Word: onscreen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...high over the Israeli rescue of 104 hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. "The mission reads like a movie script," rejoiced MCA President Sidney Sheinberg. Thus, only 72 hours after the commandos struck, the studios were plotting missions of their own-to see which would be the first onscreen with a film version. At Shein-berg's Universal Studio, where action and disaster epics (Earthquake, Midway and Airport) are house specialties, Producer-Director George Roy Hill is casting Rescue at Entebbe. Over at Paramount, Paddy Chayefsky has been signed to write the script for 90 Minutes at Entebbe...
...more than that, and print purists who feel no need to watch television news regularly are victims of complacent ignorance. They may complain that television's brief glimpses of public figures emphasize personality over substance, which is true; yet, particularly in moments of stress, character does come through onscreen. By simply reading about Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan or John Connally, would anyone have the vivid sense of these men that so many Americans now have? This is what television news does best. The question is whether it should try to do more: whether a medium that must first satisfy...
...define him. His frequent references to love remind derisive critics of that 1930s musical Of Thee I Sing, in which Presidential Candidate Wintergreen croons that "love is sweeping the country." To others, Carter summons the image of the plastic politician in the film Nashville who broadcasts but never appears onscreen. Yet to many others, he is a believable leader with eclectic policies. Carter welcomes the ordeal of the primaries because he knows he must prove himself. "I want to be tested in the most severe way," he says. "I want the American people to understand my character, my weaknesses...
...Frame) had become the serials' second hottest lovers (after Days of Our Lives' Doug and Julie). Soon after, Jacquie was dumped too. George and Jacquie took the row to the pages of Daily TV Serials. Now George and Jacquie are back together on One Life to Live, and their onscreen love affair has already pumped the ratings...
...Onscreen, at least, the trend actually started last year with a soft-core flick, Emmanuelle (TIME, Jan. 6), which quickly became the top-grossing movie in French history. Emmanuelle's French director, Just Jaeckin, then promptly adapted The Story of O from the famous whips-and-chains novel of the '50s. Since the movie opened last month, O has become a major news story in France. Radio and TV programs endlessly debate the film's merits. The weekly L'Express featured Actress Corinne Cléry, who plays the film's tortured protagonist...