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...recently released Australian film based on the epic poetry of A. B. Paterson, fails because it attempts too much. The brainchild of producer Geoff Burrowes, the film tries to weave together a tender love story between two strong-willed youngsters separated by their differing social milieus ("Love Story"); a paean to the majesty and beauty of the wild mountain horse ("The Black Stallion"); and a moving tale of a young boy's physical and emotional passage to manhood ("Breaking Away"). The result is a collage of ill-connected scenes and cliched dialogue that waste an admittedly stunning setting and talented...
Take that old favorite, "Rudolph," an ironic paean to a drunk reindeer
Take that old favorite, "Rudolph," an ironic paean to a drunk reindeer
Baseball and football have long had their halls of fame, and now capitalism is about to get a showcase that will surpass them both. Called Enterprise Square, USA, the 60,000-sq.-ft. megastructure on the campus of Oklahoma Christian College (enrollment: 1,700) will be a paean to the free-market system when it opens this week. Attractions range from a 12-ft-wide cash register and 2-ft.-tall puppets to a video-game room where visitors can try their hand at running dozens of different types of firms. There will even be a Hall of Giants...
...pigeonhole the man, though to his credit Elvis no longer encourages it with infantile posturing. There was the soul-influenced Get Happy--E.C.'s testimony of allegiance to Black music. There was Trust and Taking Liberties and, of course, that much-spat-upon, thoroughly underestimated, straight-from-the-heart paean to Nashville and Elvis's love, country music--Almost Blue...