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...crowned Queen of England. Her reign lasted an inglorious nine days. She and her adolescent consort Guildford Dudley were beheaded, martyrs to a failed conspiracy by Protestants to prevent restoration of a Catholic monarchy. The story of Jane and Guildford, as told by Screenwriter David Edgar and Director Trevor Nunn (the Nicholas Nickleby team), has the superficial air of the standard movie history lesson: courtiers elegantly whispering in drafty castle corridors. But they have not forgotten that their central figures, nicely played by Helena Bonham Carter and Cary Elwes, are adolescents, full of hot passion for each other and idealistic...
...crop of heroes is the promise which America's youth holds for the future. Reagan praises Richard Cavoli, a young science and medical expert, Tyrone Ford, an accomplished 12-year-old muscian, Shelly Butler, an honors student who saved a girl from being run over by a bus, and Trevor Farrell, a 13-year-old who aids Philadelphia's homeless...
...Trevor Farrell, who helps the homeless, draws the President's praise for displaying the "living spirit of brotherly love." "Private values," Reagan said on Tuesday, "must be at the heart of public policies." But that is precisely the President's problem; he lacks heart when it comes to helping those to whom Trevor is devoted. Mutual aid is the message which Trevor Farrell conveys; a benevolent government should adopt Trevor's "private values" and follow its hero's example. The homeless are the responsibility of more than just a 13-year...
Directed by Trevor Nunn...
Kudos to Director Trevor Nunn and screenwriter David Edgar for providing the intelligent, sophisticated, movie-goer with a reason to turn off the VCR and head for the darkened aisles...