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Some of the fortunate found relief from the tropical sun under the spreading leaves of mango trees in the embassy gardens. But others were overcome by sunstroke and dehydration. Dozens of children lay sprawled on the cool terrazzo floor of the two-story mansion, while one mother nursed her newborn baby, aptly named Peru. "There are people in the branches of the trees, on top of the mangled iron gate and even on the roof of the embassy," wailed one beleaguered Peruvian official. "There's not enough room for one more person...
...CURTAIN RISES and reveals an opulent set: the pool behind a sprawling Riviera mansion. The characters include the host, a Grand Old Man of English Letters, and his guest, the fashionable, wealthy, titled, or ornamental, who gossip and munch on scones. As the drama begins, it reveals a game of ambitious, but subtle, manipulation which some characters play at a leisurely pace, others with greater determination. Curiously, as the intrigue unfolds, the audience begins to recognize itself on stage. In horror, or delight, spectators watch the dissection of the characters' worst sides--their own. The Grand...
...acts with a breathtaking lack of reason, and his thoughts and feelings spin in a jumble of delusion, nostalgia, and impulsiveness. He still perplexes his wife Bonnie after 20 years. He confuses and embarrasses his daughters by wearing funny hats and keeping a pet goat in his Victorian mansion. Even Morgan doesn't understand himself. He revels in the total absurdity of everything he does...
...most memorable scene of the movie, though, is a pillow fight between Harry and Sybylla that starts in the stairwell of Harry's mansion and becomes a glorious pursuit and battle in the adjacent fields. The two end up hurling the pillows at each other, collapsing and panting on the grass. The scene is replete with sexual tension and is wholly emblematic of their frustrated love...
...package containing specifications for the construction of a hydrogen bomb has just been delivered to the White House, together with a cassette-recorded message from Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi. With rising horror, the mansion's current resident, a decent but untested Southerner, listens to the ultimatum on the tape: If the U.S. does not make Israel withdraw from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem within 36 hours, a nuclear device concealed in New York City will be detonated by satellite command...