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- <text id=90TT1747>
- <title>
- July 02, 1990: Thundering To A Photo Finish
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 02, 1990 Nelson Mandela:A Hero In America
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
- Thundering to a Photo Finish
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- <body>
- <p>By Paul Gray/Reported by David E. Thigpen
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- <p> Amid the hype surrounding the forthcoming Tom Cruise $60
- million race-car epic Days of Thunder is the widely reported
- claim that the film left Hollywood preview audiences gaga with
- delight. In fact, some early responses were so grumbly or
- apathetic that the producers decided to take the star and his
- car back to the speedway at Daytona to reshoot the ending. Two
- more racing shots were added. Such tinkering with big-ticket
- productions is not so unusual in these days of compulsive
- market research, but the timing for this one was unusual: the
- new ending was filmed just three weeks before this Wednesday's
- opening, making the movie a green-flag contender for
- Hollywood's down-to-the-wire award.
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- </body>
- </article>
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