Director David O. Russell and actor George Clooney are reported to have physically confronted each other on the set of this Iraq war drama over the filmmaker's treatment of an extra.

导演大卫·拉塞尔和演员乔治·克鲁尼戏剧性的在伊拉克战争场景中爆发冲突。

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That was the job of the astronauts of Apollo Nine: James McDivitt,David Scott and Russell Schweickart.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Also lost in 2009 were jazz composer George Russell, saxophonists Hank Crawford, David "Fathead" Newman and Johnny Almond, blues singer Koko Taylor, drummer Eddie Locke, vocalists Al Martino,Kenny Rankin, and Blossom Dearie, and 101-year-old guitarist Lawrence Lucie, who recorded with everyone from Jelly Roll Morton and Coleman Hawkins to Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Not only does the play work, but this production, directed by David Russell, is a case study in how to stage punch-line humor.

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David Russell (UK) - to comment on your points, we have been underfunding the railways in this country for about the last 40 years, so it is rather ridiculous to try to blame Stephen Byers, someone who has only been doing the job for about a year!

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Also on Saturday, the festival's "surprise film" was revealed to be Silver Linings Playbook, the latest feature from The Fighter director David O Russell.

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