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Page 18 THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Fridiy Much 1 1191 Entertainment Movie review Awakenings llgggg By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Robin Williams and Robert NIro star in this powerful ex ploration of mental illness Based on the work by Dr Oliver Saks Awakenings is the true story of a summer of miraculous awakenings among seemingly catatonic patients in a Bronx New York hospital Williams plays Dr Sayer a young researcher whose entire medical experience has taken place in labs on subjects such as earthworms and mice In 1969 he mistakenly applies for a job at Hospital discovering they only have peo ple for him to work with Desperately understaffed the board hires him despite their mutual trepidations Sayer is initially horrified by his patients they are lifeless be ings in wheelchairs with no recognition of the worid outside their bodies A bored staff makes no effort to communicate nor thinks of improving conditions Sayer accidentally discovers that his patients have reflexes and from then on is motivated to un cover the truth behind the variety of disorders listed on their charts Enter Leonard Lowe Niro a patient whose mother still visits him daily and who manages to communicate through an board His in telligence shines through the brief message he invokes Rilkes Panther and when hears of a breakthrough new drug he chooses Leonard to experiment on result is nothing short of miraculous Leonards awakening and the subsequent awakening of his fellow patients is incredibly moving Brought back into a world most of them left over 30 years earlier their reactions are intense and involving It is an ex hilarating part of the film and director Penny Marshall has managed to avoid over- sentimentalizing the episode Un fortunately the drug is not all it Is cracked up to be and the pa tients face a terrible reality is superb His depiction of a proud and intelligent man un done by his own brain is ex ceedingly credible and moving Through the various stages of his illness we forget it is De Niro he is simply Leonard Williams is terrific as an intensely shy man who has A hoot of a time Besides their well known call screech owls also make a barking sound or a soft whistle These smalt owls are featured in a nighttime event of fered by the Kortright Centre for Conservation on Saturday March Sat 30pm and9pm Start the evening with a look at some live owls on loan from Spr- ingwater Provincial Park After a slide show on Ontario owls presented by wildlife specialist Dan Stuckey you can learn how to imitate various owl calls Then naturalists lead the way on a short walk into the woods where you can try your skill at calling owls Advance tickets are required for this special evening event Call 416 832 2289 The Kortright Centre is open dally from a to m Follow the signs Take Highway to Major Mackenzie Drive at Canadas Wonderland go west km to Pine Valley Drive then south 1 km For more information call GLT auditions Auditions are being held for Georgetown Little Theatres next play Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr on Monday March 8 pm at33StewarttownRoad The play is a comedy revolving around a young girl and a mar guidance counsellor whose wife is having an affair with the girl s husband After much ado the play ends happily but not before the audience has had a good laugh The characters are as follows Oliver a good looking but cold psychiatrist Carne a young naive girl in her 20s Nora Olivers wife elegant and beautiful in her 30s Peter Games husband is late 40s ar rogant and selfish and Leonard the landlord ageless and friend who also has a thing for Nora who tries to get the couples back together If you would like to audition please phone Joyce Holland at 8736211 for more information NEW AQE METAPHYSICAL INFO CENTRE TO AIO IN YOUR QUEST FOR SPIRITUAL BOOKS FROM ASTROLOGY TO ZEN CRYSTALS PYRAMIDS OILS INCENSE OVER KINDS NEOCLASSICAL MEDITATION MUSIC CLASSES TUMBLED STONES JEWELRY RUNES CARDS YOURSELF For That Quiet Cosy Dinner Book Today I 8737402 IM almost no experience of people either as friends or patients Williams manages to give a shin ing dramatic performance curb ing all the familiar comic tics that made him famous The supporting case is ex cellent with Julie Kavner as Nurse CosteUo John Heard as another doctor Penelope Ann Miller as Paula Max Von Sydow as an obnoxious lecturing chemist and the wondtrful Dex ter Gordon as a patientpianist Ruth Nelson is marvelous as Leonards mother Awakenings is a little long and sometimes drags a bit but on the whole it is a gripping and moving drama that is both life affirming and profoundly sad It is worth watching for De Niro alone but everyone else more than holds their own Music search The CFNY MODERN MUSIC SEARCH has turned visual The search is on for the best album art entry which will adorn the cover of the CFNY MODERN MUSIC compilation CD and cassette The CFNY MODERN MUSIC SEARCH is sponsored by Canadian Rocks Album art submissions will be accepted until Wednesday April 1991 The hippest heppest scorchin- est entries will be exhibited at the dub Monaco restaurant at the Eaton Centre beginning April 22 The winning entry takes home a cash prize The CFNY MODERN MUSIC SEARCH is accepting musical entries until Friday March Rules and entry forms are available at either of CFNYs two offices during business hours Yonge Street Floor Toronto or Kennedy Rd S Brampton SAMEDAY TAX RETURNS 101 Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 VIDEO PLUS West Georgetown BRING HOME A STAR WEEK- Warrant The Two Jakes State of Grace Backstreet Dreams Judgement St Unit 8 Ontario KING PIZZA 87751778 yaws RESTAURANT 109 MAIN STREET SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONTARIO Cuisine I Friday Saturday Sunday at pm Salad Bar Shrimp Beef Ham Pork Wanton Soup Hoi Sour Soup Sow Chicken Bill Cintontu Chow Hon CMtontnPoik Chicken 1 1 Broccoli Chop Sun Beit BBQ Span Ribs Fifed Chicken Jumbo Shrimps Shrimp Mned Vep I Peanut Hot Spicy Chicken Veritable Black Pepper Slut Chicken Fried Rita Assorted Desserts person Children 12 price Licenced Under 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