The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 4, .1982-Page 9
Growing up in the
simpler days of 'Diner'
(Continued from Page7) he is reluctant enough about the whole
writer-director Harry Levinson, who affair to put his bride-to-be through a
grew up in that era, and experienced football quiz, the results of which wil
the fun of hanging out at the local fast decide if there is to be a ceremony a
food emporium, the diner. all.
Boogie, Eddie, Fenwick, Shrevie, and Fenwick is an alcoholic. His famil:
Billy are the friends who, during the problems combine with his own feeling:
last week in December, come to some of inadequacy, so that his only concern:
new understandings about growing up. are to have a good time, what he calls a
Boogie works his way through law "smile." Punching out windows is a big
school by setting women's hair in a smile. Kevin Bacon portrays this im
beauty salon. He is the tough guy of the mature person and greatly underplay:
bunch, always making bets that can't the role, a technique that succinctly
win, and getting dates with all the girls. characterizes Fenwick.
As played by Mickey Rourke, Boogie Shrevie is married, but those wed
has an underlying energy that is almost ding bells aren't ringing anymore. Hi
always under control, but could erupt picks on his wife for messing up hi
at any moment. alphabetized record collection bu
Rourke was last seen as the expert gradually realizes that he cannot spent
arsonist in Body Heat. His performance all of his time with his friends at the
in Diner contains much of the same diner. Played by Daniel Stern, Shrevie
frenetic nervousness that marked his is a little like Stern's role in Breaking
previous roles. It is an attitude that per- Away, a man with the desires of a boy.
fectly masks Boogie's inner self-doubts Billy has come home from college to
to his friends, yet allows us to under- check up on his girlfriend, a resourcefu
stand him. woman who has a successful career in
Eddie, Steve Guttenberg, is a football television. Although they have
freak about to get married. He has the problems in their relationship, they
kind of preppy charm that makes us eventually find that they can deal with
love and hate him at the same time. He those problems in a mature manner
loves the Baltimore Colts so much, his Timothy Daly plays Billy and gives al
wedding will take place coordinated to the genial warmth that the role deser
the team's colors of white and blue. But ves.
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Child" - about a close-knit family
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"The Devlin Connection" .. . The pre-
Christmas Hall of Fame presentation
on CBS will be "Charles and Diana: A
Royal Romance" . . . Michael Mann
has been named to direct Paramount
Picture's The Keep, a tale of horror set
in Rumania in 1941.
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onversations hark back to simpler
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e given all the time it needed. Today's
ush to adulthood is an alien idea. All
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Five friends make the difficult transition into manhood in 'Diner.' Left to
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20 Only Cassette Car 23 Pair Only 2 Way Car
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32 Only AM/FM/8-track 10 Only AM/FM in Dash
Car Stereos In Dash (Best) $165 $59 each Cassettes For Small Cars $225 $89 each
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