Word: mcqueens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Evans, the studio's production chief, proclaims Gatsby "the most talked-about film since Gone With the Wind. "Evans' former wife Ali MacGraw started a bit of the talk. Scheduled to star as Daisy in the film, she lost the part when she left Evans for Steve McQueen. Still, since the film does not open until late March, it is most often talked about simply as "the most talked about," rather like the celebrity who was always called "famous." Famous for what? "Famous for being famous...
Peter J. Gomes, acting minister of Memorial Church since 1972, speaks in just this way, in a deep, comfortable New England-with-a-trace-of-Europe accent. As he preaches, jarring his listeners with references to the desperation of Steve McQueen in Papillon or the decadence of Holiday and Ramada Inns littering the countryside, his pleasant voice seems ready to burst at any moment into joyful music. And, in any Gomes service, it frequently yields to the temptation. Though he once wanted little from churches besides the music, Reverend Gomes has emerged as the right man for Memorial Church...
...Blob. 1958. Steve McQueen. A jellyfish. Quintessential. CH.5. 11:30 p.m. Color...
MONDAY: The Great Escape. 1963. Not the sequel to part three of the Leone flick. Steve McQueen and James Garner, unencumbered by jellyfish or ice-pick murderers, plot an escape from a Nazi POW camp. Flashy, but no "Grand Illusion." CH.4. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. Part II Wed. same time...
...Still, McQueen works hard and al most manages to triumph over his star presence, while Hoffman submerges himself eccentrically and amusingly in his coward's role. Papillon inevitably refers us to old movies rather than to reality. Audiences whose expectations do not exceed their grasp will find it a much more comfortable vehicle for escape than any that McQueen & Co. discover on location...