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...thesis of the movie is that the U.S. is ripe for a teen-age entertainer-turned-politico, a theme explored recently in the English film Privilege. The central character is a delinquent (Christopher Jones) who caterwauls his way into the hearts of young America. An opportunistic Senator (Hal Holbrook) gets a law passed that enfranchises 15-year-olds. They elect Jones President, and suddenly, he-and-shedonism is for everyone under 35. Oldsters who have passed that milestone are packed into concentration camps and mind-blown with a steady diet...
...PHILIP HOLBROOK VIVIAN JR. Cape Elizabeth...
...WIZARD (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Hal Holbrook narrates "Wild World," which takes a look at the golden eagle, bison, baboons, octopuses and other animals in their native habitats...
Father (Alan Webb) is a curmudgeonly tyrant nearing 80, marching with faltering step and bristling temper into his pitiable dotage. He has sapped the life out of his wife (Lillian Gish), bullied his middle-aged son (Hal Holbrook) into something resembling psychic impotence, and barred his door to a daughter (Teresa Wright) because she married a Jew. Except for the sense of mortality that makes every dying old man a portent of what lies in store for all humanity, there is no particular reason for anyone to care about this father. But Holbrook wants to love him, and tries...
...difficult dual role of son and narrator, Hal Holbrook makes his transitions with unobtrusive ease and is touching and vulnerable in his desire to receive the blessing of love from his father's untender hand. A play that wears its heart on its sleeve and small muscle in its script has been given whatever discipline, order and form it has by Alan Schneider, currently the busiest and most versatile director both off-Broadway and on. Whether he groups his actors with a painter's eye or makes a scene spin like a boy's top, his direction...