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Uncertainty added to the fears. Starved for facts from the authorities, nobody?not even Guinness???seemed to know what the trade department's probe was all about. "I know of no reason why the department has decided to investigate Guinness, absolutely none," said Chief Executive Ernest Saunders. "My conscience is clear...
Even that unflappable knight of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi?otherwise known as Sir Alec Guinness???is amazed and a little perplexed by the Star Wars phenomenon. People who have seen the film in the U.S. are making him a cult figure, he says, and reminding him of his duties as the last of a great line of warriors:"It's a fun movie, but some spooky stuff has crept in. People are taking it too seriously, and I wouldn't encourage that altogether." Adds the Catholic convert: "I'm an alleged Christian, so to that extent...
...table too. When Burton's emotional life was particularly eruptive one day earlier this month, he drank half a gallon of cognac, being careful not to let it interfere with his work before the cameras in a new picture called The VIPs. His heroes are Scofield, Olivier, Gielgud, Alec Guinness???and a Lancastrian he once met who could down twelve pints of beer while Big Ben was announcing midnight. "I am one of the few people I know," says Burton, "who drinks only when he works." And this is true. Between plays or films, his intake dwindles toward zero...
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