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It is Greenville, Ohio. 1863. A detachment of Union soldiers is marching through the city.
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They search the home of 18-year-old Drew Dixon, rumming through the place as the boy's anxious mother and father look on. But no luck. The soldiers reluctantly depart as the mother furtively peers out the window after them.
From underneath the kitchen cabinet comes a muffled voice. Did they get the neighbor boy? Yes, the mother replies. Silence from the cabinet. Then a giggle.
From its opening scene, "Bad Company" appears to have the makings of an entertaining and quietly humorous comedy, the main purpose of which is to further explore a situation that abandoned Old West. Something, perhaps, like Arthur Penn did in "Little Big Man."
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But when they get waylaid by an adult gang of robbers, and one of them gets his head blown off by a chicken farmer as he tries to steal a pie, and finally two of them decide to leave the group, leaving Drew and Jake only a mule in the process, it quickly includes making more serious—a story of survival and human values in open country.
Even as the group, headed by a fast-taking leader named Jake Rumsey (Jeff Bridges), sets out west together in search of water, it appears to be a light, burnless venture.
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WHEN DREW (Barry Brown) heads wendy in hopes of sitting out the war in the Nevada silver mines, but instead meets up with a gang of juvenile muggers and pickpockets in St. Joseph, Mo., the story takes on a "huckleberry" Finn' flavor.
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THAT THE FILM successfully mixes humor and violence should come as no surprise. The movie's authors, David Newman and Robert Benton, are not newcomers to the formula. They made it work before, with no small success, in "Bonnie and Clyde."
Indeed, "Bad Company" is, in a sense "Bonnie and Clyde" gone. Newman and Benton are again preoccupied with the morality, or lack of it, of those outside the law and, as in "&B&," they present it at first in an offhand, even bolstered manner. The song's lyricism and the presence present background of bouncy piano music, again similar to the banche theme of "&B&."
The plot is rambling and episodic, as indeed it must be to effectively tell of the garrant's erratic and wandering way across a city. The book's focus on the picture was filmed. Such a plot, however, necessarily requires strong acting performances or it soon disintegrates into a shameless of boredom, if not confusion. The book may also be刻在 presence of Brown and Brides.
BRIDGES, expanding upon the role in
The Last Picture Show that won him an
Award for outstanding nomination.
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Auditions for Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land" are scheduled to be held Dec. 11-13. The Tender Land" will be the major event in the city's university Theatre and School of Fine Arts.
noticeable of the two. A born con man, Rumsey is a loud-mouthed braggart who uses his gift of gab to hold the gang together. A tough talker, he becomes extremely practical in deciding to run when faced with real danger. When he does finally shoot someone, it is primarily a reflex action.
There are five major roles and thirty minor roles that will be cast. A sign-up sheet for auditions is available in the University of Kansas Theatre Office.
Brown, though, is perhaps the more interesting. As Drew Dixon, he sports a Jimmy Stewart naivete and righteousness that makes him seem too good to be true. As it develops, it is.
Drew, with $85 dollars hidden in his boot.
subtly looks down upon the thiever of his companions. When he when he loses his cash, he also not surprisingly, loses his moral integrity and Jake are a true bad company of crime.
Campus Bulletin
ROME (AP)—Gina Lolibr�gia has been posing for photographs to take them.
KU-Y International Gift Fair: 11 a.m. Big-Eight Room.
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Coordinating the talents of Bruges and Brown is Benton, who marks his directing debut with this film. Aided by the sepia-tinted photography of Gordon Willis, who calls it "The Godfather," Benton has transformed the movie into surprisingly cohesive initial effort—an unpretentious film that is authentic and, at the same time, entertaining.
Neglecting her acting career almost three years for the two, the Italian film star used thousands of rolls of film to photograph her country. Her findings will be published in a book entitled "Italia Mia," a picture book of 200 black and white photographs.
Photographer Lollobrigida Prepares 'Italia Mia' Debut
Environmental Chemistry: 12:30 p.m. Alcove C
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Lobbigridja says she traveled incochol throughout Italy to take her pictures. She disguised herself by using two prune pits to fill out her cheeks and wearing a wig.
Polish Web: 12:30 p.m. Mendowki Cafeteria.
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The actress confessed that she had spent "a fortune" pursued her favorite hobby. She also said she had worn out a car and two cameras in the process.
"After a while I changed the pits for two buttons. My mouth was getting sore," she said.
Photography has long been a hobby for Lollobrigida who also studied painting and drawing before becoming an actress. Her favorite models both on film and in drawings were her former husband, Milko Skofic and their son, Milchetta.
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