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...JUNIOR BONNER begins with a black-and-white fog-grained portrait of the title rodeo star, played acutely by a mellowed Steve McQueen, lowering himself onto a snorting Brahma bull called Sunshine. The rodeo announcer tells us some basic facts: Jr. was a two-year bull-riding champion, now nearing 40, a bit past his prime, Sunshine has never been ridden for the full 8 seconds time. The gate to the pen is thrown open, clowns dressed in baggy checked pants and vests and red fright wigs lure the bull out and get him jumping. Bonner holds...
...maintain effective surveillance and deterrent devices, others are deliberately dogging it to try and force the Federal Government into picking up the tab for airline security (e.g., magnetometers, sky marshals, X-ray equipment). FAA officials and the pilots are becoming more fed up by the day. Said Captain Al Bonner, vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, which recently called a 24-hour protest strike: "The public, we feel, should stand up with us by refusing to fly on airlines that continue to put economic gain before the security of their passengers. Safety costs money, and some are apparently...
...JUNIOR BONNER...
Even if Peckinpah's had been first, though, Junior Bonner would still be lackluster stuff. The dialogue is straight Grand Ole Opry, and Peckinpah tries to make it work by underplaying everything, which is like turning down the volume on a bad record instead of switching...
Maybe Peckinpah told the wrong story. To judge from Junior Bonner, he has little love for the West, and little interest in it. He apparently felt obliged to make some kind of comment on it, but like Ace, his heart lies somewhere else - in the past, or maybe in Australia. Ace Bonner in the outback - there's the real movie...