Word: preying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agee and Hennessy were first thrown together in a fierce takeover fight last September. As chairman of Bendix, Agee tried to buy Martin Marietta Corp., but his prey decided to become the predator. To save Bendix from being bought by Martin Marietta, Agee turned to Hennessy, and after four whirlwind days of talks they agreed to merge. Agee got a promise that he would be president of Allied, but his future duties were not settled. Shortly after the merger was officially approved by stockholders a fortnight ago, Hennessy forced the resignation of Alonzo McDonald, who had been Agee...
What this production does have working for it is Lo Bianco's volcanic performance. His eyes are tunnels without light. He springs at his prey like a tiger. Pathetically, the prey is himself, brought low not by pride but by ignorance...
...whose unbelievability is matched only by its complexity. Their plan involves Hooker posing as a professional boxer in a real fight, but the duplicity of side-kick Veronica (Teri Garr) and the cunning of enemy Lonnegan (Oliver Reed) throw snags into the action. Lonnegan plans to alert their dangerous prey (Karl Malden) to the plot, and so dispose neatly of the pair. The viewer, impatient by the time this has all been explained, finds new amendments unremarkable...
...lost income. Last week the nine-member President's Task Force on Victims of Crime urged all states to undertake such programs. "We've got to raise the status of the victim," said Lois Haight Herrington, who headed the task force. The report pointed out that the prey of criminals are afterward "oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them." Property used as evidence should be returned more promptly, said the task force, and victims should be permitted to speak when judges consider bail, postponement requests and sentences...
...policeman's unhappy but bitterly logical lot is to help people accomplish efficiently the evil to which they aspire. In the course of this process, many will manage to do themselves in; the rest will find themselves in such a weakened condition that they will be easy prey for even the laziest lawman. In Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate), Director Bertrand Tavernier has had the good sense to cast Philippe Noiret, the underplayer's underplayer, as his seemingly indolent and ineffectual gendarme. Not so much as a knowing smirk crosses his angelic avenger's face...