Word: brannigan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BRANNIGAN Directed by DOUGLAS HICKOX Screenplay by CHRISTOPHER TRUMBO, MICHAEL BUTLER, WILLIAM P. McGIVERN and WILLIAM NORTON
Well, there is a brawl in Brannigan, but it takes place in a humble pub, is poorly motivated and feebly staged. It says nothing at all relevant or original about the international clash of manners that the movie keeps edging toward and then backing away from. This seems all the more disappointing since the star himself appears fit and fresh and more than usually eager to have some fun with his image in a setting that is novel...
...would tax his limited ingenuity. But it has been a long time since True Grit, and maybe one of our Bicentennial projects ought to be a search for a movie worthy of a national treasure like John Wayne. It is maddening to see him caught up in incompetencies like Brannigan...