Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That does not seem to be a very difficult truth to perceive. And if it has penetrated to the Hollywood scriptwriters, then it would not seem illogical to assume that the fellow in the Oval Office should have some understanding of that basic rule of leadership. Yet it was this very disaster with which Jimmy Carter flirted last week...
...From Hollywood, a boom town with a village psychology, film producers have long been roaming the world searching for unusual locations that will jolt the jaded eyes of moviegoers. Having dispatched camera crews from Abidjan to Zempoaltepec, movie moguls are now discovering an inviting area closer to home: the U.S. Midwest. In the view of film executives, America's heartland is "virgin territory" on the screen, unknown even to many Americans-not to mention foreign movie buffs. It also offers the stark authenticity that many current movies demand: steel mills, gritty factory towns, ghettos black and ethnic, as well...
Midwestern state governments are wooing movie companies the way underdeveloped countries lay bait for multinational corporations. Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky have set up state film boards. They promote the advantages of movie production in their states through campaigns in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, send emissaries to the studio heads, scout locations, ensure the cooperation of local police forces and other state agencies and act as general factotums when the glamorous people come to town...
Benson apparently intended One on One to be his tour de force, the film that would firmly establish him in Hollywood. He will probably succeed in this venture, since the folks who make movies look only at the box office receipts. That which sells is good; that which bombs, no matter what its artistic merit--well, too bad. Benson not only starred in One on One, he co-wrote it with his father, a professional screenwriter. The family that makes films together gets rich together...
...success of last year's Rocky. They do have an undeniable appeal. Everyone loves the little guy who overcomes tremendous odds to become a hero, right? If any more of these films are made, the theme will be beaten to a hasty death, which seems inevitable (and desirable) since Hollywood will only risk money on a proven formula; witness the endless sequels to witless movies that bring in the bucks. Benson will probably come up with Son of One on One next year and follow that with One on One Meets Godzilla, or something equally inane...