Word: parise
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Audacity was clearly needed to defuse the tension between Bakhtiar and his opponents. Khomeini was originally scheduled to fly to Tehran last Friday, the Muslim day of prayer; 48 hours before Khomeini's departure, Bakhtiar's nervous government reversed its earlier decision to let him return. Soldiers moved...
France. The word conjures up images of delicious wines, beautiful girls and elegant dinners for two at Maxime's. To the American, France means little more than a vacation in Paris, an excursion to Versailles, or perhaps a week loafing on the beaches of Nice.
The Iranian announcement said Khomeini could return early Wednesday, but his spokesman in Paris said the trip would be delayed.
The film's precarious appeal depends on the attractiveness of Rogers and Hunnicutt, who are pleasant to watch even when they are delivering empty speeches, the dependable duty of Paris and the presence of Jack Lenoir, who makes a great chauffeur and rogue.
Once in Paris might have been a tolerably good romantic farce with this cast, but Gilroy's dialogue is not very funny, and character development depends entirely on the acting and camera work since the script does not offer any. We learn nothing of the Hunnicutt character, for instance...