Word: allen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brief characterization of the dope-smoking, corduroy-clad English professor. The scene in which he and three students conspiratorially share a joint in his darkened cottage is one of the most effective in the film, thanks largely to Sutherland's knowing grins and his wolfish, slightly stoned expression. Karen Allen charms as Katy, the girlfriend of one of the Deltas who thinks the whole gang is incredibly childish, if funny. And Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst as, respectively, the nerdy and corpulent freshmen pledges who first gawk at, then engage in, the wildness of the frat effectively portray the change...
Directed and Written by Woody Allen...
...overdose in 1966, you can see both of these elements--the piercing and hysterically funny comedy/social analysis that was considered obscene and Bruce's horrible physical condition. He didn't always look like that; that's visible from two even more rare tapes of Bruce on the Steve Allen show, and even better, the misbegotten film that might have been the pilot for a TV series. A fascinating combination of infrequently seen films, for which Off the Wall deserves congratulations. congratulations...
...directors wanted to keep the affair quiet. They hoped to protect Begelman, whose smash films (Close Encounters, The Deep) had saved the company. But Hirschfield insisted on suspending Begelman and revealing his wrongdoings. With that, Hirschfield lost support of the board powers, notably his longtime mentor, Investment Banker Herbert Allen. Begelman was indicted for fraud and placed on probation for three years. Even so, he has a $1.5 million three-year contract as an independent producer for Columbia...
...Allen M. Dershowitz, professor of Law and an adviser to Kennedy on the bill for two years, said yesterday he is "ambivalent" about the bill in its present form...