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...melodrama that followed Che Guevara's death in October 1967, no role was more bizarre than that of a bit player named Antonio Arguedas, 41, a former Bolivian Interior Minister. By his own account, Arguedas smuggled a copy of Guevara's diary out of Bolivia and into Fidel Castro's hands, then fled his country to avoid arrest. He has been involved in a cat-and-mouse struggle with Bolivian authorities ever since...
...looking simultaneously tired and suspicious. General Max and a sadsack adjutant hijack a car full of gringo tourists and scout the territory. They return to the troops, and in a matter of seconds there is an irregular unit of the Mexican army charging through today's downtown San Antonio on its way to reclaim the Alamo...
...whatever humor there is in this situation. Ustinov is merely gross in the title role, Astin looks unhappy, and most of the supporting players-including Pamela Tiffin and Keenan Wynn-wince along with them. Jonathan Winters, as General Billy Joe Hallson, secondhand mattress salesman and head of the San Antonio unit of the Texas National Guard, has a couple of good stumblebum comic moments, as does Kenneth Mars playing a Texas Minuteman. But even they can do nothing about the witless dialogue and vapid plotting, which lace the comic moments in Viva Max with all the kick...
...Antonio Rossmann, a second-year Law student, who chaired the conference, said that the Confederation will not plan any specific action. "Local groups will decide their own actions. We will act more as a clearing house for information and a center for communications," he said...
...film was made by Amelio Di Antonio, the director of the documentary Point of Order. It includes interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg professor of Economics, and Martin H. Peretz, assistant professor of Social Studies...