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"Youth Without Youth"
We follow the life history of a pair of blue jeans, from the cotton fields to the retail store. Plus, a star-studded lineup: Francis Ford Coppola talks about his new film, Youth Without Youth. Then, John Cusack. And Bill Pullman and Dallas Roberts, now appearing in Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry.
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Francis Ford Coppola: "Youth Without Youth"
Francis Ford Coppola’s new film is "Youth Without Youth." It’s based on a Romanian novella, and it tells the story of a professor in the years after WWII who’s forced to go on the run through Switzerland, India, and Malta.
John Cusack in "Grace is Gone"
In "Grace is Gone," John Cusack plays a man who must raise his two daughters alone after his wife is killed in Iraq.
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Peter and Jerry: Bill Pullman and Dallas Roberts
Bill Pullman and Dallas Roberts star in Edward Albee’s Peter and Jerry, a special pairing of two of Albee’s one-act plays. One of them, Zoo Story, was written in 1958; the other, Home Life, is new. Edward Albee’s Peter and Jerry is now extended through Dec. 30 at the Second ...
The Complicated History of a Pair of Blue Jeans
Do you know where your blue jeans have been? We follow the path of a pair of jeans, from the cotton fields to the seamstresses to the retail store. Rachel Louise Snyder’s new book is Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global ...
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