Word: yentl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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EXPECTING. Amy Irving, 31, sloe-eyed actress (Yentl, TV's The Far Pavilions) who plays a pregnant woman in her upcoming film Mickey and Maude; and Steven Spielberg, 36, everybody's favorite cinematic exploiter of childhood fears and fancies (E.T., Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom): their first child; early next summer. The couple have no current plans...
Flashdance was just one of five sound tracks that ranked among the 50 top-selling albums of 1983 (along with Staying Alive, Yentl, The Big Chill and Return of the Jedi), and Hollywood will try to launch several more in the coming months. The most elaborate after Footloose may be Streets of Fire, a futuristic rock fable directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.) and featuring Marine Jahan, the unbilled dancer who doubled for Jennifer Seals in Flashdance. Scheduled to open in June, the film includes songs by Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and others...
...cartoons. Many of the minor characters are more effective in suggesting motivations than Huck, who is forced to state them, either through slightly too earnest philsophizing or in songs such as "How Much Does It Cost to New Orleans", a song whose glossy sentiment sounds more like something from Yentl than the tone of this production...
...Yentl. Gotta sing! Gotta dance! Gotta study that Talmud! Filling every function but set decorator on this lavish musical, Barbra Streisand transforms a tale of the shtetl into a moving metaphor for her own determination and talent...
...pivotal role of Ellie, who must switch from virginal intensity to mandarin self-possession in the flick of an entr'acte, Amy Irving is a revelation. Best known as a movie actress (Carrie, Yentl), she commands the stage with her dusky voice and searing stare. Fifty years ago, she could have been Shaw's next heroine; now she can be Broadway...