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...Coming Attractions" reported that Brad Pitt will portray the great warrior Achilles in Troy, the new film version of The Iliad [WHAT'S NEXT: ARTS, Sept. 8]. Please say it isn't so! I'd rather see Arnold Schwarzenegger as Achilles and Pitt as a candidate for California Governor. BOB DOLAN Fullerton, Calif...
...even more dissapointing for the Crimson because the team could have easily won in regulation. Harvard held a one goal lead before the Stags struck to knot the game at two with just under six minutes remaining. Fairfield forward Mike Troy recieved the ball standing at the edge of the box with his back to the goal. Troy turned and buried his shot in the lower left hand corner, forcing the game into overtime...
...film production is controlled chaos, and Troy (whose reported budget is an epic $145 million) is no exception. Early this year, as the Iraq war approached, the production judiciously moved from Morocco to Baja California. On the Malta location this spring, severe heat brought fainting spells on many of the burly Bulgarians hired as extras. One bit player, a former Mr. Malta named George Camilleri, suffered a leg wound while jumping from a galleon and died a few weeks later...
...principals, Troy has been arduous but rewarding. "It's like going to the acting doctor," Bana told TIME while on set in Malta, "and hearing him say, 'This is exactly what you need.' I've never had so much fun on a shoot before...
...themselves, blood, sweat and fun don't make a good movie. Vision does. When Troy opens next May 21, we'll see if Homer's vision came through Petersen's viewfinder to create a genuine, grownup flesh-and-brains epic...