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MIDNIGHT COWBOY
By Marc S. Sanders There’s an irony to John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy. At first, the film centers on a Texas bumpkin eager to relocate to New York City and succeed as a hustler. Upon his arrival though, he could not appear any more virginal. The cowboy’s name is Joe Buck, portrayed by Jon Voight in…
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
By Marc S. Sanders The outcry of teen angst in the 1980s comes through predominantly in the dramatic talking piece called The Breakfast Club. I look at the film as a mature interpretation of Charles Schultz’ Peanuts Gang actually, and maybe an extension of some of the themes found in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. …
LEGAL EAGLES
By Marc S. Sanders In Legal Eagles, Robert Redford plays a promising district attorney named Tom Logan, who becomes ensnared by Debra Winger, playing a private defense lawyer named Laura Kelly. Laura is representing Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah), a mysterious, but alluring twenty-something accused of stealing a priceless piece of art. Murder eventually comes into…
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