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...review describes Max's good-guy dog as a gray-eyed mutt that is fearless and faithful. As the owner of an Australian cattle dog, I know that these animals are indeed fearless and faithful, but definitely not mutts. They are the latest breed to be recognized by the American Kennel Club and were bred to herd and drive the cattle that range over thousands of square miles of the Australian bush...
...DIED. Max Stern, 83, founder and board chairman of Hartz Mountain Corp., which he made into the world's largest manufacturer of pet foods and supplies; in New York City. Stern, a German immigrant, arrived in the U.S. in 1926 with 2,100 singing canaries. He quickly sold the birds, but decided that greater profits lay in marketing birdseed. The company, founded in 1932, grew under his leadership until it had annual sales of $150 million and offered more than 1,200 pet-related products. A deeply religious man, Stern gave away millions in philanthropy to Jewish American education...
...than 90 percent of the class, not the Social Studies jock who won't graduate summa unless she gets a flat A on the exam in the Astronomy course she still hasn't bought the books for because she spent the entire term writing about underdeveloped nations perceptions of Max Weber, not the Porcellian Club member whose father will cut off his allowance if he doesn't maintain a C average but who hasn't had time to study because he's been shopping around for a new broker, not the Near Eastern Lang and Civ major who will have...
...good guy is a dog, Max's gray-eyed mutt companion, fearless and faithful. Another one literally erupts out of the earth. This is Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries. This would-be gallant is given to abrupt whinnies and wistful meditations on the good old days: "Remember lingerie?" The refiners are led by Pappagallo (Mike Preston), who carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity, and Feral Kid (Emil Minty), an eight-year-old who growls...
When our anti-hero appeared in Mad Max, he was an amoral vigilante with baby fat. Since then, Gallipoli has made Gibson an international star: he is more mature and authoritative; his moon face is cratered with character. In 1979, when Mad Max was released, George Miller was a 34-year-old M.D. who had edited his first feature on a kitchen table. Max surprised with its cinematic canniness, but Warrior astounds as a sequel superior in every respect. Miller suggests violence; he does not exploit it. He throws the viewer off-balance by mixing the ricochet rhythms...