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Subject: The Grey Fox
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Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 11:45:23 EDT
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Date: 04 Sep 83 16:03:30 PDT (Sun)
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To: movies@UCI
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Subject: The Grey Fox
From: Jerry Sweet <jsweet@uci>


An interesting movie.  It's about a stagecoach robber named Bill Miner
who was released from San Quentin around 1901 after 33 years, only
to find that he had no useful skills, that even stagecoaches had
disappeared from the scene.


The story concerns his attempts to develop, um, new methods of dealing
with modern technology and his relationships with people in a small
Canadian town.  To say much more about the plot risks spoiling it.

The pace of the movie is slow.  It's about 1.5 hours, but feels like
a full-length movie.  I only mention this because the length of the
movie is just right.  If it were any longer, the audience might fidget.

The scenery (the Cascades?) is wonderful, but not lingered over, also
to the good.

Unlike some movies dealing with crime and punishment (only a small part
of TGF), there is no attempt to win affection for either side.  Bill
Miner is not a sympathetic character, or at least not terribly so.
Possibly the most sympathetic charracter is one of a M.P. Corporal
who gets to know Miner.

Upshot: see this movie.  $5 at the Edwards at Harbor & Adams.

BTW...if you do see this movie, take a look at the departing
audience.  There's something different about it, but I'm not
sure what.  If you can put your finger on it, let me  know.

	--Jerry