Patricia Hamilton
The Last Detail
Jack Nicholson is at his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy about three sailors on the loose. Two hard-boiled career petty officers, Buddusky (Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young), are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows (Randy Quaid), from a Virginia Naval Base to a New Hampshire Naval Prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offense. Buddusky and Mulhall take a liking to Meadows and are determined to show him a good time on their journey north. Their escapades begin in Washington where they narrowly escape a bar fight, then get blind drunk in their hotel room. In New York, they tangle with some Marines, and in Boston, Buddusky takes Meadows to a brothel for his first sexual experience. Finally, after reluctantly turning in Meadows, Buddusky and Mulhall realize they are as much prisoners of their own world as Meadows now is of his.
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The Christmas Wife
Jason Robards portrays John Tanner, a recent widower who doesn't know what to do with the changes imposed upon his life. He spends Thanksgiving alone in a diner, and when his annual family Christmas trip is jeopardized, he attempts to rescue holiday traditions and usage his loneliness by responding to an ad for social introductions and enlists the services of a woman to be his “Christmas wife.” Played by Julie Harris, Iris is a sad and mysterious woman, who agrees to be his platonic companion. She bids him to not ask about her personal life which harbors a secret that threatens their developing friendship and could ultimately change both their lives. Will there be more for them?
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