The story is good and it's carrying a lot on its back. There is the contrast between urban and countryside, and this clash of cultures gives the audience something to grab on to.

They didn't offer that charge.

The normal business of hairdressing takes place out front but there are other less mundane activities happening elsewhere on the premises.

Abbott . . . we just upgraded, ... Abbott is actually accelerating its earnings - (it's a) very strong story at a very good multiple.

They are a very good team. They were upset [by Countryside], and you're asking a lot for Gaither to lose two in a row. You don't come back on a team like that. We dug a hole and it just didn't pan out.

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that any good writer would throw away. Its vision of the rewarding movie is a vehicle for some glamour-puss with two expressions and eighteen changes of costume, or for some male idol of the muddled millions with a permanent hangover, six worn-out acting tricks, the build of a lifeguard, and the mentality of a chicken-strangler.