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Kevin Sandler comes
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with a book under
his belt and
a clear path under
his feet.
A
woman who works at the
Coffee Beanery in Birming-
ham runs outside and hands
Kevin Sandler a piece of
paper with neat handwriting on it.
"Here's a list of our vegan drinks, no
dairy," she says. Sandler's face relaxes,
and he takes a long sip of his
raspberry-ice smoothie.
An admittedly staunch
animal rights activist who eats
no animal products whatsoev-
er, Sandler stands on principle
a lot. He's been in school his
entire life, which makes the
29-year-old feel like a teenag-
er. He kind of is – especially
living with Mom and Dad in
West Bloomfield while writ-
ing his dissertation on the
motion picture ratings system
in America and the British
board of film classification.
"I go to movies to learn. I
want to come out wiser than
I was when I went in," he
says.
Sandler grew up in Oak •
Park and West Bloomfield,
and at Temple Israel, a popular,
good-looking guy that many young
women in the B'nai B'rith Youth Orga-
nization noticed and wanted to date.
Sandler looks the same – lean, medium
height, but now with the ever-popular
close-cropped Caesar haircut and a
comfortable swagger that comes with
the confidence of getting older.
He graduated from the University of
Michigan in 1991, then worked in pub--
licity for "Cheers" and "Northern Expo-
sure" in Los Angeles. Later, he complet-
ed a master's degree in communications
at Indiana State University, and did his
doctorate in cinema studies at Sheffield
Hallam University in England. Last
year, he lectured on film studies at U of
M.
He chose Sheffield because "there
were some really great professors in
American film censorship and American
film history – and, it's England," he
says. Sheffield is the city where the
movie The Full Monty took place.
While doing research at the British
Film Institute, Sandler lived among 18-
and 19-year-olds at the London Hillel
House. "I was like the old man of the
house – I was 27," he chuckles. "But I
still feel like 19. When you're in college
your whole life, you don't grow up."
It was Olivia Newton-John's starring
role as Sandy in Grease that turned San-
dler on to film. "It was 1978. I wouldn't
go to the movies to see Grease; I
thought it was about the country,
Greece," he recalls. His family went and
came back raving. Finally, he gave in,
and "fell in love with Olivia Newton-
John." He was also affected by ET,
which made him cry.
Although he goes back and forth to
England periodically to meet with pro-
fessors, Sandler's set on staying in the
States. "My dogs live here," he explains.
His first book — Reading the Rabbit:
Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
— was published this year by Rutgers
University Press; Sandler is the youngest
author they've published. Next spring,
his second book, a collaborative editing
effort called Titanic: Anatomy of a Block-
buster (a compilation of essays about
why the film made so much money)
will come out, also by Rutgers. Sandler
is currently in discussion with the press
to turn his dissertation into a book.
Plus, he's already made one movie
(which he won't discuss) and hopes to
make a few more.
So where is he headed? Exactly
where he already is. Sandler says he sim-
ply wants to teach and write. And go to
the movies.