Last comment and I'm done. Then we can get back to talking about old bikes and bits:
"I just noticed that Steve Tesich wrote Breaking Away and American Flyers. He also wrote the screenplay for The World According to Garp."
Just goes to show that just 'cause you hit a home run doesn't mean you never strike out. Heck, even Babe Ruth struck out 7 out of 10 times, and he's in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
To illustrate my point: take Academy-award winning actors Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. Add the tremendously respected and talented Elaine May as director. What do you get?
Ishtar!! (yes, I'll admit this is worse than "American Flyers")
Bill Silverman
Pasadena, CA, USA