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Actor Jon Voigt Discusses Working with John Boorman.

Jon Voigt is one of the stars of John Boorman's new film The General. Voigt and Boorman go back a long way.Voigt co-starred in Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance. But it was Voigt's leading role in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy that made him a star. Jon Voigt won an Academy Award in 1979 for his role as a paraplegic Vietnam veteran, in Coming Home. His recent films include Mission Impossible, and The Rainmaker. He's also in the new film Enemy of
the State.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 4, 1999: Interview with John Boorman; Interview with Jon Voigt.
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Film Director John Boorman.

John Boorman directed the new film the The General, based on the life of the notorious Irish thief and gangster Martin Cahill. Cahill stole about 60 million dollars in a series of ingenioius robberies he masterminded in the 1980's. Boorman has directed many other films including Deliverance, Point Blank, Hope and Glory, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, and Beyond Rangoon.

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Actor and Director Alan Arkin

He's currently co-starring in the A&E series 100 Centre St.. Arkin plays Judge Joe Rifking. Arkin began his career with Chicago's Second City improv group. He went on to win a Tony on Broadway, in Carl Reiner's play Enter Laughing, and to star in movies such as The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Wait Until Dark, Catch-22, and The In-Laws. Arkin's directing credits include The Sunshine Boys and Little Murders on Broadway, and several movies and TV shows, including an episode of the PBS comedy series, Trying Times.

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