Word: farnsworth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elbows with a smooth rhythm that matches the cadence of the stride," or, after an overlong section on diet, conclude that foods that tend to make runners sick should be avoided before races. The two walking books, both titled The Complete Book of Walking (Simon & Schuster; $10, and Farnsworth; $9.95), have been padded out with chapters explaining such obvious things as the need to wear well-fitted shoes or to pay attention to traffic while walking along highways...
Lamont is the standard undergraduate library where most books are kept on reserve. But beware: it is stuffy, squeaky and conducive to conversation by would-be students too bored to stare at books. If you insist on studying here, check out the Farnsworth Room on the fifth floor...
...villain, meanwhile, has problems of his own-an oil-company executive (George Grizzard) wants to plunder the cattle fields for crude. It is not difficult to guess what follows. Like every other so-called modern western, this one features a trusty old ranch hand (nicely played by Rich ard Farnsworth) who dies to symbolize the passing of the Old West. Like every old-fashioned western, Horseman slowly but surely sends its taciturn heroine into the macho hero's arms. Clark's climax, a plain old Shootout, is surprising only because it is capped by an optimistic denouement that...
...TRICKY ASPECT of the film is that Joe appears to the audience and his heavenly guardians as his former self, but as Farnsworth (whom we never actually see) to ever body else. This gimmick naturally provides several humorous encounters. The best of these is the scene in which Joe tries to convince his old coach that he is really Pendleton and not Farnsworth, and to let him play in the Super Bowl...
...romance between Joe and an ecologically activist English schoolteacher (Christie) may be the most touching part of the film. Initially a fervent enemy of the ruthlessly capitalist Farnsworth, the girl soon sees the genuine warmth and goodness of Joe beneath the Farnsworth exterior, and, of course, they fall in love...