| Show Thursday November 16 H89 Page 5 The Eagle revenge Eye-for-an-e- ye plot will feature Patrick Swayze as a backwoods cop in the Appalachains Truman Gates is a cop transplanted from the backwoods of the Appalachians to the hard streets of urban Chicago Joey Rossclini is a ruthless mobster on his way up the criminal ranks They couldn't be more different they couldn't be more alike Each in his own way is a "family" man linked by similar notions of loyalty fealty and revenge Truman's kin arc hillbillies Joey's are gangsters And when die two clans dash violence and retribution are the inevitable result in Warner Brother's release of "Next of Kin" opening soon in Price Patrick Swayze who electrified audiences in "Dirty Dancing" stars as Truman Gates in "Next of Kin" a action drama from Lorimar Film Entertainment for Warner Bros release directed by John Irvin ("Raw Deal" "Hamburger Hill") "Next of Kin also stars Liam Nccson ("Suspect" "The Good Mother") as Truman's older brother Briar Adam Baldwin ("Full Metal Jacket" "My Bodyguard”) as Joey Helen Hunt ("Peggy Sue Got Mamed" "Project X") as Truman's wife Jessie and Bill Paxton ("Aliens" "Near Dark") as Truman and Briar's younger brother Gerald highly-explosi- ve ill-fat- ESU ed Movie Preview £5£U Gates is a Chicago cop with roots deeply embedded in the Appalachians with his "mountain people" hillbilly His younger brother Gerald works in Chicago as well but wants to return to his beloved mountains as soon he's saved enough money One dreadful night however the delivery truck he's driving is hijacked by gangsters and Gerald is brutally murdered by the Joey Rosselini The police suspect the mobsters but Truman's hands are tied because he has no who fled the scene can’t be found poof The only witness one of Gerald's Truman's older brother Briar isn't interested in legalities only revenge Driven Briar leaves the mountains of Kentucky to find by ancient law that demands an Gerald's murderer From the backwoods of the mountains to the mean city streets "Next of Kin" prowls from one cultural milieu to another as Truman and Briar try in their own ways to even the rclatives-basica- lly u ed I Patrick Swayze la Truman Gates a eop transplanted from the Appalachaln backwoods to Warner Bros Inc Chicago's hard streets seeking justice from mobsters score Award-winnin- novelist shares thoughts in "The Best of Friends" g by Kirsten Christensen news editor Dan Will and Sarah are Utah teens along the Wasatch Front who are troubled by the Vietnam War raging thousands of miles away — and in their homes They are best of friends in Margaret Rostkowski's newest novel Best of Friends She is a young adult writer and Ogden High School creative writing teacher who grew up in Utah She was the most recent reader in the College of Eastern Utah Readers' Series Rostkowski read from her newest novel and also from After the Dancing Days a story of Annie whose father is a physician in World War I She meets a war victim in a local veterans hospital where her grandfather is reading Ivanhoe to a neighbor boy injured in the fighting Andrew hu been burned in a battle in France The horrid scars on his face and arms run deep into his emotions' as well When Annie first sees Andrew she runs away in fright Later she and Andrew meet again He tries to explain to Annie how he feels and why "I understand" Annie said "No no you don't" Andrew told her "Be glad you don't" Both novels explore and illustrate passages of life "Often a ' young person finds himself or herself in conflict with parents friends and self" explained Rostkowski Those confrontations help a person define herself she said "It was difficult for me to write the chapters of confrontation between the teens in stories and their on !'A ‘ ing" she said Rostkowski was able to overcome the difficulties She has won at least 10 awards for After the Dancing Days which has been translated and published in several different languages including German and French After reading from her novels (continued on page 12) !j§t SANDWICH & W YOGURT lEXPRESS lu& Stccdent Sxfrte&d' JOIN TODAY! Student Leech 6" Sub Chips Medium Tax Drink-$22- 5 (Cheese extra Some restrictions apply Not good in conjunction with any other program or club) Today In History: 1864-Uni- stand up to their parents to make them tough" she said "Even when yourare a published writer you still try to leam how to do this tough thing — writ Gen William T Sherman and his troops began their march to sea during the Civil At the end of the school year a student prize drawing will be held War a 1973-Pr- es Richard M Nixon signed the Alaskan y Pipeline measure into law - SS Wvv f V ' : Express yourself 590 E Main t' i (i 1 1 1 ii 1 1 637-010- : i 5 ' i |
