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Lost Boys

‘IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH' & ‘INTO THE WILD'

Rand Richards Cooper

Is there an actor working today who conveys a more mythically American presence than Tommy Lee Jones? His endlessly fascinating face unites opposites in our national character, making him both suave and brutal, calculating and homespun. He’s tough, but smart too (that Harvard education!), and while his characters generally play on the side of the angels, they don’ (...)


 

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