Word: casted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cast is uniformly fine, and some of the writing is inspired. There is a wonderful opening sequence in which Brooks enlists the cooperation of Phoenix's stodgy community leaders by shamelessly flattering the banality of their lives and then bursting into a Vegas routine. Later on we see a slow-motion montage intended to capture the romance of the Yeagers' visit to a shopping center. Even the film's occasional arid sections are carried by Brooks' sophisticated social insights...
...then begins a long, painful but ultimately successful struggle to regain her sight and skills. Yet the film is kept firmly grounded in plausible, recognizable territory by the realistic detailing in Donald Wrye's direction, the authentic tone of the dialogue and the straightforward work of an excellent cast. Tom Skerritt as the skater's father, reluctant to let her go, and her first coach, Colleen Dewhurst, are particularly good. There is a choice piece of writing for Robby Benson, playing her boyfriend. In the beginning he is both unsure about what he wants to do in life...
...club. But the first election was thrown out because the member who gave one of the seconding speeches turned out not to be a member at all--along with some of the voters. The club held a second election, which was also thrown out, this time because some members cast proxy ballots, which are not permitted by the club constitution. "By that time we had wasted the better part of the semester," Artson said last week. "The whole thing resulted in a lot of bad publicity, so we lived without a vice president until the new board was elected...
...first--for instance, the actors are awkward and reckless with their guns, and they talk a little like displaced New Yorkers--but the emotional strength of the story wins the audience. Robert DeNiro carries the movie with the intensity of that inner distance he has copyrighted, and the supporting cast crystallizes and meshes perfectly around him. In the end, it doesn't matter that this film refuses to deal with Vietnam, because small-town America has refused, too. The Deer Hunter is nothing if not true to the values of small town America and the sense of shared community that...
WKRP in Cincinnati, also on CBS, was the pleasant surprise of the night. The idiosyncratic crew of a fledgling radio station in the Midwest struggle to prosper in the competitive and loony radio business. Well-paced and actually funny at times, WKRP benefits enormously from an engaging small cast. But like all situation comedies, the show's writing will provide the true test of whether it can survive. Howard Hesseman, the Martin Mull look-alike who plays D.J. Dr. Johnny Fever, radiates good-natured egomania and could become a real star...