Word: note
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Agents and writers have become savvy about inflaming the bidding passions of the big studios. Last month about 20 producers and studio bosses received packages containing black alarm clocks and the cryptic message "The Ticking Man Is Coming." The note described a screenplay by Manny Coto and Brian ( Helgeland about an android with a nuclear bomb implanted in its head. The next day producer Larry Gordon bought The Ticking Man for $1.2 million...
...phone during a foreign policy argument with Republican Congressman Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma. He shouted obscenities at Senate Republican leader Bob Dole's press secretary over a routine news release. He berated House Republican leader Bob Michel for not supporting the President with sufficient enthusiasm, moving Michel to note that "sometimes we have to remind Governor Sununu that this is not the New Hampshire legislature." Democratic Senator Tim Wirth of Colorado says what many Washington insiders feel: Sununu "thinks he's the only smart guy in town. He shows little respect for anyone else's intelligence or point of view...
...Speaker, small-time heroin peddler and barker for the Blue Note Lounge, a scumbucket strip joint in San Francisco's Tenderloin. The home is prison, out of which he is not likely to stay long. This is partly because his dim sidekick Rooski foolishly shot a Chinese druggist when the two of them were fumbling what was supposed to be a peaceful, harmless burglary. The main reason is that Joe belongs in jail, feels comfortable there. Not secure, understand, because dope selling in the lockup is even tougher than it is on the streets. Everyone there is a villain...
Even the end of the cold war is, at best, Topic D. No wonder Gorbachev is keeping his summit trip to the U.S. later this month as brief as possible. His tough job is here, making peace with, and among, his countrymen. Soviet officials note gratefully that the Bush Administration has refrained from "exploiting the weaknesses" of the U.S.S.R. -- an unthinkable statement a few years ago and a revealing one today...
...criticized for moving too slowly, but at least when it comes to some of its assets, slowly is just the right pace. A rush to sell could lower real estate prices, forcing new defaults and a downward spiral. It is thus somewhat alarming to note that this is exactly the direction the RTC of late seems to be heading. As Barron's subtly headlined its April 30 cover story on the agency: SELL! SELL! SELL...