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...transforming science fiction from the medium of print into that of film presents problems: How do you capture wild visions and put them on the screen? There have been a few successful creative unions: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick again in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, but the list remains short...
...Many middle-class women jurors prefer not to believe young, braless and freewheeling rape victims. In particular, the myth that victims somehow provoke and accept rape is still very much alive. "In our many years of work with the sexual offender," reports Psychologist Groth and Co-Researcher Ann Wolbert Burgess, "we have yet to find a genuine case of sexual provocation on the part of a victim...
...acre Irish estate outside Dublin to performers from Duffy's Circus and a parade of Hollywood stars. Well, promotion might be a better word for it, but it certainly was eminently successful. With 980 spectators paying $40 and more for seats, Performers Shirley MacLaine, Sean Cannery, Burgess Meredith and Eric Clapton donned clown costumes and joined with Duffy's jugglers, acrobats and tumblers-all to raise money for a pair of children's charities: the Central Remedial Clinic and the Variety Club of Ireland, dedicated to the support of blind and handicapped children. High point...
...Locust. A guady adaptation of Nathaniel West's fine, sparsely sketched novel. Somebody in the Village Voice pointed out that this movie should have looked like Chinatown and China-town should have looked like this. A mixup in cinematographer contracts, no doubt. Good performances by Karen Black and Burgess Meredith make it worth $1.25 at Harvard Square on Monday and Tuesday nights...
...Bugs Alive broke clean−a critically important advantage in so short a dash; Chick Called Sue stumbled badly; and Rocket's Magic quickly fell behind. Bugs Alive led all the way. "For the last 100 yards I just put my feet on the dashboard," laughed Jockey Jerry Burgess. Owner Shebester was more restrained. "The reason I'm pleased," he said, "is the honor and prestige that goes with winning this race." To say nothing of the first-place purse...