Movie Score Card

January, 1998

Movie producer Lawrence Bender, 40, was a dancer long before he became involved with such hard-hitting films as Reservoir Dogs and the acclaimed Pulp Fiction. Both were directed by his pal and partner, Quentin Tarantino, who also directed Bender's imminent Jackie Brown (with Pam Grier, Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro), based on an Elmore Leonard novel. Bender is a University of Maine honors graduate in civil engineering who declined job offers so he could pursue ballet and flamenco in New York...