Conference bookie::movies

932.0. "Steal Big, Steal Little" by TROOA::BUTKOVICH (blink and I'm gone) Mon Sep 11 1995 16:51

    Steal Big, Steal Little (***) - Went to the Gala last night - we   
    were introduced to Andrew Davis, the director and most of the principal   
    cast - Andy Garcia (who looks even better in person than he does on   
    film), his daughter , Rachel Ticotin, Joe Patoliano and Alan Arkin (who   
    got the biggest claps). Andy said that one of the best things about   
    Toronto is that he could legally buy Cuban cigars.  This movie is about
    Mexican twin brothers (both played by Garcia) who were discovered on   
    the property of a wealthy financier and his wife, a flamboyant dancer   
    and were adopted and raised by them until the couple divorces. One   
    brother goes with the man and years later is a ruthless developer and   
    major slimeball. The other brother stayed with the woman and is a   
    rancher with a social conscience and deep roots in the Latino   
    community.  When Ruben (the rancher) inherits the ranch (which is   
    10,000 acres of prime Santa Barbara real estate) and a fortune in cash,   
    Robby goes into attack mode and the fun begins. This film is a lot of   
    fun, and will probably be described in the print ads as something like   
    "a rollicking good time".  Alan Arkin is great as a loud, pushy Chicago   
    salesman in debt to the mob, who follows the scent of cash to Rancho   
    Mirage - and stays to becomes Ruben's new best friend.  However, the   
    fun and charm of the movie started to wear off - the ending was weak   
    (IMHO)

    
    Hello, when you say gala, do you mean the Boston Film Festival?
    
    
    Was it at Copley or the new Kendall Sq.?
    
    
    

    Sorry, guess I should have made that clearer.  The Toronto Int'l Film
    Festival is on until Sunday - it's the 20th anniversary.  I'll be
    posting a few more topics as I have 14 movies booked over a 8 day
    period!