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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069096/
On the surface A Place Called Today could almost be thought of an
examination of politics in general where it doesn't really matter if
the candidate is white, black latino etc. in that they will do just
about anything to win and ultimately rationalize whatever actions get
them to victory. But then as you watch the credits you see the name
"Cheri Caffaro" appear and you just know there's going to be some
gratuitous rapce scene, (did she do any films without?), and sure
enough Cheri does not disappoint.
Despite the need for the 'scene', which no doubt was demanded by the
investors, it provides a reasonable story even if it does have a look
of an ABC Movie of the Week. *
* The term ABC Movie of the Week for those too young to know refers to
a time primariliy in the 1970s when the major networks, (just three as
there was no Fox), found one way to fill a night was creating their
own Made For TV movies. Some were recurring franchises such as
Columbo, McCloud or McMillan and Wife which eventually turned into
regular series and others were one off movies. As a rule they were
considered as low price product usually filled with excessively long
establishing shots of cars driving on the streets and/or pedestrians
walking and quite often with gaps in screen writing with the hope that
the B stars could ad-lib as needed.
All in all it gave a pretty cheap view and as such when someone refers
to that term they are basically saying it has a direct to video look
only before consumer video.
** Nightmare In Badham County was in fact a TV Movie of the week only
the producers also shot some full frontal nudity and some softcore sex
scenes that were added into the later releases. So that extent the
film is cheap but better than most of its comparatives of the time.
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