Word: coding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fedayeen taxi driver (and gave him $20), to take me to the 'secret headquarters' of Abu Ammar [code name of Arafat]. To my surprise, he did. Four hours later, by an olive grove, I watched the Fatah leader transact business with two dozen runners, shake the hands of wounded soldiers, and shared a slit trench with...
...flares and fades. Some time ago, I watched the biggest fight yet, sparked by the Fatah from a safe spot in a Muslim cemetery near Jericho. Through binoculars, there was a grandstand view of Jordanian artillery pounding Israeli armor. To get around Israeli military censorship, we devised a code with a friendly kibbutznik in a strategically located collective farm by the Jordan, who phoned us tips. 'Birds' were Israeli bombers, 'eggs' were bombs...
Jimmy is haunted by girls, wanting them, needing them, losing them. Too shy to propose to the girl he adores (Susan Sullivan), he is crushed when she marries his best friend. Too bold with a girl who cares for him (Pamela Payton-Wright), he affronts her moral code by suggesting sex before marriage. Just to make his humiliations ludicrous as well as painful, he tends to get sudden attacks of diarrhea whenever he is on the verge of going to bed with a woman. Whether in high school or in a San Francisco hippie joint, someone is always splatting...
Since the ratings went into effect Nov. 1, the M.P.A.A. has classified more than 100 pictures. Yellow Submarine, for example, got a G. Only four films, including Birds in Peru, rated an X. Theater owners insist that they are abiding by the code; industry representatives generally believe it will prove workable...
What happens when blind bids are asked on as yet unrated films? ... I believe the Motion Picture Code and Rating Plan is undesirable, unconstitutional, unworkable, impractical, uneconomical and an attempt to pass the buck...