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Fitzgerald's long and uneven onscreen history
Tribune newspapersHOLLYWOOD—F. Scott Fitzgerald's magical short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was a hard sell during the early days of the Roaring '20s, when magazines were hungering for one of the author's more down-to-earth flapper stories. "Benjamin...Tags: Baz Luhrmann, Jason Robards, Harold Pinter, Robert De Niro, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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It's been quite a year
928-6479Have you been good students, following this year's hits and misses and breakups in Pop Culture 101, a feature that runs in the Daily Press Life section five days a week? Then get ready for the 2008 final exam. 1 When Heath Ledger's massage therapist...Tags: Dakota Fanning, Foods and Beverages, People, Miley Cyrus, Books and Magazines
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Films of Fitzgerald tales not always on the button
Los Angeles TimesThe magical short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a hard sell during the early days of the Roaring '20s, when magazines were hungering for one of the author's more down-to-earth flapper stories. "Benjamin Button"...Tags: Alan Ladd, Elizabeth Taylor, Jason Robards, Elia Kazan, Harold Pinter
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1970s disaster films reflect angst of their times
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will be rocking and rolling Saturday evening when the 1974 disaster flick "Earthquake" rumbles in its original Sensurround sound system that mimics a real cataclysmic event.
The campy flick...Tags: Pennsylvania, William Holden, Jack Lemmon, Disasters, Nuclear Power
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Photographer comments on 'Godfather' images
Tribune staff reporterYou know his images, if not his name. Photographer and Chicago resident Steve Schapiro not only designed the movie posters for films as diverse as "Midnight Cowboy," "Parenthood" and "Billy Madison"—he's also responsible for some of the most famous...Tags: The Godfather (movie), Photography
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DVD FOCUS: Pull a piece of history right out of the box (set)
Tribune NewspapersAfter a few stagnant years, DVD sales have started to slip, and Blu-ray discs, despite the plummeting price of players, have yet to pick up the slack. But the crop of boxed sets is, if anything, more sumptuous than ever, in both content and presentation....Tags: Budd Boetticher, The Godfather (movie), 30 Rock (tv program), NBC, Tilda Swinton
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Actor in ' Apocalypse Now '
Tribune Newspapers++++++++++++++++++++ || Sam Bottoms made his screen debut as a teenager in 1971. Michel Euler/AP 2001 || ++++++++++++++++++++ Tribune Newspapers LOS ANGELES — Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-...Tags: New York City Police Department, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, Houston
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Sam Bottoms dies at 53; actor appeared in 'Apocalypse Now,' 'Last Picture Show'
Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-turned-GI Lance Johnson in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 53. Bottoms died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of...Tags: New York City Police Department, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, Houston
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Sam Bottoms, actor in theatrical family
The Associated PressSam Bottoms, who had small but memorable roles in the 1970s classics Apocalypse Now and The Last Picture Show, has died. He was 53. Mr. Bottoms, one of four actor-brothers, died Dec. 16 of brain cancer at his home in Los Angeles, his wife, Laura Bickford...Tags: Robert Duvall, Los Angeles, Death and Dying
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Tucker car could give bailout new spin
For some perspective with respect to making your own decisions in the matter of the auto bailout, you may want to search for information on the Tucker car right after World War II, at a very significant time for the auto industry. You should readily find...Tags: Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Jeff Bridges, World War II, Ford
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Sam Bottoms, surfer in 'Apocalypse Now' and teen in "Last Picture Show," dies in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Bottoms, who had small but memorable roles in the 1970s classics "Apocalypse Now" and "The Last Picture Show," has died. He was 53. Bottoms, one of four actor-brothers, died Tuesday of brain cancer at his home in Los Angeles,...Tags: Robert Duvall, Celebrity, Clint Eastwood, Texas, Peter Bogdanovich
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Sam Bottoms, actor in 'Apocalypse Now,' dies at 53
LOS ANGELES - Sam Bottoms, who had small but memorable roles in the 1970s classics "Apocalypse Now" and "The Last Picture Show," has died. He was 53. Bottoms, one of four actor-brothers, died Tuesday of brain cancer at his home in Los Angeles, his wife...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Los Angeles, Death and Dying, Movies
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