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...statement. The bill as it passed the Senate contains no new provisions whatever relating to an "official secrets act." The only changes it makes in existing law in this area are liberalizing changes, for instance giving the press a new defense against contempt charges for violating judicial gag orders...
...most subtle and humorous scenes comes right after the train gag. All the men entering the studio contest disembark from the train in Hollywood wearing identical white suits, and Annie gets lost within a sea of Rudy lookalikes. She examines dozens of faces, but cannot find her husband. The segment looks funnier than it sounds, but it works beatifully because it is not dragged...
...about Sadat's true intentions. Until the Egyptian advance team arrived, some Israelis wondered whether the visit would actually take place: perhaps it was all a ruse to lull Israel into complacency. Among the skeptics was the army's chief of staff, Lieut. General Mordechai Gur, who defied a gag order from Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and gave an interview to the Hebrew daily Yedioth Aharonoth, in which he offered a "worst case" scenario. Gur suggested that Sadat was preparing to launch a surprise attack on Israeli-occupied Sinai, similar to the one that started the 1973 October...
...study of users showed that 10% of those who tried the machine and were above the limit decided not to chance driving. But most bar owners and customers consider the machine a gag item, and some even compete for the highest score. In one Des Moines cocktail lounge, a waitress tells of two regulars who tied for the record. "You're supposed to be dead if you get the thing up to .50," says she, "but these guys both scored .49 and they didn't even look...
...American audiences, and--if one can hazard any generalizations about such movies--they tend to have a built-in pitfall. Few directors can resist the temptation to dwell on the most obvious differences between the two principals and milk every embarassed chuckle and nervous giggle out of the gag. This is acceptable for the first 15 minutes or so, but the jokes wear mercilessly thin after a while, and crass exploitation soon rears its ugly head. No such problems plague this low-budget entry from Canada, and the film's surprisingly adept treatment of the sensitive subject make Outrageous! something...