeles. The actor's best childhood friend was Abbie Hoffman's son. And Sarah Jessica Parker grew up idolizing Cesar Chavez and attending peace marches with her parents...
...likely to take her to his dorm room and show off his John Coltrane collection. Rather than overt sex appeal, actresses like Marisa Tomei and the Parkers project the flustered insouciance of college coeds. They are the smart, pretty girls on campus who keep losing their library cards. Declares Thurman: "I am completely a goofball nerd...
...here's a movie. Three stories that begin as cliches but soon go wild and wily. A gallery of tough guys who minor in philosophy. Career-defining turns by John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. Peppery dialogue that brings macho swank into the '90s. Quentin Tarantino's adrenaline rush of a melodrama is a brash dare to timid Hollywood filmmakers. Let's see, he says, if you can be this smart about going this...