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...long-forgotten objects tumble out once we start to open the door. Behind the spiderwebs lie the dust-covered paraphernalia representing our past. In the mess, we find our first A in grade school, the cast from our first broken wrist, cracked pictures of former lovers; in Brian DePalma's case, he apparently re-discovered the reels from his 1969 movie The Wedding Party. Sometimes closets are best left unopened...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Skeleton From the Closet | 1/12/1983 | See Source »

...nostalgia must have promoted the film industry to dust off this relic--though a cynic might posit that this early film by now-recognizable stars might be a safe box-office bet. Although the movie reveals the then-burgeoning talents of co-director DePalma (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out), actress Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman), and Robert DeNiro (The Godfather, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull), the film doesn't warrant renewed interest as if it were a resurrected unified piece of art. The public forgot it easily enough in 1969, and--not so strangely--it's as unremarkable...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Skeleton From the Closet | 1/12/1983 | See Source »

Initially, The Wedding Party seems like a familiar '20s moving picture parody. Then the footage slows down, and the movie--for all intents and purposes--grinds to a halt. DePalma seems to have experimented with various camera angles and various splicing techniques, as if this film was practice. Although this filming is unusual experimentation with form, it fails in its inability to lift and carry the action...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Skeleton From the Closet | 1/12/1983 | See Source »

Other people who enjoyed the outcome of Allard vs. Boston College included Mike Smerczynski, who came on in relief of Bill Larson and John Sorich to notch his third win. Smuzz put out the fire in the eighth, walking Paul DePalma to load the bases but forcing Brian Landry to ground to Bauer to douse B.C.'s threat...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Eagles Shot Down, 13-7, By Two Allard Homers | 4/30/1981 | See Source »

...forced the batter, Don McGuirk, to pop up on the next pitch. BOSTON COLLEGE (7) AB R H Bl Follen, df 4 1 1 1 DeDonato, 2b 4 1 1 1 Mayock, 1b 4 1 3 0 Smith, rf 4 0 1 1 Casey, dh 2 2 1 1 Depalma, ph 0 0 0 0 Landry, 3b 4 0 1 1 Scott, ss 3 1 1 1 McGulrk, c 5 1 1 0 Murphy, 1f 5 0 1 1 35 7 11 7 HARVARD (13) AB R H Bl Chicarello, dh 3 0 0 0 Weller...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Eagles Shot Down, 13-7, By Two Allard Homers | 4/30/1981 | See Source »

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