Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McDowell, the star of the film, wrote about his early years as a traveling coffee salesman. Anderson and David Sherwin went to work on enlarging McDowell's comedy into a major work. They extended McDowell's ideas into a string of improbable events which eventually present Malcolm McDowell's success -- his rise from coffee salesman to actor -- as a paradigm for humanity. Yet, despite the writers' attempts at universalizing McDowell, the main character remains an actor, and the status of successfully-luckyman which he achieves after his long quest is his salvation only...
...film's optimism lies in the success of the young actor. This optimism extends hope to humanity, but the hope seems so facile as to be ludicrous. Lindsay Anderson said last month that he had no clear conception of exactly how the ending event grows out of the film's plot. But he said that, in his mind, the ending was tied in with Buddhist notions of satori enlightenment being achieved by being hit over the head...
...specified Latin American country.) Prosecutors talk of making connections to more than 20 murders, but last week they filed their first formal charges: first degree murder in the deaths of Susan Place and Georgia Jessup. Schaefer, who will not complete his present jail term until mid-June, petitioned success fully for a series of tests at the state men tal hospital at Chattahoochee. If he is finally judged insane, that is probably where he will remain...
Alice was raised in sunny Phoenix, the son and grandson of ordained ministers. Since their fundamentalist sect does not allow its ministers to receive salaries, Father Ether Furnier earns his living as an engineer for Goodyear Aerospace Corp. Though the Furniers are obviously proud of their son and his success, Ether admits: "It is quite a shock when you expect to sire a gospel missionary and instead you get a rebel rock star...
...Swigert Jr. of the remarkable effort that enabled him and his Apollo 13 crew mates to bring their crippled spacecraft safely back to earth after an explosion. Said Swigert: "I think this incident will show that when the chips are down, we can turn a potential failure into a success. We've done it before. If this had been an unmanned project, it would be lost for sure. This is going to show again what man can do out there to save the mission...