Of course I do thiseveryyear, but thats not the point.
The plots a very simple one.
It just reeks of High Concept.
Except, yknow, with a sniper up there in the crows nest.
First he was working from the novel Thomas Harris wrote before he introduced Hannibal Lecter.
You really do have to wonder how that conversation went down, dont you?
Well, Johnny, whats the scoop?
Tell me all about this movie you got in mind.
Well, Pete, glad you asked.
So theres this crazy ex-POW, see?
And hes a Goodyear blimp pilot.
And theres this Palestinian terrorist group led by a sexy broad.
They got some wacky political agenda, right?
And they want to make a big splash by doing something real big in America.
You know them terrorists.
Can you dig it?
Just completely wreck the game AND kill thousands of fans?
Now THATS what I call a whiz-bang picture!
I think we got ourselves a deal!
Glad to hear it, Pete.
See, its that realism were after.
That kinda realism would just make the whole thing so much more, well, real, right?
I mean, you ever see Two-Minute Warning last year?
Thats how I like to imagine it anyway.
I mean, Frankenheimer had to make certain concessions, sure.
Not right there on the screen, anyway.
To me, anyway.
It seems a magic combination, a genre waiting to happen.
What could be better than that?
And Im already in enough trouble for saying Super Bowl.
