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Fool's Paradise T h e fi l m version of
probe deeper into h is
Professor of Engl ish R i c hard
character, a colorful roust
Russo's novel Nobod) " s Fool,
about named S u l l y .
starring Paul N ewman, the
Heahhy De8are
Before the November election shifted
" I t h i n k i t's a good
l ate J essica Tandy and
mov ie," Russo said, acknowl
Melanie Griffith, is be i ng
edging that he feels too close
Congressional power from Democrats to Republ icans, Senate leader George M itchell ( D-Maine) and Robert Dole ( R-Kan. ) were engaged in a battle over health care
to the proj ect to be a good
reform. W i l l iam R . Kenan Professor of Government L. Sandy
j udge. As for important
Mai el, quoted in USA Today, said both M i tc hell and Dole had a big rake in the outcome of the health care debate.
details, he said , "I l ike the treatment of setting-they
Maisel said M i tchel l . who retired after 14 years i n the Senate,
get the idea of place very
was hoping a victory in health care reforrn would be hi "crown ing achievement." " I t's got to be very d isappointing to h i m , "
well. And mo t importantly they get
ully-his complex
M a isel said .
i ty , his inner fire, h is anger
M a isel attri buted M i tchell's fa ilure to pol itical obstac les,
and frustration and his
inc l ud ing a Republ ican fil ibuster. "The Senate is a \·ery tough place to lead," he said. A for Dole, Maisel said, the failure to pas some type of
wonderful, bouyant optimism are all there on the screen. " The Waterville howing
health care reform could ul timately be pol i t ically damagino. "I think he's going to be \'iewed a ' Dr. No,"' he said. " I t always
occurred only after a special effort by Russo when the
looked like he wa preven ting a sol u t ion . "
original venue, Rai lroad quare Cinema, burned down
0Fpce Conrn18uno11s
in early October (see page 5 ) .
Campaign finance spec i a l i ·t Anthony Corrado, a soc iate
Ru o negotiated special
professor of
pem1i ion from Paramount Pictures t
ing ro the 900- eat Waterville Paul N ewman as Su l ly in
Nobody's Fool.
"To paraphrase W i ll ie
the creening into a benefit
released nationally thi month followi ng premi ere creenings in New York City, Lo Angeles and Waterv i l le .
told the Dallas Morning Neu•s that
contribute to a candidate for a state office.
Opera House and transformed for R ai lroad
gm·e mment,
ut-of-state c andidates -olicit money from Texas contributors because the tate does nor limit the amount an ind iYidual may
move the screen
u t ton, who referred to robbing
bank , when you raise money in pol itic , you have to go to
quare, a small
where the money is," Corrado said.
independent theater.
Critics of out-of-state contributor want them l imited by
"Th e tudio has been \'ery generou in a l lowing us to do
law, a mea ure Corrado aid was " een as a way to reduce the
some thing they don't normally do," Ru-so said,
reduce the influence of Hollywood money,
influence of pol itical act ion commi ttees. But it also i a way to ew York money
add i ng that people from the
and a lot of Texas and California money," he said .
the August 1993 Colby) is
publ i c i ty office right up to the head of Paramount
Ru o's third c ri t i c al ly
pi tched in.
In rhe S rn1ke Zone
obob) "s Fool ( rev iewed by E. Annie Proulx ' 5 7 in
acclaimed novel and the fir t to be turned into a fil m .
Rus�o has been careful
As major league ba eball players and owners scuffled o\·er a ro
propo ed alary cap, debate about baseball's unique ant itrust
Ru so as isted d i rector
put the fi l m into perspe c t i \·e fo r the aspiring wri ters he
exempt ion intensified.
Robert Benton-best known
teache . "A mov ie being
for Kramer vs . Kramer-w ith
made of a novel is not the
revisions to the screenplay
encl - a l l and be-all of a
told the Orange County Regiscer that a repeal of the anti trust exemption would not destroy the game as owners have suggested.
and talked a t length with
writer's de ign," he said . " I t's
ewman, who wanted to
the '-"'Ord that we're after. " +
Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics J a mes Meehan
"I think the courts wou ld have ome sympathy to a l lo\\' the teams to have compe t i t ive balance , " sa id , Meehan, who ha worked at the Federal Trade Comm is ion and the anti tru t d i v is ion of the U . S . Department of J ustice. "The question i , how much protection do you need ?"
Syllab i
He acknowledged that compe t i t ive balance would be an
Off-campu J a n Plan th is year include trips to Rome, London, Bermuda, Ecuador, Poland , Russia, Germany and the Mojave De ert. An add itional 68 on-campu plan were offered on topics ranging from Athenian architecture to Utopian li terature.
issue because of the investment maj or league teams make in minor league ballplayers. " lf you rec ruit minor league ballp layer · ·
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and you invest a lot of your resources, obv iously it reduces your incentive to invest in that talent if another team can · ign that p l ayer away, " he aid.
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