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Kevin Costner: Lawrence Kasdan
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The next year, Costner brought a new spin to a legendary lawman in Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp" (1994), which he ... co-produced. Emphasizing the simple family man side of the character, the film focused on Earp’s early loss of a young wife and the effect this tragedy would have on his later career. Though some reviewers found the film self-indulgently long at over three hours, few found fault with Costner’s performance. Meanwhile, family would again remain a strong theme in "The War" (1994), with the actor playing a returning Vietnam-era vet who seeks to build a better life for his wife and children. In a supporting role, Costner played a tortured soul trying to teach his young son the value of lessons he had learned during the war. Even with the Costner drawing power, however, neither 1994 release attracted much box office activity.
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After a series of bit parts, Costner landed a role in The Big Chill, a film about college friends who reunite after one of their group commits suicide. The film, released in 1983, was a success, but there was one problem for Costner: in the editing process, director Lawrence Kasdan had cut a fifteen-minute flashback sequence featuring Costners character, the man who commits suicide. Costner appears in the film only onceas a corpse-during the opening credits.
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Synopsis: Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, this epic version of the legendary western sheriff-gunslinger's life story stars Kevin Costner as Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929. Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Earp tries to run away to join the Union Army in the Civil War, but he is turned away because of hisRead More
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Lawrence Kasdan was planning Silverado, a big-budget Western, and had Costner in mind for a wild young gunfighter named Jake. Costner reveled in the opportunity to play cowboy again. "To be on horses, to be with a bunch of guys, and to shoot guns. It was great fun." But Costner was about to discover that baseball diamonds are a star's best friend.
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