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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: New (Very New) movie Review: Phar Lap (SPOILER)
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Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 16:20:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 19 16:20:18 1984
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Mini-Review: Another bloody Aussie postcard movie -- don't see it unless
endless shots of horses racing in slow motion turns you on.

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I a) saw this movie for free, and b) had nothing else to do that evening, so
I'm not sure I have anything to bitch about.  It's just that this movie is
not worth any money, as far as I can see.  It is the (embellished)
recounting of the career of Phar Lap, an Australian Race horse with a
phenomenal track record.  It tells the horses history from its purchase by
the crotchety old trainer who has faith that the horse can win, to the
mysterious death of the horse in the United States.  It tries to be Chariots
of Fire, The Man from Snowy River (one of the main characters also played in
that movie), and Rocky at a very slow pace, and fails miserably; which is
unfortunate, considering the track record (absolutely, positively no pun
intended) of the Australian Cinema, which produces more good (O.K., good in
MY opinion) movies (by percentage, unless all their bad ones are stopped at
the border) than the USA.  There is just very little substance to this
movie, except pretty photography and a incredibly stupid soundtrack.

I could not fail to notice that more people were crying at the end of this
movie than were upset at the end of Ghandi; apparently people find the death
of an animal that can run fast more tragic than a man who brought peace to
his country (or tried to, anyway).  Bah, Humbug!

			"Nun-beating? Good Lord, man, I can't condone THAT!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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