Word: flamings
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Alex is so obsessed with the dream of striking it rich that he can't see how he harms those around him. He treats people like poker chips. more tools in his various plans After a six-year separation, he meets old flame Patti (Ann-Margaret) in Vegas, and automatically decides to use her as a cover for his harebrained scheme to break the bank...
...Falklands aboard the carrier Invincible, he plans a well-deserved rest. Ah, but not alone. Andrew, 22, and a winsome lass named Koo Stark, 25, head off for the Caribbean island of Mustique and the house once used as a trysting hideaway by Princess Margaret and her old flame Roddy Llewellyn. Hoping to get away unnoticed, the couple travel under the names Mr. and Mrs. A. Cambridge. But the press tumbles, and it turns out that the young lady, who is said to have dined with the prince and his mother Queen Elizabeth II, is an American-born, onetime soft...
...viewer could bet the farm that Lookin' to Get Out will hold no surprises. Alex and Jerry will run a blackjack scam; they will win more than they hoped, lose more than they know. Ann-Margret, as Alex's old flame, will keep moving provocatively, to sidestep the carnage. The film was shot 24 years ago, and Director Ashby has spent much of the time since then fine-tuning the editing. The effort shows, but not the effect: the picture is a sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak...
Burger King asserts that unlike McDonald's or Wendy's, it flame-broils its hamburgers. Playing upon this claim, the company's commercials charged that McDonald's burgers are smaller when they hit the griddle, and that customers overwhelmingly prefer broiled to fried burgers. In one typical commercial, a shocked, beribboned little girl sits on a bench in front of a Burger King outlet and proclaims: "Unbelievable! Luckily I know a perfect way to show McDonald's how I feel. I go to Burger King...
...claims were apparently based upon market surveys specifically commissioned by the Miami company. This, they said, made the claims not only suspect but biased and purposely misleading. Besides, charged a McDonald's spokesman, broiling is not all that Burger King does to its burgers; after the meat is flame-cooked, the patties are kept warm in steam cabinets and then reheated in microwave ovens just before serving. The implication: if a McDonald's Big Mac is greasy, then a Burger King Whopper is soggy...