Word: sutherland
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...famous actors -- Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Donald Sutherland, John Candy, Ed Asner -- into small roles...
Sometimes the ribbing and competition carried a harsh undercurrent, which may have been the safest way of venting the anger that the hostages could not afford to direct toward their captors. In one instance, a group of hostages coaxed their guards into getting a birthday refreshment for Sutherland. When the guards returned with cupcakes, Sutherland protested, "How come Father Jenco got a big cake, and I only get cupcakes?" Jenco insists Sutherland's distress was real. On rare occasions, tensions erupted in hostility, such as the well-known episode in September 1985, when captors invited a group of hostages...
Inevitably, rivalries and antipathies developed during the hard, long months of confinement. Sutherland's recollections of British church envoy Terry Waite, for instance, are particularly sharp. Calling Waite the "bane of our existence," Sutherland told TIME that when the large Waite moved, "it was like a goddam herd of elephants." When Waite joined Sutherland, Anderson and others after enduring four years of solitary, he understandably hungered for companionship -- but he had a hard time adapting to the courtesies of a shared cell. "Other hostages had a sense of when people needed privacy and didn't want to talk," Sutherland said...
...secure their release sooner. "I think the United States took the right policy in not negotiating with my captors," Anderson said. But he admitted with a laugh that there were times when he "wouldn't have cared if they used an H-bomb to get me out of there." Sutherland also applauded the U.S. policy, stating, "I didn't want those guys to get a nickel...
...newly released hostages must turn their attention to the rest of their lives. After so many years in captivity, the smallest tasks excite and bewilder. Sutherland says he washes his hands a hundred times a day. Turner says the hardest adjustment is "getting used to freedom, deciding what I'll do next." Anderson admits, "I've forgotten what it's like to have appointments, to have to be organized." History has flashed along at astonishing speed in their absence, and they must catch up. Sutherland already has a fax machine, which he must learn to operate. Both Turner and Anderson...