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...Irish troubles, as the English call the battle between Protestants and Catholics for control of Northern Ireland, are at heart a fratricidal family squabble. So maybe a few steely mothers can stanch the blood sport. Some Mother's Son, which Terry George directed from his and Jim Sheridan's script, documents the 1981 hunger strike led by IRA soldier Bobby Sands (John Lynch) and the attempt by mothers of Sands' jailed cohorts to keep their boys from dying. Despite her natural caution, Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren), an apolitical teacher, is persuaded, by an IRA sympathizer (Fionnula Flanagan) and by loyalty...
...that. But good movies make their own morals. And this one, based on Irvine Welsh's trend-spotting novel, is also and mainly a display of savvy camerabatics. Though grim death hangs like crepe over our antihero (star-in-the-making Ewan McGregor) and his mates, the John Hodge script and Danny Boyle's direction couldn't be more vital. Aesthetically, at least, Trainspotting chooses life...
Nearly 20 first-years involved in the second annual Freshman Musical met last night to read through a preliminary script of this year's show and to ratify the group's constitution...
...writers, dramatists, composers and lyricists have been working separately since late September to develop the script. Last night's meeting was the first time the students put the script together, said Elena Cho '00, one of the group's executives...
Executive Yoon-Ho "Alex" Lee '00 said the script is almost complete. "We're showing people what's been done so far," he said. "Everything has been written in pieces...