Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 12, 1984
'Bosom Buddy' Tom
Hanks finds success
a
in new fish
LOS ANGELES - The apparently in-
satiable demand for youth movies has
created a new breed of star - tough but
vulnerable, handsome but not overly
so, WASPish and most of all, young.
Their ranks include Tom Cruise, Sean
Penn, Matt Dillon, Nicholas Gage -
and Tom Hanks.
"SPLASH" did it for Hanks, 27. He
played the produce dealer who was
willing to turn amphibian out of love for
the mermaid, Daryl Hanna. Since the
film has already sold more than $62
million worth of tickets, Hanks' career
is hot.
This month Hanks is starring in the
20th Centry Fox release, Bachelor Par-
ty. He plays Rick Gassko, a swinging
bachelor about to sacrifice his freedom
at the altar.
"It's about the bachelor-party
tradition that the bridegroom must
have one night of hookers, debauchery
and wantonness," he said. "A quaint
custom, but I think that civilization has
progressed beyond that.
"The movie gets kinda wild, but at
least I get to keep my clothes on. I was
more naked in Splash."
Hanks seems to enjoy a better chance
than most of his colleagues of surviving
the youth-movie vogue.
He began his career at the Great
Lakes Shakespeare Festival in
F NDIVIDUALTMATREs
DAILY 1 00 P.M. SHOWS $2.00
$1.75 TUESDAY ALL DAY
FROM THE DIRECTOR
OF "CHARIOTS OF FIRE"
kREYSTOKE
- TE LEGEND OF -
LORD OF THE APES
An epic
adventure of a
man caught
dbtee two
different worlds.
(PG)
DAILY 1:00, 7:10, 9:30
"THE FUNNIEST FRENCH
FILM SINCE 'LA
CAGE AUX FOLLES' "
PERRE GERARD
RKHARD DEPARDIEU
A film by FRANCIS VEBER
flick
Cleveland. "Along with a couple of
friends, I got on Interstate 80 in Oakland
and off Interstate 80 in Cleveland,"
Hanks recalled. "The first thing I did
was a tour of Taming of the Shrew,
which got me into Actors Equity. For
three years I had the experience of
being in a rotating repertory company,
playing support in everything from
Othello and Hamlet to King John and
The Cherry Orchard.
With a wife and child to support,
Hanks suffered cold New York winters,
surviving on unemployment payments
between acting jobs. He made one low-
budget film, He Knows You're Alone,
then landed a part in the hilarious TV
series, Bosom Buddies." That led to
Splash.
Now Hanks has back-to-back roles: a
concert violinist in The Man With One
Black Shoe; a Peace Corpsman in The
Volunteer.
I
I
I
Bread & Roses
Mimi Farina, long-time folk singer and social activist comes to the Ark
Thursday at 8 p.m. Farina is best known for her early recorded work with
her husband, Richard, and for her work in hospitals, prisons and
convalescent homes through her organization, Bread and Roses.
A selection of campus film
highlights.
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Before Polanski got himself into a
hotbed of trouble with pubescent
California girls, he made some very
good films in good o1' Hollywood,
U.S.A. Chinatown was one of his best.
Jack Nicholson is Jake Geddes, a
private investigator who accidentally
becomes involved in a mystery with
all the trimmings: murder, incest and
campus
fims
bribery. (Thursday, June 14;
Michigan Theatre, 7:30).
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(Milos Forman, 1976)
It's no coincidence that another of
this week's highlights stars Jack
Nicholson. Here he portrays the
pseudo-psycho R. P. McMurphy of
Ken Kesey's powerful novel. McMur-
phy's attempt to avoid a lengthy jail
sentence by way of the state mental
institution brings him nothing but
trouble, especially from big bad head
nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher).
Winner of all five major Oscars.
(Thursday, June 14; Michigan
Theatre, 9:40).
Melvin & Howard (Jonathon Demme,
1980)
A nice, quiet film about the
questionable tale of Melvin
Dumar-the gas station attendant
who claims to have given a ride to a
kindly, aged old man who just hap-
pened to be Howard Hughes. (Thur-
sday, June 14, MLB 3, 9:00)
The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan,
1983)
A film near and dear to just about
any University students' heart. One-
time University student Kasdan cap-
tures the essence of lost youth in his
tale about growing up. Many referen-
ces to Ann Arbor-type things make an
already wonderful film even more fun
to watch. Particularly good in the en-
semble cast are Glenn Close, William
Hurt and Kevin Kline. (Friday, June
15; MLB 3,6:00,8:00, & 10:00).
Juliet of the Spirits (Frederico
Fellini, 1965)
Fellini explores the world of ex-
cesses and gratification through the
use of a spirited escape by Juliet, a
middle-aged women. (Friday, June
15; MLB 4, 7:00).
WarGames (John Badham, 1983)
A terrifying, yet thought-provoking
look into the nuclear capabilities of a
computer. Matthew Broderick does a
fine job as the teen age computer whiz
who innocently learns of a new
game-globalthermonuclear war.
(Saturday, June 16; MLB 3, 7:30,
9:45).
Diner (Barry Levinson, 1982)
A delightful reminiscence of the
1950s from the unique perspective of
five young men who hang on to their
youth through nightly visits to the
local diner. French fries and gravy
never tasted so good. (Saturday, June
16; Nat. Sci., 7:30 & 9:30)
Cover Girl (Charles Vidor, 1944)
Rita Hayworth is at her most
glamorous in this lavish musical
about-what else-cover girls. Gene
Kelly is the bar owner who falls in
love with her before the fame hits.
Their dance numbers are lively and
charming along with a beautiful
Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin score.
Fun, fun, fun. (Sunday, June 17; Lor-
ch Hall, 7:30).
Ballet ta
by Villella
(Continued from Page 7)
When teaching athletes, Villella says
he likes to keep his lessons loose, as
more of a conversation or a discussion
than a drill. He says that those he is
teaching discover very quickly that
ballet is not as easy as it looks. In his
words, "They begin to see that this is
more than some overly-poetic
gestures."
Villella is currently working on a
marine training film based on dance.
"They thought it would be appropriate
to have a balletic approach to
physically," he said.
And as for his own opinion: "I find it
fascinating, but I also find it amusing
for the United States Marine Corps to
employ buallet dancers."
i
0
0
DAILY 1:00, 7:20, 9:20
6