Paxton

She tries to carve out a future for the town, even as Paxton is trying to work out his issues with the past and the present.

REVIEW: The Devil's Alphabet by Daryl Gregory 2009

As Severen, Bill Paxton is particularly engaging and his antics add a completely different dimension to the film.

Overlooked Movie Monday: Near Dark » Scene-Stealers 2010

We're not focused on Paxton's POV at all times (for which I was grateful -- Paxton is absolutely believable as a character, but he also tends toward the whiny and passive), so we get excellent portraits of his Alpha friend Deke, his father, his dead Beta lover Jo Lynn and her kids, and especially the dynamic town mayor Rhonda.

REVIEW: The Devil's Alphabet by Daryl Gregory 2009

Note 106: Paxton, Letter to the Editor, February 27, 1980, in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 9: Typescript funeral eulogy for John Paxton, n.d., in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Bill Paxton is fine choice too, but he will have lots of research for the level of useless knowledge stored in my head.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - ExtraLife: The Motion Picture 2007

Note 49: Liberty, September 1947, in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 103: Paxton to Kelly and Steinman, n.d. [June 1977], in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 15: Paxton to Kelly and Steinman, June 20, 1977, in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 50: "Prejudice Under Fire," Newsweek, July 28, 1947, in Paxton Bio File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007