Al Pacino in "Kramer vs. Kramer"—a role that Pacino had declined. During the 1970s, Pacino had four Oscar nominations for Best Actor, for his performances in "Serpico", "The Godfather Part II", "Dog Day Afternoon", and "...And Justice for All". Pacino's career slumped in the early 1980s; his appearances in the controversial "Cruising", a film that provoked protests from New York's gay community, and the comedy-drama "Author! Author!", were critically panned. However, his performance in "Scarface" (1983), directed by Brian De Palma, proved to be a career highlight and a defining role. Upon its initial release, the film was critically panned due to
My Friend Walter My Friend Walter My Friend Walter is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1988. The book was shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Prize. It aired on PBS on 21 November 1993. Bess sees Sir Walter Raleigh in London and Walter asked Bess if he could come and live on her estate. (But remember he is a ghost and ghosts get up to different types of mischiefs.) There was also a film adaptation of "My Friend Walter" in 1992, starring Polly Grant as Bess Throckmorton and Ronald Pickup as