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...know that big dog 'o yours and the little one with mange been gettin into my hog traps. Last time they was in there for days when I let 'em...
...that's where Mike and Sport been for a couple of days. Looks like I gotta tie em...
Moreover, laments Altman, Thieves was mishandled in its promotion by United Artists. "I hate 'em," he growls. "The picture is down the tube already. It's gone, it's a lost cause, because they've already pulled the money out of advertising." Part of the problem is that in a system which most respects big films like the catastrophic Lost Horizon or successful Love Story, a production like Thieves is "small"--which means small-budget...
...this trend developed, it became fashionable to scorn the critic who still believed in "give 'em the plot" as a reasonable basis for the review. Certainly, if the review is nothing but a plot summary, there is little to recommend it; but I think it's a mistake to categorically avoid detailing aspects of the plot as a general principle. For one thing, the reader, regardless of whether or not he has seen the film, has much more difficulty in knowing what the critic is talking about if the critic refuses to be specific. But perhaps more serious, the deliberate...
...murder was $15,000. Gilly told the jury that he was hired for the job by his father-in-law. Silous Huddleston, who in turn, testified Gilly, was hired by union officials. Gilly was told that an official involved was Boyle. The murder plan was simple: "Kill 'em and leave no witnesses...