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...Trish, the pedophile's wife (Cynthia Stevenson); and best-selling poet Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle)--their beaux and parents (Louise Lasser, Ben Gazzara). The prime setting is New Jersey, which Helen describes as "a state of irony." The whole film could be said to live there--a place where vile acts rub up against a Mantovani rendition of You Light Up My Life...
...arrest of five men and the seizure of dozens of computers believed to contain more than 500,000 images of children. Authorities in Europe and Australia locked up 49 people and planned dozens more arrests. Out of the personal stockpiles, Kelly explained, members traded "in the most vile pornography imaginable over the Internet. The images depict everything from sexual abuse to the actual rape of children"--some as young as 18 months...
...later on), "The law? We are the law." OK, so this movie, which was made in 1983 but belongs with the conscience-heavy movies of the late 1970's, paints with some pretty broad strokes. And it's plenty dated, given that you don't hear much of the vile-criminal-gets-off-on-technicality outrage anymore. Has it stopped happening? CP doesn't know...
...felt vile for doing it," she says. "I felt like all eyes were on me because I was polluting this awe-inspiring place, desecrating the Yard...
...saying there was a conspiracy here, a vile plot to deflect our collective passions from old-fashioned communal endeavors like caucus meetings and political canvassing to field goals and 40-yd. passes. There is no evidence that, for example, the CEO of General Motors sat down with the officials of the NFL one day back in the '50s or '60s and said, "Whaddya say we try the old bread-and-circuses scam?" On the contrary, I believe Americans went into sports mania willingly and with their eyes wide open. There is a human need, perhaps especially in a culture that...