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...reinvigorated Concerts on the Common will feature an equally star-studded if somewhat less adventurous, line-up, that includes Joe Jackson (June 25), the Go-Go's (June 29), return performances from Al Jarreau, James Taylor, and Chicago, as well as appearances by the Eurythmics, the Thompson Twins, George Benson, and dinosaurs the Moody Blues, the Everly Brothers, and Herb Alpert...
Mills was at Harvard for the New England premier of a movie based on his life, "Running Brave," which stars Robby Benson as the long-distance runner...
...widower, Harry has no-one to count on but a teenage son. The Son (Robby Benson) spends his time surfing, reclining in a Jacuzzi, and thinking of himself as Hemingway--the latter possibly accounts for a vocabulary that makes Spring Break seem eloquent. While the story centers on the deep affection between father and son, the communication gap between the two is so wide as to make the actual emotions not only a source of confusion for the characters themselves, but also a mystery to the viewers. While neither Harry nor the audience doubt that he is a dying...
...WORLD PORTRAYED in the movie is generally depressing as things tend to move from bad to worse for all the characters. The only success story we come across is that of a crippled black man who makes it as a car thief. The minor characters--Benson's spacy yet sympathetic bride, her phrenologist-pet merchant mother, and Harry's brother--are well-portrayed, each contributing convincingly to the tapestry of Middle America fallen on hard times. Scenery of construction sites, factories and dreary Florida suburbs add to the general air of hopelessness...
Still, Newman is inevitably a force to reckon with, and that makes his casting of the feeble Benson the more surprising-surely he knows he can hold the screen against a real actor. Howard is supposed to be a rebel and a goof-off, but with a core of sensitivity and integrity supporting his literary ambitions and his resistance to Harry's loud demands that he find steady work. But Benson is one of those performers who appear to be playing for the mirror instead of the camera; nothing interferes with his pleased self-contemplation Harry...