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Guyana Tragedy, which has been adapted by Ernest Tidyman from the Washington Post's quickie book on the Jonestown massacre, is as refined as it can be under the circumstances. There are some name actors (Ned Beatty, Colleen Dewhurst, LeVar Burton, James Earl Jones, Veronica Cartwright) in the cast, though several only have walk-on roles. The re-creations of the story's pivotal events are skillful enough to jog one's memories of the infamous TV news footage. Yet CBS may have erred on the side of caution. The movie's lengthy, dutiful depictions...
...actor named Powers Boothe captures all the paranoia, sexual magnetism, hysteria, rage and even intelligence of "Dad" Jim Jones. His final incantations to the dyingdelivered in a feverish but strangely disembodied voicecreate a more deathly mood than all the corpses piling up onscreen. If Writer Tidyman had only matched Boothe's talent with a complexly written role, Guyana Tragedy would be as notable as drama as it is as ratings gambit...
Screenplay by ABBY MANN and ERNEST TIDYMAN...
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER Directed by CLINT EASTWOOD Screenplay by ERNEST TIDYMAN...
...classic western situation but unfortunately, Writer Tidyman and Director Eastwood (who also plays the title role) understand that one man's classic is another's cliché−and are anxious to make sure we know they know. Therefore they stress the mythic overtones that pop cultists are always finding in the standard western forms. All the ritual scenes−Eastwood's menacing entrance ride down Main Street, the saloon confrontation and the barbershop Shootout that establish his credentials as a law-and-order man−are handled so that the emphasis is on archetypicality rather than...
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