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...scenes in space were the product of highly advanced matte photography. One element of a scene, an imperial battle cruiser, for instance, would be shot. Then another element, like a rebel fighter, would be photographed and superimposed on it, as if it were another layer on a cake. Some of the shots in the final space battle had 67 such layers, one on top of the other. Says Art Director Joe Johnston: "We have to make each film better than the one previous. The public demands a special-effects extravaganza, something that will blow them away for their five dollars...
With a gracious nod toward U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib, Shultz modestly noted, "I have the pleasure of helping to put a little icing on the cake. At any rate, we hope it is a real good cake." Later the Secretary gave Jerusalem some good news: President Ronald Reagan would now lift the ban imposed last summer on the sale of 75 F-16 fighter planes to Israel...
...sedate hotel dining room in Helsinki, she gives a writer a big, rowdy kiss, and orders not vodka but tea and a huge chunk of chocolate cake. She talks of a happy, privileged childhood in Tomaszow Lubelski, a town of some 20,000 people about 200 miles southeast of Warsaw. Her father ran a construction business until he became ill some years ago. She was a track star as a child; at eleven she had the best time in Poland in the 80-meter sprint. She began to be interested in the stage, but theater simply did not exist...
...play hits rock bottom in Act H, the rest can only improve. In the more professional third act, the actors seemed to internalize their characters. Cecily and Gwendolyn, for example, argue seriously over trifles--lumps of sugar for their tea and cake--for the first time. Algernon declares with true earnestness about food, "One has to be serious about something in life to be amused." As the intricate plot unravels and the couples happily unite, the laughter subsides and Finnegan declares, "We have now realized the vital importance of being earnest." Maybe he has, but it would have helped...
...piece of cake [Students are] expected to learn a lot of the material and to be responsible for some of the techniques and technology that goes into chocolate production," West says...