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"I want my Kramer vs. Kramer, my Ordinary People," he said finally. What Burt Reynolds wants is his Oscar. And not just to liven up his man-telpiece. One of the biggest box-office bonanzas of all time, Burt Reynolds wants only to be recognized as a fine actor of...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Having My Baby | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

Johnny Carson calls this movie "an industrial-strength laxative." He should know-for The Cannonball Run is like the Tonight show on wheels, full of Carson regulars poking fun at their TV-bred images. Burt Reynolds outsmarts the smokeys; Farrah Fawcett sounds like a Barbie doll who's swallowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Jul. 6, 1981 | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

The Public Subscriber Network, as it would be known, would charge customers an average $10 to $13 a month, beginning in 1983. It would offer up to three hours each night of high-class entertainment, such as plays and operas, which would be broadcast free over the PBS system, probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Latest Perils of PBS | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

Perhaps, that vaguely kinky thrill is gone. Without the shock of first acquaintance, Renato and Albin seem shallow and Molinaro's placing them in a worn-out stock situation makes them all the more dull. Nevertheless, Molinaro and United Artists seem determined to cash in on the success of the...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Happy Loving Couples | 3/13/1981 | See Source »

It may be that the definitive word on sequels was uttered by a worldly philosopher who, upon being asked if one should repeat a homosexual experiment, replied memorably: "Once, a philosopher; twice, a pederast." It applies with particular aptness to this fitfully entertaining attempt to replicate what is alleged to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Double Take | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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