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...that helps jar British theater out of what he dubs its "cycle of boredom," so be it. "I want to write plays that shake you up a little bit," he says, "plays that a film fan would be interested in seeing, like the new De Niro movie." He's already got a lot of them waiting eagerly for the new McDonagh play...
WILL WINTough call, but Duvall has the edge; it's about time he gained full equality with the other "greats" of his generation--Pacino, De Niro, Hoffman...
...wonderfully biting satire of the prevailing attitude which links show business to American politics. Two weeks before he is up for re-election, the president is accused of making advances on a Girl Scout; mysterious political consultant Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro) is called to resolve the catastrophe. Everyone gets brutally skewered in this film: politicians, filmmakers, actors, reporters and the credulous masses. The load eventually proves to be too much for the film to carry, but the film has to be admired for its sheer effort. Wag the Dog remains vastly entertaining even during its most tenuous moments. --Soman...
Robert De Niro is still fuming over his run-in with a French judge after the actor's name was found in an address book seized in a prostitution-ring inquiry. "I never paid for a woman in my life," De Niro told the newspaper Le Monde, adding that he would never return to France and would tell his friends to stay away, too. He also said he would boycott the Cannes Film Festival and send back the Legion of Honor (one of France's highest civilian decorations) that he was awarded at last year's festival. Later...
MOVIE: Mr. Political Fix-It (De Niro) is brought in to manage scandal...