Word: burtons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Castaneda's penchant for privacy did not deter Correspondent Sandra Burton from unraveling some of the mysteries about the author. Burton met her subject repeatedly-at U.C.L.A.'s anthropology department, over dinner at a Japanese restaurant and at a "power spot" in the rugged canyons north of Los Angeles...
...Certain details of his personal history were not checking out as factually correct," says Burton, "and I confronted him with the discrepancies. He countered with an appealing argument that vital statistics are not pertinent, that what is important is who we are now, not who we were. He had succeeded in cutting himself off from his past and had admittedly fudged on his vital statistics. My job was to recover them...
...Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [1966]. Director Mike Nichols debuted with this Oscar-winning adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway hit. Stars Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, and George Segal. First time on TV. CH. 7. 9 p.m. Color...
...complement Thomas' language; they detract from it. The language that comes cascading off the sound track is bottled into florid captions for an illustrated travel guide to Wales. Whenever Sinclair is not being resolutely literal-minded, he diverts himself by being fantastical. It will not do for Richard Burton merely to read the first voice. He must appear, all rumpled and dour and selfabsorbed, like some wandering Welshman cursed to travel the countryside until he discovers his spiritual roots. Besides Burton, the cast boasts Elizabeth Taylor, playing Polly Garter as she might have looked if she worked Miami Beach...
...sentimental movie fan it seemed something like a nightmare: Liz and Dick Burton were getting a divorce in public-and on TV at that. No fear. The TV split was for one of ABC's quickie nighttime movies, Divorce; His-Divorce; Hers. It was the Burtons' twelfth flick together since it all began on the set of Cleopatra eleven years ago. Stories from the set made it clear that the Burtons had considerable trouble sticking to the soapy script, with such forgettable lines by jilted wife Liz as, "You'll never be able to give as much...