Word: screens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longtime Tolkien addict himself, Director Ralph Bakshi knew these dangers; he also knew that the task of translating this ring-cycle to the screen had stymied some of the most formidable names in Hollywood, including Walt Disney, and still he plunged ahead. Bakshi brought to this project none of the brass and sass that animated his earlier cartoon features including the X-rated Fritz the Cat and the jive-talking Heavy Traffic. If reverence had wings, his new picture would fly. The fact that it hobbles simply proves again that the road to Mordor is paved with good intentions...
...sexual fantasy in space? Why not? In television's latest Star Wars spinoff, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Nov. 17 on CBS, Diahann Carroll plays Mermia, a romantic vision from a water planet. She arrives on the screen when Attchituck, a 400-year-old member of the Wookie family, sits down at a special machine designed to enliven the imagination, closes his eyes and thinks X ratings. "I was very happy for him that at age 400 he could still have sensual, sexual fantasies," says Carroll, 43. "As a mere human, I was very jealous...
...actually started earlier. With 3:41 remaining and Yale commanding things at the Harvard 32. Dowling flipped a screen pass to Hill, who responded with Yale's fifth fumble of the contest, this one retreived by Harvard's Steve Ranere...
...play that will surely go down as one of the most amazing in the history of The Game, O'Brien dropped quickly, threw sideways to Spagnola behind the line on the left, as a left-side screen play appeared in the offing. In the meantime, however, end Bob Krystyniak had snuck past Harvard cornerback Potysman all alone down the right side...
...Harvard's finest moments came soon after. With eight minutes to go, and the game in the balance, (Yale had just missed a field goal) Brownie hit Horner 30 yards upfield to retain possession. Following a 14-yd. screen run by Polillio, and a pass to Horner at the 5, Harvard pulled within seven points. The score came on a brilliant catch by John MacLeod with 5:51 left...