Word: milkwagon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some complainers are calling this year's Derby the worst parade of horseflesh since the milkwagon went out of style, and some are comparing the race to the Charge of the Light Brigade, but they are overlooking the special Derby magic-the beautiful girls, the warm spring sunshine, the mint juleps and the relaxed, holiday atmosphere. Besides, this year, it ought to be a damn close horse race...
...which Quackser stays his daily rounds long enough to dally with a lusty Gaelic wench. The romance is only part of the film; the rest concerns Quackser's slow, painful acceptance of the inexorability of civilization. He is forced to a showdown with himself when the last milkwagon horses are cleared from the streets, and his eventual compromise is both whimsical and affecting...