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Other segments from the episode on December 15, 1995
The New "Sabrina" Lacks the Magic of Audrey Hepburn, But is Smarter than the Original.
Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the remake of the film "Sabrina," starring Harrison Ford.
From the Archives: Film Director Sydney Pollack in "Havana."
Film director Sydney Pollack. He directed "Tootsie," and his film "Out of Africa" won an Academy Award for Best Picture. His new film is "Sabrina". (REBROADCAST from 12/11/90)
From the Archives: Clifton Taulbert Discusses Growing Up with Segregation.
Writer Clifton Taubert grew up in the segregated South in the 1950s. His experiences growing up black in America are chronicled in his two memoirs When We Were Colored and the Pulitzer Prize nominated The Last Train North (Penguin Books). Taubert lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he is a businessman. When We Were Colored has been made into a new film. (REBROADCAST from 8/8/95) (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)
One of the Original Power Pop Groups.
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews two new albums by The Smithereens: a new best-of, "Blown to Smithereens," (Capital Records) and a collection of rare old tracks, "Attack of the Smithereens."
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