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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Screenplay by Vicki Polon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High Hopes | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Beyond its narrative difficulties, Vicki Polon's screenplay still leaves a lot to be desired. Polon is no wit, and her attempts to portray such overly familiar New Yorkers as SoHo art dealers, pushy cab drivers and Greenwich Village hipsters fall flat. Hot issues like lesbianism and abortion are dragged into the action for cheap effects rather than serious consideration. There is not a single memorable or startling line in the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High Hopes | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

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