Charlton Heston

"Major Dundee: The Extended Version"
Sam Peckinpah's 1965 western starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris gets the full lost-masterpiece treatment.
"Moby Dick"
Listen to an excerpt from a 1975 production of Herman Melville's classic, with Charlton Heston as Ahab and Keir Dullea as Ishmael.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 30, 2001
Hail to the chimp!
A vast left-wing conspiracy seems hellbent on promulgating the idea that the new Leader of the Free World resembles a chimpanzee.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000
Melanie Griffith's addiction blues
Actress checks into clinic to "step down" from her meds; Paltrow feeling "sisterly" toward Affleck; NRA's Heston fears a gunless London. Plus: Dave Eggers hits the "writer-friendly" jackpot!
"Touch of Evil"
The famous unbroken shot that opens Orson Welles' gutter-baroque extravaganza gets cleaned up -- and, at last, shown as Welles intended it.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 1-4, 2000
It'll take more than a million moms
To have an impact on the next election, gun-control advocates need to take a few reality checks.
Between a Rick and a hard place
As Rick "I'm going to make you so happy" Rockwell rocks Fox's world, Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap.
The bald facts
An informal survey of toupees, transplants, weaves and dye-jobs reveals that 10 percent to 22 percent of United States senators are engaged in a coverup.
Bummed, waterlogged and de-shagged
This is Marie Osmond off drugs; find Jimmy Hoffa, win a prize; new management book takes a look at Moses, MBA. Plus: Jennifer Aniston laments her hair; and Liddy Dole's do does her in.
"Nuke 'em. Nuke the bastards"
So said Bill Pullman in "Independence Day." But what would he say at the State of the Union?
Newt won't doodle for charity
Gingrich digs a 'do with a "minty feeling"; moms dig Wiggles' butts; Lady Aitken wilts before the press; and Flynt crowns Stephanopoulos "Queen Bitch."
Letters to the Editor
The race angle on Littleton massacre; Conason just doesn't get punk music.
Hitler youth?
What little we know of the Columbine killers' motives points to the dangers lurking in dark, Nazi-worshiping corners of alienated youth culture.
Nincompoopery on parade
Charlton Heston and Gov. Ventura need to holster their brains; Elle Macpherson designing intimates for men.
Ballad of a fat man
Orson Welles' recently reissued noir classic 'Touch of Evil' may be the sleaziest good movie ever made.
Rocks in the head
Charles Taylor reviews this summer's other meteor movie, 'Armageddon'.
Prophet of the plague
Charlton Heston's dark view of his fellow humans makes him a perfect president of the NRA.
Awakening the dude within
American men crave manly advice from dudely savants. Dwight Garner straps on his reading jock and tries to find out why.

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