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Sts t fcttaaw fe sat t it i»UfeiM . *> 's fei Si Mli • SS,Ni» 'f< #4,' i«for»«tu» 4 IWliMtJM or P.O. Be Wllm«t t« , l C r y » i » i 'Future' takes sci-fi look at 'good ol' days' By Joe Agnew Herald staff writer "Back to the Future" is a very entertaining and sentimental movie about a California teen's trip 30 years Into the past. It's not the fan­ tastic movie that many critics may have led you to believe, but it's expertly made and will probably be one of the more memorable movies released this summer. The great thing about this film is the way it takes on several sub­ jects most dear to movie-goers -- Including fantasy, teenagers, science fiction, the 1960s and comedy -- and mixes them up in one package. There are some parts that will remind you of "The Wizard of Oz," and others that recall "Leave It To Beaver." It also provides some unique Insight into what we constantly hear were "the good old days." Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, an aspiring teen rock star who can't make it to his high school classes on time, and whose major mode of transportation around his small California town is on a skate board. Like most kids his age, he's also dreaming of a better lifestyle than the one he's currently trapped In. That includes an unbelievably nerdy old man, a vodka-swigging mother, a gaudy, overweight sister, and a brother who has reached the pinnacle of his career by working at Burger King. When not at school, Marty also serves as an apprentice of sorts to a local inventor, Dr. Emmett Brown, energetically portrayed by former "Taxi" burnout Christopher Lloyd. Among his many inven­ tions, Brown has taken a DeLorean sports car and souped it up into a time-travel machine. Just about the time Marty's beginning to find romance with a local beauty, he finds himself zapped into the past by Dr. Brown's machine. In an Interesting twist, he is sent back to the year 1955. Marty not only finds himself caught In the past, but in his same town during its developmental stages. The film gets most of its com­ edy from the situations involving Marty trying to understand the 50s, and the 50s trying to understand him. For instance, the movie theater that in 1965 played trlple-X porno features now plays "The Cattle Queen of Montana," starrng Ronald Reagan and Barbara Stanwyck. When Marty orders a Tab at the local fountain, the soda jerk informs him he'll have to order something first to get one. Worst of all, Marty runs Into his parents as teenagers, and finds his father was just as much as a nerd in the 1960s as the 1960s, and that his youthfully beautiful mother is more attracted to him. So Marty is stuck in a double dilemma. He not only must try to get back to the present, but he must also make sure things fall correctly Marty McFly (Michael J. Fax, right) it a 1965 teenager who meets up with his future parents (Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover) in the year 1955, in a scene from "Back to the Future" into place in the past, so he will have a present to go back to. That's the basic storyline folks. What makes the premise work is the way the film's producers -- most notably Steven Spielberg -- have enhanced the production. Their attention to dialogue, detail and situations is what makes this movii to winning. Most notable is the production design by Larry Paull, most remembered for his work on the film "Blade Runner." He effectively captures and contrasts Marty's town In the present and the past, tur­ ning a drab ana deteriorating modern California town into a inno­ cent, prospering, neon-laced au-American city of the 1950s. Both Fox and Lloyd are great In their roles. Fox never loses grip of the self-fusured cool that has won him praise and lots of fans on the weekly series "Family Ties." Lloyd manages to be both eccentric and sentimental as the wacky professor. Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover are also good in the minor, but more challenging roles as the parents--both in the past and present. The movie makes a point about the advantage of going back in time instead of into the future. By going back, you not only have the benefit of superior knowledge, but also the ability to have some im­ pact on the future. "Back To The Future" is by no means a classic, but its keen obser­ vations and funny situations will entertain folks young and old alike. The movie Is now playing at the Showplace Theater in downtown Crystal Lake, and at the Meadowdale Cinema in Carpentersville. Musical variety acts planned The fifth annual production of the musical revue "Paradise People" is being presented by the Congrega­ tional Universalist Church, 221 Dean St. Woodstock, on July 19-21 and 25-27. Ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4.50 for children 12 and under. Dress rehearsal night is July 18, and will be open to senior citi­ zens at the reduced rate of $3. The theme of this year's show is "The Best of Paradise People," fea­ turing selections from "Peter Pan," "Oklahoma," "Wizard of Oz," "Evita," "Grease," "Cats," and "Guys and Dolls," as well as Duke Ellington and Gershwin and Porter medleys. For reservations, call 338-0731. Parishioners and friends of the Congregational Universalist Church in Woodstock perform a scene from "Man of LaMan- cha" at Paradise People last year. A variety of musical acts will return this year at the fifth annual production, July 19-21 and 25- 27 at 211 Dean St. ' • # 'Arsenic and Old Lace' scheduled for Hemmens As part of its season of ail- American plays In honor of Elgin's Sesquicentennlal, In­ dependent Players proudly presents "Arsenic and Old Lace, the classic comedy by Joseph Kesselring. "Arsenic and old Lace" will be presented in the Hemmens Playhouse, 150 Dexter Ct., Elgin. All performances begin at 8 p.m. For information and reservations call 312/931-5125. "Arsenic" tells the unique and uproarious story of two elderly aunts who put lonely men out of their misery. This, however, is just the beginning of what becomes a madcap evening of entertainment, presented three consecutive weekends this sum­ mer: July 19, 20; July 26,27; and August 2,3. For this classic American com­ edy, the Players has assembled a fine cast of area actors, under the direction of Donald Haefluger, the group's artistic director. CIVIL WAR BATTLES! July 13-14 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Adults: $4.50 Children: $2.25 • 100 uniformed soldiers in full battle dress Artillery and infantry demonstrations • Two-day 1860's military "Living History" encampment. '• • 1800's Ladies' Fashion Show • DAILY WILD WEST COWBOY GUNFIGHT SHOWS •GUN AND RELIC SALE Don't forget our regular attractions! Free old time movie theatre, ice cream parlor, indoor 1890's street, military museum...and the best U.S. collec­ tion of antique phonographs and music boxes--a full sized wild west town complete with stagecoach and pony rides! Located in Union, IL at Route 20 and South Union Road, 66 miles NW of Chicago. 816-923-2214 ANTI MUSEUM Women need 'ghostbusters' to combat stress overload NEW YORK- When a plate breaks and a cake drops while you're trying to do a dozen things all at once, spirits sink -- especially if, at the same time, phone and doorbell won't stop ringing in com­ petition with wailing from a kid stuck in the playpen. Such fairly normal, multi-level stress episodes were on Marabel Morgan's mind when she put togeth­ er a new book full of ways mothers and wives can cope with falling spirits. "The Electric Woman: Hope for Tired Mothers, Lovers and Others" (Word, $11.95) will be published this month. Morgan says the book also pro­ vides tips for living through, and maybe coming out stronger, when sacked by giant-sized downers. Bro­ ken promises, disappointments and setbacks in health or career. To combat stress overload, the Miami housewife and mother rec­ ommends uppers: Ghostbusting, lis­ tening, dreaming and praying. Ghostbusting? Every woman needs a ghostbuster to survive, Morgan says. Hers is God. The "ghosts" she busts are guilt, hate, anger, jealousy, pride and oth­ er plagues from your personal Pan­ dora's box. Calling on "God, the ghostbuster," Morgan says anyone can get rid of oldtime stuff that drags one down. She calls the pro­ cess "cleansing." The name Marabel Morgan rings bells in the hearts and souls of mil­ lions of American women, while drawing hisses from feminists. Morgan is one of two larger-than- life heroines of the traditional fam­ ily. The other is Phyllis Schlafly, the woman credited with defeating theE.IVA. Morgan fans step to a drumbeat tapped out in her tome, "Total Woman," produced in the the early 70s. It was counter to the women liberation theme. The preachment: wives and mothers -- rally 'round spouse, children, homefront, church. By contrast, finding "me, my-1 self" was the early stuff of the wom­ en's lib movement, a theory spelled out by Betty Friedan's "The Femi­ nine Mystique." While Friedan's book was stirring the lib movement, Morgan's book was supporting those who preferred to keep the traditional family alive Mom, the child-raiser and home- maker; Dad, the breadwinner. • Total woman themes espoused in Morgan's book included keeping God in marriage and even donning startling costumes to make sexual advances to one's husband. One was a cellophane wrap cos-, tume. Her publisher says this was' widely spoofed. For example, even theologian Martin Marty referred to "Fundies in their undies" in an arti­ cle on fundamentalists flocking to bookstores to get Marabel's sex tips. Morgan, who says she has mel­ lowed, now recognizes that the tra-- ditjonal family isn't the only type. She allows that women in two pay­ check families and in single parent families are among those she hopes to help in "The Electric Woman." » "Not all women are in the same- mold. But I still believe if a woman/* decides to marry, that should be the top priority," she says. "I tell my daughters if they want to see the world or whatever it is that they want to do, they should do it before marrying. After they are married, their lives will not be their own in the way it was when single. "It is pretty hard to have children; and a full-blown career, at least . until the children are in school. I' realize that the world is less than perfect, that marriage is not for . everyone and that many mothers must work. I applaud these women. 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Remington Steele (NBC) MONDAY, JULY 15TH 7:30 P.M. 16TH 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY JULY 17TH 7:30 P.M. at the McHENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Woodstock, IL Children $4.00, Adults $6.00 Tickets at the Gate, Any Shriner or one of our outlets.