Jennifer A. Davis Movies
The action producing-directing team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott is back with another thrill-a-minute ride called Enemy of the State. Taking its "innocent man accidentally caught up in political corruption" story from such films as Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor, they turn up the high-tech volume in an attempt to create the ultimate action film. Robert Clayton Dean, played by Will Smith, is a devoted father, husband, and attorney shopping for a sexy gift for his wife. What he doesn't know is that he was given a videotape from a friend (Jason Lee) regarding the recent murder of a U.S. senator led by corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight). Now Reynolds is after Dean to cover his tracks or, as the audience soon finds out, frame Dean for Rachel's murder. Since Dean isn't up on his high-tech gadgetry, he needs the aid of ex-intelligence operative Brill (Gene Hackman). Between the explosions and chases is the subtext of George Orwell's 1984 mantra "beware of big brother," as Dean realizes that in the modern world, there is no such thing as total privacy. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Will Smith, Gene Hackman, (more)
- 1983
Margaret (Loretta Swit) has a new phonograph but no records. Charles (David Ogden Stiers) has a huge record collection, but a lousy phonograph. Obviously, one of these people is going to try to curry favor with the other--and B.J., caught in the middle of the intrigue, tries to play both ends down the middle. Meanwhile, Col. Potter (Harry Morgan) must confront the possibility that his old WW1 buddy, Col. Woody Cooke (John McLiam), is a dangerously incompetent military leader. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Hawkeye (Alan Alda) receives a letter from Mildred Potter, the wife of the 4077's commanding officer Col. Potter (Harry Morgan). Sworn to secrecy, Hawk refuses to divulge the contents of the letter to Potter, despite intense pressure on the part of the curious Colonel. The next assignment on Hawkeye's agenda is to organize a surprise party for Potter--and we aren't about to tell anyone the reason, either. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
B.J. (Mike Farrell) is hardly in a festive mood as his wedding anniversary approaches. What Beej doesn't know is that 4077th plans to throw him a surprise party--with a bit of home-movie input from his wife Peg (Catherine Bergstrom) and a dash of audiotape subterfuge from Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and Klinger (Jamie Farr). Elsewhere, the persnickety Charles (David Ogden Stiers) conducts a sanitary inspection at the front, and the camp extends its combined compassion to a wounded Korean youngster. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1980
April Fool's Day is practically a legal holiday at the 4077th, with the staffers falling over themselves performing all manner of practical jokes. Normally, even taciturn Col. Potter (Harry Morgan) would be joining in on the fun. This year, however, Potter wishes everyone would cease and desist: the notoriously humorless and extremely disciplinarian Col. Tucker (Pat Hingle) has arrived to conduct an inspection of the camp. This was the final episode of M*A*S*H's eighth season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
Hawkeye (Alan Alda) seeks out refuge from the unending parade of casualties by holing up in Rosie's Bar. While downing a convivial "breakfast" of cereal and beer, Hawkeye sees no pressing need to return to the 4077th--and before long, all the other doctors have joined our hero at Rosie's. Naturally, this does not rest well with Col. Potter (Harry Morgan), but it will take a more powerful force than Potter's wrath to bring Hawkeye and his colleagues back into the O.R. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
An unusually heavy barrage of artillery crossfire forces the 4077th to evacuate. The men and women of M*A*S*H to refuge in a tiny, dark, damp cave--whereupon Hawkeye (Alan Alda) reveals in disturbing fashion that his claustrophobic. As the others try to adapt (none too quietly or successfully) to their unhospitable new surroundings, a crisis develops in the form of a seriously wounded patient in dire need of an extremely delicate operation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
Ostensibly visiting the 4077th on a standard fact-finding tour, Congressional aide R. Theodore Williamson (Lawrence Pressman) turns out to be a stooge for the McCarthyites. As such, Williamson is determined to prove that innocent Margaret (Loretta Swit) is a Commie-loving security risk. Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and B.J. (Mike Farrell) cook up a scheme to save Margaret's military career--and, incidentally, to make Williamson look a bigger jackass than he already is. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
The focus is on psychiatrist Sidney Freedman (Allan Arbus) in this whimsical episode. Hoping to find an island of sanity during the Korean Conflict, the depressed Dr. Freedman settles for a few days surrounded by the merry insanity of the 4077th. In a letter to his "mentor" Sigmund Freud (one suspects that this missive won't be answered), Sidney describes a typical vacation amongst the M*A*S*H loonies, culminating on yet another practical joke perpetrated against the insufferable Frank Burns (Larry Linville). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
This Canadian public affairs program was broadcast every other Sunday at 10:30 PM, sharing a timeslot with the longrunning CBC offering The Ombudsman. Adopting a magazine format, the series covered the international scene, with emphasis on the events of the past week. In order to maintain a maximum of topicality, each episode was recorded a mere few hours before telecast (thereby breaking a long-standing CBC tradition of preparing such programs far in advance). Utilizing the facilities of two Ontario network affiliates in Ottawa and London, In the Present Tense aired from January 13 to May 17, 1974. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Rush, Jennifer A. Davis, (more)
