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Take Hart

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{{Short description|British children's TV art series (1977–1983)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Take Hart.jpg
| caption = Final title card, used from 1982 to 1983
| runtime = 30mins (Special: 60mins)
| creator =
| starring = [[Tony Hart]]
| open_theme = "[[Left Bank Two]]" by the Noveltones (1977–1982) "Passion Punch" by [[Stanley Myers]] (1982–1983)
| end_theme = "[[Cavatina (Myers)|Cavatina]]" by [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = [[BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1977|2|15|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1983|12|30|df=y}}
| related = ''[[Vision On]]'' ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Morph]]'' ''[[Hartbeat]]''
| num_series = 8
| num_episodes = 102
}}

'''''Take Hart''''' is a British children's [[television]] programme about [[art]] presented by [[Tony Hart]]. It took over from ''[[Vision On]]'', and ran from 1977 until 1983.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheridan |first1=Simon |title=The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee |date=2004 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |isbn=1903111277 |pages=236–240}}</ref>

==Format==
The programme featured Hart and the animated [[Plasticine]] character [[Morph (character)|Morph]], and other characters created by David Sproxton like 'Smoulder the Moulder', which was a lump of mould which would create props by 'spraying' them out of a spray can. The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr. Bennett, the caretaker, played by [[Colin Bennett (UK TV)|Colin Bennett]]. The programme won a [[BAFTA]] award for Hart in 1984.

As well as demonstrating small-scale projects (the type that viewers might be able to do), Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases' (to be viewed from a camera-crane). This idea was later adopted by ''[[Art Attack]]'', which began in 1990.

A regular feature of the programme was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening [[vibraphone]] music accompanying this feature – "[[Left Bank Two]]", composed by Wayne Hill – has passed into British TV musical lore. In later series, "Left Bank Two" alternated with [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]]' recording of "[[Cavatina (Myers)|Cavatina]]", and in the final three series, the theme music was replaced by the more reggae-like "Passion Punch", composed by [[Stanley Myers]], and The Gallery music was replaced by "Marguerite", by Bob Morgan, which is also well-remembered by many viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7837849.stm |title=UK | Magazine | A bit of vibraphone nostalgia |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-01-19 |accessdate=2013-07-24}}</ref>

==Demise==
By the end of the eighth series in December 1983, Hart felt that the format of the programme, which essentially continued with much of the format of its predecessor ''Vision On'', had become somewhat outdated and routine. Despite the award of a [[BAFTA]] in early 1984, viewing figures for ''Take Hart'' by 1983 had gradually fallen since the series' heyday in the late 1970s. In an attempt to update the image of the series, ''Take Hart '' was dropped in December 1983, and replaced by the relatively more popular series ''[[Hartbeat]]''.

Some [[2 inch Quadruplex videotape]] master copies of ''Take Hart'' episodes were irretrievably [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|junked]] by Adam Lee of the [[BBC]] [[archives]] in 1993 on the assumption that they were 'no use' and that examples of some other episodes were sufficient. A few months later, access to the material was requested by the head of [[Children's BBC]]'s light entertainment department for a documentary on Tony Hart.{{Citation needed|reason=please list a source or origin for this story|date=May 2019}}

==Series guide==
*Series 1: 13 editions first shown 15 February 1977 – 17 May 1977
*Series 2: 6 editions first shown 14 March 1978 – 18 April 1978
*Series 3: 13 editions first shown 3 January 1979 – 28 March 1979
*Series 4: 13 editions first shown 2 January 1980 – 26 March 1980
*Series 5: 15 editions first shown 14 January 1981 – 22 April 1981
*Special: Take Hart on Holiday By the Sea, first shown 12 June 1981
*Series 6: 15 editions first shown 6 January 1982 – 14 April 1982
*Series 7 15 editions first shown 5 January 1983 – 13 April 1983
*Series 8: 10 editions first shown 28 October 1983 – 30 December 1983

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Screenonline TV title|572583}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0303543|title=Take Hart}}

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The Last Married Couple in America

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{{short description|1980 film by Gilbert Cates}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Last Married Couple in America
| image = Poster of the movie The Last Married Couple in America.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Gilbert Cates]]
| writer = John Herman Shaner
| producer = [[Edward S. Feldman]] John Herman Shaner
| starring = [[George Segal]] [[Natalie Wood]] [[Richard Benjamin]] [[Valerie Harper]] [[Dom DeLuise]] [[Bob Dishy]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[Gerald Hirschfeld]]
| editing = [[Sidney Katz]]
| music = [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1980|2|8}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $12,835,544<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lastmarriedcoupleinamerica.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=The Last Married Couple in America}}</ref>
}}

'''''The Last Married Couple in America''''' is a 1980 [[comedy]] [[film]] released in the [[United States|US]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103194350/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/28349/The-Last-Married-Couple-in-America/overview?scp=1&sq=the%20last%20married%20couple%20in%20america&st=cse The New York Times]</ref>

It was directed by [[Gilbert Cates]], whose most successful film ''[[Oh, God! Book II]]'', was released in the same year. The film starred [[George Segal]] and [[Natalie Wood]] as a California couple in the late 1970s struggling to maintain their "happily married" status as all their friends begin to get divorces and seem to be caught up in the decadence of the [[sexual revolution]] and the "ME" era. This is the last completed theatrical release Natalie Wood made before her death in 1981.

==Plot==

Life is going along smoothly for Jeff and Mari Thompson but not for any other couple they know, or so it seems. Everyone they know is getting divorced.

Their life is disrupted when Mari's old college friend, Barbara, comes into it and begins a fling with Jeff, which causes Mari to contemplate an affair of her own.

==Music==
The theme song to this film is "We Could Have It All," sung by [[Maureen McGovern]]. The song became a hit on the adult contemporary charts of Canada (#6)<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0157&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=2vo7nds4pse2i889njf2aru315 Collectionscanada.gc.ca]</ref> and the U.S. (#16).<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=159}}</ref> It was written by [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]] and [[Norman Gimbel]]. Also featured on the soundtrack is [[Denise LaSalle]]'s "I'm Trippin' on You", which was released as a single in 1981.

==Cast==
*[[George Segal]] as Jeff Thompson
*[[Natalie Wood]] as Mari Thompson
*[[Richard Benjamin]] as Marv
*[[Valerie Harper]] as Barbara
*[[Bob Dishy]] as Howard
*[[Arlene Golonka]] as Sally
*[[Dom DeLuise]] as Walter
*[[Allan Arbus]] as Al
*[[Priscilla Barnes]] as Helena
*[[Catherine Hickland]] as Rebecca
*[[Sondra Currie]] as Lainy
*[[Oliver Clark]] as Max Dryden

==Box office==
Upon release, the film was disappointing at the box office.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_married_couple_in_america/ Rotten Tomatoes]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0081032}}
*{{TCMDb title|80871}}

{{Gilbert Cates}}

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The Local Stigmatic

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{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Local Stigmatic
| image = The Local Stigmatic.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[David F. Wheeler]]
| producer = Michael Hadge
| based_on = {{based on|''The Local Stigmatic''|[[Heathcote Williams]]}}
| screenplay = Heathcote Williams
| starring = Al Pacino [[Paul Guilfoyle]] [[Joseph Maher]]
| music = [[Howard Shore]]
| cinematography = [[Edward Lachman]]
| editing = [[Norman Hollyn]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1990|09|19|df=yes}}
| runtime = 54 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''The Local Stigmatic''''' is a 1990 film directed by [[David F. Wheeler (director)|David Wheeler]], produced by and starring [[Al Pacino]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huddleston |first=Tom |title=Al Pacino played a Cockney once and his accent will blow your mind |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/al-pacino-played-a-cockney-once-and-his-accent-will-blow-your-mind-042617 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Time Out London |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was filmed and edited during the late 1980s. It had a showing at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City in March 1990, but was never released theatrically. It was released on [[DVD]] as part of ''The Al Pacino Box Set'' in June 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winter |first=Jessica |date=2007-08-09 |title=How Al Pacino got typecast as Al Pacino. |url=https://slate.com/culture/2007/08/how-al-pacino-got-typecast-as-al-pacino.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en}}</ref> The film is 54 minutes in length.

It follows the story of two British friends who spend their time walking around London discussing dog-track racing.

''The Local Stigmatic'' is based on a stage play by [[Heathcote Williams]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=He Stars as Paranoid in 'Local Stigmatic'Sketches by Pinter Are Also On Program by Clive |date=1969-11-04 |title=Theater: Pacino, Ice-Cold and Savage |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/11/04/archives/theater-pacino-icecold-and-savage.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=2014-09-09 |title=Al Pacino on Greta Gerwig, Burger-Flipping and Barry Levinson's 'The Humbling' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/al-pacino-on-greta-gerwig-burger-flipping-and-barry-levinsons-the-humbling-1201301383/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Two men sit in a bar and engage in a conversation about their lives, friendships, and their feelings of being overlooked and misunderstood by society. They are disillusioned with the world around them and are consumed by bitterness.

The two friends dream of committing acts of violence against those whom they see as symbols of their frustration and alienation. Their fixation on a local celebrity, who becomes a target of their anger, leads them down a dark path that explores themes of identity, social alienation, and the desire for recognition.

==Cast==

*[[Al Pacino]] - Graham
*[[Paul Guilfoyle]] - Ray
*[[Joseph Maher]] - David

==Reception==

The movie was not a critical success.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Teresa |date=1991-10-06 |title=FILM; Al Pacino: Regular Guy Among Ordinary Joes |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/06/movies/film-al-pacino-regular-guy-among-ordinary-joes.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shattuck |first=Kathryn |date=1999-03-07 |title=Where Films Can Rest Easy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/07/movies/where-films-can-rest-easy.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0097769|title=The Local Stigmatic}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|the_local_stigmata}}

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