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The characters are a silly mishmash of stereotypes--the paranoid Holocaust survivor, the neurotic, money-obsessed uber-assimilated (Dad makes Christmas ornaments), the neurotic, resentful Jewish mother, the "born-again" schnorring Hasid brother (whose ethics are less than sterling when it comes to his mom's glamorous cousin), the slut sister, the resentful lesbian half-sister and her black lover, and just for kicks, the secular, anti-religion Israeli guest .
Almost needless to say, but the production design and cinematography are sterling, with warm and inviting environments (including an absolutely gorgeous Seoul) a veritable extension of the optimism with which these characters ultimately face their uncertain future.
Sterling Hayden plays the sheriff rather stiffly, but macho enough to get himself shot in the arm; James Gleason, always a genius, gets the TV repairman to connect the wires to the table on which the automatic rifle is placed which explodes and starts the gun off (I always love James Gleason); the scene goes so fast you have to zero in on all that happens in that moment.
Lithgow, Hoskins, and Caine turn in excellent performances in this sterling characterization of the men who occasioned some of the 20th centuries most momentous events.
This,the fourth and last of the Matt Helm movies has a lot to recommend it and has serious credentials to be one of the most interesting films of the 60s and that is for a variety of reasons.One of these is the appearance of the late Sharon Tate who gives a very appealing comic performance in her final movie.The attractive 60s star Dahlia Lavi makes a good villainess and is a fine foil for Nigel Greene a respected English actor (who was later to die tragically) as the evil Count Contini.He had played a similar role in the earlier British spy thriller DEADLIER THAN THE MALE.Nancy Kwan also appears and so does Chuck Norris in a "blink and you'll miss him"screen debut.The reason Norris was in it at all was because of the movies' fight choreographer,none other than the legendary Bruce Lee himself and he does sterling work giving the many hand to hand combat scenes in THE WRECKING CREW a zest that was rare in action movies of the period that featured martial arts.
The movie focuses about US President protected by Secret Service(Willis Bouchey as Chief agent) who passes through small and peaceable town called Suddenly where only the sheriff(Sterling Hayden)execute the law.
This is a sterling example of big budget Hollywood trying to keep up with the hippy era sex revolution, while appealing to suburban Squaresville tastes, and the results are as unappetising as walking in on your parents in the backroom at a leather bar.
Possibly the worst acting ever in a genre not noted for its sterling thespians.
All of the acting performances are sterling, well contained and bearing the weight of the fatalistic outcome.
"Iron Jawed Angels" is an HBO historical biopic/docudrama which turns the lens on Swank who delivers a sterling performance as Quaker, suffragist, and women's right activist Alice Paul during her campaign to secure the 19th Constitutional amendment.
Peter Sova's dazzling cinematography, the flavorsome evocation of the groovy swinging 60's, the often amazing profane dialogue, John Dankworth's supremely jazzy'n'moody score, the stark, harsh tone, the fantastic golden oldies soundtrack, and a potent central message about the bitter spiritual coast of blind ambition all further add to the sterling quality of this bang-up corker of a crime thriller.
The acting is certainly up to adequate standards, and the cast is as sterling as they come.
This movie wastes the talents of Sterling Hayden (who obviously made this movie to fund his famous off-screen pursuits) and Ted de Corsia, who was a great Western villain.
Before its announcement for DVD release as part of the fourth installment of Warners’ “The Film Noir Collection”, where it was greeted with cheers of anticipation, I have to admit that I wasn’t aware this particular title had that much of a reputation – despite the director and star (Sterling Hayden) involved.
I was astonished at what an awful production this was, considering Stewart's sterling reputation.
The same pattern of selling pressure on the pound sterling was repeated in the interwar era.
It is conceivable, therefore, that Europe will have two currencies, the euro and sterling, in the long run.
Borrowing the credibility of an established monetary authority – especially one that issues a global reserve currency – would be tactically advantageous for a post-independence Scotland; but the new country would be exposed to the risk of an inflation shock and sterling crisis stemming from the Bank of England’s expansionary monetary policy.
The interest-rate premium that the market would inevitably demand from a young sovereign like Scotland could be minimized by issuing debt in sterling, thereby protecting investors from additional devaluation risk.
A moment may come when foreign investors do not believe that their sterling or dollar assets are protected against inflation, and at that point their willingness to hold low-yield sterling and dollar assets will end.
US Treasury bonds rose, and the dollar, Swiss franc, and yen appreciated, most markedly against sterling.
When it became clear that the “Remain” camp had lost, the pound’s slide seemed to be on track to match the historic 14% depreciation of the 1967 sterling crisis.
The dilemma is that any depreciation of sterling increases the level of imported inflation that is not offset by spare capacity in the economy.
Worse still, if Bank of England Governor Mervyn King is right that above-target inflation is due to imported inflation, raising interest rates has little impact unless it induces sterling appreciation, which would reduce the cost of imports.
But, sterling depreciation is supposed to re-balance the economy by increasing exports.
Of course, that means closing the current account deficit, which has been about 1-3% of GDP, and that, in turn, implies further weakening of sterling.
Obviously, sterling can’t appreciate and depreciate simultaneously.
Theoretically, sterling could stay at the current rate of about $1.60 and improve the trade position if the increased volume of cheaper exports outweighed the value of more expensive imports – the so-called J-curve effect.
It happened in the early 1990s when sterling weakened after exiting the ERM (exchange rate mechanism), but global economic conditions are now less robust.
So far, the trade deficit has improved; but, with sterling down roughly 25% on a trade-weighted basis for four years, the upward part of the J seems a little distant.
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