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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 8, 1989, p. 7

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BEST AVAILABLE COPY THE HERALD OU1LOOC April MM Page Todays crosswords Niro Harris are sharp in pa asm auaa on a a us FILMETER IrVMovle Theaters JACKNIFE The Vietnam vet traumatized by battle experiences for participating in an popular war is the subject of this predictably plotted somewhat bokey ened old man who dares to interrupt a performance of a play about his ad ventures outside the theater Turkish soldiers are wreaking devastation on the city A lovely little girl with an imagination as vivid as the barons begs him to reassemble his cohorts rout the Turks and make the world again safe for fantasy Those exploits compose the film that we see The barons adventures know no bounds They take him all the way to the moon where he meets the chat disembodied head of the King of the Moon Robin Williams and into a volcano home of Vulcan Oil ver Reed and his wife Venus revealed on the half shell of course rant There are wonderful moments throughout due in no small measure to Dante Ferrettl s magical produc design and Giuseppe lush cinematography Director Gil 11am has a teeming imagination Even his excesses are often more enchant than other filmmakers careful successes GRADE New Home Video BIG BUSINESS PC Touchstone 95 The combination sounded irre sistible That great bawd Bette Midler and that great sketch comic Lily playing two roles apiece in a comedy about two sets of identical twins Yet despite its promise and a modicum of laughs the movie plays Joke told over and imki picture what Heavy metalists await video journal VIDEO BEAT What ever happened to the video magazine Not magazines about there are plenty of those I mean much bailyhooed concept of a magazine that comes out on video cassette Somehow the idea never caught on Too expensive too quickly dated too difficult to distribute But there is one audience that is de voted to its fan press and devoted to video an audience that will shell out hard cash for just about any merchan dising memento or memorabilia That is the legion of heavy metal Hard n Heavy mag azine is for them a bi monthly video reel comprised of uncensored videos rock star interviews and liye concert footage One hour long and retailing for per tape Hard Heavy will be distributed through video and mu stores as well as by mail order The premier issue features articles on Ozzy Osbourne Anthrax Iron Maiden Alice Cooper and Motley Crue Film hunk Dennis will guest star in Bonnie s new vid eo Thing Called Love Raitt and Quaid who are old friends also sing together on the upcoming Neville Brothers HBO special Superguitar Eric Clapton will guest in Carole King video for City Streets the tie track for her first album in five years He also plays on the LP Johnny Savukas video for Scatterlings of Africa from the Rain Man sound track was filmed at South Africa only racial school for autistic children When learned that the existence of the school was threatened by funding shortages he donated his share of the song s royalties to its operation They re at it again The f mentalist American Family Associa has officially asked Attorney General Richard to cre ate a National Obscenity Enforce Unit to crack down on rality in the media Their target list includes rockers such as Prince Ma donna Guns Roses and Motley Crue as well as such vulgar TV shows as Hooperman and up after her discovlhat he may be one er One day comes to visit the Mrt most rabid racists in the group Harris to fulfill a promise made the war and Baker is drawn to him much to her brother consternation In the mov e charts the feelings that erupt between these forlorn folks all the while pro a showcase for three superb actors Baker takes a drab cliched character and makes her extraordi nartly vivid and touching A long haired De Niro injects wry hits of hu mor into his role while Harris pinpoints the pain that has made his character retreat into alcohol and ap athy Toward the end Harris has a wrenching breakdown scene that would put most other actors to shame If only the script were fresher GRADE THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN PG Former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam has followed up his brilliant excessive dystopian fantasy Brazil with an other richly overwrought extravaganza This time Gilliam gives us a million fantasy about an intrepid 18thcentury baron John Neville who travels all over the planet with a trio of servants among them the world s fastest man Eric Idle in a hi larious bit We first meet the baron as a wiz EVENING SPECIAL Alter Come On Out To Norval For Some GOOD COUNTRY FUN THURS NIGHT APRIL EAST MOUNTAIN BOYS PLUS A SAT MATINEE Dozen Donuts Baked Fresh On Premises St aa Georgetown LIVE BANDS FM ft SAT NIGHT APRIL MERCEY BROTHERS

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