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Ritchie is not a film-school wonderboy. "He has no awareness of movie history, and in a way that's refreshing," notes executive producer Steve Tisch. "It sounds funny saying it, but Guy is a guy's guy." If he had given in to other impulses, he could have been, as other wise guys say, a made man. "I left school at 15," Ritchie says, "and got distracted by the ways of the underworld." He was arrested for (but not charged with) robbery after a police search of his home yielded TVs, VCRs and stereos with no serial numbers. Ultimately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Beyond Pulp Affliction | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...typical Kidpix program might include a Bugs Bunny cartoon, a Three Stooges short and a film like Ninja the Wonderboy. Adelman, who hopes to franchise Kidpix into a 400-theater chain, has encountered only one problem: parents get so wrapped up in shopping that they forget about Junior. Adelman is considering putting a two-hour time limit on the video baby sitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainment: Child Care with a Silver Screen | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Nine months later, the pressure to repeat is almost suffocating. Everybody gunning for the one-year wonderboy...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Money for Nothing | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...biggest of the countless question marks surrounding the finale is the health of Harvard wonderboy Bobby Hackett, who came down with a fever Thursday night and lost his 200 duel with Saltzman last night. Hackett should win the evening's opening race, the 1650 yd. freestyle, handily despite his illness...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Princeton Stays Within Range | 3/3/1979 | See Source »

...Freshman wonderboy Bobby Hackett smashed his second meet record in two days and fellow Yardling Michael Coglin grabbed another individual event, but the Harvard swim team fell behind powerhouse Princeton anyway in the second day of competition in the Eastern Seaboard Championships at Brown yesterday...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Trails at Easterns While Tigers Surge Ahead | 3/4/1978 | See Source »

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