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Were Meryl Streep, 33, to do a screen version of Romeo and Juliet, with, say, Robert De Niro, their twinned compulsion to "get into" the hearts of their roles might take them so far that an undertaker would have to be included in the closing credits. So finicky is Streep about her profession that when it came time to dub the French sound track for her Polish-born character in Sophie's Choice, she just had to try to provide that je ne sais quoi herself. "I had to audition to show that I could speak the language well...
...break, let him do on the air the stand-up routine he has been polishing these many months in his Hoboken basement. To these ends he stalks Jerry not as an assassin, but as a nudge and a nerd. The two characters are wonderfully contrasted. Robert De Niro's Rupert has a cheerfully deranged imperviousness to traditional class distinctions and psychological boundary lines that makes you laugh even as it makes you cringe for him. As the object of his desire, Jerry Lewis gives a shrewdly disciplined performance; he has been around, and he knows exactly how to play...
...Party depicts the ludicrous preparations for the marriage of newlyweds Charlie (Charles Pfluger) to Josephine (Clayburgh). Starting from the arrival of the groom's party on Josephine's modest family Island, the plot traces all the various preparations for this highly intricate ceremony Charlie and his two consorts (De Niro) and Alistair (William Finley) arrive in a flurry of activity, meeting the extended family of sisters, cousins, and aunts. The film shows their awkwardness in facing hags wearing horn-rimmed glasses engaged in absurd preparations...
...NIRO PLAYS a squat Harvard graduate named Cecil. He lumbers about on the screen without true motivations. He misses a comic timing in his actions consequently making his performance staff and unresponsive. His performance--as well as Clayburgh's--makes one appreciate the more recent acting performances, but does little for The Wedding Party...
Days after the Enquirer article appeared, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner disclosed that police never interviewed Actors Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, both of whom were seen partying with Belushi a few hours before he died. Police officials lamely explained that De Niro and Williams were difficult to contact because they are superstars. Charged the Herald Examiner: "The police department's rush to close the case had all the earmarks of a cover-up." Responded Commander William Booth, aide to Chief Daryl Gates: "We conducted a good, thorough investigation...