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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