Word: reels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peppard plods heroically along, becomes the trusted aide of the mastermind behind the V-2 program-a character not unlike Wernher von Braun -and is all set for a preposterous last-reel countdown. He shoots it out with the Gestapo, slaughters scores of guards, finally pulls the switch that opens the doors that let out the light that serves as a signal to Allied planes. The bombardiers drop in their eggs just in time to abort an intercontinental missile called "the New York rocket," lifting off for parts unknown. In fact, Germany's underground rocket factory was never bombed...
...knobs and dials that controlled everything from the air conditioning of the astronauts' space suits to the most delicate computer computations necessary for the mission. Everything was there in carefully planned, expensive detail; there was even a little mechanical pencil dangling by a chain from a spring-loaded reel. Price of one pencil...
...Feet Tall, handicapped by a title that suggests a doggedly inspirational outing for the very young, offers more enchantment per reel than most movies of twice its ambitions. This fresh, crackling and suspenseful African adventure story gives top billing to Veteran Edward G. Robinson, who bolsters the fun with his strongest performance in years...
...embassy damage was considerable, with fully 310 windows shattered and the grey facade streaked with reel, blue and black ink. U.S. Ambassador Foy Kohler sent an angry note, charging that police protection had been "grossly inadequate." The protest was accepted by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, who sent workers to repair the damage...
...Products, Rock Hudson awaits a promotion to head the firm's European office at $200,000 per annum. "All you need is one reasonably respectable wife," says Public Relations Wizard Gig Young, rabbeting in a plot gimmick designed to keep a flapdoodle comedy from collapsing in the first reel. Of course, Rock has a demiwife (Gina Lollobrigida) ready at hand in London. But Gina is neither respectable nor reasonable. She is a chichi freethinker, addicted to protest marches and The Arts. Rock had been splattered with so much paint and pizza that they declared a cease-fire seven years...