Hindustan Times
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’t know how many people mourned the passing of Michael Crichton at the beginning of November. For most of this century, Crichton was known for two things. One was his importance as a climate change denier (his fiction destroyed the argument for global warming, leading to protests from environmentalists who said that he had misrepresented facts). And the other was his role as the creator of Jurassic Park, the novel that Steven Spielberg turned into a massively profitable Hollywood franchise.
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Filed under pursuits · Tagged Al Gore, Crichton, Demi Moore, Frankenstein, Jurassic Park, Michael, Michael Douglas, Sean Connery, Steven Spielberg
It’s funny how so much of the media hype surrounding the release of the new Indiana Jones movie (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) focused on Harrison Ford. Was he young enough to play the iconic role? Would he still be convincing in the action sequences? And so on.The divide: Gandhi had a stellar Indian cast, but the lead role went to a British actor. AFPFunny, because the role was not written for Ford. movie without all the gadgetry”.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 12:21 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Harishikesh Mukherjee, Harrison Ford, Indian Jones, James Bond, Richard Attenborough, Steven Spielberg
