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	Vol.7, No 51, November 29, 1999
	More weekday video picks The weekday video review is going back this week to "The Graduate" and "Christine." "The Graduate" stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, a young man who has received his master's and doesn't know what to do with his life. Don Weberg The answers come from a woman in this flick as he is seduced by a woman old enough to be his mother and falls in love with her daughter. Mrs. Robinson is furious to learn that he is courting her daughter and demands that it stop. Yes, the Simon and Garfunkel hit "Mrs. Robinson" is titled for the older woman. All in all, "The Graduate" is funny and sharp-witted and has to be watched a few times to understand everything. The movie makes for a great time. "Christine" is an oddball movie where the main character is a car. Hence the name "Christine," a 1958 Plymouth Fury, custom ordered red from the factory as opposed to the standard issue Fury color of ivory. The car possesses an evil spirit, which takes hold of high school nerd Arnie Cunningham (played by Keith Gordon), and turns him into a mean and demanding kid.  Cunningham then gets a girlfriend, Leigh Cabot played by Alexandra Paul, using his new attitude. Paul actually looks good in the 1983 film with her long, thick brown hair and piercing eyes instead of the "Baywatch" toothpick she is better known as. Dennis Guilder (played by John Stockwell), Cunningham's best friend, is confused along with his parents by his changes and blames the car. "Christine" was written by Stephen King and is a great film. The answer to last week's trivia question, Where did the name "GoldenEye" come from?, is Ian Fleming. The creator of the popular spy franchise had a home in the Bahamas and it was called Golden Eye. The bonus question, Where did the name James Bond come from?, is also Ian Fleming. But, when Fleming created the spy he wanted a very masculine sounding name for his agent. He was stumped until he looked through his book collection and saw  a book on birds. The author's name was James Bond. For this week, what year was the Trans-Am in "Smokey and the Bandit?"		Net bookstore denies deceit   Mural brings nature to life   H.B. surfers blame illness on water Religion hitting schools   Drug abuse is baby abuse   Holidays ending More weekday video picks   Motherly review   Soul Wax serves diverse musical platter with release Giambi enters hall Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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