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...famous writer-director looked serious and nervous as he faced the Senate hearing in Washington last week. "Let us just say," began Woody Allen, "that a very rich man has purchased all the films ever made in Hollywood." An outtake from The Front? Nope, an inset of Allen making a rare public appearance to voice his concern about the controversial practice of "colorizing" black-and-white movies. Joined by fellow Directors Milos & Forman and Sydney Pollack, Allen protested the computerized coloring of such classics as It's a Wonderful Life and Casablanca, calling the result "cheesy, artificial symbols...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 25, 1987 | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...rubber snake, ties himself up with a garden hose, then connects the end of the hose to his arm. The program declares that Sesto is singing that, "The offended serpent never rests until its venom is spilled into the blood of the offender." Rubber hose, rubber snake, poison...nope, it's too subtle, I just...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: On Opera: | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...Nope. The, aah, computer's down. Yup, whole state's blanked out." Legal creativity was flexing again. We were trapped...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: GONZO WEEKEND | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...Nope. "My first day in Viet Nam," Stone says, "I realized, like Chris in Platoon, that I'd made a terrible mistake. It was on-the-job training: Here's your machete, kid; you cut point. You learn if you can, and if not you're dead. Nobody was motivated, except to get out. Survival was the key. It wasn't very romantic." Each of the three combat units he served in was divided into antagonistic groups, as in the film: "On one side were the lifers, the juicers ((heavy drinkers)) and the moron white element. Guys like Sergeant Barnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Platoon: Viet Nam, the way it really was, on film | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...presidential spaz attack is that this time no one was playing dirty politics. This time, the President's men did what they did for the good of the country. There wasn't any thievery. No one even dreamed of putting a little green in his pocket. Not once. Nope...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Of Bandits and Zealots | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

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