>AGE 18, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1980, WHITBY FREEf PRESS Wh itby Free Press.. AT THE MOVIES' ...with Barry Murkar Song of1 the South returns to warm people ' shearts *CINEMASHOWCASE I>RIVIN[E BENJAMIN WEEKDAYS-7:00& 9:00 SAT./SU N. - 2:50,4:50,6:50,9:05 RescoemaMEEp As ADULT Joel Chandler Harris may nqt mean a thing to you, but he meant a lot to Walt Disney. This mnan was one of Disney's favourite authors, and when was in the happy position to make movies, he decided to make "Song of the South". This film is being released at many local theatres right now. It was always a Disney dream that one day he would make a 111m feature about the folk tales of Uncle Remus. Uncle Remus was a wise old yarn spinner, who told tales about Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear, and other fabled characters of Brian Patch country. When Disney began thinking about "Song of the South" he envisioned the old yarn-spinner as a flesh-and- blood character, with the stories themselves to be done in amination. 'The ,Ann-Margaret 8:30 pm- B LUE LAGOON Brooke Shields- Christopher Atkins SPECIAICHI LDREN'os MATINEE SAT. ON LY 2 P.M. $1.50 movie itself was two years in the making and in the end won several academy awar- ds. The most popular song of this film, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo- Dah" won just such an award. James Baskett, who had a long and extensive career in tent shows, chautauqua, vaudeville and radio was chosen by Disney for the role of Uncle Remus. His voice was 50 impressive and ex- pressive that in addition to Uncle Remus, Walt Disney let him perform as the voices of Brer Fox and a but- terfly in Song -of the South. Through this film both Bobby Driscoîl and Luana Patten became Disney stars. They were re-teamed by Disney for serveral more movies, notably, So Dear To My Heart and Melody Time. Johnny, the boy in Song of the South is the lonely, frightened son of an Atîtanta newspaper editor who has been left with his mother at her ancestral home during a family rift. Bewildred by the estrangement of his young parents, Johnny decides to run away. Uncle Remus, a wise and kindly slave on the plantation finds the boy and decides to take a hand. By reciting humnorous fables about animais predicaments resemble Johnny's he helps the boy and averts what might have become a family tragedy. Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear, not to mention numerous lesser critters who fultter and amble through Song of the South, are among Disney's greates cartoon crations. Their stories and adveçn- tures account for 30 per cent of the film's time. They star in three of Joel Chandler Song of the South contains 10 musical numbers, from the award winning Zip-A- Dee-Doo-Dah, to a pair of haunting spirituals. Ail but five minutes of the entire Spinning a tale Johnny, played by Bobby Driscoil (right) listens atten- tively as Uncle Remus, played by James Baskett spins the tale of Brers Rabbit, Fox and Bear in this scene from Walt Disney's classic live-action/amination classic "Song of the South" which will be playing soon at many local theatres. -Photo copyrightened by Walt Disney Products, Ltd. MY RODYGUARD WEEKDAYS-7:O0& 9:00 SAT./SUN. -2:50,4:50,6:50,9:05 RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAUNMENT HLD OVE%~ >St.rrlns DYAN CANNO ond ROSENTItAME WEEKDAYS- 7:05 & 7:05 SAT./SUN. -2:45, 4:45, 7:00, 9:00 a.couu.nd m o^duit gýnt.rtelgwm.t -cT of DINNER THEATRE NOW PLA VIlEG bjy JOE ORTON "Brilliant, Hilarlous, Outrageous, Witty Comedy." Dinner 6:30 - Show 8:30 Thurs.-Sundays DIrector Blake Heathcote $14-00 for dinner &show 1Reservations only. Box off Ice open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Group Discounts. ktawdrusi 419 &0à a mt. Not, Wt U&61621 Harris's major fables about 111e in the Briar Patch. Thir- ty-six members of Disney's animation staff worked for nearly two years on the car- toon sequence. Probably the most heart- warming and enchanting aspects of Song of the South, is that it is based on the stories of JoeI Chandler Harris, a young man who was working on a weekly newspaper, the Atlanta Con- stitution. He began collec- ting material for his stories at a young age because he fell in love with legends of Mfrican folk as told by the slaves on the plantations. Harris died in 1908, but his Uncle Remus has lived on in nuinerous books, magazines and in Disney's classic feature film, "Song of the South. ' Fi9ght Them Ail Heart Attack, Stroke High IBlood Pressure gRheumatic Femer HoIp pou Heoit... H.Ip _y= Heoit Fwid -- -11 1HYLAND. 0-ýhivv.i