Word: petered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Following tradition, George Rose plays both the father of the three children Peter spirits away and the comical Captain Hook, the archvillain of Neverland and "the swiniest swine in the world." But Rose breaks with tradition by being good in half his assignment and not quite so good in the other: he is a fine father but a wayward villain. He has apparently sought to create the same broad, almost campy mannerisms Cyril Ritchard had in the original version, but, perhaps through bad direction, he has overshot his mark. As a result, his Cap tain Hook is almost effeminate, modeled...
...almost all other respects, however, this newest Peter Pan is faultless, and trib utes have to be paid both to those who labored on this production and to those who worked on the original. Perhaps special credit should go, however, to Peter Wolf, who designed three of the most sumptuous sets to be seen on Broadway, and to Peter and Garry Foy, who supervised the flying sequences. Under their direction, flying seems not only effortless, but fun. In one spectacular moment at the end, Duncan even soars over the balcony, an extra delight for those who stay for the curtain...
With all of that, there is doubtless enough praise left over for Barrie himself, who delivered Peter Pan 75 years ago. His little tale for children is as thin as a spider web, but it has proved to be just as strong. -Gerald Clarke
Then, disaster. Harry You, the senior cox, received word that academic problems would beach him. The only available replacement was Peter Kao, who hadn't been in an intercollegiate race in three years. The substitution brought additional pressure on Gordie Gardiner, the Crimson stroke and captain, who would now have to guide the boat without...
...Peter Yates' PG Breaking Away returns to the old formula. Against a tide of cinematic drivel, Yates and a few other directors are making a stand with small-scale movies which make up in honesty for what they lack in monumentality and pyrotechnics. Cheered on by his audiences and lauded by critics, Yates, with a movie about bicycles, has out-distanced power-driven, Dolbyized, super-slick monsters like Rocky II and smug, summer-hyped star vehicles like Meatballs...