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...muscles and donning an arsenal of firearms, Travis sets off to do battle with the Big Apple and rescue a child prostitute, played by Jodie Foster. Although this film contains none of the directorial trickery of later. Scorcese classics like Raging Bull, gutsy realism and DeNiro's superb characterization make Taxi Driver an eloquent and powerful expression of an individual's rage against society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Front Line: Hollywood | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...manner born, are heirs to the proud Byrd tradition. This two- record set covers 30 years of their music, starting with a rough-and-ready Mardi Gras Mambo (released in 1955) and ending with a spirited spiritual recessional recorded in the spring of 1985. New Orleans produced many superb musicians and singers, but the Nevilles are the town's premier vocal ensemble. A single cut, Fire on the Bayou, is like a dancing flame on an oil slick. It produces enough heat to warm a mountain cabin for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Discs Offer Sound Trips | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...good for them to see a strong Harvard team though," Walker continued. "If they're going to be the national champions they might as well be that good. They were superb...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Racquetwomen Avenge Yale, 8-1 | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

...Dewitt look-alike Humphrey Bogart turns in an Oscar-winning performance as a drunken riverboat captain forced to reckon with the virtue of a beautiful missionary, played by Katherine Hepburn. Shot mostly on location in the Dark Continent, The African Queen proves that, in the hands of a superb director, the simplest plots can become high entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEWITT | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

Sweettable is not a complete disaster; Ribman is a smart guy, and there are many good ideas and clever chunks of writing in this work. The superb cast and designers work hard to bring out the best of this dramatic turnip, and damned if they don't squeeze out a little dramatic blood--but it's sweated drop by drop from the brows of the actors...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, EDITOR EMERITUS | Title: STAGE | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

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