Show THOSE WHO MAKE THE ”“"“1 DIFFERENCE DIANA MILLER RN Diana's expertise is on the skilled Medicare wing Her gentle nature pleasant disposition and compassion are assets Manor Care is very proud of Thank you Diana from staff residents and families MANOR t CARE i NUMIWC C NT t 5540 S 1050 E So Ogdoa A MEMBER 479-845- 5 HEALTHCARE OF THE MANOR COMMUNITY SILVER ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS ON ALL KVDflOTJOt frj SPASjf POOLS AND ®M Beau Bridges stars in ‘James Brady Story’ By Jiy Bobbm Tribune Media Services The date was March 30 1981 and the event forever changed the life of a man named James Brady Serving as press secretary to President Ronald Reagan at the time he was in the direct line of fire upon leaving a convention at the Washington (DC) Hilton when the chief executive was targeted by would-b- e assassin John W Hinckley Jr Both men were critically wounded in the gun attack but Brady suffered the more-lastin- g injuries from a bullet to the brain resulting in his confinement to a wheelchair and forcing him to undergo extensive grueling therapy to regain as much vocal and physical ability as possible The new HBO drama “Without Warning: The James Brady Story” debuting Sunday on the premium pay service casts Beau Bridges in the title role of the charismatic official nicknamed “The Bear” and Joan Allen who played the spouse of Bridges’ brother Jeff in the 1988 movie “Tucker The Man and His Dream" FREE VACATION CALIF TO ANAHEIM WITH SPA OR POOL PURCHASE as Brady’s steadfastly supportive wife Sarah The film (which concludes with a message delivered by the real-lif- e James and Sarah Brady) also marks a rare assignment for Robert Bolt who won consecutive Academy Awards in the mid-196for his “Doctor Zhivago” and “A Man for All Seasons” scripts and it was executive-produce- d by David Puttnam the former Columbia Pictures chieftain whose other credits as a movie-makinclude “Chariots of Fire” Bryan Clark is featured as President Reagan and Susan Brown plays his wife Nancy “The guy’s a living legend basically” says the personable Bridges who terms the numerous demands of portraying Brady “exciting I had admired him while he went through all his traumatic challenges so when that script came and I realized it was a good one I knew I was lucky” Bridges reports that Brady himself visited the movie’s set “only once and ironically it was the day that we filmed (the sequence of) him being shot We were doing it in Washington right in front of the actual Hilton hotel where it happened so there was a lot of media interest and r TUXEDOS Sale and Rentals Full line of to accessories Personalized Service ROY 773-030- 3 5366 S 1900 W (Next to Harmons) 2 Beau Bridges stars as former President Reagan's press secretary James Brady with Joan Allen as his wife Sarah in " Without Warning: The James Brady Story" Sunday at 10:00 pm on HBO co-sta- rs TV-writi- The perfect formal wear for your wedding ran er HBO arranged a press conference to which Jim was good enough to come Of course he was asked if he was going to watch the shooting of the scene and he said ‘Please don’t call it ‘shooting’ Call it ‘filming’’ Then he said that since he had been there the first time he didn’t care to watch it the second time” Bridges says “basically what Jim had to do after being shot was to relearn not only physical things like how to actually move your mouth to speak and to walk and stand but also the thought processes I wanted to give an indication of how many fronts he was challenged on the most important of which was the emotional challenge” Bridges notes that ‘‘Without Warning” is as much the story of James and Sarah Brady’s weathering of the crisis together as it is of Brady’s own personal struggle It celebrates the strength of family “Without Warning” appears at a time when Brady’s name is promi- nent in the news again with the debate over the “Brady g Bill” that would necessitate a waiting period before a person so-call- week-lon- could purchase a handgun Standard-Examine- r Ogden Utah |