Timothy Bottoms News

Alan J. Pakula was an all-around movie-making talent always on the edge of Academy Awards , yet he never got to take home an Oscar.

In the classic film about law school, "The Paper Chase," there is this priceless moment when the incomparable John Houseman, playing the professor, holds up a coin and offers it to the beleaguered student played by Timothy Bottoms.

Dear David Inman: I have tried and tried to remember the name of this movie: It was about a seeing-eye dog and his owner and how the seeing-eye program got started.

No pain, no gain, for the frolicking twain in Spain. As a director, Alan J. Pakula was best known as the captain of commanding Hollywood vessels like Klute , All the President's Men , and Sophie's Choice - big honkin' entertainments that reaped respect, awards, and box office.

BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Timothy Bottoms, the brother of actors Joseph and Sam Bottoms, was born in Santa Barbara, Calif., on this date in 1951.

Timothy Bottoms, who has appeared in more than 60 feature films including The Last Picture Show and The Paper Chase , lives nowhere near Hollywood.

Timothy Bottoms, who has appeared in more than 60 feature films including The Last Picture Show and The Paper Chase , lives nowhere near Hollywood.

A tornado threatens the Snow Prom, where Jackie's runner-up finish for Snow Queen prompts a parody of "The Wizard of Oz." Wizard: Pamela Sue Martin.

TRUMPETING TRUMBO I read Dalton Trumbo's 1939 masterpiece of antiwar literature Johnny Got His Gun in high school.