Word: semi-tough
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...scene had a passing resemblance to Semi-Tough: bedecked in formal duds rather than football pads, premier Pittsburgh Steeler Wide Receiver Lynn Swann, 27, ran an unfamiliar pattern down the aisle of Hollywood's United Methodist Church to wed a comely model and Santa Monica College student, Bernadette Robi, 21, with assistance from beaming teammates and friends like Franco Harris, O.J. Simpson and Sam ("Bam") Cunningham. As part of the mostly traditional ceremony, Swann, who writes poetry on the sidelines, recited one ditty composed for his bride ("My soul is your soul and time is our instrument to build...
...wonder, then, that the Cannes Festival is a perfect subject for Director Michael Ritchie, a satirist who has previously assaulted such institutions as competitive sports (Downhill Racer), beauty pageants (Smile), political campaigns (The Candidate) and est (Semi-Tough). For his new film, An Almost Perfect Affair, Ritchie went to the 1978 festival to record the goings-on in all their vulgar glory. He eavesdrops on the manic deal making that transpires daily on the Carlton Hotel terrace, the pretentious black-tie screenings, the endless parade of female pulchritude for commercial purposes. Such real-life luminaries as Rona Barrett, Edy Williams...
...could spend the rest of his life playing nice guys in trivial movies. He is the best light leading man around, and as long as he plays it safe, he can pull in the big bucks. But Reynolds is restless; he tries to stretch himself. In Hustle and Semi-Tough, his macho screen personality has been tempered by moments of vulnerability and wistfulness. In Gator he plunged into directing. Not all of these experiments have paid off, but they do make for a fascinating career. In contrast to such superstars as Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, Reynolds is still capable...
...also one of the best at being good. She was fine as the prostitute in ABC's Hustling; her presence made bearable even a bore like Silver Streak; and as the rich Texas tomboy she more than held her own with Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson in Semi-Tough. But in An Unmarried Woman she has found the role all those disasters may have prepared her for. As Erica, the wronged wife, she is vulnerable and tough, innocent and cynical, cool and sexy. Erica comes alive in a way film characters rarely do. "You know she's right...
...written by Associate Editor B.J. Phillips, contrasts the opponents: the cool, efficient Cowboys and the upstart Broncos. One problem for Phillips was to figure out what lifts a team through all the playoffs and into the big bowl. "I finally concluded that Billy Clyde Puckett was onto something in Semi-Tough," she says. "He found out that everyone wants to win, but the champions are the guys...