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...Roy doctrine has wisely found more in Poloniua than a silly buffoon When he talks Laertes eats off with a string of maxims for living, this bespectacled pedant warns against dressing gaudily and rips a pendant from around his son's neck. As he presses on with his list, we see Ophelia, sitting at his feet, silently mouthing the words along with him, having obviously heard the advice a dozen times; Polonius notices the mockery and gives her a playful cuff. Doctrice also doubles amusingly as the First Gracedigger...
...dead: Lance Corporal Jeffery Young, 19; Lieut. Anthony Daly, 23; Trooper Simon Tipper, 19; Corporal Major Roy Bright, 36; Bandsman George Mesure, 19; Bandsman Keith Powell, 24; Warrant Officer 2 Graham Barker, 36; Corporal John McKnight, 30; Bandsman Laurence Smith, 19; Sergeant Robert Livingstone...
Directed by George Roy Hill...
Making a movie out of a novel in which there is a strong emotional stake is never easy, and, indeed, it requires almost reckless courage to undertake the task. Unfortunately for Director George Roy Hill and Writer Steve Tesich, their recklessness seems to have deserted them once the deals were made and they set to work. They have not tampered greatly with Irving's plot or his people. What is missing from the movie is any attempt to discover a cinematic language that compares with the language of the novel. Where the book jumped, the movie plods; where...
...Roy Rogers, 69, upon joining a National Rifle Association fight against a California referendum to restrict handguns: "They'll have to shoot me first to take...