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“He’sa bit likeGeorgeMaharis,EddByrnes,TabHunter,
Fa bianandVinceEdwards—handsomehe-menwho
sp enttheircareersrunningpocketcombsthroughtheir
pompadours,”sayswriter-directorQuentinTarantinoof
Ri ckDalton,LeonardoDiCaprio’scharacterin the 1969-set
OnceUpona Timein...Hollywood. “T henall of a sudden
theleadingmenaretheseshaggy-hairedandrogynous
ty pes,likePeterFondaandMichaelDouglas,andif Rick’s
gonnageta partin a moviewiththemhe’sprobably
gonnabe the copwho’sbustingthem.”BradPittco-stars
asRick’slongtimestuntdouble,andMargotRobbieplays
doomedneighborSharonTate.Theteemingensemble
in cludesAl Pacino(asRick’sagent),KurtRussell(asa
st untcoordinator),BruceDern(whoreplacedthe lateBurt
Reynoldsas the Mansonfamily’slandlord)andLukePerry
in his finalfilm,as TV WesternstarWayneMaunder.[NR]ONCE UPON A TIME
IN...HOLLYWOOD
MIKEWALLACEIS HERE
“Mostpeopleknowhimas the toughguyfromTV,”this
documentary’sdirector,Avi Belkin,tellsCloseraboutthe
60 Minutesle gend.“Peoplewill be surprisedto findhis
personalsidewas morevulnerable.”Interviewsubjects
in cludeMike’sson,Fox newsmanChrisWallace.[PG-13]
OUTFRI.7/26
BradPitt,
Leonardo
DiCaprio,
AlPacinoand
MargotRobbie
(i nset)OUT FRI. 7/26
THE
MOUNTAIN
Setin the 1950s,
thisdisturbing
dr amastarsJeff
Goldblumas a
notoriouslobotomist
whotakesa young
Zambonidriver (Tye
Sheridan,left)on a
roadtrip.SaysJeff,
“It’saboutthe seeds
ofourculture,and
howfromthe very
startit was fullof
violence,ignorance
andget-rich-quick
types.”[NR]OUT FRI. 7/26
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