European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A married Star of Neill takes his act to the movies by Bob Thomas the associated press televisions de of Neill the reluctant husband and father in married. With children never envisioned himself As a major movie Star. A i never had the Gall a he says. A i Only had the Gall of saying a Well in a sure i can work As an a Gall or no Gall of Neill is starring in a John Hughes production dutch. Hughes produced the 1990 summer hit Home alone. His films Are usually comedies about family relationships shot in Chicago and environs or on the Road. Dutch follows the same pattern. It May just be coincidence that dutch is a 20th Century Fox movie and married. With children is the jewel of Fox television. In the movie of Neill appears As dutch Dooley a rough Hen but Good natured midwesterner who is in love with Jobeth Williams. She has a spoiled brat of a son Ethan Randall who refuses to join her from boarding school at thanksgiving. Of Neil volunteers to drive the kid Home and in route they Battle until buddy time sets in. Does no to Neill remember the old saw that actors should avoid work with dogs and children a yes a he laughed a but i saw Spencer Tracy work with children and i thought maybe i could emulate him. Seriously he used to act great with kids. And he rarely looked at them. He always looked Down or something. 1 20th Cinray foxed of Neill is sandwiched Between Ethan Randall and Jobeth Williams in dutch. A no i did no to try that. I did no to have the of Neill has sometimes been compared to the great Tracy. Williams has been quoted As saying a a they re both Manly and have this great strength and virility on the screen but everyone can relate to the similarities Are there. Tracy and of Neill sprang from the Midwest their speech is Plain american English both have rugged faces and a distaste for anything phony. Their careers have followed varying patterns. Tracy became a professional actor at 22. Of Neill was a late starter. O Neill comes from Youngstown Ohio. He won football scholarships at Ohio University and later at Youngstown state and was invited to the Pittsburgh steel Erst training Camp. But he had lost his Fervour in College Ball. Of Neill taught social studies in Youngstown and took acting classes at Youngstown state. After appearing in local plays he decided to try his Luck in new York. He was 31 and became a bus boy and had to a a audition for the Job. Quot they actually had a Competition for the Job of bussing tables. You had to run around and Clear the tables and the fastest Guy without breaking the stuff got the Job. I Wasny to that fast and these kids could Clear the tables like magicians a Boom in 10 seconds they were gone. On the last table a Little Guy and i were Rushing for it and i gave him the hip. That got me the Job a he said. The actor shuddered As he recalled those times a i remember walking Home one night after work. It was 2 30 in the morning and i was freezing. I thought a i gotta be a he thought about taking a bus Home but soon he got an understudy Job in the play knockout. The Star was fired and of Neill opened in the part. Director William Friedkin spotted him for cruising with a1 Pacino and other movie and to roles followed. Of Neill was in los Angeles for a to role when married. With children was him. A a it a horrible done to even think about it Quot his agent counselled. After hearing the same report from others the actor decided a a in be got to read it the script made him laugh though he kept thinking a this is when the Choice for a1 Bundy was narrowed to five actors of Neill declined another tryout. Then his wife read the script and laughed. He decided to audition one More time and he was chosen. Married. With children is starting its fifth year with no end in leaders Are the focus of tubes attention by Jay Sharbutt a television writer Tom Johnson once a press aide in the White House of Lyndon b. Johnson recalls that lbs Wasny to comfortable with to. Among other things he said the big texan a did no to like the idea of this month Peter Jennings told viewers that Mikhail s. Gorbachev had arrived at the Kremlin for a historic joint appearance with Boris Yeltsin on abcs National town meeting but appear right away. The soviet president was having to makeup applied Jennings said. That says it All. Call it Tel diplomacy the use of International to by world leaders to make a Case Issue warnings court opinion around the world and in their own country or even speak to each other directly and indirectly. In Olden Days Heads of state usually would say what they had to say to each other either in per son or through their ambassadors and special envoys. It was anything but a Public process. To has changed that. A i think in Many ways it has replaced the diplomatic Pouch a said Tom Johnson now president of can the 24-hour global network to which Many world leaders As Well As Ordinary viewers first turn at times of crisis. A it enables global leaders to address each other with immediacy. You re actually seeing them in some cases live and unedited As they deliver messages to each other others around the world and their own country a he said. A a it a changed the whole nature of International discourse a said Hewson Ryan himself a former Diplomat who Heads the Edward r. Murrow Center for Public diplomacy at Tufts University. The use of television for diplomatic purposes a is becoming one of the principal tools of the Diplomat a Ryan said. Things have reached the Point that the state departments training Branch the foreign service Institute gives courses in a television manners and television delivery for All of our ambassadors who Are going abroad a he said. The state department Isnit alone. A i understand that the soviets do the same and in be even heard that the chinese have begun that now a said Ryan a former . Ambassador to Honduras. But television with All its Power does no to replace diplomacy cautions abcs ted Koppel whose interview logs contain a veritable who a who of world leaders since his night inc became a series in 1980. A it is an adjunct to diplomacy which most world leaders have Learned to use pretty Well a Koppel said. One of Tele diplomacy a first major moments came in 1977. Nearly two years before the historic miracl Egypt peace accords cd so Walter Cron Kite and abcs Barbara Walters got Anwar Sadat and Menachem begin together for interviews linked via to. It since has become almost routine with the arrival of can. The most recent example was the Short lived attempt to overthrow Gorbachev last month. Can which went on the air in 1980, is seen in 123 countries. Johnson gently reminded soviet officials of that fact last month when three Days after Abc said Gorbachev and Yeltsin would appear on its town meeting he and can International editor Eason Jordan flew to Moscow. They urged soviet officials to let their network be the next to interview the two leaders. Soviet officials thought it would be a Good idea indeed. Can wound up with three exclusive interviews before abcs show first with Gorbachev then with russian president Yeltsin then with the new chairman of the once dreaded Kab Vadim Baratin. Each interview also was shown in the soviet Union. During his turn Yeltsin twice acknowledged in no a influence the second time when saying the soviet unions a Imperial attitudes Quot toward its republics Are a thing of the past. A i done to think there Are any grounds for concern a he said adding that he wanted to use his appearance before a the Large audience of can and assure that nothing of the kind will september 22, 1991 sunday a Page 15
