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The disgruntled employee is Donald Sullivan, known to the rest of the town as Sully. His boss is Carl Roebuck, played by Bruce Willis. Since mangling his knee on the job, Sully insists that he is owed compensation. His one legged lawyer, Wirf, portrayed marvelously by Gene Saks, can't...

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: Touchingly Redemptive 'Fool' | 1/20/1995 | See Source »

Mr. Newman is not the only one who is dazzling Jessica Tandy, as his landlord, and Melanie Griffith, as Sully's true love that could never be, give startlingly on target performances. Even Bruce Willis is enjoyable.

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: Touchingly Redemptive 'Fool' | 1/20/1995 | See Source »

For Sully's troubles are innumerable, and, realistically speaking, they ought to make him at least contemplate the possibility of defeat. He has banged up his knee working for exploitative Carl Roebuck (Bruce Willis in another of his astonishingly good character jobs), and his amiable, incompetent lawyer (Gene Saks) can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Cool Hand Luke At 70 | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

Just ask Bruce Willis, one of a half-dozen actors (along with Travolta, Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames and Harvey Keitel) who found some of the juiciest roles of their careers here: "You can say the most intellectual thing about Pulp Fiction and be right. But it also works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blast to the Heart | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

Vincent (Travolta) and Jules (Jackson), henchmen of Los Angeles crime lord Marsellus Wallace (Rhames), retrieve a briefcase from some cheating kids. Three people die there, and a fourth in a getaway car. A specialist (Keitel) drops by to supervise the cleanup. At a diner, the henchmen's breakfast is interrupted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blast to the Heart | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

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