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Dolly Parton, 35, on why she had her romantic scenes beefed up in the film version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: "If you think that I'm going to be in a movie with Burt Reynolds and not get in a little huggin' and kissin', you're crazy...
...bedside manners, he disdains the personae of the macho and the wimp. Burt Reynolds is out - even to Burt Reynolds. Waiting around for the beloved to make up her mind is equally unwise. The role model here is Michael Caine, "a nice guy who isn't afraid to admit to the odd doubt, the sudden fear." A film critic, Schickel prefers to collect aphorisms from actors rather than philosophers. Dudley Moore is heard in praise of "the meaningful one-night stand." Woody Allen analyzes those who labor on their liaisons: "I always think they're wrong. The things...
...bars in Florida and sell the franchises for two Cinema 'n' Drafthouses in Jacksonville and Atlanta. They have contracted to open five more franchises in the next year. The movies, changed each week, are usually comedies or action fare with stars like Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen and Burt Reynolds...
...slice of fallen life this is a successful film. But as a presentation of a handful of characters and their lives Atlantic City fails. Malle seems to have trouble casting male Americans: Keith Carradine's deadwood performance in Pretty Baby nearly ruined that movie, and in Atlantic City Burt Lancaster acts with such leaden sluggishness you wonder if the projector is running at the right speed...
...well-rounded if simple character: "Tell me stuff," she earnestly asks Lou, wanting to know about French wines, Italian opera, good living. Whether John Guare's screenplay or Lancaster's mole-like blindness to subtlety is responsible, though, Lou never acts like anything but a tired, bored Burt Lancaster. "I did it! I really did it!" he giggles after shooting the punks who are after Sarandon, and it sounds like he's celebrating having fooled the director...