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Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.
Otherwise, everyone expressed dismay at the epic, record length (four hours plus) and a dance number strange even by Oscar standards (it included what were apparently interpretive steps to World War II), but marveled at Roberto Benigni's irrepressible speeches and Shakespeare in Love 's upset win.
Civil-rights leader Julian Bond, who reprinted three King speeches in a textbook, has denounced the exorbitant rates charged by the King estate.
We have had a lot of speeches about how Britain is going to speak for the Union.
In his announcement address, as in previous speeches, he framed domestic issues in terms of "honor," "courage," "strength," "faith," "selfishness," "honesty," and "respect."