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The Final of the Thin Man Films Released on VHS and Other Home Video Releases.

Ken Tucker reviews the home video release of "The Shadow of the Thin Man," the last of the five "Thin Man" movies, a series made in the 30s and 40s and created by Dashiell Hammett that starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as a dashing husband-and-wife detective team.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 12, 1988: Interview with Robert Thurman; Interview with Orlando Haddad; Interview with Steven Segal; Review of the film "The Shadow of the Thin Man."
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Buddhist Monk and Tibetan Activist Dr. Robert Thurman.

Dr. Robert Thurman, the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He later returned to the United States and established The Institute for Buddhist Studies at the University of Massachusetts. He visited Tibet in the fall of 1987 and is now setting up a Tibet House in New York City.

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