Word: neared
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...scriptwriting that sustains Being There is missing from Electric Horseman. Willy Nelson, the singer, has the best line in Electric Horseman. Sunning in a cafe near Caesar's Palace he plans to get "a bottle of tequilla and keno girl who can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch." Nelson wrote that himself and the slick script of this Hollywood romance rarely matches the rugged quality of his improvisation. Indeed the film suffers from the same slickness and image-mongering that it purports to criticize...
...Namath and Johnny Unitas. Both near the ends of their careers. One meaningless game between two mediocre teams. They duel without every being on the field at the same time. In each series they seem worried that they'll never play again so it's all out, all afternoon. No short passes. Bombs. Rich Caster catches three. Forget who won. It doesn't matter...