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The plot lines aren't particularly surprising or clever, but the dialogue is sharper and wittier than average and William Devane (of Knot's Landing fame) is particularly appealing as the family patriarch, Sgt.
Nearby, just outside the ancient wall, the area in front of the railroad station has been named Piazzale dei Partigiani . Luigi Einaudi, the patriarch of postwar Italian politics, President of the Republic from 1948 to 1955, when he was an octogenarian, has the unusual honor of a street named for him in the heart of the city, near the central railway station.
"Nelson," said the patriarch, "whom are we trying to impress?"
Many pundits--Al Hunt (CNN's Capitol Gang ), Steve Roberts and Susan Page (CNN's Late Edition ), and Juan Williams ( Fox News Sunday )--praise Senator Kennedy's eulogy for his nephew and remark that Uncle Ted has finally emerged as a worthy family patriarch.
Children, siblings, nieces, and nephews all gather at a prosperous estate to celebrate the 60 th birthday of its formidable patriarch (Henning Moritzen), who turns out to have had monstrous designs on two of his own children.