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Show Page B4 II Thursday, Octbber 20, 1994 The Park Record D Section B NEED A WILL, TRUST OR ESTATE PLANNING ADVICE Call: J. Lade Heaton ATTORNEY AT LAW Mailing Address: Office Address: P.O. Box 682170 314 Main 200A Park City, UT 84068-2170 Park City, Ut (801) 647-3756 In practice since 1972 The Shawshank Redemption entertains 654-1181 Shows and show times start Friday 1 1 3 No. Main. Heber, Reel 1 Shows Daily at ' WS A . Exit To Eden DaafafVn 94 So. Main. Heber, Reel 2 MURDER IS FOREVER.. .UNTIL NOW. r i r-i a-i mm I m. m rm mm mm mm inowswauyat "-AJ Vi Srt5uA 3:oo VAN DAMME M 1 3 J Holiday Village Mall 649-6541 -TLJC" SYLVESTER STALLONE ik. SHARON aTunlc SPECIALIST -ss The Government Taught Him To Km. IE 4:30, 7:30MON-FRI 1:45, 4:30, 7:30 SAT -SUN rEXITtoEDEN Dana DELICT Paul MEKCIKIO Rosic ODOMELl Dan AYRK0TD Oil 18 ft 10:00 MON - FRI 10:00 SAT -SUN QUIZ SHOW 'tpy Million people nuitcltetl, hut no one suit' t tiling. PG-I3 flT'-- ,4:00, 7:00, 9:50 MON - FRI 1:15, 4:00, 7.00, 9:50 SAT -SUN THE .4:15, 7:15,9:55 MON - FRI RIVER WILD MERYL STREEP Hfc: KEVIN BACON IE" 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 SAT-SUN mStmMmmMmmwmX Mi!, by RICK BROUGII Record guest writer The Shawshank Redemption 12 starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman directed by Frank Darabont The Shawshank Redemption is an entertaining revival of the old-fashioned old-fashioned convict movie, starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufrcsne, a bank vice-president who. in 1947. is convicted of the murders of his wife and her golf-pro lover. Andy is sentenced to two life terms and is sent to Shawshank Prison. (The story takes place in Maine a reminder, if you needed one. that the movie is based on a novella by Stephen King.) Under Frank Darabont' s direction, the movie's finest achievement is its evocation of the cold. grey, black-shadowed world of Shawshank a place that would frost your heart if you had to stay there a week, let alone for the rest of your natural life. It's little wonder that the veteran cons place bets on which new arrivals will crack on their first night in the joint. Andy is a soft-looking gangly newcomer, and it appears he won't stand much of a chance against the brutal guards, the predatory "sisters" among the convicts or the draconianChristian warden (Bob Gunton) who warns. "Put your trust in the Lord, because your ass belongs to me." Tim Robbins gives a quiet, strong performance as Andy who. on contemplation, is more than meets the eye. Robbins creates a man who lives a lot within himself; he's got the look of someone who is quietly wrestling with enigmas in his head, or enjoying some private joke, or simply, keeping part of his heart and his mind apart from the brutal world around him. Andy carves a niche for himself in the lock-up by utilizing his old banking skills. You might say he becomes The Taxman of Alcalra. bartering his financial-planning financial-planning talents to the guards and other convicts. He even becomes the warden's private accountant. "bTUtGtttlt. MiMMii- luWtt V: 'to Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone star in The Specialist. It was only a matter of time until somebody got both famous physiques on the same silver screen. master-minding a number of scams being run out of the prison. He nags money out of the state legislature to upgrade the library (using the Chinese-water-torture method of writing a letter to the Capitol each and every week.) His cell is adorned with hand-carved alabaster chess pieces and a single cheesecake poster which marks the passage of time in the movie. (It changes from Rita Hay worth to Marilyn Monroe to Racqiiel Welch.) Morgan Freeman brings his own brand of dignity which is more streetwise to the role of Red. the prison's walking general store, the "guy who gets things." With strength and understatement. Freeman plays a man who is surprised, impressed and finally, given hope, by his friendship with Andy. The strong supporting cast is highlighted by James Whitmore as the elderly con who's been inside since '05 and who now looks as old and grey as the prison walls. As you can predict, he comes to a sad end not from the brutality inside Shawshank. but from being released to (he outside world. My only major qualm is that the movie turns a bit too melodramatic toward the end. Cinema Review Shawshank as it turns out. is not only about courage and hope it's about Andy's righteous Sting, meticulously prepared over decades, which delivers a walloping come-uppance to the crooked warden and the brutal head guard (Clancy Brown.) That's capped by a feel-good ending which drags on too long. The Specialist -k-k 12 starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Rod Steiger, Erie Roberts directed by Luis Flosa Warner Bros. 1994 Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone make an unniemorable screen team, but that's not the motivation anyway behind The Specialist. The selling point here is to slap those two world-famous physiques on the screen at the same time. Stallone plays a former CIA demolitions expert who left the agency because his personal code forbade him from ever harming innocent bystanders with his explosives. I I FJfpT ilmim T0MMLEJ0ES BLUE SKY .oxotr i' mm 91 v if ' 1 ff M PARK CITY HOME VIDEO ,1821 SIDEWINDER DRIVE PROSPECTOR SQUARE Ut to NacAo Mama's) Movies Camcorders TV's Video Players Games Sun-Thurs 11-9 Fri-Sat 11-10 649-2572 Stone is a woman who fries to -hire his services, to wreak , vengeance on the crime family (headed by father Rod Steiger and son Erie Roberts) that killed her '. parents. Stallone is reluctant to ' take on an assassination job (prompting the question: What does he normally use his talents ; for unclogging drains?) h ' Stone wants him because he's j the best she talks about how he ; "shapes his charges" and "focuses his detonations." This is when he's making bombs, mind you. The "tension" in the story arises from the fact that for practically the first hour, the two never meet communicating only through newspaper ads or the telephone. The movie cuts from one to the other Stallone flexing and stretching. Stone writhing erotically in bed and the audience is supposed to think that those muscles and those curves have gotta meet up. sometinc. When the two finally clinch, the moment is a dud. You're interested mainly by the fact that Stone is taller than Stallone. (He nuzzles her on the neck because that's where he can reach .) Sharon Stone at least makes some impact on the screen, projecting a come-hither, duplicitous sexuality. But Stallone, walks through his part. looking as numb as a fence post. The void left by Stallone is picked up quickly by James continued on B6 MM MH'irW 31ain Street Rznqdole 645-8878 530 Main Street Cross-Lites Says We Should Be Concerned in Making Jesus Christ Known. If it has a key, I have a policy to fit it. To insure your home, car, boat, condo, mobile ' home, apartment, or even your business, give me a call. Craig Cooper 505 Main St. Park City, Ut 84060 647-9898 instate C Wl AllMatr InsiiraiK Company; Ndnlihrnok. Minna POOR C |