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...Cal (played by John Lynch) is an unemployed, listless adolescent who lives with his father--the only Catholics remaining on an all, Protestant housing estate. Pro-British regalia clutter the place in a display of fierce loyalty. Threats on their lives, their house, their dignity, abound. Father (played by Donal McCann) and son are movingly bound by fear, whispering in their own house. They live on the edge, vulnerable yet resilient, caught up inextricably in Ulster's tangled animosities. "No Protestant git's going to drive me out; y'have to kill me first." The father's defiance is juxtaposed...
There was "bad bastards on both sides," as a Protestant admits, and there are innocent sufferers too. "If they were all like Shamie [Cal's father] there'd be less trouble 'round here," a Catholic remarks. There is one tragic twist in MacLaverty's plot which reverberates throughout the film and which, ironically, leads to a poignant link between the opposite sides. The killing of the policeman, which opens the film, is the killing for which Cal was the unwilling driver...
...with that policeman's wife that Cal becomes compellingly infatuated. He glimpses her through library bookshelves, follows her after her work, and even finds employment at the farm where she lives and where her husband was killed. A curious blend of infatuation and guilt draws this youth from trembling, zombied isolation in his father's house to vigorous, healthy work. Hiding from the I.R.A. and the police in a hut near the farmhouse, Cal finds solace in the company of the similarly isolated Marcella. The ensuing relationship is the more remarkable for its seeming impossibility; a fragile, temporary salvage from...
Baltimore's Cal Ripken set an American League record for shortstop with five assists for a total of 575, breaking Roy Smalley's record of 572 with Minnesota...
...Kevin Bradley Penn 13 (6) Jr. 6'1" 200 Malvern. Pa. LB #Mike Scully Cornell 13 (6) Sr. 6'0" 220 Huntington, N.Y. DB #Tim Chambers Penn 14 (7) Jr. 5'10" 175 Newtown Square, Pa. DB Mike Dixon Harvard 14 (7) Sr. 6'1" 190 Long Beach Cal. DB Rick Dalley Cornell 12 (5) Sr. 5'10" 196 Hornell, N.Y. P #Jim Villanoeva Harvard 11 (4) Sr. 6'2" 195 Pac. Palisades, Cal...