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Show Page 28 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, December 3, 1987 rector Marti by teaming world cl k IX ks I- - a v i 3 1 rm n By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer Martin Ritt is an actor's director, as he has proved with srfh films as "The Long Hot miner," "Hud" (Academy ivvard, Patricia Neal), "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," "Sounder," "Norma Rae" (Academy Award, Sally Field) and "Murphy's Romance." He also believes in causes. So' when you combine a troupe of - world-clas- s actors and a social issue, sparks can result. That's true of "Nuts." Ritt has taken a courtroom play and broadened it into a riveting piece of cinema. It is, of course, a star turn for Barbra trist (Eli Wallach) is around. Claudia Faith Draper (Streisand) is obviously a trou- Stapleton) bled woman. Born into a wealthy family, she turned hooker after a failed high-clamarriage. When one of her clients (Leslie Nielsen) turns up dead on her bathroom floor, she is charged with murder. After attacking her own lawyer (William Prince) in the courtroom, she high-power- Streisand, who is seldom off the screen. But in her other role as producer (she also supplied the music), she has wisely complemented herself with some of the best actors and stepfather (Karl Maiden) fear she is. The prosecutor (Robert Webber) is certain. ss Review Streisand is one of the screen's great presences, and it's impossible not to remain transfixed when that rare face fills the screen. It's a bit. of a stretch to believe that such a savvy woman could ever be con- vinced. Her mother (Maureen Claudia Draper professes her sanity, violently. Only the public defender (Richard Drey-fusthinks she might be right, though he advises her to face a mental institution instead of a murder rap. At the sanity hearing, the woman's painful secrets are stripped away, the tension mounting almost unbearably. ed considered unbalanced, but she pulls it off. s) is considered too demented to stand trial. But is she really nuts? The mental hospital's oily psychia Dreyfuss, looking middle-age- d in gray beard, matches her scene for scene. His performance adds immeasurable strength to the film. Among the supporting performers, James Whitmore has the best lines as the canny old judge. Somehow the secret behind. Claudia Draper's strange history lacks surprise when it finally is revealed. But it is shocking nonetheless. So is some of the dialogue, especially when Streisand unleashes some of her hooker talk on the astonished Webber. The Warner Bros, production was written by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan and Alvin Sargent, based on Topor's play. The rating is R for language and sex scenes. Running time: 116 minutes. Hepburn recalls filming 'Queen" By NORM GOLDSTEIN Associated Press THE MAKING OF "THE AFRICAN QUEEN." By Kather-in- e Hepburn. WE GUARANTEE ALL OUR TREES THRU CHRISTMAS! Knopf. 129 Pages. $15.95. 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