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Actor Eli Wallach on the Method

The stage and screen actor's career has spanned nearly 50 years. One of his most well-known films is the Magnificent Seven. Wallach is currently touring the country in the play Love Letters with his wife Anne Jackson, and also has a role in the upcoming film, Godfather Part III.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 13, 1990: Interview with Eli Wallach; Review of the Maarten Altena Octet's album "Rif"; Interview with Josh Alan and Drew Friedman; Review of Ken Kesey's book …
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Free Improvisation Meets Tight Composition

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Rif, the new album by Dutch bassist Maarten Altena and his octet. Altena, who was a practitioner of free jazz, is also influenced by 20th century composers such as Stravinsky and Morton Feldman.

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"Further Inquiry" into the Merry Band of Pranksters

Book critic John Leonard reviews Ken Kesey's account of traveling the country in his bus Further during the 1960s. Leonard says it details Kesey and the Pranksters' many trips, but fails to explain their countercultural worldview.

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Film Composer Elmer Bernstein

Bernstein has composed the scores for around 80 films, including "The Man With the Golden Arm," "The Magnificent Seven," and "The Ten Commandments. He's done the scores for 2 new films -- "The Field" and "The Grifters." He joins Fresh Air to talk about how he works with directors to write his music.

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An Honorary Oscar For Actor Eli Wallach

Actor Eli Wallach will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar this weekend in Los Angeles. Fresh Air pays tribute to the 95-year-old star of The Good, the Bad and The Ugly and The Magnificent Seven with highlights from a 1990 interview.

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