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...sets of Olly Olly Oxen Free. A family-style adventure story in which she plays an eccentric lady junk dealer, the film has her working with Movie Novices Kevin Mc-Kenzie and Dennis Dimster, both eleven, an English sheep dog named Obie and a 70-ft. gas-filled balloon. Miffed by the idea of a male stand-in for the action scenes, she has also been doing her own acrobatics, which have included dangling 100 ft. above ground from the balloon's anchor. In between scenes, she has even found time to pose for a cast picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 13, 1976 | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

Having recently spent four weeks flying around in a blimp in Black Sunday, Swiss Actress Marthe Keller, 30, had no qualms about going up in a hot-air balloon for her latest picture, Bobby Deerfield. She plays a dying woman who teaches a race-car driver to live life to the fullest. That involves not just the balloon and a racing car but a Lake Como ferryboat and an auto-train that bores through the Simplon Tunnel. Co-Star Al Pacino, 36, was not happy about having to spend two days filming in the darkness of the tunnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 2, 1976 | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...modern Republican would throw one end of the 25-ft. rope to a man in a rapidly rising hot-air balloon with the faith that the other end would trickle down automatically to help the drowning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Jul. 12, 1976 | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

...million. Sales were up 3%, to $864 million. In February Genesco was able to market a $70 million bond issue that will enable it to get past the November deadline for repaying much of its long-term debt. Says Jarman, 44, a former naval reserve pilot and hot-air balloon enthusiast who salts his conversation with aviation lingo: "We're committed to takeoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXECUTIVES: Profitable Oedipus | 7/5/1976 | See Source »

...District in protest against the project. Says he: "I just don't believe that a fixed rail-transit system will work in Los Angeles. This is an area of urban sprawl, low density. with a great diversity of directions of trips." He also predicts that the cost will balloon to $13 billion. Fred Case, a member of the Los Angeles city planning commission, argues that area residents "are going to continue to use automobiles to get where they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Rail Plan in Autoland | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

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