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Page 1 OUTLOOK Entertainment Talking with ALEC BALDWIN Glory depicts blacks in Civil War STAR SPEAK Alec Baldwin Is After a string of standout supporting roles in films like Married to the Mob Working Girl and Beetlejuice the 31year old actor has finally landed the lead in a major film The Hunt for Red Octo ber opposite Sean Connery In the ISOmillion film based on the Cold War thriller by bestselling nov elist Tom Clancy Baldwin plays a CIA researcher who is forced to give up his cushy desk job and fight the So viets in a submarine battle Baldwin grew up in Massapequa where his father taught high school civics and riflery He shared a crowded house with four younger brothers and a sister After studying political science at George Washing ton University Baldwin changed ma to acting and colleges to New York University His first major acting break came on the daytime soap The Doctors Moving over to prime time he had a notable run on Knots Landing as a minister Switching gears he played a West Point cadet accused of a homo sexual murder in the Dress Gray Right now Baldwin is appearing on stage in Prelude to a Kiss at New Yorks Circle Repertory Co His next film due out later this month is Mi ami Blues in which he plays a men tally deranged exconvict The Hunt for Red October is an Incredibly technical film What kind of research did you do A I went to the naval base at Grot on Conn We reenacted the flooding of a submarine which next to a fire on board has to be the worst thing that can happen on a sub By the way I failed the reenactment test They shot water in our faces at an ble rate I guess when it comes to vlving a sinking sub I d be a washout Was the flooding as horrifying as It sounds Alec Baldwin SAME DAY TAX RETURNS Guelph Georgetown 8772217 A It wasnt scary at all The only scary time was when the producer as signed me the cabin in the sub under the catapult All night long the room shook as the catapult launched test missiles It was scary because I was exhausted and needed a good night sleep It was actually the producer s cabin but he wouldn t sleep in it He made me take it Q With peace breaking out in East Europe hasnt thrill gone out of Cold War thrillers like The Hunt for Red October A Events in Europe have perhaps altered the impact somewhat but I think the political backdrop isn wouldnt mind playing a villain Im interested in peoples behavior Ill play Al or St Francis of Assist Alec Baldwin portant First and foremost the is a heck of an adventure story You have impeccable liberal credentials as an environmentalist and you are a crony of Jane Fonda Did you nave any qualms about play log a CIA agent in the Mm A If I let my own politics into the roles I play it wouldn t be a good idea My political beliefs shouldn stop me from playing a CIA agent For the same reason I mind playing a villain I m interested in people s be Ill play Capone or St Fran cis of Assist You made five films in and three the following year Why such a hectic schedule A The best thing about acting is you get to examine things you never be exposed to in normal life In The Hunt for Red October I learned lot TAKE A BREAK WITH the HERALD Your copy Is available at many of our conveniently located dealers as GEORGETOWN GENERAL STORE Downtown Georgetown OF THE HERALD TODAY Clothing todies Children i ALTERATIONS REPAIRS about submarines And I had to play a character not too far from my own personality politics aside I had to learn how to play myself and still be interesting without hiding behind a wig or beard or accent Do you think your male model good looks have limited the roles you can play I mean youll never gel of fered the roles Dustin man gets or play monsters like Jack Nicholson A I take hope from Jam Shes a good example of and talent She s famous as a fitness guru and yet gotten a lot of Oscar nominations playing type Her last Oscar nomination was for playing a down and out alcoholic tress No typecasting there I can as sure you She shows that you can be fabulous looking and a fabulous actor You reportedly get 2 million a film and a national magazine recent ly proclaimed you the hottest actor around Why do you play so many sup porting roles A Because they are offered to me and I want to work I take the best roles available to me Id rather have a supporting role in a good interest ing film than star in a mediocre one Your younger brother Stephen star on TV in The Young Riders and two other siblings work in films Did you inspire them actors A Actually brother Stephen al ways wanted to be an actor be fore I did As for inspiration think my brothers together and said If this Bozo can make it as an at tor then we can do it too CRITICS CHOICE- VIDEO Rentals Service 10pm I U riFF v or Microwave MAKE ANY OCCASION SPECIAL Resent now tor in NORMANDY hTh TAXI DIVISION III If JRT SERVICE PARCEL BURGER KING WHALER COMBO Watch for our saving coupons In your mall I im By Robert DiMatteo In Movie Theaters GLORY Since most movies are formulaic we have learned to settle Movie may just be a buddy flick but if its reasonably well done well take it Yet what we really want and all too seldom get Is a movie that is about something new or important a movie with real content Glory the Civil War epic direct ed by Edward About Last Night is such a movie In fact it has the opposite problem The subject is richer than the treatment Matthew stars as Robert Gould Shaw who at the age of 25 be came the commanding officer of the first infantry unit of black soldiers Under Shaws strict leadership this Regiment of Massachusetts Vol unteer Infantry disproved the bigoted preconceptions of the time about the efficacy of arming blacks to fight for the North Ultimately Lincoln credit the regiment with turning the tide of the war Based partly on wartime letters Glory is about pride the pride of a pintsized white colonel for at first uniformless troops the pride of black soldiers for a country that has enslaved them After all the pictures that portray blacks as pimps hookers and drug addicts its a plea sure to see one that honors the hero ism they have often mustered in the service of this nation The cast is full of good black actors Chief among them are Morgan Free man as a wisedup gravedigger who enlists late in life Washington as an Insolent runaway slave and An dre Braugher as an educated intellec tual recruit who learns that when youre darkskinned in a white soci ety you can never be smart enough Of the two white leads Cary Elwes star of The Princess Bride fares better than is stur dily effective as a fellow officer of the regiment who watches his good friend Broderick grow starchy and officious Broderick meanwhile remains a thoughtful actor who brings a concep tual freshness to every performance though he continues to indulge vocal affectations and a kind of misplaced stage diction Here it hard to tell if Shaw is meant to be as small and as he comes across or if rick simply can t manage the character any other way Theres also another problem De spite its eyeopening historical sub ject the scripts emphasis on Shaw makes this one more movie about blacks in which the central protago nist is white Add to this some stiffly staged scenes and you have a movie that misses being great From the start we can see where it is going But where it goes is often powerful With stunning battle scenes and a sweeping musical score this is a Hoi epic graced by some lyricism and eloquence GRADE AFTER FIVE WESTERN CARPET VINYL BR0ADL00M VINYL TILE AREA RUGS FULL INSTALLATION DEPT FAST FRIENDLY SER 184GUELPHST 8732355