Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rate, Coming Home is highlighted by three brilliant performances by the leads, especially Voight. Moreover, it provides the first really sensitive treatment of the problems of the disabled in an important film. And while it's certainly not radical, it's refreshing to see something come out of Hollywood with a major political message...
...Administration officials argue that the policy nonetheless represents a major change of direction by Washington in its treatment of urban problems. Says Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Patricia Harris: "Probably the most important policy change is that all programs and activities of the Federal Government will be examined for their impact on urban areas. That's not sexy. That's not jazzy. But it is very important...
...made assertions about the benevolence of their rule over the occupied territories. But those claims have been often disputed by the Arabs, particularly the nearly 700,000 Palestinians on the Jordan River's West Bank. During the Israeli plunge into Lebanon, complaints from West Bank Arabs about rough treatment at Israeli hands reached a crescendo, as units of the 2,200-member Israeli garrison there carried out arrests and other measures apparently intended to discourage any unrest. There were a few demonstrations, to be sure, but the Israeli crackdown was indiscriminate. Said a Western diplomat in Jerusalem: "There...
...Jews have long hair?' He said, 'We do, but you shouldn't because you are not human beings.' " The argument ended, said the student, when two soldiers clipped off his hair with a pair of lawn shears. Several other students were given the same treatment...
...ominous subtitle epilogue which informs us that Freed was indicted and died "penniless" shortly thereafter. This is a truth which is distorted by its context. The real Freed was indeed a Messiah of rock and roll, but not for its own sake alone. He had lots to gain. The treatment of Freed points up the main feature of this movie, its defusing of almost all controversial issues at the time with palpable, very nearly relentless innocence. This spell of innocence is not perfect. Tim McIntyre as Freed drinks and smokes (he doesn't swear though) and Chuck Berry is wonderfully...