Those fabled light-heavies of yesteryear - Ezzard Charles, Billy Conn and Bob Foster - hadn't been so profligate with their talent, they noted.

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What saves the opening sequence is the inspired pairing of a black sociopath (Michael Beach) and a white psychopath (played by Billy Bob Thornton, who co-wrote the script with Tom Epperson).

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The only Islanders with longer consecutive-games streaks are Billy Harris (576) and Bob Nystrom (301).

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Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Billy Bob Thornton have signed on for the Tom Hanks-produced "Parkland, " named for the Dallas hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead.

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