Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well aware of the awesome power of television to make or break reputations. Back in the kinescope era, Freshman Senator Estes Kefauver starred in a dramatic series of organized- crime hearings; the next year he almost won the 1952 Democratic presidential nomination. The Senate Watergate hearings, of course, transformed Sam Ervin into a national icon and forever linked Howard Baker with the line "What did the President know, and when did he know it?" But the TV cameras can also be cruel; Watergate did little to enhance the political careers of the weaker performers...
...Sam Peckinpah Memorial Prize, named after the late, occasionally great director (The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country), is awarded -- on an erratic basis, naturally -- to filmmakers whose works include the following elements...
...mahogany table in the Senate Caucus Room over which Joe McCarthy glowered at imagined Reds and Bobby Kennedy threw his darts at Jimmy Hoffa and Sam Ervin dispensed his country wisdom to the Watergate bunglers has been dismantled and stored away...
Kleiler still programs the Rear Window himself, maintaining his commitment to local film, but also branching out to include obscure and cult features ranging from Russ Meyer films to little seen works of major directors like Sam Peckinpah. To keep in touch with the demands of his audience, Kleiler uses suggestion boxes. Still, he consciously steers clear of the films offerred in ordinary repertory series. "I've tried to ensure that the Rear Window, as primitive as it is, have different conditions than the usual moviehouse. We try to maintain a certain funkiness...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Roland Flamini, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori % Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, Laura Lopez, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott