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But he loses his nerve just before the earth is completely scorched. I have a notion his first draft screenplay might have been unremittingly dark and cynical.

I could do a great disservice by starting this post with the question, a oeDo you like a soundtrack drivena movies?a You know the type- a movie so intrinsically bound to its musical accompaniment that there can be no separation.

Opens Thursday: Choreographer Mathew Janczewski has been behind the scenes for the past few years directing Arena Dances but he'll return to the stage to perform a new solo work that celebrates the fierce and confident self.

Known for her sharp-tongued, no-holds-barred critique of celebrities, comedienne Kathy Griffin built a career out of clawing her way onto Hollywood's A-list, while simultaneously making fun of every aspect of showbiz..... Known for her sharp-tongued, no-holds-barred critique of celebrities, comedienne Kathy Griffin built a career out of clawing her ...

This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? It's extremely dark and daring and definitely not for everyone, but it shows that with his third film as writer and director, Goldthwait is honing a unique and fearless voice, and that's ...

Best known for the cult favorite Shakes the Clown , about a grievously alcoholic birthday clown, Bobcat Goldthwait is developing from an inspired bad-taste comedian into a genuinely daring writer-director. This hilarious but troubling comedy stars Robin Williams as a divorced high school English teacher who's always dreamed of being a famous writer ...

To those who grew up in the '80s, Bobcat Goldthwait was likely a fixture of your nascent movie-watching. In three Police Academy s and movies like One Crazy Summer, Burglar and Hot to Trot , Goldthwait transferred to the screen his aggressive stand-up schtick, which consisted of a mega-slovenly appearance and a braying voice that sounds like the ...

The director and his star share a philosophical moment. Details: World's Greatest Dad Opens Fri., Sept.

Robin Williams, left, stars in the new movie World's Greatest Dad, directed by his friend Bobcat Goldthwait. Williams again plays a poetry teacher, but this film is quite different from his previous work in Dead Poets Society.

Williams finds sudden influence over teens. Details: Runs at Harvard Exit, Fri., Sept.

Julie Brown is an original: a daffy West Coast Judy Holliday; a comedienne who has suffered many roadblocks in her rise to fame.

Bobcat Goldthwait would like to introduce a new character when he performs Sept.

This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? It's extremely dark and daring and definitely not for everyone, but it shows that with his third film as writer and director, Goldthwait is honing a unique and fearless voice, and that's ...

This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? It's extremely dark and daring and definitely not for everyone, but it shows that with his third film as writer and director, Goldthwait is honing a unique and fearless voice, and that's ...

This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? It's extremely dark and daring and definitely not for everyone, but it shows that with his third film as writer and director, Goldthwait is honing a unique and fearless voice, and that's ...

Bobcat Goldthwait already counts his latest movie starring buddy Robin Williams a success, no matter how well it does at theaters.

A calmer Robin Williams is among us. He survived open-heart surgery in March, walking away with one valve replaced and another repaired.

Screechy-voiced comic Bobcat Goldthwait segued years ago into movie directing. His 1991 "Shakes the Clown" has a cult following, his next, "Sleeping Dogs Lie," came 15 years later.

Joss Whedon For never giving up on a project, for his undying determination to tell his stories.

IN Bobcat Goldthwait 's ideal world there would be no recorded history before 2000, and he would be best known - if at all - as the writer and director of a few quirky, brutally honest independent films.