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King finds the beef
(Continued from Page:57 Lester's style is not at all flashy, yet he
Sam lackey in his role as head of The displays a knack for concise
Shop. Always a fine screen presence, storytelling. Firestarter requires a cer-
Sheen brings an admirable degree of tain amount of juxtaposition between
believability to the pedantic supervisor, important scenes, and he does this
Hollister. without sacrificing the story in favor of
Also of merit is George C. Scott's por- the kind of visionary masturbation that
trayal of John Rainbird, the paid made Stanley Kubrick's Shining so
assassin who nets McGee and his laughable.
daughter for The Shop when others At times, Lester's direction is as stiff
have failed. There's a perverted sexual as some of the acting, but it's nice to see
attraction that Rainbird has for DeLaurentis allow a young director like
Charlie, as well as a mysterious, other- Lester helm the project, rather than
worldly ambition, so when The Shop is boring technicians like Stanley Donen,
finished with her, he asks that she be who was originally chosen to direct.
turned over to him, "for disposal." Special effects in Firestarter are ex-
Although self-consciously wooden as tensive-especially at the conclusion,
the demonic Rainbird, Scott seems with Charlie against a virtual ar-
tailor-made for the role, and performs my-but they never go overboard.
admirably. You'd almost believe the crew
As the Firestarter, Drew Barrymore remained within their budget on this
is good. It's difficult to believe that any one. You won't be wowed by the exper-
cross-country talent search would have tise of the effects, but they work well in
procured anybody better, and with an the film's context.
acting family tradition behind her, the ,In fact, about the only silly thing
flaming tyke makes Charlie McGee you're apt to see is the bizarre fact that,
come to life. Sometimes her acting is a every time Charlie summons her
bit stiff and contrived, but chalk it up to pyrokinetic powers, her hair blows
juvenility-she manages to pull off a magically as if somebody on the set was
convincing portrait. standing two feet in front of her with a
Technically, Firestarter also suc- hairdryer.
ceeds. Director Mark Lester (Roller Aside from that-and it is a minor
Boogie, Class of '84) was chosen above point-Firestarter is a good show, one
other candidates (including John Car- that would do any Stephen King fan
p'enter, who was dismissed when his proud. It's fast, proficient, well-
remake of The Thing failed to make big portrayed, and features a Tangerine
bucks) with more experience, and, in Dream soundtrack; its hits are much
this case, the choice of a "dark horse" more than its misses.
was a proper one. A former child star,
A"IVIDUAL"sATRE The Ark's
DAILY 1:00 P.M. SHOWS
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ALOVE STORY By Joseph Kraus
ON THE EDGE! H ILL STREET looks like any ord
college town.
Walk down it and you'll see fraternities
ted by finely cropped lawns shuffled in
-U street distant residences.
Walk down it and you'll get the feeling
closed doors place - not that it is unwelc
love is more the action is on the inside.
dangerous than money. Walk down it tonight and tomorrow nigh
dirturethan m drnmatieall D n'the e s
Andy McGee (David Keith) clutches his daughter Charlie (Drew
Barrymore), the human Bic lighter, as they try to escape from government
officials in Firestarter.
spring sing gets rid
le iate Hill St. blues
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if you find yourself saying suddenly, "What the hell is a tent
full of beer-drinking, ballad-singing patrons doing on
that front yard?"
Your answer, simply put, is that that isn't any ordinary
front yard - it's the Ark, that those people are all folk music
fans (but otherwise normal) and that the tent transforms the
ordinarily inconspicuous lawn into the remarkable Ark Pub
Sing.
The pub sing is the Ark's semi-annual out-of-doors fun-
draiser. Like its Hill Street neighbors suggest, the action
usually takes place inside, but in order to double capacity for
the infrequent alcohol serving occasion, this weekend is dif-
ferent.
As it always does, the Ark has some first class entertain-
ment lined up to go along with its tent. The Friends of Fid-
dlers Green and Owen McBride, British Islanders all, are a
pair of rowdy singing/story-telling acts out of Toronto.
In describing their acts, Dave Siglin, the Ark's director
said, "First of all it's laced with humor... They both know a
lot of jokes...They (the Friends) flesh out the songs with in-
strumentals when they want to, which is only about 50 per-
cent of the time, and Owen plays the guitar."
A considerable chunk of the funding for the whole affair
comes from the Guinness people of Guinness Stout, Harp
Beer and Bass Ale fame. The cash bar will sell nothing outside
of those varieties, but Siglin stressed that the grant was on
act of support for the arts and not a promotion.
He said, "The grant is not to sell their beer, the grant is to
put on the show. They'd have given us the grant even if we
didn't sell their beer."
The future of the Ark in general is still very much up in the
air, but events like the pub sing and folk festival remain vital
to its existence. Without a big pair of evenings, it could end
up struggling to pay the rent.
Admission for either night is $5. The shows begin at 8 p.m.
and run until 11: 30.
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by MGM/ UA execs
Husband and wife moviemaking starring Bo Derek."
team John and Bo Derek (Tarzan, the A spokesman for MGM/UA said that
Apeman) have been called out in the "It is the policy of present management
ninth inning of their game against not to distribute X-rated motion pic-
MGM/UA studios. tures. Cannon understands and accepts
Rumors were abuzz that the film- this policy, and our relationship remains
makers were finding it difficult to intact and unaffected by this matter."
release their newest flick entitled sim- There has been no word from John
ply, Bolero. and Bo about the canning of Bolero, but
Sure enough, the film company an- then again sometimes pictures speak
nounced earlier this week that it has louder than words. Especially in Bo's
"elected not to release Bolero, the X- case.
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