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9/17
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hen Marni Lustig sang
at her bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel, she did-
n't know it was a pre-
view of things to come. When she
grabbed the mike and made a grand
entrance at her parry singing a popu-
lar sonab , she had no idea that in a lit-
tle more than a decade she would be
performing in front of millions.
But after professional training, act-
ing and singing on both coasts, Lustig
has built up an impressive body of
work. On Sept. 17, her latest film,
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole,
opens in her hometown at the Main
Theatre in Royal Oak.
"I have come a long way since my
bat mitzvah," laughs Lustig, 27,
who grew up in Bloomfield Hills.
"When I was 13, my voice wasn't so
great, but everyone stood up and
clapped anyway.
Ready to applaud once again, fami-

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ly and friends who were
at the bat mitzvah will be
at the Michigan debut.
"It's so exciting for me to
be able to share this
evening with people close
to me," says Lustig. Its a
terrific film and I think
everyone will love it."
Released by
Paramount Classics,
Sebastian Cole is set in
upstate New York in the
1980s. Sebastian is a
high school junior
whose stepfather
announces that he is
going to become a
woman. The devastating
news causes his college-
Former Detroiter Marni Lustig play s college-bound
bound sister Jessica,
played by Lustig, to run sister Jessica in "The Adventures o Sebastian Cole."
away with her boyfriend.
The film's New York premiere
Sebastian's mother
(Margaret Colin) moves back to her
took place a couple of weeks ago. It
native London and takes Sebastian
was a night, says Lustig, she'll never
with her. But, unhappy in England,
forget. "It was one of the best times
Sebastian returns to New York and
in my life," she says. Her parents,
moves in with his stepfather, giving a
Richard and Bernice Lustig, flew in
whole new spin to the teenager's life.
for the event.

Sex, Love And Baseball

SHARON LUCKERMAN
Special to the Jewish News

B

illy Chapel (Kevin Costner)
is a famous Detroit Tiger, a
pitcher for 20 years who's
almost over the hill but
whose love of the game keeps him on
the mound. The 40-year-old faces the
game of his life: he's facing a trade
and the possibility that it just might
be time to retire.
Then there's Billy's girlfriend of five
years, Jane Aubrey (Kelly Preston). She
doesn't show up for dinner at his hotel
the night before the all-important
game. Worse, she's planning to leave
the country the following day for a
career move because she believes Billy

Sharon Luckerman is a Detroit-based
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doesn't need her — only baseball.
In For Love of the Game, director
Sam Raimi interweaves two games —
baseball and love — throughout what
is really an adult coming-of-age film.
With a wink at his hometown
Detroit, Raimi has moved Billy's team
from Atlanta, the locale in the
Michael Shaara novel upon which the
movie is based, to Detroit.
But if you're looking for familiar
scenes of our fair city, don't. Most of
the film takes place in New York and
centers around one very compelling
— and possibly perfect — game.
While Raimi's last film, the suspense
thriller A Simple Plan, showed how
easy it is to slip into the wrong choices,
For Love of the Game is about the com-
plexities of making the right ones.
Should Chapel push beyond shoul-
der pain to play the game of his life?

Should he leave the game gracefully or
accept the inevitable trade? Should
Jane trust this celebrity player?
The strongest parts in the movie
take place when Chapel is pitching at
Yankee Stadium. All the drama of a
real game infuses the film with the
added dimension of hearing what goes
on in the ballplayer's head.
"I can really tell when I'm in New
York," Billy murmurs, as he prepares
to pitch among the angry New York
fans who scream at him.
As the game progresses, Billy's
face reflects the growing stakes. The
tension is strong enough to support
frequent flashbacks into Billy's histo-
ry, both in baseball and in his rela-
tionship with Jane.
One of the first flashbacks shows
how the couple met. Jane, in a silky
short dress and boots, is on the side of