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From: jon@msunix.UUCP (Jonathan Hue)
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Subject: Re: Movie Synopsis
Message-ID: <175@msunix.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 01:47:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 01:47:22 1986
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Organization: LMSC-Mechanisms & Servos, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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Summary: YAFS: Yet Another Film Synopsis

In article <29500054@ISM780.UUCP>, dougp@ISM780.UUCP writes:
>
> Brings to mind the L. A. Times TV listing for that *true* classic motion
> picture, "The Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman" which read simply,
>   'A giant woman gets angry and starts breaking things.'
>
> I wonder how you break into the one-sentence film synopsis field.
> Do you have to apprentice at Readers' Digest?  Be able to communicate
> with a valley girl?  Know APL?
>

Here's some from this weeks San Jose Mercury News:

"The Apple" - The pits.  Futuristic musical with an idiotic plot, worse
acting.  Treat as if poisoned.

"Day of the Animals" - Forest creatures go beserk when the Earth's ozone
layer is depleted and attack backpackers in California.  Sounds logical.

"The Barretts of Wimpole Street" - How do I bore thee?  Let me count the
ways...  A sappy soaper about the romance between Robert Browning and the
ailing Elizabeth Barrett.

"Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" - And have a howl of a good
time.

"Agent for H.A.R.M." - Fearsome fungus frightens foolish earthlings.

"Assassin of Youth" - Marijuana smokers lure a girl into their lifestyle.

"Happy Birthday to Me" - By the time you find out who did it, you
won't care.

"Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn" - Futuristic cop travels to
remote planet to stop evil war lord - the title's longer than the plot.

"Paradise" - A couple of untalented cutie-pies grope each other silly
in this dumb "Blue-Lagoon" rip-off about adolescent love.

"Razorback" - An uncommonly large version of a wild Australian pig
attacks an old man and takes off with his grandchildren.

"Reckless" - Miserable, flashy nonsense about a rebel without a brain who
inspires a pretty, middle-class girl to rebel against convention.


                        Jonathan Hue
                        LMSC-Mechanisms & Servos

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