Movie Score Card
February, 1996
On a break from editing his third feature, Beautiful Girls, moviemaker Ted Demme looks back with mixed emotions at The Ref, his droll comedy about a dysfunctional family held hostage during the holidays. "A Christmas movie that opened in the spring," says Demme, adding gratefully, "I think Playboy was the only publication that had The Ref on that year's ten best list."Now 32, Demme is a veteran of seven years in production at MTV--which led him to make his first film, "a...
