Word: irvins
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...wrong when the Scouting movement turned away from the outdoors," says Scoutmaster Irvin Graybill of Middleburg, Pa. "A Scout learns self-improvement and self-confidence when he's out in the woods, away from home, with his buddies depending upon him. There will be times when he misses the comforts of home, but he won't quit and cry. His ability to prove he's ready takes hold and becomes part of his character...
...could realize fully the horror of the AK-47 and recognize as well the horror of oppression. And, when the gut-turning indignity of slavery makes living worthless, we would fight. Frederick Forsyth took this last premise, twisted it slightly, and turned it into a novel; now John Irvin has turned the book into a near-flawless movie...
Neither Forsyth nor Irvin are especially political. Their expertise is more of the blood and guts, shocking camera angle variety. But in the course of a simple thriller, they have hit on a morality play which presents the rational and the emotional arguments for revolution...
...times the chase through this maze is needlessly confusing; it is often hard to tell past from present. A pity, because everything else in the program demonstrates lapidary craftsmanship. Producer Jonathan Powell, Adapter Arthur Hopcraft and Director John Irvin are like glypticians bent on chiseling one perfect series for TV. Hopcraft has retained Le Carré's spare style, which is as tightly drawn as a violin string. It can convey almost as many tones, and it is wonderful to hear what talented performers can do with those laconic, loaded sentences...
...film also ends with no hint of resolution. Lucas and director Irvin Kershner take us to the edges of our seats and leave us there. If the quality of future Star Wars films remains as high as in the first two (or middle two, depending on your point of view), we'll still be there for episode VI three years hence--and for the last installment a generation from...