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Well he smaller than I had expected. At least, he's not the brawny specimen of British manhood he appears or film. Rather thin and well-dressed, soft spoken and polite. A mild joker in a veddy British way. "I'm an absolute tea-fiend. Get me some immediately, or else I shall have to inject it into my veins." (Take that damn foreigner down to Harlem.) A refined version of the feline eyes, two-coloured hair, the endearingly bumpy nose projected on the movie-screen. The Oxford accent, my dear, of course unmistakable: but not an affected one. Rather...
...audience at the expense of family, lovers and good sense. Gina Heiserman has this strenuous part, which demands not only the lead in every scene but excruciating comedy routines delivered straight to the audience, reminiscent of Lauren Bacall's opening in Applause. She is the continually frustrated joker, reminiscent of Gary Lewis's hit Everybody Loves A Clown. Finally she's stuck with a dramatic role frankly reminiscent of The Edge of Night. Riddle it all with Barbara Streisand and you have The Bull Gets The Matador Once In A Lifetime. For a first production of an original play...
...Niven patina was somewhat rudely applied by a clutter of British public schools. At Heatherdown, where he was sent in 1916 when the family finances collapsed, he made a dubious reputation as a practical joker and was expelled for mailing a sick friend some dog droppings. Then came a Dickensian reform school for "difficult boys," followed by a cramming academy under the direction of a terrible-tempered grandson of Robert Browning. Even at stately Stowe, a school he really liked, "Old Stoic" Niven couldn't resist cheating in an exam. He barely made it into Sandhurst, Britain...
...than-life characterizations. The book roared, the film sputters. But the actors do it more than justice. Sarrazin, whose past performances have been consistent only in their boredom, is at ease and quite effective as a maverick Stamper home from the big city. Jaeckel is perfect as an inveterate joker who takes only his fundamentalist religion seriously, and Newman is better than he has been in years as the favorite son who idolizes his father. Fonda, as the old man, simply beats everyone cold. He has a death scene that must stand among the best work of a lifetime filled...
Actually, the President and Holton performed rather smoothly, considering that their meeting was an elaborate hoax. It was not Press Secretary Ziegler who phoned Holton but a mysterious practical joker who sounded like Ziegler and was ingenious enough to fake the electronic background sounds. Nixon may have been startled to see the unbidden Holton, but the two men handled the situation like pros, spending 30 minutes together. They thus denied the joker the satisfaction of causing any embarrassment or even publicity about the incident...