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I started watching this movie because I was curious about how trite and formulaic it could get. While it IS trite and formulaic, it's not as bad as I expected. There was the "Great Denial" scene, the "I Don't Belong In Treatment" scene, and the "Family Confrontation" scene, as well as the character that we all root for who doesn't make it. While there is the standard "Happy Ending", there are a few unexpected bumps. All is not "Happily Ever After". After years of supporting a drunk wife 'for the sake of the kids' the husband admits he has found someone else. But, our heroine prevails, and stays sober. Not a great movie, but all in all, not too bad.

I saw "Sharkey's Machine" when it first came out, but haven't watched it for many years. I found the DVD recently and decided to spend the $10.00. Probably the best $10.00 I've spent for a movie. "Sharkey" is still as tense and realistic as it was back then. It's too bad that Burt Reynolds never made another movie like this one. I prefer it to "Boogie Nights". It's cleaner and simpler. I wore out my cassette tape of the sound track. I wish I could find it on CD. Having grown up in Atlanta, I miss the city in the movie.

I got to watch several episodes of this show when a local TV station in Atlanta ran it in the early '60's. Very good, rollicking fun, and very different from the later "Robin of Sherwood", which is also excellent, if a bit dark in perspective. Richard Greene played Robin as a hearty, hail-fellow-well-met sort, and the supporting cast was quite good. I still remember "The Adventures of Robin Hood" fondly. It spurred me on to read the stories, which I still love.