For a long time, physical therapists have been the indie bands of the healthcare scene: super talented, a bit obscure, and often misunderstood by the masses. But with the US healthcare system on the cusp of transitioning to a value-based payment paradigm, it's time for us to go from the record store to the radio. After all, we've got a lot of value to offer the mainstream healthcare fanbase—they just don't know how good we are yet. If the discussions that unfolded during this year's Graham Sessions are any indication, we've got all the tools we need to hit it big; now, it's just a matter of getting everyone in the profession on the same page, playing the same tune.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Graham Sessions, the basic idea behind this annual meeting is to spark meaningful discussions about the PT profession and the various issues facing PTs. Essentially, it's a jam session—but instead of rockstars rattling off guitar riffs, it's PTs rattling off insightful perspectives on where PT is going and how therapists can survive and thrive in the face of change. It's an event that I'm truly honored to be a part of, and I was even more excited about this year's meeting, as it took place right in my own backyard here in Phoenix.
1. Stop fighting for the 7%, and start focusing on the 93%.
It means there are a lot of patients out there whose needs aren't being met. They could be getting better—but instead, they've gotten sucked into a winding labyrinth of medical care that may or may not end with physical therapy. And that ends up costing our healthcare system—and the patient—a pretty penny.
It means we've all gotten so caught up in competing for that 7% minority that we've become blind to the opportunity that exists within the 93% majority. It's like we're all trying to steal the fishing pole out of each other's hands when we could be working together to not only build a giant net, but also take that net to where the fish are. After all, if we, as a profession, can reach potential patients at a population level—rather than an individual level—then we can change the public's perception of who we are and what we do. More than that: we can create—and scale—the perception we want. A common complaint among those in our industry is that "we have a brand problem"—and that we're stuck in our ways when it comes to our strategies for getting new patients through our clinic doors. But, if we can embrace a different marketing approach—one that allows us to go straight to the consumer rather than relying exclusively on physician referrals—then we can escape the "injury rehabilitationist" pigeonhole that we've inadvertently confined ourselves to, and claim the market we should have been pursuing all along: that is, "anyone with a body," as one attendee so succinctly put it.
Speaking of market, with healthcare in general—and the insurance system in particular—in the throes of reform, the manner in which patients access physical therapy is changing. As part of the massive effort to move the American healthcare system closer to achieving the Triple Aim (i.e., higher quality care at a lower cost with better patient satisfaction), the ACA and other reform initiatives are driving the adoption of team-based care models like accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical homes. And that, in turn, means that physical therapists—and all other types of providers, for that matter—must start looking beyond the traditional private practice setup.
That's not to say private practice is dead—on the contrary, I think private practitioners have a lot of upside in the emerging team-driven care environment. But to capitalize on that opportunity, we have to not only learn to function as team players, but also get our teammates (i.e., practitioners in other disciplines) to recognize the value we bring to the lineup. That way, they'll not only know when to pass us the ball, but they'll also trust us to make the right play—thus giving the entire team the best possible chance of scoring.
Let's face it: we don't have the greatest reputation when it comes to playing nice in the sandbox. But, to build trust with our peers, we first have to trust ourselves—and that means stepping up and claiming our rightful place as primary care practitioners. Because even though we've achieved some level of direct access in all 50 states, we have yet to fully embrace a direct access mindset. We don't yet see ourselves as the neuromuscular experts—at least not across the board. And that's a huge problem if we want the rest of the healthcare community to see physical therapy as a valuable care option to be leveraged, rather than an expense to be reduced. To convince everyone, once and for all, that we're not out of our league—to prove that we deserve a spot on the care team roster, we've got to show confidence in our ability to make crucial game-time decisions. That means knowing when to shoot, when to pass, and when to take a seat on the bench. When we use "what's best for the patient" as our decision-making North Star, we can more clearly—and more honestly—decipher when physical therapy isn't the right answer for a particular patient. And we have to be okay with that. But, when we are certain that therapy is the best route of treatment, we need to fight for our position—and deliver a slam dunk every time.
3. Establish standards and hold ourselves accountable for meeting them.
In my opinion—and this is something that also was brought up during this year's meeting—this problem starts with the lack of standardization in PT education. The degree of variation in curriculum and content hour requirements from one school to the next—which, according to one attendee, amounts to differences of thousands of hours—blew my mind. And while "more" doesn't necessarily equal "better," discrepancies that large are tough to ignore.
But it's not just the in-classroom curriculum that's the issue; we also have to think about what students are experiencing during their clinicals. After all, this is where the real hands-on learning happens, and student PTs and new grads—or "fresh PTs—tend to replicate whatever they see in the clinic. So, if those clinics aren't being held accountable to any type of standard, there's no way of knowing what habits—good or bad—students are picking up. Thus, the whole cycle perpetuates—and unless we implement some type of universal framework to eliminate the inconsistencies plaguing our profession, history will continue to repeat itself. After all, every time a headline like this hits the wire—which seems to happen on a regular basis—it further damages our status as reputable providers.
4. Understand that men and women approach leadership differently.
Men and women are different; it's a tale as old as time (or, at least as old as Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus). And those differences—in the way we think, communicate, build relationships, and solve problems—have led to biases. Unfortunately, those biases have become so deeply ingrained that it's tough to recognize that they even exist, let alone figure out how to overcome them. But in the professional realm—especially the professional PT realm—it's absolutely critical that we do overcome them. Why? Because regardless of industry, any business that has a one-dimensional approach to leadership cannot thrive in a multi-dimensional world. And I think that's especially true in the PT space, which is why I was so glad women's leadership was a topic of conversation at this year's Graham Sessions.
As one speaker noted, approximately 70% of physical therapists are women; however, only 30% of those in positions of leadership within the PT industry are women. That's a huge discrepancy in representation, and it elicited a huge variety of viewpoints. John Childs and I started a similar discussion here on the EIM Blog a couple of years ago that stirred quite a controversy. The same themes that emerged from that discussion seemed to drive the conversation during this year's Graham Sessions: some attendees pointed to a lack of effort to keep women in the workforce "through their childbearing years"; others cautioned against equating success with rising to positions of power. I, for my part, believe the key to changing the above-cited stats lies in changing viewpoints—not only in women, but also in men. For more women to step into leadership roles, they have to recognize their own leadership potential. And that's not always easy, especially considering that women's approach to leadership often looks a lot different than their male counterparts. But even though the road to getting more women into leadership positions might seem long and difficult, it's absolutely worth the effort. According to recently-published research, companies with women leaders and board members are more successful than those companies with no women in high-level positions. And that's because one of the key drivers of innovation—and thus, success—is the diversity of ideas.
But if the majority of PT leadership positions are held by men, then where can aspiring women leaders look for inspiration? For real change to happen, male leaders must first understand how women lead; then, they must learn to recognize—and develop—leadership qualities in women. Mentorship is critical, and that means both men and women must step up to the plate to help women—including fresh PTs—find a seat at the table. Furthermore, men must take an honest look at their own gender biases. Because whether they realize it or not, those biases influence their behavior toward women—and that behavior could inadvertently prevent or discourage women from advancing to the leadership roles they want and deserve.
At the end of the day, PTs are already rockstars. You know it; I know it. And we have a lot of loyal fans out there who know it, too. But, why settle for a gold album when we could go platinum? It's time for us to be the headlining act we're capable of being. Let's rock.
Thanks for sharing the great summary, insight and humor. Very well written and informative.
Thank you Karen. Very much appreciate the feedback!
Hi Heidi – thanks for a cracking read! I'm a Physiotherapist (Physical Therapist) and owner of a few clinics in Australia. Sounds like the graham sessions was a high-intensity time – awesome! Agree huge opportunities ahead as healthcare changes – time to further leverage our skills and burgeoning technology to deliver top-end consistent value to clients. That way clients, insurers and PTs all get to win. Great read, appreciate your time and thoughts.


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Q: Is there a way to get reminders on iPhone to persist until they're checked? I find reminders pretty useless because once you're reminded once it doesn't remind you ever again, even if you haven't completed the task yet. It would actually be useful if every time I looked at my phone it displayed the reminder until I completed it.

A: This is a problem os-wide in iOS, for other apps too, like calendars.  Once you have received your alarm notification, whether for a reminder, or a calendar alert etc, you're done.  There's no way to "snooze" or "remind me later" for these functions.
The only way to get this functionality at present, is to use a replacement app.  One such app is Due, the following blurb is copied from their website:

PERSISTENT REMINDERS
WITH AUTO SNOOZE
Overdue reminders stay in sight until you're ready to act on them.
And with auto snooze, your todo list never gets stale.
By default, DUE repeatedly notifies you of overdue reminders every minute* with its auto snoozing feature until you mark them complete, reschedule them, or turn off their auto snooze.
*Auto snooze interval can be changed to every minute, every hour, or none at all. There are no finer auto snooze intervals on iOS due to system limitation.

A: I found one that, at least at first impression, repeats its notifications until you acknowledge it, and, as I personally require, can have reminders created via Siri (via scooping them out of the stock reminders app).
It's called "Alarmed".
The only thing that annoys me so far, is when you accidentally check an item as completed, there are multiple steps required to undo it.

A: Try Alarmed. Simple yet customizable and integrates with Reminders and Siri.

A: No, there's currently no stock option (like a snooze, for example) of having Reminders.app repeatedly remind you about an item.
iOS 6 did introduce the badge device to the icon, though. So they're making progress!
Edit: Normally, though, unless you actually go into Reminders.app from the notification on your device, it should still display the reminder(s) among your Notifications.

A: A good repeating nagging reminder app is iReminder. It's on my home screen. You can set it to nag you at intervals other than the stock 1 min or 1 hour

A: With the iOS 7 update, reminders can persist on the notification centre.
To configure it, go to Settings > Notification Centre > Make sure Today View is enabled > Make sure Reminders is enabled.
Now, when you pull the Notification Centre from the top, your reminders will be listed under the Today tab.

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Scarlett was the shrinking violet in the group. Faithful to her friends, and hiding secrets of her own. When Mercedes steps in to rescue her, she unknowlingly plucks the thread that unravels Scarlett's whole world.
But as Scarlett strives to hold fast to what is familiar the fabric of her life continues to come undone and secrets that are best kept hidden are exposed.
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About the Richard Jefferies Society
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Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was an authority on agriculture and rural life. Best known for his nature writing, he was also an essayist, novelist and mystic. The Richard Jefferies Society (Registered Charity No 1042838) was founded in 1950 to promote appreciation and study of his writing.
The main event is a spring lecture held in Liddington Village Hall in May along with the Annual General Meeting. In response to the corona virus pandemic, all further meetings will take place by Zoom.
Richard Jefferies Society publications include an annual Journal, spring and autumn newsletters, and an annual report along with leaflets and books by and about the author. Andrew Rossabi (the Society's President) is writing the definitive biography of Richard Jefferies. Volume I is an in-depth study of Jefferies' early years (published 2017). Volume II covers the years of struggle from 1867-76 (published 8 July 2020). Volume III and IV will complete the years of maturity 1876-1887 (publication date to be announced).
Richard Jefferies kept pocket notebooks from 1876 to two months before his death in 1887. There were at least twenty four but only sixteen of them are held in the archives of the British Library. The rest are in unknown private hands or lost and further information about them would be much appreciated. The contents of the known notebooks have been typed up and the document is available as a pdf document.
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The Richard Jefferies Society was established in 1950 and has members in all parts of the world. It is a registered charity (no. 1042838) managed by an Executive Council of volunteers. The Objects of the Society are: [1] To promote interest in, and respect for the life and works of Richard Jefferies (1848-87). [2] To hold meetings of its members and others, at which lectures may be given bearing on the life, work and times of Richard Jefferies. [3] To maintain a collection of and help make available to members copies of the works of Richard Jefferies and associated literature. [4] To monitor and protect as far as possible the buildings and countryside associated with Richard Jefferies. [5] To provide members with news and information about Richard Jefferies by means of a newsletter and journal.
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Just after announcing a huge line-up of new and returning shows, Bravo has picked up yet another fashion reality series, and this time it's set in a Fred Segal store.
The show will document daily drama in the high-end retail outlet in Santa Monica and focus on the stressed out, super competitive sales team as they wait on their very well-off customers.
"Bravo has established itself as the go-to network for the hottest, trendiest and most dramatic docu-series on television," said Frances Berwick, executive vp and general manager at Bravo. "Fred Segal is a legendary retail haven synonymous with high fashion and style, and the fashionistas who work, shop and gossip at the store promise to have arresting, entertaining, colorful personalities and lives."
The show is currently untitled and no air date yet.


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So che ci sei (Matching Jack) è un film drammatico del 2010 diretto da Nadia Tass con Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell e Yvonne Strahovski.

Il film è stato presentato in concorso al Festival internazionale del film di Roma 2010 nella sezione Alice nella città.

Trama
Dopo una partita di calcio giocata male, Jack finisce in ospedale. La madre Marissa cerca di rintracciare il marito David, il quale sta progettando di lasciarla per un'altra donna. A Jack viene diagnosticata una leucemia e l'unica possibilità di cura sarebbe l'esistenza di un eventuale altro fratello di Jack. Così Marissa indaga sulla vita extraconiugale del marito, per riuscire a scoprire se da una delle sue tante amanti, David ha avuto un altro figlio che potrebbe risultare compatibile come donatore di midollo osseo.

Collegamenti esterni

Film drammatici
Film diretti da Nadia Tass
Film sul cancro

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Q: JAXWS, Axis2 and Tomcat service URLs I am developing some web services that must be implemented using JAXWS, and that must run on WebLogic 10.3, WebSphere 7 and Tomcat 5.5. Furthermore, installation of the services must be completely self-contained to avoid conflicts with any other applications in the container. WebLogic and WebSphere are solved, but tomcat gives me trouble.
Enabling tomcat for jaxws by using JAXWS-RI is functional, but installation of additional jars (jaxws.jar, jaxb.jar) in tomcat or jre is to be avoided.
Shipping my application with axis2 embedded inside the war is better, but the services get funny URIs. Take for example this service:
PortType generated with wsimport:
@WebService(name = "AuthenticationServicePortType", targetNamespace = "http://impl.auth.webservice.my.company")
@XmlSeeAlso({
    company.my.exposed.xsd.ObjectFactory.class,
    company.my.webservice.auth.impl.ObjectFactory.class
})
public interface AuthenticationServicePortType {

Implementation:
@WebService(
  portName = "AuthenticationServicePort", serviceName = "AuthenticationService",
  targetNamespace = "http://impl.auth.webservice.my.company", wsdlLocation = "WEB-INF/wsdl/AuthenticationService.wsdl",
  endpointInterface = "company.my.webservice.auth.impl.AuthenticationServicePortType"
)
public class AuthenticationServiceImpl implements AuthenticationServicePortType {

In WebSphere, WebLogic and tomcat+JAXWS-RI this service becomes available at the uri
http://localhost/MyProduct/services/AuthenticationService

However, with axis2 embedded inside the war, the service becomes available at the uri
http://localhost/MyProduct/services/AuthenticationService.AuthenticationServicePort

Because this is an upgrade of an existing service with a wide installed base, this change is not acceptable.
Configuring the service via services.xml has been removed from axis2's jaxws support, so that is dead end.
Using Apache CXF instead of Axis2 is not a good solution because it could create a support nightmare.
The tomcat version of web.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
    <description>My web service</description>
    <display-name>MyProduct</display-name>
    <servlet>
        <description>JAX-WS endpoint for MyProduct</description>
        <display-name>MyProduct</display-name>
        <servlet-name>MyProduct</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet</servlet-class>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>MyProduct</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/services/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

I also modified axis2.xml to make it look for annotated classes among regular classes:
<deployer extension=".class" directory="classes" class="org.apache.axis2.jaxws.framework.JAXWSDeployer"/>

Two kinds of solutions would help:

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*A way of embedding JAXWS-RI inside the war, so nothing has to be installed in tomcat

*A way to get Axis2 to deploy the services at regular URI's (same as other containers)

A: I did not find a real solution to this problem, but I found a workaround.
I used url rewriting (http://www.tuckey.org/urlrewrite/) to add the extra part in the URL.
filter in web.xml:
<filter>
    <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>logLevel</param-name>
        <param-value>INFO</param-value>
    </init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/services/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

urlrewrite.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE urlrewrite PUBLIC "-//tuckey.org//DTD UrlRewrite 3.2//EN"
        "http://tuckey.org/res/dtds/urlrewrite3.2.dtd">
<urlrewrite>
    <rule>
        <note>
            Add .SomeServicePort to all urls
        </note>
        <from>/services/(.*)</from>
        <to>/services/$1.$1Port</to>
    </rule>
</urlrewrite>

Not beautyful but good enough.


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Guest Post: The rise and fall of Kevin Costner's career
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With the news that Costner will play Jonathan Kent in the new Superman film, Man of Steel, I thought I should write up about his rise to super-stardom and his fall from that status.
You see I never thought of Costner as good actor and yet I've seen every single film of his from 1985 to 2003, starting with Silverado and end with Open Range. It's kind of ironic since both the first and last film I saw him are both Westerns.
To me, Costner was never a strong leading man, even though a lot of his films in the late 80s and early 90s were box office hits. Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of his early films, The Untouchables, Field of Dreams, Revenge and Dances with Wolves were quite good. In those films, he just never stood out; I felt like he was there but not really 'carried' the movie but somehow he made it worked. Especially in Revenge, I always thought had someone like Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise starred in it, the film could've been even better.
I'll list the films that made him a superstar and films that ruined his career as a leading man. Here goes:
This was his first starring role in a big summer movie, co-starring with Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. The movie was a big hit at the time and catapulted Costner into an A-list leading man status. Looking back, this was a big gamble for Paramount, having a relatively unknown actor as the leading man for a summer film. Of course it paid off for both the studio and Costner, it didn't hurt that they surrounded him with veterans like Connery and De Niro.
This film also came out in the summer of 1987, two months after The Untouchables, in fact. Even though it wasn't a huge box office hit, it cemented Costner as a sex symbol to a lot of his female fans. I saw this film when I was in my early teens and I fell in love with Sean Young, who's quite sexy in the film.
Now that he's an elite leading man, Costner decided to tackle romantic comedy and his first baseball theme film. This film was released in the summer of 1988 and again it was a box office hit. I didn't particular like this movie, I thought the chemistry between Costner and Susan Sarandon didn't really click.
Costner decided to do another baseball theme film and I thought this one was much better than Bull Durham. Again this one was a box office success and Costner can pretty much do whatever he wanted in the Hollywood.
After two lighter films, Costner decided to star in a dark thriller and this was his first box office misfire since becoming a Hollywood star. I did like this film but I thought Costner was wrong for the part. He just wasn't strong enough for this role and apparently many people agreed since the film barely made more than $20mil at the box office. Also, I think maybe because of the film's violent content, it might've turned off many of his fans.
He turned down the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October so he could star and direct this Western. Well, I guess it was great a move on his part because the film made close to $200 mil at box the office and won him an Oscar for best director. (Scorsese should've won that year, but that's another debate at another time.)
By this time, Costner was on the top of world and it seemed everything he touched turned to gold. This film came out in the summer of 1991 and again it was a huge hit.
In this film he teamed up with another A-lister, Oliver Stone, the film did pretty well in theaters and also got several Oscar nominations. I thought this was a very good movie, just a tad too long in my opinion.
After several serious films, he decided to come back and make a romantic-themed film. He teamed up with Whitney Houston (she was a huge pop singer at the time) and of course the film was a box office gold. I really hated this movie, the chemistry between Costner and Houston just didn't click and the plot was more of a TV movie of the week than a big screen film.
A Perfect World
So after a few box office hits, he decided to team up with another A-lister, Clint Eastwood and make this film. I believe this is the film that started his downfall as a box office leading man. The film didn't do well in theater and it didn't receive any praises by the critics. I'm sure the studio executives probably thought, hey we got Eastwood who's just won an Oscar for Unforgiven and a young hot box office star, it's a sure box office gold. Well it didn't turn out that way and the film got zero Oscar nominations. Personally I thought the film was okay, the plot's really uneven and again Costner just wasn't a strong enough leading man to carry the film.
After the disappointment of A Perfect World, Costner's back doing a Western. This time he played the title character and it's a big budgeted summer film. Unfortunately most people have already seen a similar film a few months earlier, Tombstone. So this movie barely made back it's $60-mil plus budget and again Costner's bankable leading man status went down fast. Now I actually like this film better than Tombstone, I know I can't believe it either, I really dug the whole back story of the Earps family and I thought Dennis Quaid played Doc Holliday in a more realistic way than Val Kilmer's version.
Even though his last two films were box office duds, Universal still believed Costner was a bankable star, so they greenlit this $100 mil plus action/sci-fi film. The film was in trouble right from the beginning, Lawrence Fishburn left the project a few weeks before shooting starts and they had to scramble to find his replacement. Dennis Hopper ended up with the role. Then just a few weeks into shooting, a hurricane destroyed the sets and so they had to rebuild them. By now the film's budget had ballooned up to $150 mil, some even said the film's final budget was somewhere between $170 to $200 mil, this was the mid-90s when that kind of numbers was unheard of.
Then towards the end of shooting, director Kevin Reynolds and the studio people were in disagreement over the tone of the film. The studio wanted him to cut down the violence so it could get a PG-13 rating; Reynolds on the other hand wanted a more gritty and violent film. Costner stepped in and sided with the studio and Reynolds left the film before editing even started. He still received a directing credit even though Costner finished the movie in post-production. The film opened in the summer of 1995 and of course it tanked big time and pretty much ruined Costner's cred as a bankable leading man.
After a string of box office misfires, Costner decided to go back and starred in another romantic comedy. The film opened in the summer of 1996 and it did a pretty decent business at the box office. I actually enjoyed this film quite a bit, probably because I was madly in love with Rene Russo at the time and not because of Costner. A lot of people in Hollywood around this time still think that he's a bankable star. Which explained why his next film got made.
Warner Bros. somehow believed that Costner could still open a movie with just his name alone, why else would they give him $80 mil to shoot this movie, right? This film was based on some little-known novel of the same name, which I had never heard of the book until they announced the movie. I assumed Warner Bros. thought Costner can make another Dances with Wolves since they scheduled the film to open on Christmas Day of 1997.
Well, a few months prior to the film's release date, the trailer was shown and a lot of people in theaters around the country laughed out loud at the title and the test screening didn't go too well either. A friend of mine got selected to the test screening at the Mall of America theaters and he told me to stay away from it at all cost. I didn't listen and went to see the movie anyway; after I saw it I wish I'd listened to him. A few months before the film open, it got such a bad word of mouth that Warner Bros. decided to not to even spend big money promoting it. The film made about $17 mil and pretty much destroyed Costner's career as a bankable leading man.
After The Postman, Costner made a few films with similar genre that made him a big star in the first place but none of them were big hits. By the late 90s and 2000s, leading men weren't really necessary to open films anymore, people went to see big films for only certain genres. Of course, some big-named stars could still open films on their names alone, i.e. Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Will Smith and Tom Cruise, just to name the few. But around this time, it's clear that Costner is not in that club anymore. As I mentioned earlier, the last film of his that I saw was Open Range and I thought it was great. It didn't wow many people so it didn't really help Costner's career at all.
I'm curious to see how big a screen time he'll get for the new Superman film, it's hard to believe how his career has fallen so fast as it did. [rtm's note: Deadline has just reported yesterday that he's working on a TV miniseries for the History channel]
What do you think of Kevin Costner? Are you a fan or do you feel the same way as I do that he's just not a strong leading man?
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Cautionary tale:) Personally, he lost me with the whole Robin Hood with a mullet thing. I couldn't take him seriously after that. I think it was indeed Waterworld that did him in for everyone else…
May 26, 2011 at 11:47	 Reply
Ted S.
Exactly, the only thing in Robin Hood was Alan Rickman as the villain.
Rickman is always a scene-stealer in every movie he's in. He's sooo over the top as the sheriff but fun!
Good post there Mr S,
I used to love Mr Costner. He was always going to be a sure fire box office smash. Amazing how he fell so far out of favour with Hollywood and the public.
Untouchables, love it. Field of Dreams, pretty cool.
I deffo should have added Robin Hood into todays Bad Hairdo post over on FRC!!
Thanks for putting this together Ted and Ruth!!
Thanks Custard, yeah I enjoyed The Untouchables and Field of Dreams quite a bit myself. It's amazing to see his career fell so fast and he just couldn't recover after Waterworld.
Oh the credit is fully Ted's. I just found the photos and formatted the article 🙂
I think my fave Costner movie is No Way Out, I remember having a bit of a crush on him when I saw it in high school. The Bodyguard is a guilty pleasure… yeah it's not a good movie but I thought he had a pretty decent chemistry w/ Whitney. I LOVE Whitney songs though, so maybe that's why I like the movie a lot.
Jack Deth
Never been much of a Costner fan to begin with. Certainly
not as a leading man. I still think his best and shortest role was as the corpse being dressed in the beginning of 'The Big Chill'.
Second best role was as Scott Glenn's kid brother, Jake in 'Silverado'. Even though Glenn and Brian Dennehy buried him
talent~wise.
'Dances With Wolves' may have put Costner over the top, but I wasn't surprised when he crashed and burned with his ego driven 'Waterworld'. Very much the same way Michael Cimino plummeted with 'Heaven's Gate' after his much heralded 'The Deer Hunter'.
Keith Spillett
I can't even believe that you have a Trancers avatar and go by Jack Deth. That is easily the highlight of my day.
I'm glad I could brighten your day, Keith.
Agree Jack, I thought he was pretty funny in Silverado, maybe he should've done more straight comedies instead of his dramedies.
No chemistry between Costner and Sarandon in 'Bull Durham'? You sure you watched the right movie?
I'm pretty sure I did, unless there's another version out there. 🙂
But I saw it like over 10 years ago so maybe I might have a different opinion if I see it again.
He's something else in The Untouchables!
He's good in The Untouchables, but Connery stole the show.
That is the truth. Deniro's pretty great, too. He has about 12 lines in the movie and they are all perfect.
Yeah I think he was good in The Untouchables and it's probably my favorite film of his. But he got help from both DiNero and Connery.
Yes, I agree that Costner isn't a very strong leading man. He seems to always be the same not only from movie to movie but even moments to moments. He doesn't really have much range and can't seem to convey all that much emotional depth. I did enjoy The Untouchables and Dance With the Wolves but those movies probably could have been stronger with a more expressive lead.
Exactly, in all of his films he never really stood out. I enjoyed Wyatt Earp a lot more than Tombstone but I wanted Russelle's Wyatt in that movie instead of him.
BTW, thanks for the shout out on your site. If you're going to see Tree of Life this weekend then I'm looking forward to your review.
No, I will be seeing Midnight in Paris. The Tree of Life doesn't make it to the Twin Cities until next week 😦
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Interesting. I never really paid much attention to Costner and his movies; I guess I just thought of him in a negative way and as a bad actor.
You know I never thought of him as a "bad" actor, just that he never stood out, especially as a leading man in big films.
He's made some really horrible movies through the years but I'll always have a soft spot for him because he's made two of the best baseball movies ever made (and a third that wasn't too shabby, 'For Love of the Game'). For a very brief five year period in my formative years, he was "it"- the Hollywood Buzz guy who could do no wrong, and he made a lot of movies in those years that I genuinely liked. Untouchables, JFK, the baseball movies, even the much maligned Dances with Wolves…
I guess now I sort of look at him like I might a drunk uncle who used to be the high school quarterback, but is now merely a shell of his former self. But the glory days were very real for Mr. Costner.
That's exactly how I feel about him too. It's just so amazing how his career just went down the crapper so fast and he can't seem to recover from it. Maybe he should try and get a role in Tarantino's upcoming new films, who knows QT might be able to revive his career like he did with John Travolta. But then again Travolta's career is also in the dump the last few years too.
MikeyMo
I remember an item about Kevin Costner saying that his career was over the minute he appeared in In Bed With Madonna and Madonna makes a vomit gesture behind his back. From that moment on Costner lost all his cool, if he had any in the first place.
But Mr Brooks was a good movie though.
scarletsp1der
Nobody's mentioned The Guardian which I liked him in, in a Dennis Quaid sort of way. Costner is a take it or leave it actor for me but I completely see him as Jonathan Kent type.
filmgurl
Interesting list. I saw Message In a Bottle recently, I didn't think it was that great. I agree – I don't think his past performances have been as spectacular as others have deemed it. Though, I guess everyone has a different opinion! 🙂
I think a perfect world was very underrated movie at that time . I really enjoyed the movie.
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My app supports only Android 4 and 5 so I am not using support
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