These are the denizens of Max's Bar in Oakland, the crippled, the blind, the maimed, with nothing to hang on to but their dreams. And their story is a sort of Iceman Cometh warmed up and wearing sweatsocks. The moral of it seems to be that dreams are fine and beautiful as long as they pay off in a big basketball contract with the Golden State Warriors. John Savage has apparently acquired a few affectations from Jon Voight (as well as a yubba-dubba-doo vocal inflection from Yogi Bear), while David Morse has apparently acquired his from Michael Moriarty. Also on hand is the handless World War II veteran Harold Russell, still as likable as he was in The Best Years of Our Lives. Directed by Richard Donner. (1980) — Duncan Shepherd
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