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Kerouac Goes To Cannes, and Other Beat News (Literary Kicks)
1. After (seriously) 17 years of development, the major new Hollywood Walter
Salles/Francis Ford Coppola film of _On The Road_ is going to premiere on May
23, four months and twelve days from now, at the Cannes Film Festival in the
French Riviera. I can't believe the day is actually going to come.
I'm not sure what to expect from this film, but there's no doubt that Jack
Kerouac, a Breton Francophile, would have been pleased about a prestigious
Cannes festival premiere. Very little is currently known about the film of _On
The Road_, and only a single still image has been seen: the photo above,
showing Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund as Marylou and Dean Moriarty
apparently in one of the movie's big dance numbers. The image may give some
idea of the director's photographic style (muted colors, naturalistic setting,
not bad so far), but there's no word yet on what the entire film is like. I'm
looking forward to seeing a preview trailer soon. Thanks to the Beat Museum in
San Francisco (always the first place to check for news about this film) for
the scoop about the opening at Cannes. (For ...
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Hercules (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS] $6.33 An outrageous odyssey of fun, fantasy and adventure unfolds in the hilarious hit film, Hercules Disney's 35th animated triumph "brimming with comic surprise!" Taken from the gods as a newborn, adopted on earth, Hercules becomes an awkward, teenage pillar of strength. Trying to fit in, he discovers zeus is his dad and home is on mount olympus if he can move from "Zero" to true hero! Hercules teams ... |
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The Quiet Man [VHS] $5.61 Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener than any Ireland seen before or since--it's no surprise The Quiet Man won an Oscar for cinematography. It also won an Oscar for John Ford's direction, his fourth such award. The f... |
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Fantasia 2000 (Walt Disney Pictures Presents) [VHS] $2.00 More ambitious in scope than any of its other animated films (before or to come), Disney's 1940 Fantasia was a dizzying, magical, and highly enjoyable marriage of classical music and animated images. Fantasia 2000 features some breathtaking animation and storytelling, and in a few spots soars to wonderful high points, but it still more often than not has the feel of walking in its predecessor's f... |
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Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series $27.00 The comedy/drama Freaks and Geeks limped through its sole season on NBC in 1999 before being expelled by the network--but not before earning critical acclaim and a devoted fan base that fought valiantly to keep it on the air. Now all 18 episodes have been released in this long-awaited boxed set, which allows longtime fans and first-timers alike to enjoy one of television's most poignant and funny ... |
