Word: bronsonism
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...function is to be mysteriously bumped off at metronomic inter vals, leading to the natural conclusion that one of the dwindling number of sur vivors must be a murderer. Among them are the Governor of the unnamed state they are traversing, his lady, a lawman and his prisoner Charles Bronson...
Bunch of Bores. Everyone accuser Bronson of doing the evil, and since he maintains that enigmatic silence which has become his trademark, one cannol help tending to agree. He looks as if he would like to kill somebody, very possibly Maclean or Director Gries - the former for penning him up with this bunch of bores, the latter for never finding some visually interesting way to cut through the excessively intricate plot After a lot of witless blather, it turns out that Bronson was only pretending to be a baddie - big surprise! - that he is really a federal agent in disguise...
...invitations came in the form of a subpoena, and the party itself took place in an abandoned Los Angeles jail. Guests included Performers Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland and Jacqueline Bisset, who were frisked, photographed and fingerprinted at the door. The mock lockup was all in honor of Author Truman Capote, who is currently in Hollywood portraying a criminologist who becomes a victim in Murder By Death, his first movie as an actor instead of a screenwriter. Capote allowed as how a night in the slammer was welcome respite from his daytime job. "Making movies is hard work," burbled Truman. "They...
...Perhaps Bronson vehicle and quality are no longer a contradiction in terms. This summer's Breakout, a diverting prisonbreak yarn, showed the usually saturnine star cracking jokes, playing big, generally and infectiously enjoying himself. In Hard Times, Bronson's role is closer to his customary image: the callous, uncommunicative loner. When this sort of projection does not work (The Stone Killer, Death Wish), Bronson is a Goliath who could be toppled by leprechauns. This time, however, the stolid performer manages to achieve an authentic, scruffy street dignity...
Hard Times is the best script Bronson has enjoyed since he became box office. His character is called Chaney, a drifter and street fighter of mysterious origins and flexible future. He rides into New Orleans on a boxcar and soon afterward picks up a fight and a manager. Speed (played with appropriate flash by James Coburn) is a small-time gambler who spots a sure shot at the big dollar. With a hophead physician (Strother Martin) as medical consultant, Chaney and Speed scuffle around trying to pick a few more fights...