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THE HERALD Wednesday April Controversial novel Is now a movie Bob Spence Entertainment TiHwi Last Exit To Brooklyn a movie based on a novel that sparked a major controversy opens in Canadian theatres in May Wheir Hubert Selby Jr s novel a look at the dark side of the fabulous fifties was released 28 years ago Newsweek called it a serious work of literature while Time magazine said it screams like a borderline psychotic That the author is able to make one believe at all in this sordid hopeless world that he has created is an extraordinary achievement said the New York Times The novel received critical ac claim in Great Britain but there were cnes in Parliament to have the publishers prosecuted for pro moting obscenity The Last Exit To Brooklyn was banned in Britain Screenwriter Desmond has adapted Selby s novel which consisted of six loosely connected stories for the screen Set in a working class neighbourhood on the Brooklyn waterfront during the sweltering days and nights of the summer of the story unfolds against a backdrop of prostitution gang violence loveless sex drugs union corruption and labor riots Stephen Lang and Jennifer headline the cast Last Exit To Brooklyn opens May in Toronto Montreal and Vancouver later in May or in June at a number of other Canadian cities Young standard She Told Me So written by Bobby Braddock and Honk On Hobo and Enquiring Minds a pair of off thewall songs composed by two of the Good Brothers Brian and Bruce The album is being released in 14 European countries this summer and Canada s singing brothers will be launching an extensive Euro pean tour in late September Cartoon AllStars to the Rescue the antidrug cartoon special being shown by all major TV networks on April 21 airs at different times in various regions In last week col umn I said it would air at 10 30 a but that s only in the Eastern time zone The actual schedule is New foundland noon Atlantic time zone 11 a m Eastern JO a m Central and Pacific 30 a m Mountain a The Good Brothers recipients of eight Juno Awards have released their first album in four years Live Fast Love Hard recorded in late 1989 in Toronto includes Live Fast Love Hard Die Young a reworking of the old Faron CBCTV and Sullivan Films have reached an agreement for tlon of 13 more Road to Avonlea episodes The new episodes featuring the same cast that performed in the episodes aired dunngM98990 TV season also will be loosely based on Lucy Maud Montgomery s novels Road To Avonlea returns in August with repeats of the first nine episodes Four episodes that were filmed in 1989 but have not yet been aired plus the new episodes will follow starting in October Filming of the new episodes is scheduled to start in June in Prince Edward Island Toronto and Ont Getting A Needed Rest Lying down and resting may be as beneficial as sleeping in the caseofan afternoon nap accord ing to a recent study conducted by Texas Sleep tory Both habitual and reported about the same amount of mood improve from napping and from rest without falling asleep Re searchers concluded that sleep it self does not appear to be crucial tn improving mood Tokyo opened to foreign trade in 1867 WORLD ALMANAC DATE BOOK April 25 1990 Today is the 115th day of 1990 and the 37th day of spring TODAYS HISTORY On this day in Tokyo was opened to foreign trade TODAYS BIRTHDAYS Guglietmo Marconi 1874 1937 Italian Inventor Edward Murrow 1965 broadcast Journalist Ella Fitzgerald singer Paul 1930 director Lemon 1932 basketball player Anthony Lukas writer 1940 ac tor Shire actress TODAYS QUOTE People say con Queen of Hearts is romantic enchanting film By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special QUEEN OF HEARTS This is a charming utterly romantic film that enchants its audience with its operatic story and lovely per Beautiful Rosa is promised to Mr Barbarecci in Italy in the for ties She does not love him she loves her neighbor The two run away pursued by the furious fiance while the whole town watches They climb the church tower and leap but not to their deaths they land in a hay wagon and leave for England This opening takes place with almost no dialogue just a highly dramatic in tensity reminiscent of a Verdi opera Then the narrative begins as Eddie the youngest of the couples four children recounts the family history some 20 years later It seems that Danilo is blessed with visions and luck A pig s head speaks to him a restaurant and thus be becomes a man of proper All proceeds well until the ominous arrival of Mr Barbarec a wealthy and single bent on revenge of the most insidious kind Eddie becomes part of the at this point as he struggles to keep his world together his family from falling apart It s a lot to ask of a 10 year old Will survive the devious plot to ruin him Can Eddie save his family You have to see for yourselves The acting is superb with a special nod to Ian Hawkes as Ed die and Tat Whalley as his precocious Beetle Queen of Hearts is an impassioned roman tic and beautiful movie well worth watching This is a film that takes a chance and plays straight to the heart without manipulation or sentimentality If only more movies had this kind of nerve RUDE AWAKENING The first hint of a problem comes with the opening credits there are two directors for this film This is never a good sign lack of cohesive vision seems to be the in evitable result of a due director approach Rude Awakening start off with some promise and an in cast but quickly degenerates into a silly chaotic versa on is a lost art how often I have wished It were Edward TODAY MOON moon ON AN AVERAGE DAY the federal government spends on the National Endowment or the Arts Source On An Ave Day by Tom Heymann Columbine TODAYS BARBS BY PHIL PA8TORET They call pieces of legislation bills because once enacted they prove to be so expensive Things that go bump In the night in ghost stories are tame stuff when compared to things that go bump on the freeways ON hTh OF I OLD NO 8771234 AIRPORT SERVICE AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE 79 MAIN ST S 877338 QWCKPIK BRINGS I YOU Nintendo MACHINE If ran 2 Cartridge CARTRIDGE BUY USED CARTRIDGES or MORE THIS WEEKS SPECIALS OVER 2500 MOVIES Now ft Hon Thurs 99 U Con ToIhhco D leadfern PEPSI or COKE 1S0AGuelliSt Entertainm and annoying experience It ex the sixties nostalgia craze and worse uses the environmental movement to try to give it some depth It comes off as a cynical at tempt to cash in on a vital issue and the dedication to all those who care about the earth is an in mockery Mann and Eric Roberts play Jesus and Fred a couple of fugitive hippies on the lam from the FBI for various illegal ac tivities They wind up living in a central American jungle commune for years smoking pot and hav acid flashbacks This Utopia is shattered by the death of a CIA agent carrying plans of an invasion to remove the communist ment in Fred and Jesus head back to New York to in form the world of this new Viet nam looking to their old cronies for help Boy are they in for a rude awakening Julie Hagerty the ar flower child now a neurotic woman with too much money and an expensive apart ment Sammy Robert Carradine the writer with a conscience owns tanning salons and is married to a materialistic snob Cindy Williams At first they are shock ed by their buddies return but soon they decide that the old values are better than the new ones i e none and join Jesus and Fred in saving the world Everything backfires though and Fred is demoralized until he is rescued by some teens with environmental concerns How very timely There is a waste of good cast here as Buck Henry Andrea Mar tin and an older and fatter Louise Lasser Mary are also along for the ride Rude Awaken ing has some very funny moments and a few perceptive observations But on the whole it is unsatisfying and shallow misleading and disap pointing It not a total loss but one feels betrayed in the end Videos supplied through the courtesy of Country Video Social 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