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Sabrina, a 1954 Billy Wilder film, is as tightly constructed, funny and engaging as any good romance. What elevates it above this level is its gifted and star-studded cast. Sabrina proves itself just another jewel in William Holden's cap of acting talent. Here he fits perfectly into the role of a spoiled, dashing, rich heir to a plastics corporation. His brother (Humphrey Bogart) is the more interesting sibling, combining a clever wit held back only by a self-punishing impulse to work hard and keep long hours as the chairman of the company. Enter Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reel to Reel: | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...DOUG WILDER (-5) No way! Last week he said Clinton, whom he called "a man besieged with stories about his personal life," had "gravely damaged the Democratic Party" by playing golf at the racially exclusive Little Rock Country Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Veep Prospects: How to Score 'Em | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...Robinson works to crack the case, director Billy Wilder builds a "double suspense." Wilder transforms a simple plot into a nail-biting thriller. The 1973 remake of Double Indemnity, with a new cast, cannot be compared to the classic original. Neither can Body Heat, a more recent retelling of the story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swindling a German U-Boat | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...Buffalo Bills' super bowl loss cost New York Gov. Mario Cuomo a crate of buffalo wings (sent to Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who had wagered a Virginia ham on the game...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News Of the Weird | 2/8/1992 | See Source »

...remains at the very heart of rock legend has never become any more than a trivial celluloid figure, shooting with increasing rapidity toward the margins and fringes of the film universe's great trash heap. The pile is already overflowing. Masterpieces featuring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder (together) lie there and fester. And they're joined by the works of Christopher Reeve, Sophia Copola, whoever played Enzo the Baker (favorite line: "Hello, I'm Enzo the Baker, don't you remember me?), Mark Hamill, and the midget in the R2D2 droid uniform...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Mick in the Movies | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

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