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Entries Tagged as 'Hal Holbrook'

Killshot (2008, John Madden)

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s hard to say whether Killshot falls apart because of the filmmakers or because of the source material. Killshot changes its mind about what to deliver every three minutes. The script can’t decide on a main character–is it Mickey Rourke’s hit man or is it Diane Lane’s woman in distress or is it Thomas Jane’s […]

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Tagged: Elmore Leonard· Hal Holbrook· Hossein Amini· John Madden· Mickey Rourke· Rosario Dawson· The Weinstein Company· Thomas Jane· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

The Fog (1980, John Carpenter)

February 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments

It’s not just Janet Leigh being in the film or all the trouble–visibly–starting when Jamie Lee Curtis arrives in town, it’s everything about The Fog–it’s an aware Hitchcock homage. The list can continue with the setting, the reference to The Birds, but it’s even more. There’s a definite feel to the film; Carpenter seemingly (he […]

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Tagged: Debra Hill· Embassy Pictures· Hal Holbrook· Janet Leigh· John Carpenter· John Houseman· ★★½

All the President’s Men (1976, Alan J. Pakula)

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

In an American history survey class, when we got to Nixon, one student asked if we could cover it. She felt we hadn’t covered it well enough. The professor said we would not be covering it–everyone knew it. He was–obviously–wrongly assuming some knowledge of history from college students, a foolish presumption (I have MFA instructors […]

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Tagged: Alan J. Pakula· Bob Woodward· Carl Bernstein· Dustin Hoffman· Hal Holbrook· Jack Warden· Jason Robards· Lindsay Crouse· Ned Beatty· Robert Redford· Warner Bros.· William Goldman· ★★★★

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