Word: elys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cafe Central on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan provides the setting for most of the film, an appropriate meeting ground for the movie's two central characters, Eli (Michael Emil) and Zee (Karen Black). The way the two meet epitomizes the cuteness that fails to turn into a driving, enjoyable plot. Zee, a neurotic singer, walks down Columbus Avenue just after her husband has decided to move out. Switching from Zee's short dress and high heels, the camera shifts to Eli's office, where the balding, crotchety, middle-aged girl chaser is advising his friend Martin to "Just be natural...
...real fun begins. Predictably, Zee takes a break from walking, sitting down at Cafe Central next to Eli and Martin. When the waitress asks her if she's ready to order, Zee says yes, stares at the menu, and starts to cry. "I'll have a hamburger, no, spaghetti and bacon and sausage (all the things she feels she should have cooked for her husband), no, scratch that, I'll have chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce and a chocolate donut." By this point Zee is overwhelmed with tears, prompting Eli to inquire "Did you ever decide what you wanted...
...loves to eat and smoke but who, underneath it all, would like to think she has it all together. She delivers comic lines in the most serious manner to enhance their humorous effect, and is always quick with a witty response. At one point Zee tells Eli, "You've got lots of energy but it all gets struck in your forehead--you think too much." And when he chastises her for her smoking, she quips, "I love to smoke...in fact, I love to want to smoke...I like craving things...
...every new product immediately finds a big market. In July, Eli Lilly began U.S. commercial production of synthetic human insulin. The drug, Humulin, has about the same effects as conventional insulin and costs just as much or more (about 50? a dose). Nonetheless, Eli Lilly still has hopes for major sales...
Such arrangements can be perilous for small companies because they limit future profits. One of the first big drug firms to license gene-splicing technology was Eli Lilly (1983 sales: $3 billion). Now it has assembled its own team of scientists and is rushing to develop a hormone that stimulates milk production in cows. Says Earl B. Herr Jr., president of its research laboratories: "If you're in a horse race, you have to win. The first company in the market will grab a big share, and each guy that comes later will grab a smaller...