First Leni, Now Stevie

[Ted Samsel]

dave (lower case) marc sez:
> 
> It's a grand time for Pynchon-loving film buffs in NYC when an evening of
> public television devoted to Leni Riefenstahl is followed by a two-day
> revival of Steven Spielberg's 1974 film debut SUGARLAND EXPRESS (Film Forum,
> July 23-24).  
> 
> This well-received Goldie Hawn vehicle (featuring Michael "Billy Pilgrim"
> Sacks and Ben Johnson) is on a double bill--not with THE BLUE LIGHT (so
> similar to those atop SUGARLAND EXPRESS's police vehicles) or TRIUMPH OF THE
> WILL (so similar that the similarity need not be commented upon) or even
> WOODSTOCK (that unforgettable tribute to statist militarism), but (much more
> puzzlingly) with director Peter Bogdanovich's cut of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
> (1971), which also featured Johnson. 

Hey, get serious. This film duo is a paean to Texas (and the late Ben
Johnson), Hoss. You dang nuevojorquenos ain't got a clue.

I've got BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA cued up for tonight and a mess
of barbacoa de cabeza in the icebox. I'll just have to get some cerveza.

I know foax who were extras & stunt doubles in both of those fillums.
Brett Porter has family who were in TLPS.

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net  *1996* Year of the Accordion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
         "Home of the brave, land of the free,
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AAFOUF# 0000003                           Huddie Ledbetter