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...have greatness thrust upon them. Olivier would have made Col. Nicholson a hero; Guinness kept him a man. It is fitting, somehow, that after a great and varied career--one which won him an Oscar and knighthood--most movie-goers remember him only as Obi-wan-Kenobi...
Playing Obi-Wan to Lambert's Skywalker is Sean Connery as the immortal Ramirez who instructs Lambert on the finer points of how immortals should fight and generally conduct themselves in a hostile world. Connery is disappointing in this role. His usually imposing suave control is dampened by the Spanish effeteness of his character. Lambert in his Manhattan scenes is actually cooler than Connery...
...past half-century or so, he has played dozens of memorable roles: a Prime Minister (Disraeli), a Pope (Innocent III), a King (Charles I), a prince (Arabia's Faisal), a fanatical colonel (Nicholson, in The Bridge on the River Kwai), a mad dictator (Hitler), a Jedi knight (Obi-wan Kenobi) and a spymaster (George Smiley in TV adaptations of John le Carre's espionage sagas). Now, at 71, he has added another role to that impressive list: author of one of the best show-business memoirs of recent years, a witty, wise and consistently entertaining account of life under...
...David S. Hilzenrath '87 Peter J. Howe '86 Joseph F Kahn '87 Jeffrey P. Meier '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Mathew A. Saal '87 Daniel B. Wroblewski '86 Editorial Editor: Nicholas S. Wurf '87 City/State Editor: D. Joseph Menn '87 Copy Editor: Joseph H. Kaufman '89 Photo Editor: Wan Joon Kim '87 Sports Editor: Jonathan F. Putnam '88 Business Editor: Wayne A. Seaton...
David S. Hilzenrath '87 Night Editors: David S. Hilzenrath '87 Joseph F. Kahn '87 Michael D. Nolan '88 Shari Rudavsky '88 Feature Editor: Thomas J. Winslow '87 Sports Editor: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Photo Editor: Wan Joon Kim '87 Copy Editors: Laurie L. Grossman '89 Jeffery P. Meier '89 Business Editor: Dahlia Weinman...