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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...than of one person's vision, the many dances sometimes appear disjointed. Certain scenes in Act II could definitely profit from some alterations. The dance of the Russian soldiers in scene six, accompanied by possibly the most rousing segment of Tchaikovsky's score, fails to project the same enthusiasm present in the music. Equally anti-climactic is the Arabian Coffee dance in scene three...
...disbelief? Sure, why not.) Convincing his fellow guards of John's powers, Edgecomb arranges to have John secretly brought to the terminally ill wife of Warden Hal Moores, who is suffering from a brain tumor. In a moving scene, he revives the warden's wife and convinces all those present that his miraculous gift is real...
...only flaw preventing Darabont's triumphant second effort from being perfect is the manner in which the story begins and ends. Told as a flashback by an older Edgecomb sixty years after the fact, the story opens with scenes that take place in the present. This set-up at the beginning of the film is fine, but the ending just doesn't work. Immediately after the final scene from 1935, the story shifts back to the present for a wrap-up that comes across as contrived (the same problem plagued Saving Private Ryan). Instead of ending the film...
...invisible student bands, Crimson Arts is teaming up with the Advocate and English Muffin Records to present Blast!, a four-band performance to be held at the Advocate building on Friday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. It promises to rock, so kick back and enjoy the last weekend of the school millennium. The $3 event will feature these four promising Harvard and Harvard grad bands...
...House masters present at a meeting yesterday consented, for the first time, to a trial run of universal keycard access (UKA) for upperclass students between...