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Gilliam got so upset, the film was shut down for nearly two weeks. "I've never been in a situation like that," Damon recalls. "Terry was spitting rage at the system, at the Weinsteins. You can't try and impose big compromises on a visionary director like him. If you try to force him to do what you want creatively, he'll go nuclear." Now, with the release date fast approaching, the combatants have calmed down. "However difficult and painful it's been," Gilliam says, "everybody seems to like the film...
Just then, the music starts. In an instant, the adolescent mob is transformed into a congregation. All heads turn toward the worship band, a lo-fi rock combo of 13- and 14-year-olds led by middle school minister Brian Dietz, 28. Many kids shut their eyes, some sway from side to side and sing along with the rock ballad. "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord," they sing. "I want...
...questioning its openness. A lively blog on which aspiring video makers swapped ideas about the network's mission, recruitment process, video postings and politics cropped up on Current's website in its early days. But after would-be correspondents started criticizing management's policies and unresponsiveness, the blog was shut down...
...When things go wrong and there’s a possibility of a malpractice suit, the basic policy has been for everyone to keep their mouth shut and let the lawyers take over. And a kind of wall of silence has built up between patients and their families and the doctors,” Delbanco said. “We’ve said that’s not the right thing to do, and that frank and open and human discussion should occur right away...
...week's end, the authorities said the floods had killed 370 people in Bombay and around 700 across Maharashtra state, and had caused some $400 million in damage. The storm effectively shut down the city of nearly 20 million. Power and telephones were cut. Without staff or customers, stores closed. Trains and buses stopped running, and planes were grounded because the international airport was flooded. Streets stayed blocked for days, gridlocked by vehicles whose drivers had abandoned them. If Bombay really is the business capital of the next big economy, asked the city's stranded businessmen, how come the entire...