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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday October 1989- Page IS Entertainment Outlook Penn and Teller team up to make movie magic FILMETER PENN TELLER GET KILLED It If youve seen them on David Let- or in their live show you know that Teller are new- wave tricksters magicians who spend as much time demystifying magic as creating it With a deadpan style that suggests suppressed hyste ria PT are clearly a specialized taste Those who like them respond to both their skill and their rugpulling prankishness nonfans are merely ir ritated Now the Bad Boys of Magic have made their first film and though far from a good movie in con ventional terms it is an audacious showcase for the duo Directed by Arthur Bonnie and Clyde who is no relation to the of the title the film continues the cruel tricks that the twosome per formed in a recently released video Whats funny here is how increasingly close to sadism and bloody outrage the characters and situations are al lowed to go Were grossed out and then we discover its only a practical joke The plot is merely a gimmick to set up this series of jokes It springs from PENN left and Teller right the bad boys of magic seek protection with a policewoman Clarke when becomes the target of a homicidal maniac in Penn Teller Get Killed a TV talk show sequence where in a moment of perversity Penh an nounces that he wishes someone would try to kill him He almost gets his wish The film is hardly seamless When the malicious humor doesnt explode the way it seems meant to it can be alienating Theres a film section in black and white that fails to fit with the other sequences ditto a scene where Teller Is accosted by thugs But the movies moments of carelessness and its quality dont destroy it at least not for hardcore fans It seems destined for cult status GRADE JOHNNY HANDSOME R At his best Walter Hill makes action movies with a real charge to them pictures like The Warriors and Shortlived sitcom was prehistoric ASK DICK KLEINER A Keynew is how he pronounces that unusual first name He was born in Beirut Lebanon but grew up in New York Hawaii Colorado Los Angeles He had small roles in some TV movie but the bulk of his work has been for the big screen Rivers Edge The Night Before and the current release Parenthood So far when I mention this show to anyone I get the Can yon tell me about a sitcom from the 60s that starred Emma Jean Koka and the guy on Car 54 It was about a prehistor ic cave family Or did I just imagine this show Saginaw MIcb A No it was real Not very good but very real It was called Its About Time and it was on in the season with Imogene Coca your spelling is more fun Joe Ross Jack and Frank Q Was the late singer Roy Orbison blind I say he wasnt but my cousin said he was I have a bet on it DD Wyoming Mich A You are now wealthy beyond wildest dreams was not blind he wore dark glasses as his trademark thats all Many years ago during radios heyday NBC aired Saturday perfor mances of tbe Metropolitan Opera The commentator had a splendid voice Unfortunately his name es capes me Could you provide it Lake Wales Fla A That was the incomparable Mil ton Cross Id appreciate some information on Keanu Reeves Lately Ive seen him in Dangerous Liaisons and Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure Has be ever done any TV work And bow do you pronounce Us name Houston Did Terence Knox of Tour of Duty serve in Vietnam What was his professional training Is there a Mrs Knox Little Rock Ark A Knox became interested in act ing while at Portland Ore State Uni versity Before Tour he was Dr Peter White on St Elsewhere from and Matt Russell in All is Forgiven 1986 Knox is single and did not serve in Nam ll NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE Ilene Graff Roy Recently I saw My Fair Lady on cable with Rex Harrison and Au drey Hepburn But the cable company cut off the final credits Was Elizas suitor Freddy played by Jeremy Brett who plays Sherlock Holmes on the PBS series If so was his singing dubbed CW Mass A Yes that was Brett And yes his singing was dubbed Could you tell me if it is possible that Ilene Graff of Mr Belvedere could have been a neighbor of mine in New York City SD Naples A Its possible Ilene grew up in Brooklyn and after college worked in offBroadway productions for some years She moved to California in Whats Black And rate And Read All Over Clauinsdd or whan in market about anything at all It to Hod a great scout out a Job look tha to got fast You caul go with Gallery Framing Centre Limited Edition Prints PAUL ROBSON COMING SOON 4168777491 348 Guelph Street NEXT TO BELL GLASS IN THE CENTRE Georgetown VIDEO RANCH NEW ARRIVALS LEAN ON ME BAMBI FAREWELL TO THE KING MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER VCR NINTENDO UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT NEILS V- Ml lOlf WIDE SELECTION OF AND SONG BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC PRIVATE LESSONS FOR GUITARPIANOPERCUSSION 130 Guelph St Unit D GEORGETOWN which function like pungent liveac tion cartoons Theyre certainly not for people with refined sensibilities but they get the job done Hills recent films have been less successful His latest Johnny Hand some bungles a potentially clever idea Mickey plays the title character a crook whose face is horribly deformed hence his ironic last name After serving time for a jewel robbcrv in which his accom plices doublecrossed him and killed his buddy is given a second chance by a prison doctor experi menting with plastic surgery The pa tient who comes out of the bandages is indeed handsome Hes also in com plete disguise able to set up his for mer cohorts without their knowing who he is Unfortunately the movie settles for being little more than a lean mean machine The script goes for stupid contrivances as often as it tries for the offbeat or suggestive By the end the humorless tone and the spiky violence can get to you Yet the movie is almost worth see ing for a trio of performances Done up to look like a cross between the kid in Mask and Nick Nolle on a bad day Sometimes makes this impossible role work He has an espe cially moving moment when he first sees his new face The wonderful Mor- OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey The study or appreciation of beauty involves aesthetics Youll also see es thetics but I prefer to keep the initial a as a matter of aesthetics seems amusing or hu morous When spelling droll just get the first letter right and then youre on a roll OUR LANGUAGE ADVICE A limousine service has driven off with todays AdVice Award Before rent ing any limo a customer must sign a contract that includes this clause I or any other member of my party are responsible for any damage Two singular subjects joined by or howev er take a singular verb Change are responsible to is responsible or the contract itself is damaged CRITICS CHOICE VIDEO Rentals Sorvlce Open Every Night Till pm HAPPY movies HOUR PRICE 4 Guolph St 8730754 gan Freeman brings intriguing depth to the part of a black New Orleans cop who is shadow and in many ways his double Best of all Ellen has anoth er wild role like her recent performance in Sea of Love Here as an object of revenge Bar- kin has set out to prove that a female villain can be as tough and disgusting as any male Whether or not such a feat was worth doing actress pulls it off Shes ferociously sexy and vicious a night mare fatale GRADE New Home Video BEACHES R Touchstone A shameless but entertaining Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey the latter sport ing surgically improved lips play best friends whose lives go through a series of triumphs and crises Midler is terrific with some fine schmaltzy musical numbers while Hershey seems glazed It must have some thing to do with the lips Theres also a scenestealing turn by Mayim Bia- lik playing the Midler character as a girl GRADE Film grading excellent good fair poor NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE Scrimp severely limits or econo mizes The verb ends with crimp and having to scrimp can put a real crimp in my spending Attain reaches a goal or achieves To attain a stronger vocabulary you shouldnt overlook verbs such as attain Ive often seen Latin quid pro quo but what does It mean precisely A This expression a favorite of lawyers literally means something for something It refers to the giving of one thing in return for receiving an other Think of a trade as this for that and youll have the idea of quid pro hTh DIVISION OF IIALTOS HOLDING LTD 8771234 87771 AIRPORT SERVICE I PARCEL DELIVERS GEORGETOWN LITTLE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC llnlUn lnHcnmIhtilcr Directed by Jacky Willows Produced by Linda Parker October 21 25 26 27 28 John Elliott Theatre 9 Church St Georgetown Curtain Time PM Tickets Available at Royal Lepage Real Estate 170 Guelph Si Georgetown BOX OFFICE 8773700