Okay, the hearings are over, but what about the inevitable movie? The casting of Advise & Consent: The Clarence Thomas Story won't be easy. So many factors to consider-box office appeal, physical resemblance, salary demands, scheduling. Here's how we figure it'll go. JOE BIDEN: You want Robert Redford. You'll settle for Peter Boyle. You get Michael Moriarty.

ORRIN HATCH: You want Anthony Hopkins. You'll settle for Hal Holbrook. You get Craig T. Nelson.

TED KENNEDY: You want Jack Nicholson. You'll settle for Bill Murray. You get Dan Aykroyd.

ARLEN SPECTER: You want Richard Dreyfuss. You'll settle for Ron Silver. You get Judd Hirsch.

CLARENCE THOMAS: You want Danny Glover. You'll settle for Larry Fishburne. You get Billy Dee Williams.

ANITA HILL: You want Whoopi Goldberg. You'll settle for Alfre Woodard. You get Phylicia Rashad.

VIRIGINIA THOMAS: You want Christine Lahti. You'll settle for JoBeth Williams. You get Linda Gray.

STROM THURMOND: You want Dustin Hoffman (in his Little Big Man makeup). You'll settle for George Burns. You get Jim Varney (in Hoffman's makeup).

JOHN DANFORTH: You want Sam Waterston. You'll settle for Daniel J. Travanti. You get Andy Griffith.

PATRICK LEAHY: You want Gene Hackman. You'll settle for Leslie Nielsen. You get Gavin MacLeod.

HOWELL HEFLIN: You want John Candy. You'll settle for Jay Leno. You get John Candy.

You want major motion picture. You'll settle for a network miniseries. You get a USA Premiere Movie.


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