Word: chases
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WHEN ALL IS said and done, very little is said and done in The Paper Chase. The dialogue is trite and the action sluggish; only those fascinated by the machinations of Harvard Law School might expect to enjoy the film...
...there's the catch. If you are fascinated by the Law School and expect The Paper Chase to be a documentary, you lose. As writer/director James Bridges admits, and Law School Dean Albert Sacks insists the film is only a superficial treatment of life in Langdell and Austin Halls...
...Paper Chase compare the film with The Graduate, Goodbye Columbus, Summer of '42, and The Last Picture Show. It's a pretentious, if typical, PR device. There are moments when the film seems as though it belongs in such fast company, but they are rare and due almost entirely to flashes of superb acting from Houseman and Bottoms. (Bottoms, says Bridges, is one of the few actors so expressive that you can film his thoughts...
After setting forth its platform, GRO came up with five candidates in addition to myself: Saundra Graham of Riverside, incumbent city councillor; Mary Amato of Riverside, women's movement activist and community organizer; Paul Chase of the model cities area, black activist and leader in the Roberts School community; Frank Fraumeni of East Cambridge, community activist and head of the Model Cities Board; and, John Marcy of Cambridgeport, anti-war activist and recent B.U. student leader...
...other two returning alumni are W. Russell Peabody '39 and Susan R. Shapiro, who graduated from the Law School in 1965. Both work for large Boston law firms. Bok will appoint two more alumni after recommendations by the president of the Associated Harvard Alumni, in consultation with Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, vice-president for Alumni Affairs...