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An Overrated, Sanctimonious Film.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (Paramount Pictures).

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Other segments from the episode on August 13, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 13, 1993: Interview with Laurence Fishburne; Interview with Joe Mantegna; Review of the film "Searching for Bobby Fischer."
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Actor Larry Fishburne.

Actor Larry Fishburne. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young GI in "Apocalypse Now." He recently played the musician Ike Turner in the filmed biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It." His new film is "Searching for Bobby Fischer." REBROADCAST FROM 4/6/92.

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Actor Joe Mantegna.

Stage and screen actor Joe Mantegna. Long an associate of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, Mantegna starred in the stage version of "Glengarry Glen Ross", for which he won a Tony Award. Mantegna revels in shady characters: gamblers, cutthroat salesman, mobsters and Hollywood hucksters. His film work includes Mamet's "House of Games" and "Homicide" and his newest film has just been released: "Searching for Bobby Fischer".
(Rebroadcast of 11/05/1991)

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Stephen Schiff Discusses His Latest Adventures in Hollywood.

Screenwriter Stephen Schiff talks about writing the scripts for "True Crime" and "Deep End of the Ocean."He first established his reputation as a film critic for Vanity Fair and Fresh Air. He also wrote film essays and profiles for The New Yorker. He served an unprecedented three terms as chairman of the National Society of Film Critics. His first screenplay was for the most recent film adaptation of Lolita.

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Stephen Schiff on How "Lolita" Explores the "Beastly and the Beautiful"

Fresh Air's former film critic returns to discuss writing the screenplay for the controversial film adaptation of Nabokov's "Lolita." The $58 million film inspired such controversy that distribution in the U.S. was delayed. "Lolita," directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks) will premiere on the Showtime cable channel August 2nd. It's just been announced that the film will be released in movie houses in September. Schiff's screenplay, "Lolita: The Book of the Film" (Applause books), will be published next month.

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