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By Ken Levine: Give John Candy his star  Oct 21, 2006 ... But again, Johnny Hayes has one. ... "Tom Tuttle from Tacoma" was a two-dimensional character until John ... "Peace Corps 1962, turned village over to Communists" . ... talent that was wasted in too many inferior (for him) American movies. ... Thanks for all your help (and the great column on John Candy).
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Volunteers (1985) - IMDb  Comedy  Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to ... With Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson. ... out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to ... for the local villagers with American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the...
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BEHIND THE JOKES 'VOLUNTEERS' PONDERS ALTRUISM ...  Aug 18, 1985 ... Search All NYTimes.com ... It stars Tom Hanks as Lawrence Bourne 3d, a rich, self-assured Yalie who, ... he finds himself next to Tom Tuttle from Tacoma, Wash., played by John Candy, who exudes American ''can-do'' spirit. ... While the movie uses themes of 60's idealism and the Peace Corps, people...
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Volunteers (1985) - Quotes - IMDb  Volunteers (1985) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and ... Have made terrible mistake and joined the Peace Corps.
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Volunteers (film) - Wikipedia  Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy in their second film together after Splash (1984). Contents. [hide]. 1 Plot; 2 Cast; 3 Production; 4 Reception ... Meyer states that the director of the Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, read the script and complained...
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Take a Trip Through the Memory of Tennessee Williams and the All ...  Sep 21, 2013 ... You know Tennessee Williams: the Mississippi-born writer whose father didn't ... As director Elia Kazan noted of Williams, Everything in his life is in his plays, and ... Arthur Kennedy as Tom and Kirk Douglas as the Gentleman Caller. ... Broadway.com, Our version is sort of what Tennessee asked for at the...
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All the Right Moves (1983) - IMDb  Drama ... A high school footballer desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong ... Combine 2 Movie Titles, Get 1 Film! ... (1983) Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson in All the Right Moves (1983) Tom ..... Company Credits ... Craig T. Nelson really steals the film in a part that he has relished playing-that high school coach!
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The Glass Menagerie - Wikipedia  The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in .... Two Hollywood movie versions of The Glass Menagerie have been ... Jane Wyman (Laura), Arthur Kennedy (Tom) and Kirk Douglas (Jim). ... Sheela plays Margaret D'Costa (Amanda Wingfield), and Tom George Kolath plays...
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Casting | Music Theatre International  ... cast someone who memorizes lines easily and has a good sense of musical rhythm ... You may be tempted to cast an "over-the-top" actor as Mayor Shinn, but ... Mrs. Paroo is the conscience of River City. ... Tommy is the teen heartthrob in the show. ... Tommy's love interest is Zaneeta so make sure the two characters have...
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Mr. T - Film Actor, Athlete, Reality Television Star, Television Actor ...  Jun 13, 2016 ... Actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, known for his mohawk and gold ... Deciding school was not for him, Tureaud became a military ... It was during the filming of this movie that Mr. T coined the catch phrase "I pity the fool!
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Fight Club (Film) - TV Tropes  It is a 1999 movie directed by David Fincher and originally based on a 1996 novel by ... The film's story follows the life of an unnamed man (Edward Norton) the ... the man meets a charismatic free spirit named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), and they ... Arc Words: Too many to count, this trope being a core part of Palahniuk's...
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J! Archive - Show #3666, aired 2000-07-10  Deborah Van Ness, a stay-at-home mom from New City, New York. Doug Lach, a product development manager from Columbus .... Astronaut Jim Lovell had a bit role in this film in which Tom Hanks played Jim Lovell ... "The Line King" is a film about this man whose work has been in the New York Times for the last 70 years...
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<i>Kings Row</i> - American Studies @ The University of Virginia  Without doubt, Kings Row is an example of Hollywood teamwork at its very best; ... uptown (Drake McHugh and Louise), and downtown (Randy Monaghan and ... (Parris is with Drake in the ice house, but he isn't comfortable swinging on the rings. ..... Many scenes risk seeming risible: Drake's 'Where's the rest of me?' is a...
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Vicious Imagery: Bumper posting: Films of Michael Caine  Mar 30, 2007 ... Caine studied with a Texan pageant expert for his role as Victor and also sought .... But Goldmember flees to 2002, taking Nigel with him. .... a roll following his Oscar win as best supporting actor for The Cider House Rules (1999). ... The Toronto screening got a standing ovation and raves in US media, with...
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articles 20 Things You Might Not Know About 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'  Jan 4, 2016 ... To ensure they didn't make the sequel without him, he instead ... Spielberg brought Thomas in for a meeting to audition at Universal Studios, but instead of giving .... the side of the camera, uttering famous phrases like E.T. phone home, ... of the Lost Ark with Spielberghired a non-actor named Pat Welsh,...
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1982 Academy Awards Winners and History - Greatest Films  BEN KINGSLEY in "Gandhi", Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", Jack Lemmon in "Missing", ... Close in "The World According to Garp", Teri Garr in "Tootsie", Kim Stanley in ... Sydney Pollack's witty gender comedy Tootsie (with ten nominations and .... for her role as Julie, 'Dorothy's' unknowing, submissive best girlfriend in Tootsie.
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U.S. Marshals (film) - Wikipedia  U.S. Marshals is a 1998 American action crime thriller film directed by Stuart Baird. ... Instead, the plot centers on United States Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard, once again played by Tommy Lee Jones, as he and his team pursue another fugitive,...
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The Whole Nine Yards (2000) - IMDb  Comedy ... With Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan. Nick is a struggling dentist in Canada. ... The Whole Nine Yards -- Bruce Willis ("The Sixth Sense," " ... Jimmy the Tulip's (Willis) quiet new life is shaken up by his old pal Oz (Perry), whose wife (Henstridge) has been kidnapped by a...
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Cool Runnings - Wikipedia  Cool Runnings is a 1993 American comedy sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring ... It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The film received positive reviews, and the film's soundtrack also...
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Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Top Gun - Screen Rant  May 12, 2016 ... Val Kilmer (Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazanski) ... Following it, he continued to work steadily in both TV and film, even comically playing himself in Ted. .... Then and Now Anthony Edwards from Top Gun Where Are They Now? ... has ceremoniously returned to the skies, voicing the fighter jet Echo in Disney's Planes,...
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The Sixth Annual Monitor Mega Movie Guide - CSMonitor.com  Dec 22, 2000 ... Fugit gives a starmaking performance as the teenage reporter, and Crudup and .... Sterritt *** The life and times of folk singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott, capturing his .... The movie does a fine job of integrating its political interests - a fierce ..... With Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo.