Forgive me if i've forgotten who requested how to obtain the information regarding what male actors are considered the elite in hollywood or some- thing to this effect(i've just returned from san diego) anyway, get a hold of a copy of variety for 8/7/95 and this information is given also the la times for 8/7/95 had a full cover story on this as well the top 5 who can open a film on the basis of their of their name alone are in order of whose first: sean connery tom cruise micheal douglas harrison ford tom hanks note that connery is the eldest with cruise the youngest(this excludes the fact that many of their films NEVER pay for themselves) among female stars, its bullock( i wonder if she'll go the way of roberts) goldberg moore roberts on the comeback trail streisand in the next its the like of eastwood,gibson, redford, carrey and yes, costner note again the 65 year old eastwood in this category so who says hollywood caters to the pubscent crowd-demographics may suggest such but based on this information, its the likes of eastwood and connery that propel the marketplace note to that carrey is solely comedy and redford is primarily focusing on an directing career below this group depending on the film/genre etc are individuals like sarandon, newman,pacino, pitt,washington,ryan. foster etc hope this helps if not let me know annice ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]