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Show lief's go to the movies! I Cinematic T7 ; ; Sentiments V l! I By Dr. AlU'ii Hasson gl U I "THF. LORDS OF DISCIPLINE" () (WVV-3, Ch-l, OC-2, SK-3 in Ruling Guide) A film with a gutty sense of honor. This is a man's film ... I think. "Lords of Discipline" is based on an interesting in-teresting story by Pat Conroy. Remember the movies "Conrack" and "The Great Santini"? Those stories wore based on Conroy's experiences teaching in the South, and living with a military father. "Lords" is based on his experiences ex-periences at The Citadel, a Southern military academy. For military academies, this story is scandalous to say the least. David Keith, unfairly passed-over for an Academy Award nomination in "An Officer and a Gentleman," plays an up-perclassman up-perclassman whose instructor tells him to help a black cadet, t Robert Prosky is impressive as the grizzled old instructor.) The setting is a military academy in South Carolina in 1963. The young cadet is the first black man ever admitted to the school. Upperclassmen are allowed to cruelly haze the new recruits, and Keith is supposed to see to it that the guys aren't too rough on the black. In the process, pro-cess, he uncovers a dark secret about the school, and seeks to expose and rectify the situation. "A cadet will not lie. cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do ... The institution in-stitution will not forgive." Not only is this a lie, not only is cruel hazing a hypocrisy, but there is worse. "Lords" is an exciting story of honor and young manhood. It tries to draw the line between fun and cruelty, but is not beneath its own sensationalism. The climactic ending is melodramatic and satisfying and will have audiences cheering. cheer-ing. However, the story and events at times lack credibility; "Lords of Discipline" may hope to teach, but sacrifices believability for entertainment. Performances, directing and photography are good, but the music swells at times as if to break for a TV commercial.. There is some profanity in this film, but the R rating is for one brief scene each of male mudity, strong pro-fanitv pro-fanitv and violence. "LOVESICK" (WW-l, Ch-l, OC-2, Sk-3 in Rating Guide) Dopey Dudley does it again. Dudley Moore should wise up. In "Arthur," "Ar-thur," the poor guy takes home a prostitute, pro-stitute, then gets involved in a romance that hasn't got a snowball's chance in July. Ju-ly. In "Six Weeks" he leaves his wife to ( be a temporary substitute husband- ' father ( perfectly honorable of course) so a spoiled-brat dying kid can have her way. Now in "Lovesick," Dudley is a J married psychiatrist who falls in love , with a patient. (Moore's fans will be delighted to know that his wife in the story is unfaithful too.) ' There is some interesting material j here, in the gimmick of Dr. Sigmund ( Freud's apparition. Alec Guinness does Freud well, and seems to slip in and out : of the scenery with ease, tile never heard of a "Freudian slip," either, by the ' way; that's funny.) At one point, after ; needling Moore for falling in love with a patient, he turns to the audience and tells us that the bottom line is. we're all really real-ly a bunch of animals. The other two lead performers Moore, and Elizabeth McGovern ("Or-, dinary People." "Ragtime") as his patient, pa-tient, are perfectly charming as well, especially McGovern with her refreshing sincerity. But this is only a half-hour TV comedy stretched out to an hour and a half. Besides Freud's ghost, "Lovesick" is strengthened by the crazy array of screwball patients who come to Moore for treatment. In addition. John Huston, Wallace Shawn and Alan King are well cast as associate "shrinks." as well as Ron Silver as an actor who browbeats McGovern for her playwriting. creating her need for psychiatric care. Good escapist entertainment requires from the audience a "suspension of disbelief." In "Lovesick," one can pretend pre-tend that Freud's ghost can appear, and that all these nutty things can happen. The part that's hard to swallow is a happy hap-py ending based on so many unlikelihoods and incongruities. If "Lovesick" is a satire, what is it trying try-ing to say? One good point almost comes across: When Moore tries to help a suicidal patient, the man ends up helping help-ing him. There's a good lesson here, but it's overlooked. . PG lor adultery, sexual talk, and a little lit-tle profanity. "LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER" () (WU-l. Ch-l. OC-2, Sk-2 in Rating Guide) Palpable but pulpy period piece. This sophisticated 1982 British remake of the D. H. Lawrence novel is for devotees of scandalous romantic literature. The story concerns an aristocratic w oman w ho takes a common laborer as a lover. Scenery and atmosphere at-mosphere are authentic and satisfying; performances are poor. Rated R. |