Word: sutherland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another new hostage has arrived, Thomas Sutherland, dean of agriculture at American University (kidnaped June 9, 1985). Eventually the captors permit their prisoners to be together all the time and to remove their blindfolds when the guards are out of the room...
...hostages drag their agonizing discussion late into the night. Pastor Weir and Father Jenco make no effort to put themselves forward, and Sutherland is too much of a gentleman. But Anderson nearly takes a swing at Jacobsen as the two men engage in a bitter contest to be chosen. Anderson wins the vote, but then is devastated when Hajj refuses to abide by the decision. "Terry Anderson will not be the first to be released," he snaps. "He might be the last one." A few nights later, Hajj tells Pastor Weir he is going home...
...depression by throwing himself into habits and hobbies. Each morning he obsessively cleans the sleeping mats and takes spirited 40-minute walks around and around the room. When he fashions a chess set from scraps of tinfoil, the guards take the game away. Anderson takes French lessons from Sutherland, and stays up all night reading the Bible and novels by Charles Dickens that the guards provide...
...film features Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Downey Jr--best friends in real life--as Scott and Ralph, two old friends at the crossroads of their friendship. Both characters are based on Thompson and his friends in the late '60s. In addition, Winona Ryder (of Beetlejuice) plays Ralph's idealistic, intelligent younger sister, who enters a romance with Scott...
...emotional scenes of parent/child ideological conflicts or best friends' attempts to understand and love one another, both Thompson and the cast achieve their best. The film features many moments of exemplary and memorable acting, particularly from Downey and Sutherland...