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The Performance: So terrible that Bracco received a Razzie nomination in the Worst Actress category. The doctor who claimed to be the model for Sean Connery’s character even sued the makers of the film – yup, even he was ashamed of it.

How It Could’ve Been Rescued: By having Connery pointing and laughing at Bracco throughout the whole film.

#23 on Total Film‘s list of “50 Performances That Ruined Movies“… scan through to agree (Nicholas Cage in The Wicker Man, Sophia Coppola in Godfather 3, et al.) and disagree (your correspondent isn’t so sure, e.g., about #8 or #9 or #14…).  That’s the fun of lists like this.

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As we sharpen our critical skills, we might recall that it was on this date in 1966 that thespian Ronald Reagan announced that he was leaving movies and TV behind to enter politics as a candidate for Governor of California.

Reagan and his “Bedtime for Bonzo” co-star

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