Word: wifely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Happening upon a quiet town, Vann quickly befriends masochistic Doug (Brian Cox) and his wife, Jane (Mercedes Ruehl), who allow him to rent the room of their missing daughter. It doesn't take long for the tender-faced psychotic to become like a son to the unhappy couple or for him to get a job or a girlfriend (Janeane Garofalo). There are a few touching or darkly humorous scenes in Vann's quest to be the quintessential son, employee and sweetheart. But alas, they are lost among an irritating and unnecessary interrogation that takes place between our hero...
...visceral and heart-wrenching scene, we witness the escape of a rebel leader, gagged with chicken wire and a wooden block, rush towards his screaming wife and child. He is dragged back, as the Americans watch, paralyzed with indecision, strung between leaving with their precious cargo and forgetting what they have seen, or helping these people escape. As the tortured Iraqi rebel is dragged back, one of Saddam's soldier's kills his wife...
Jeremy Knowles gives his wife's help an A+. He says her research--capitalizing on her role as Radcliffe archivist--proved invaluable then, and often since, in finding fresh and interesting material for his speeches...
...need some jokes," Jane Knowles says as she closes the door behind her, mimicking her husband's morning departure routine. Jeremy Knowles agrees that much of his best speechwriting humor comes from his wife...
...wife has seen Radcliffe through Harvard's eyes, and I've seen Harvard through Radcliffe's," Jeremy Knowles says...