Word: epical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Martin Marietta's Pownall recalls his epic battle with Bendix...
...from Snowy River," a recently released Australian film based on the epic poetry of A. B. Paterson, fails because it attempts too much. The brainchild of producer Geoff Burrowes, the film tries to weave together a tender love story between two strong-willed youngsters separated by their differing social milieus ("Love Story"); a paean to the majesty and beauty of the wild mountain horse ("The Black Stallion"); and a moving tale of a young boy's physical and emotional passage to manhood ("Breaking Away"). The result is a collage of ill-connected scenes and cliched dialogue that waste an admittedly...
...spite of these good performances, Burrowes' film succeeds only as what it tries to surpass--a soppy adventure epic with great chase scenes and attractive terrain. As a T.V. movie to watch when you're in bed with a 102-degree fever. "The Man from Snowy River" is definitely worthwhile; but those seeking serious cinema fare will soon find themselves wishing they could switch...
...winning screen author who wrote, and occasionally directed, some 25 films in Austria and Germany before fleeing to the U.S. in the 1930s to script hit movies for Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight) and Vivien Leigh (That Hamilton Woman) and to win an Oscar for the 1953 disaster epic Titanic; of pancreatic cancer; in Los Angeles...
...four great occasions when Nicklaus and Watson have looked each other in the eye-the 1977 Masters; the British Open that year at Turnberry, Scotland; the 1981 Masters; and last year at Pebble Beach-it has always been Jack who blinked. At Turnberry, their epic confrontation, Nicklaus finished 65-66 with a stouthearted 40-ft. putt spoiled by Watson's 65-65 and a stately seven-iron shot that settled lightly by the last hole. Squeezing Tom's arm-Watson is rather diminutive, 5 ft. 9 in., but the arms are parts off a larger man-Nicklaus told...