Vanities

Intelligence Report

June 1999 Evgenia Peretz, Tina Chai
Vanities
Intelligence Report
June 1999 Evgenia Peretz, Tina Chai

Intelligence Report

A 30-year continuum of Hollywood's boy-actor club

70s JACK NICHOLSON, AL PACINO, and ROBERT DE NIRO

80s EMILIO ESTEVEZ, ROB LOWE, and JUDD NELSON

90s LEO DICAPRIO, JOAQUIN PHOENIX, and VINCE VAUGHN

CAREER ASPIRATION

CAREER LAUNCHED BY...

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM...

Actor

Francis Ford Coppola Steven Spielberg ► Martin Scorsese

Pauline Kael

Movie star

John Hughes ►

S. E. Hinton

"It" boy

PMK

◄ Harvey Weinstein

CHOICE ROLES

HERO'S MISSION

PLOTLINE

Tortured police officer, tortured joun tortured Mob son, tortured bank rol tortured war veteran

The track-down

Lone crusader fights corruption, capit and conspiracy. Loses mind. Grows a b Dies on a bus. Finds redemption.

school gymnast, high-school black belt, high-school mechanic, high-school whiz kid, high-school pool guy

Crossing the tracks

Junkie pom star, junkie TV writer, junkie narcoleptic, junkie necrophiac, junkie kleptomaniac

Hiding the track marks

Loser meets loser.

Get together. Lose some more.

HERO ON RUN FROM...

HERO'S ULTIMATE ACRIFICE

Evil cops

His Me

◄ Harvey Keitc

Class geek meets poor little rich girl. Drops tray in school cafeteria. Teaches classmates how to boogie. Discovers inner B.M.O.C.

School principal

His virginity ◄ Andrew McCarthy

Used-car salesman with wood chipper

His earlobe

Stephen Dorff

FOURTH WHEEL

TRANSATLANTIC AUER EGO

COOL URBAN NEUROTIC

THE ACID-WASHED BUDDY

Terence Stamp

Dustin Hoffman

John Travolta

Julian Sands

John Cusack

Ralph Macchio

Ewan McGregor

Beii Stiller

Ben 'n' Matt

OBJECT OF LUST

BUT WILL SETTLE FOR...

Cybill Shepherd ►

Cindy Williams

Diane Keaton

Daryl Hannah ►

Ally Sheedy

Cameron Diaz^

Minnie Driver ►

THE VITAL STEP IN SOCIAL ASCENSION

THE CRIME

Befriending Margot Kidder

Intimate act with 13-year-old girl

Mare Winningham

Befriending ◄ Heidi Heiss

Videotaping intimate act with 13-year-old girl

Chnstina RICCI

Befriending N David Blaine

Buffalo '66

THE SPIRITUAL GODFATHER

PARTY CENTRAL

Marion Brando ►

◄ Bob Evans's house

Michael Douglas ►

Hard Rock Cafe

Steve Buscemi ►

Bob Evans's house ►

EVGENIA PERETZ

TINA CHAI