Quibbles & Bits
Touchstone publicity calls “Bank Job†(due this spring) the directorial debut of “Stakeout†writer Jim Kouf. Maybe they forgot Kouf directed “Miracles,†a 1984 Orion film with Tom Conti and Terri Garr that never even got a national release?
. . . Producer Michael Shamberg in American Film on distributors who turned down the chance to finance “A Fish Called Wandaâ€: “Dino De Laurentiis passed because he thought it wasn’t funny, and that’s why he’s out of business.â€
. . . Stereotypes, anyone? A casting call for a Carl’s Jr. commercial--involving a meeting of U.N. delegates--called for Ruskies “with heavy eyebrows†and “swarthy†Turks. Oh, and Mideast-types dressed as sheiks.
