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The Michigan Daily - Saturday, May 14, 1983-- Page 11
'Blue Thunder' aborts on takeoff
(Continuedfrom Page e) leaving the white ones standing.- (Of not care enough about that message to pletely missing. Taking into account
course, the red manikinsare the com- keep from glorifying the image he wan- the good things, I do not say that the
ons for that matter, are seen as munists who are okay to shoot down, ted to condemn. film is really bad, only mediocre.
morally wrong, why is the film and the white ones capitalists, who are While most films are necessarily
te with scenes that glorify the innocent). We do mourn, however, as a In the film's favor, there is some ex- mediocre, I don't think this mediocre
r of these weapons? For example, few of the white manikins are shot as citement; it is not a slow moving film in film is worth seeing. It simply doesn't
ten or fifteen minutes are taken well in the demonstration. the sense of being tedious. There is make it as the "action film" it was sup-
the start of the film demonstrating some violence, some nudity, some posed to be - the helicopter doesn't
destructive capabilities of Blue This inconsistency in the message of passion, some gratification, a definite carry the show though it valiantly tries,
der. In a simulation of a terrorist the film is understandable: while the movement and a definite conclusion; and none of the other characters or the
k situation, the helicopter is sup- filmmaker wanted to have a serious and while most of these things are em- plot do anything but magnify Blue
(to shoot down red manikins while message as a part of the movie, he did bryonic, we cannot say they are com- Thunder's inability to impress.
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at pageant
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An
aspiring dentist who became the newest
miss USA says she'll probably use her
winnings to set up an office.
Julie Lynne Hayek, a part-time
model from La Canada, Calif., won the
crown Thursday night in Knoxville and
-will go on to represent the United States
in the Miss Universe contest July 11 in
St. Louis.
She won more than $150,000, including
about $90,000 in cash and scholarships,
a sports car, a mink coat and a
Hollywood screen test.
"I'll probably set up an office with all
the money when it's all over," said the
22-year-old senior at the University of
California-Los Angeles.
She got 3 hours sleep before facing
reporters yesterday morning. "It was
so exciting," she said, sitting in bed and
wearing her crown, sash and a red
bathrobe. "You never think you're
going to win. It's slowly sinking in."
Fifty-one young women from all the
states and the District of Columbia
competed in the contest. Miss Texas,
Lisa Gayle Allred, 21, of Fort Worth,
was chosen first runner-up.
Miss South Carolina, Margaret
to be Allison Grisso, 21, of Columbia, was
t he's chosen second runner-up, and Miss
oy, is Louisiana, Pamela Jo Forest, 20, of
e por- Baton Rouge, was third. Miss North
ensical Dakota, Elizabeth Jaeger, 22, of Fargo,
al with was named fourth runner-up.
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ighter. of two books published by Crossroads
person for tomorrow Ubi? and Eureka. These
crazy books are available at Ulrich's and the
pulent Inteflex office in East Quad (209 Tyler).
atever We hope this helps you in your search
knimal for these delightful works written for
you by your fellow students.
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Akroyd and Brooks team up in 'Doctor Detroit.'
MOVIE OF THE WEEK:
The doctor is..
By Joshua Bilmes
D OCTOR DETROIT is a slick piece
of Hollywood filmmaking. The
general practitioners of tinseltown
have obviously spent a lot of time
making sure its every element is in per-
fect condition - and it shows. The film
is smooth, carefully engineered, has a
sountrack that screams to become a
gold record and is truly a perfect sum-
mer entertainment. It is just what the
doctor ordered.
The screenplay by Carl Gottlieb and
others is another smooth piece of work.
It is full of the many coincidences for
which Hollywood is famous. It is full of
laughs, some of which come at the ex-
pense of logic and character. It does not
matter, though, because the questions
do not arise until the audience has
safely left the theater after being enter-
tained for a few hours.
The cast which acts things out is a
solid one, led by Dan Akroyd and
Howard Hesseman. Hesseman plays a
smooth-talking man who borrowed
80,000 dollars from the mob, which is
represented by an overweight woman
who runs Ma's Limousines. He uses the
money to acquire a beautiful penthouse
and a bevy of beautiful girls with
alluring names like Jasmine and
Thelma, along with a chauffeur, with the
name of Diavolo.
As Devo starts things off with a song,
Hesseman sees Dan Akroyd taking his
daily "walk." Akroyd plays an English
professor at a college, of which his
father is Chancellor, and which is about
to go bankrupt unless it gets a big en-
dowment check from a wealthy alum-
nus.
Shortly after that, Ma's men grab
Hesseman and take him to Ma. She
wants her money, which Hesseman
does not have. To save his skin, he in-
vents the character of Doctor Detroit
who supposedly took the money and is
starting to move to Chicago,
which Ma considers her territory. She
wants to meet the Doctor. Hesseman
needs to produce.
Hesseman, then, goes to dinner,
where he and his harem bump into none
other than the crazy professor who they
saw while driving around earlier in the
day. What a coincidence! Hesseman
uses his alluring girls to get Akroyd
drawn into the scheme a little bit. After
he splits town, the girls and Diavolo
manage to get our mild mannered
professor further and further into
things. He becomes Doctor Detroit. The
girls help out Akroyd when the
pressures of entertaining the en-
dowment-bearing alumnus get to be too
much. On and on it goes.
None of it really makes any sense.
The Dan Akroyd character especially is
a mess. The filmmakers try having it
Akroy
both ways, one moment he has
serious and the next momen
playing Doctor Detroit. And b
Doctor Detroit something. Th
trayal is hilarious, but it is nonse
to think that the man is a crimink
any chance of taking over Chicag
But this is, after all, a come
exists to make people laugh. An
tar Detroit generates a lot of lau
It presses the right buttons. Al
being in two places at once,
disguises, crazy people, and an o
penthouse. It even has the "wh
becomes of ..." ending which A
House made famous.
The only flaw with the film, out
its utter ridiculousness, is the fa
Howard Hesseman drops out so
He has a great talent for comedy
he has exhibited over and over al
"Soap", "WKRP", "Saturday
Live" and others. Perhaps if h
stayed around, the film could hav
just as funny without having to re
classic Hollywood coincidence a
probability.
At least Dan Akroyd is on hand
entire affair. He, too, shows a n
knack for comedy. Director M
Pressman might not do anythin
but he does the old stuff very wel
tor Detroit is the perfect thing to
an evening with. It entertains, an
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