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Youth Without Youth
"Youth Without Youth"

Fugitive Denim

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

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.

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Youth Without Youth’s website


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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Grace is Gone’s website


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 Stage Theatre at 307 W. 43rd St.

Weigh in: What’s your favorite Edward Albee play?

More information and tickets for Peter and Jerry at the Second Stage Theatre


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 Trade.

Fugitive Denim is available for purchase at amazon.com

Weigh in: How much are you willing to pay for a pair of jeans? Does it matter to you where your jeans came from?



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