ARTS The Michigan Daily. Saturday, September 11, 1982 Page 7 Ending the summer with a bang ,I ANN ARBOR LATE SHOWS INDIVIDUAL THEATRES FRI & SAT NIGHT ALL S A.ce ",e 719700 SEATS $2.25 AT MIDNIGHT (R( AT 12:15 (R) BRUCE LEE3 Enter The Dragon By Robert Weisberg IT LOOKS LIKE there's still enough time for one more summer bash before academic annihilation begins: clipse's first ever end-of-summer free usical extravaganza this Sunday at Palmer Field (adjacent to the CCRB). Eclipse has been sponsoring a free summer concert series in Ann Arbor since 1978, but this weekend's five-band show, which will also be used to familiarize students with the recreational sports facilities at Michigan and the hill dorms, will be the r r er Field as part of the end-of-summer WIQB. Q first undertaken after the beginning of a fall semester. "It's a good way of introducing freshmen to Eclipse," said Larry Bram, new head of the non-profit student jazz society. "Ann Arbor people love free music-free anything," ex- plained Bram, who added that he ex- pects three to five thousand people at the show. The five bands scheduled for the af- ternoon are Resistance Free, a band described as "pseudo new wave" by Bram; Stolen Legacy, one of several new reggae bands around town; Dick Siegel's familiar swinging band; Funksh'n, who not surprisingly play funk; and those favorite local reac- tionaries, the Urbations. Bram said that such a disparate lineup is right in line with Eclipse's goal of presenting a mixed bag to the-sup- posedly open-minded locals during their summer series. "We made an effort with the idea that Ann Arbor is a cultural mecca, to offer all different types of music," he ex- plained. "We tried to expose bands who haven't been getting bar dates in town," such as Resistance Free, as well as presenting a lot of local favorites, he said. "For a lot of jazz bands these are their only gigs." Noble enough, but had it not been for the sudden appearance of an unlikely new sponsor there might not have been aug exposure for anyone. Randy Z, program director of local tried-and- true rock 'n' roll station WIQB, said that he picked up the local paper one af- ternoon to discover that Eclipse was short of money and might only be able to afford one or two shows. "We thought that was a real fine shame," said Z, "and we decided to come up with the bucks." Their support as well as that of eighteen other co-sponsors made possible a complete schedule of four weekend shows during the summer plus daily performances throughout the art fair. There was even enough left over from the radio station's allotment to allow them to be the exclusive financial sponsors for this weekend's festivites. Why would a one-dimensional station like WIQB sponsor music their DJs would never lay a hand on? "We are in See CONCERT, Page 8 2 INDIVIDUAL THEATRES 5th Awe t f"*berty 761-0700 "Irresistible' "Nothing less than the be comedy about being young since Truffaut's 'Small Change'." VINCENT CANBY,.N.Y.TIMES I, s st (PG) , Dick Siegel appears Sunday at Palm free concert sponsored by Eclipse and Gregory Girl FRI, MON-6:30, 8:20, 10:10 SAT, SUN-12:50, 2:40, 4:40 6:30, 8:20, 10:10 'Gregory's Girl' is much too sweet I I By Richard Campbell HE ODDEST part about Gregory's Girl is that the entire cast sounds like they are doing Jackie Stewart impersonations. Sadly, the Scottish accents might also be the best part of the film. Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl, shot in kilt country and starring native Scot- smen and women, has been highly touted as- the Highland's breakthrough into the major movie market. It has certainly managed to prove enough of a box-office draw to work its way to Ann Arbor. But, except for a superficial sweetness, that recognition is largely undeserved. Gregory's Girl is almost too delicate to criticize. The movie is like its hero, played by Gordon John Sinclair. Gregory is at that awkward age bet- ween childish innocence and adult maturity. He appears adolescently disproportionate; growing too fast to stay coordinated enough for a soccer game. There are analogous moments in the film that are disproportionate, scenes that stick out at odd angles, and shots that trip over themselves in their eagerness to please. Yet who could possibly be critical of such an absurdly amusing teenager (and film) as Gregory? Gregory attends one of those * prefabricated schools in the prefabricated suburbs, dresses in a school uniform that accentuates his lanky frame, and remains blithely in- different to which way the Earth is tur- ning. Love arrives as Gregory is replaced on the school soccer team by a female student, a player twice as competent at ball control than the rest of the boys. Only shyness and a complete inability to put together a single coherent sen- tence stop our hero from even begin- ning a romance. Yet, in spite of himself, Gregory gains enough confidence to talk to girls in one whirlwind evening that began with getting stood up at the neighborhood mall. While all of these puppy loves and youthful escapades are entertaining enough, Gregory's Girl winds up distin- ctly short of any memorable dramatic moments. Apart from the sterling and honest acting of Sinclair, only Gregory's younger sister in her too few scenes manages to rise out of the background. Besides the lack of a decent plot, the film decidedly shortchanges adults. The only people over twenty are teachers: a stately headmaster who plays vaudeville tunes on the piano, a wimp of a soccer coach desperately trying to look grown up by growing a mustache, and two teachers who spend their time making fun of the coach. None of these adults makes any ad- dition to the film, they exist only as filler material, bolstering the produc- tion little by their presence. One can't stay critical of Gregory's Girl for too long, however, and that is due to Sinclair's totally true portrayal. Just don't go in to the theater expecting a complete movie with characters and plot. "The 'erv best Porn Rim ever made" A! Goldstein Gerard Damiano s With Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems IN COLOR NAT. SCI. AUD., SEPT. 12,SUNDAY 6:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 9:10 pm, 10:30 pm "IT WILL LEAVE YOU FEELING TEN FEET TALL" -REX REE ED (R) RICHARD GERE DEBRA WINGER AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN FRI, MON-7:40, 9:55 SAT, SUN-12:40,3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 M" EOLLE1T'S . i ~C U moss me-etifl9 Back to SchoolCA S pecial! HI-LITERS Regular Price: 75ยข SALE PRICE: 49 There's a lot in a name, r i , Sept. 14 5:30-7:30 pm, Aud. B A ntv Il -ril Sept. 15 5:30-7:30 pm Aud. B A n-h l lU ri I 11