Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week to resume their talks, the meeting broke up after only 20 minutes. Said Herb Steinberg, spokesman for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers: "The union came in with nothing new. We wondered why they called a meeting." Countered Frank Pierson, writer of Cool Hand Luke and Dog Day Afternoon: "If we accept management's offer, it's the end of the guild as we know...
Ever hear the old adage "every dog has its day"? Well, this could not have been more true than it was yesterday when the Yale Bulldogs defeated all the Radcliffe varsity heavyweight and novice crews...
Miami Bureau Chief Cristina Garcia, who visited Florida's Disney World to interview its "cast members," as Disney employees are called, was struck by their youthful enthusiasm. "For everyone from Eisner to the Hawaiian Hot Dog vendors, Disney is not just a 9-to-5 job. It's a way of life. Ultimately, it's also a way of prolonging all of our childhoods." Senior Writer Richard Corliss, who wrote the accompanying story on the enduring appeal of Disney characters, agrees with that view. He saw his first Disney film, Alice in Wonderland, at the age of seven...
November brings Oliver and Company, a dog-and-cat, Oliver Twist-inspired musical set in New York City. The animals speak with the voices of such stars as Billy Joel, who plays a jivy artful dodger (sample line: "Consider it a free lesson in street savoir faire from New York's coolest quadruped"), and Cheech Marin, who plays a Chihuahua named Tito. Says George Scribner, the film's director: "We don't write down to children. They're generally way ahead...
...Disney released The Shaggy Dog, the studio's first live-action comedy feature. The film -- about a teenager transformed into a talking sheepdog -- wasn't much, but it grossed $9 million on a $1 million budget (while the more costly animated feature Sleeping Beauty was earning only $5 million on a $6 million budget). The same elements of domestic fantasy, special effects and easy laughs were cloned over and over for Disney hits from The Love Bug to Splash. Hollywood's future auteurs were watching too. When they grew up they adapted the Shaggy Dog comedy-fantasy into...