Posted on 12/30/2005 8:23:05 AM PST by patriotmovies
The American Film Renaissance www.afrfilmfestival.com the organization presenting patriotic and pro-America alternatives to typical movie fare, goes to the heart of the industry to host its first festival in Hollywood, Calif., next month.
AFR was begun to encourage the production and promotion of more traditional-values oriented movies in the U.S. Gary Sinise (CSI: NY, Forrest Gump) and Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)are some of the celebrities who have committed to attend . . . . .
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Nobody remembers Sinise in "Of Mice and Men" with John Malkovich? Best thing I've ever seen him in.
Nope. Ray is stupid. I could deal with Deborah.... Life would be MUCH different... ;-)
I doubt that Sinise is a Hollywood liberal, but the few times Ive seen him interviewed, has hasn't talked any politics. I respect his support for our troops and the work he's done for Iraqi children with his school supply program.
Looks like it worked.
I wonder if Sam Elloit will be there? He stared in Toomstone and When We Where Soldiers.
Which is why I admire him. He understands that his celebrity status doesn't give him any special insight and no one cares what he thinks. It's nice he uses his status simply to help people.
Deb was OK. Any time I watched the show I found Ray to be the biggest annoyance. This show was always praised for having goof family values but it seems to me that every episode featured a big argument and Ray and Debra weren't that compatible. Maybe the show should have ended with them getting divorced. ;)
Anyone see a pattern here?
I've got the hots for Gary, big time!
Patricia is a sweet lady, though I haven't seen her in anything except her sitcom. Too bad she went for the fake boob job. She was just fine as she was.
As a man increasingly familiar with women in their 40s, I do hereby submit that Heaton is far from chopped liver.
Her personality is great...very nice and down to earth (and that's not in comparison to Hollywood types -- just a nice lady that you'd love to have as a neighbor).
I LOVED Sinese in Mice and Men, particularly at the end, in the "tear jerker scene". Malkovich wasn't too shabby either. I wonder what the response would have been if this movie was released during the whole Terri debate (I think Of Mice and Men came out around 1993)
Puppies!
Cool. I've been a Sinise fan since his excellent performance in "The Stand". His support for the Troops and the Iraqi children has put him in a whole other category for me.
http://www.operationiraqichildren.org/Mission.asp
I saw a rerun of a movie that Sinise made for the Hallmark Channel last year, "Fallen Angels." It was a quality movie, made for the family.
My brother met him in Baghdad and said that he's basically a good guy - more liberal than the average FR poster, but a guy who firmly believes in what our forces are doing and who says that no matter what your politics may be, they end at the waters' edge.
Sinise has been married to actress Moira Harris since 1981, and they have three children: Sophie (b. 1988), McCanna (b. 1990), and Ella (b. 1992).
He's abnormal in Hollywood's eyes!
He was great in Apollo 13.
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