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Levinson, Barry. Sixty-Six.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 256p. Broadway, $24 (0-7679-1533-X).
Levinson, the extraordinarily successful film director (Rain Man, Bugsy), screenwriter (... And Justice for All), and producer (The Perfect Storm, Analyze This), debuts in a new medium. Known for bittersweet tributes to changing eras in his native Baltimore (Diner, Tin Men, Liberty Heights, Avalon), he offers another one here. Narrator Bobby Shine and his friends--Neil, Ben, Turko, and Eggy--come of age in blissful self-preoccupation, ditching the girls and meeting at the Hilltop Diner to riff late into the night. The transition to adulthood is rocky, however: Bobby quits law school for a crap job in TV; Nell drops acid and ...
- GREAT MIX OF HEART AND LAUGHS IN OFF-THE-WALL 'TIN MEN'
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jay Carr, Globe Staff March 13, 1987 700+ words
...For his new film, "Tin Men," Levinson had the good...They're delightful. "Tin Men" works the other side of Baltimore's Hilltop Diner, focusing not on angst...back down. They're tin men (as the salesmen call...
- 'TIN MEN' LAUGHS PLUS HEART; 'MANNEQUIN' CUTE BUT FLAT
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jay Carr, Globe Staff November 8, 1987 700+ words
TIN MEN Directed and written by Barry...roots is a winner. For "Tin Men," Levinson shifts to the other side of Baltimore's Hilltop Diner, focusing not on angst...something more tender. But "Tin Men" is a man's film. Even...
- 'TIN MEN' ROLLS ALONG LIKE A WELL GREASED WHEEL
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) March 20, 1987 700+ words
...Dreyfuss, left, and Danny DeVito star in "Tin Men." THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER...VERSION. The thing I like best about "Tin Men" - and there are a lot of things I like...place Baltimore and the characters are "tin men," members of the fraternity of aluminum...
- `Tin Men': A Heart of Old; A Lively, Loving Look Back at Baltimore's...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Rita Kempley March 13, 1987 700+ words
...talking salesmen who called themselves tin men. They hustled the homeowners with their...director Barry Levinson, who now serves up "Tin Men," every bit as beguiling and loosely...generation older than the "Diner" kids, the tin men prove as irrepressible, and irresponsible...
- Tin men.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Rafferty, Terrence April 4, 1987 700+ words
Tin Men Barry Levinson's fourth moviehas a lot...approximate time (Diner is set in 1959, Tin Men, in 1963), a couple of minor characters...difficult to dislike. The characters in Tin Men, ferrety middle-aged men who hustle...
- `Tin Men' builds its humor on a firm foundation of truth
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert March 6, 1987 700+ words
Tin Men (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) BB Richard Dreyfuss...they're gonna watch tonight. They're tin men. They sell aluminum siding. One day...between BB and Tilley is the centerpiece of "Tin Men," a loosely organized series of events...
- Touchstone Pictures' "Tin Men" to be given a San Diego premiere benefiting...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 1987 700+ words
...ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: TOUCHSTONE'S 'TIN MEN' SLATES BENEFIT PREMIERE SATURDAY /MEDIA ADVISORY/ Touchstone Pictures' "Tin Men" will be given a San Diego premiere benefiting...Ernest and Jean Hahn. In addition to "Tin Men's" director Barry Levinson and producer...
- Los Angeles premiere of Touchstone's "Tin Men" set at County Museum. (MEDIA...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 1987 700+ words
...L.A. PREMIERE OF TOUCHSTONE'S 'TIN MEN' SET AT COUNTY MUSEUM /MEDIA ADVISORY...Angeles premiere of Touchstone Pictures' "Tin Men" will be held Sunday evening, March...Center in Westwood. In addition to "Tin Men" director Barry Levinson and cast members...