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WORCESTER--On sullen, gray Lake Quinsigamond, a brawny Yale heavyweight crew yesterday frustrated the hopes of coach Harry Parker's oarsmen for an undefeated season and a national championship...
Some of the protagonist's prey fare better. Though at times hobbled by accent difficulties, British Actor Peter Firth (Equus) is surprisingly convincing as the title character, a sullen, ducktailed counterboy with vague cowboy dreams of glory. TV's Hal Linden, playing Grant's stuffy suburban husband, makes some thing fresh out of a stereotype, as does Faracy. Unfortunately, these performers must share the screen with Grant and Candy Clark, who turn already hysterical women into harridans. "Filth! Filth!" Grant screams at Gortner, in one of the movie's many unwatchable moments...
...roles. He loves, hates, cries and even sings, all convincingly. While much of this is attributable to Robert's acting skill, director Pierson's input is also significant. Dave would not have been such a realistic character if he had been brilliant or articulate instead of street-smart and sullen...
...kind of gloomy wrangling it takes most married people years to discover. The problem is that Marcie is even richer than Oliver but shares none of his guilt over that enviable condition. Her pleasure in being one of the Bonwits of Bonwit Teller makes Oliver more and more sullen. The upshot is that he leaves her to join his own family's business, a New England mill whose workers, he thinks, need his liberal-minded ministrations. The picture ends with a voice-over announcing his intention to make his good works Jenny's monument...
Whether his shots were dropping for winners or thudding into the net, McEnroe continued to pout his way through the match, projecting the air of a sullen young man seething with resentment at a world arrayed against him. He once demanded of Umpire Mike Blanchard, 71: "Did you see that one? Can you see that far, Mike?" Smirking broadly, Nastase cleverly exploited the situation. At one point he waited for the crowd to stop booing McEnroe, then declared: "He's only...