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Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2024 / No comments / alan j. pakula , burt reynolds , candace bergen , charles durning , james l. brooks , jill clayburgh , love triangle , romantic comedy , seventies

BURT REYNOLDS, CANDACE BERGEN, JILL CLAYBURGH 'STARTING OVER'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAboAIlPhoDL6kIV9BijDFmw4FoGPTR917hj5QeCD6WpSIhSXmMwb1Q1S-o1zjM6w-MDVQnRaVzNQ9uuCEn-tTjW2wdGk_BlHy5HmcyKaRYxGZzkBARNizbAUgZi1Dt1CjUorXZugI1JwZbQ3DyBweUhCO4-pLTTey7r_JMW85A8dl87nGzigSNc3ZNCJ/s928/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-15%20at%205.53.15%20PM%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="928" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAboAIlPhoDL6kIV9BijDFmw4FoGPTR917hj5QeCD6WpSIhSXmMwb1Q1S-o1zjM6w-MDVQnRaVzNQ9uuCEn-tTjW2wdGk_BlHy5HmcyKaRYxGZzkBARNizbAUgZi1Dt1CjUorXZugI1JwZbQ3DyBweUhCO4-pLTTey7r_JMW85A8dl87nGzigSNc3ZNCJ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-15%20at%205.53.15%20PM%203.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTNING (Reassessment Review) Year: 1973 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>There are two things that connect the romantic-comedy STARTING OVER with Burt Reynolds' career breakthrough DELIVERANCE: he doesn't have the defining mustache, and it's not a "Burt Reynolds Movie" but a movie he co-stars in with other people...Successful TV-writer and future mogul James L. Brooks' original script is directed by Alan J. Pakula, more prone to political thrillers... and he's about as comfortable here directing as Burt is being basically stuck in a vehicle that would have far better suited an Alan Alda, Henry Winkler or Charles Grodin type...

alan j. pakula, burt reynolds, candace bergen, charles durning, james l. brooks, jill clayburgh, love triangle, romantic comedy, seventies

BURT REYNOLDS, CANDACE BERGEN, JILL CLAYBURGH 'STARTING OVER'

Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTNING (Reassessment Review) Year: 1973 Rating: **** There are two things that connect the romantic-comedy STARTIN...

BURT REYNOLDS STARS AS/DIRECTS THE ACTION NEO NOIR 'STICK'

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action, burt reynolds, candace bergen, charles durning, eighties, elmore leonard, jose perez, neo noir

BURT REYNOLDS STARS AS/DIRECTS THE ACTION NEO NOIR 'STICK'

Burt Reynolds in STICK Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 Elmore Leonard's yarn about an ex-con named STICK is brought to the big screen by actor...

GENE HACKMAN RIDES IN 'BITE THE BULLET' WITH JAMES COBURN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Coburn in BITE THE BULLET Year: 1975</td></tr>
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A homesteader's chopping wood when James Coburn rides up and, after asking several questions without a response, tells the man he doesn't know nothin', for which Wood Chopper replies: "I ain't the one who's lost." And snappy dialogue is the best thing going, especially with Coburn's scene-stealing character, at one point saying to young and obnoxious Jan-Michael Vincent, more antagonistic than he'd ever been before or after: "I want you to tell me the story of your life: Just skip everything up till the last fifteen minutes." 
 
BITE THE BULLET is a Western action/adventure about a horse race more character-driven than horse-driven, and that's good and bad since the characters are played by wonderful actors who share a few wonderful moments, but some are borderline cliché: Like pacifist Gene Hackman as an ex Rough Rider who may have been the founder of PETA while Candace Bergen is a modern feminist in chaps, and would have been more realistic if played by tougher-looking "hooker" Sally Kirkland, who'd sell her body the same year in another Western, BREAKHEART PASS: both featuring a pivotal train and veteran actor Ben Johnson, here an old-timer with a predictable death scene...

action, adventure, ben johnson, candace bergen, ensemble, gene hackman, james coburn, jan-michael vincent, richard brooks, sally kirkland, seventies, western

GENE HACKMAN RIDES IN 'BITE THE BULLET' WITH JAMES COBURN

James Coburn in BITE THE BULLET Year: 1975 A homesteader's chopping wood when James Coburn rides up and, after asking several questi...

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