Word: costners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Real tiny, in the corner of the ad, is a picture of Costner--with clothes on this time, a military uniform--running away from something. That's the treason part...
...people promoting this film are smart. They have a couple of gorgeous stars, whose good looks they're playing up for all they're worth. You're so busy watching the relationship between Costner and Young develop that neither you--not all the potential blabbermouths on TV--have much time to concentrate on the "act of treason" line...
Then, about halfway through the movie something big happens--if you want to know what, go see the movie--that changes everything. Suddenly Costner, who has netted a job at the Pentagon, is pitted against his boss, Hackman, in a battle that may or may not affect national security...
...Costner plays the honest naval officer to the hilt, challenging his superiors, toying with would-be assassins and maneuvering his way through a minefield of sycophants and spy-chasers...
...whereas it is the simplicity of Costner and Young's love affair that charms viewers (there's never any doubt from first eye-contact on that they will make a picture-postcard couple, romping hand-in-hand through D.C., sailing happily in Annapolis Bay...), simple doesn't quite make it in the world of high-stakes political intrigue...