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Chip Robie came back from a two games to nothing deficit to win, 3-2. Joe Somers, Geordie Lemmon, Rob Blake, and Clarke Bain, all posted 3-0 victories...
...Ritt's Norma Rae. Said she: "I'm so happy, happy, happy-just thinking about my name on French television. I always thought the film would be up there among the prizes, but it's the first time my work has ever been publicly honored." Jack Lemmon, who won Best Actor for his portrayal of a troubled nuclear engineer in James Bridges' The China Syndrome, was just as enthusiastic: "This is my first visit to Cannes, and I'm certainly glad I came...
...Lemmon, through the sheer integrity of his playing −no cute stuff, no obvious plays for sympathy −is outstanding as an essentially lonely man who has built his life around his dials and gauges, and then learns that they have been programmed from the start to deceive...
Meantime, something parallel is happening to Technocrat Lemmon. He has always been a believer not only in nuclear power but also in the elaborate Fail-Safe system that makes its peaceful use feasible. Now, however, his superiors push him a little too hard to get the disabled plant back on line faster than he thinks it should be. He also discovers that the contractors who built the plant have falsified vital safety certificates. But even as he's getting on to them, they're getting on to him−no way anyone's going to let fraudulent...
...that may sound improbably melodramatic, but it plays just fine. The credit belongs in part to Director Bridges for his sure handling of the action and in part to a script that makes us really care for Fonda and Lemmon. It seems almost superfluous to praise Fonda anew, but she is truly at the peak of her talent these days. Nobody has done a better characterization of the vacuity of the TV news "personality" −the little moments of makeup-mirror vanity snatched against deadline pressure, the falseness of on-camera performances that must never really look like performances...