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Turturro's `Mac' is a labor of love

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | March 5, 1993 | Copyright

MAC

Directed by: John Turturro

Screenplay by: Turturro, Brandon Cole

Starring: Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto,

Katherine Borowitz, Ellen Barkin, John Amos

Playing at: Nickelodeon

Rated: R (strong language, some sexuality)

John Turturro's "Mac" is a labor of love about a love of labor. Specifically, it's Turturro's salute to his late father, Nicholas, who spent his life building houses with a sense of craft and pride you can't help but be moved by. Essentially, it's a family chronicle that plays a little like…

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