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Show ytrts & Entertainment Animated films arent just for kids: Aladdin holds adults attention too The Little Mermaid. Larkin has guest- starred on such popular television shows as Doogie Howser, Murder, She Wrote, M.D. and Ferris Bueller . Lea Salonga is by Dawn formally Forum staff writer .Wow! I know that sounds like a childish talentbehind Printhe Tony Award-winnin- g cess Jasmine. She won her Tony from playing Kim in Miss Saigon. Douglas Seale voices Princess Jasm ines father, the Sultan of Agrabah. He also spoke for a koala named Krebbs in The Rescuers Down Under. Seale has also been seen in Ghostbusters Ernest Saves Christmas, II and Mr. Destiny. Scott Weinger voices for Aladdin. He brings a real sense of conviction to the character since he is only 17, which is how old Aladdin should be. Scott currently plays Candace Camerons boyfriend Steve on the hit series Full House. Brad Kane is the . singing voice for Aladdin and provides Aladdin with just the right sound and atti- thing to say, but wc arc dealing with an animated flick here, and well, wow! Walt Disney Pictures release of feature Aladdin is their 31st and only the sixth classic fairy tale ever to be adapted by the studio. It may surpass the studios last animated feature, Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including the first Best Picture nomination for an animated film. Aladdin is that good. This is the second animated film produced and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, who also did The Little Mermaid. A lot of things make this movie great First is probably Robin Williams providing Genie. the voice of the slam-ban- g full-leng- th tude. Menken is probably best know for the Mean Green Mother from Outer appearances as Arsenio Hall, Arnold song and recently Under the Sea, from Schwarzenegger, and Jack Nicholson as the Space, The Little Mermaid. story goes along, and his wit is ever present Menken collaborated with Rice on the The next thing that made this animated ballad A Whole New World. film more real than not is technology. Jesus imagery made pos- - Rice is famous for helping compose sible by Computer Generated Imagery was Christ Superstar (1970). Ashman composed the opening song used in the ballroom sequence in Beauty Arabian Nights and formed the lyrics t and the Beast and was used more in Friend Like Me, which is sung by Robin Aladdin, the mostamazing example probWilliams himself. ably being the tigers head which leads to The rest of the vocal talent contributes a the Cave of Wonders. The sand looks real, the snow looks real. The hectic ride out of great deal to the film. Not once did I shy, Ya know who would have been a better the Cave of Wonders can be rivaled only by voice for this character? George Lucas himself. Jonathan Freeman is the venomous voice The musical score in this film is outstanding and is not just the old song and dance. Howard Ashman, who died in March 1991, contributed with Alan Menken and Tim Rice to this mix of tunes. The idea was music to have bits of 30s- - and 40s-stymixed in with the Arabian influences. One Jump Ahead is described by composer Menken as a frantic Arabic by Mike Weaver Charleston. Forum staff writer Williams introduces such cameo Three-dimensio- nal le & 1993 BSN Students the Air Force immediately after graduation without waiting for the results of your State Boards. You can earn great benefits as an Air Force nurse officer. And if selected during your senior year, you may qualify for a internship at a major Air Force medical facility. To apply, youil need an overall 2.50 GPA. Serve your country while you serve your career. five-mon- th USAF HEALTH PROFESSIONS TOLL FREE 9 Page 8 forum behind the villainous vizier Jafar. Freeman says hes always wanted to be the voice for a Disney villain because they're like the gasoline that fuels all of the great Disney movies. Freeman is a veteran of the stage, but you may have seen him in motion pictures like Shock to the System and on the cable comedy The Days and Nights of , Molly Dodd. the of Gottfried creates voice Gilbert Iago, the patronizi ng parrot on J afars shoulder. His wisecracking is perfect for this part and the parrot is as obnoxious as expected. Linda Larkin provides the voice for Princess Jasmine. I like Princess Jasmine. She is more of a 90s woman than Belle of Beauty and the Beast and not as naive as Ariel of Frank Welker provides the expressive monkey sounds for Aladdins sidekick, Abu. Welker is much in demand for Saturday-mornin- g cartoons, and made his acting debut in the Elvis Presley film Trouble With Girls. Currently he does voices forMuppet Babies and Tiny Toon Adventures. The only bad side to Aladdin may be that the younger kids may have a hard time keeping up with the Genies wit and other d movements of the film. But hey, I think its about time we had an animated flick geared more toward adults; kids can watch animation every Saturday morning if they want. And the last adult-orientanimated flick, Cool World, was sorely disappointing. fast-pace- ed La Belle Noiseuse an lntriguxu look at an artists creative procef La Belle Noiseuse is not a film to see just because you have nothing better to do or to enhance an afternoon. It is a film you spend the day doing. At four hours, it makes the viewer cautious that it had better be good. movie to It is excellent. For any two-hohold an audiences interest throughout the duration is good. La Belle holds an audience captivated for twice that and then keeps the mind occupied with it for hours afterward. It is both haunting and beautiful to watch. This winner from the 1991 Cannes Film Festival is a riveting look at an artists creative process and the process of discovering a human behind a mask of insecurity. Frenhofer is an aging artist who has not shown his work on over 20 years. One weekend his agent introduces him to a talented young artist and his girlfriend, Marianne. Something in Mariannes actions and attitudes inspire Frenhofer to embark once again on a painting he abandoned 10 December 8, 1992 ur years ago called La Belle Noiseuse, which loosely translates to The Beautiful Nut Case. ' The film shows a slow and sometimes agonizing process for Frenhofer to try to get over his fears and inhibitions of getting himself into something he hasnt tried in years. He is afraid of going to the point of no return. Through the direction, we sit and watch the artist sketch out the original rough draw- himself. Frenhofers work not only affects those involved but also those just associated with it loosely, and the audience as well can bring personal feeling into the story. Mariannes boyfriend is worried that he is losing her to the painting. Frenhofers wife by Frenhofers sudden desire to finish, with somebody else, the painting he started with her. She is also fearful he may hurt Marianne with his obsessions. What is most compelling about the film ings using Marianne as his model. He is alone with his fears and his art, and Marianne is that most of the elements that make it so is just a model. great lie under the surface and make the Marianne is just as interested in audience find the ones they can relate to. The film is able to wrap itself around the Frenhofers attempt to capture her on canvas. She doesn't know what Marianne is audience. We feel Frenhofers anguish when either. While Frenhofer is questioning his nothing goes right We feel Mariannes feai We are just as anxious as ability and courage, she is questioning her and self-douown value and existence. She is trying to Frenhofer is to finish the painting. Four hours may sound like a long time foi find herself in Frenhofers art, and Frenhofer a film, but it is intriguing to watch and car is trying to find his art in Marianne. Frenhofer does not play the part of the keep the viewer interested for that and beinspired artist creating his masterpiece. He yond. At any less than four hours, the film is miserable the whole time, jumping from would not be as wonderful. We would notbe anger to the insecurities that he is a washed-u- p able to see the characters as real as we do, n who is only making a fool of The process would not be as meaningful. is-hu- bt has-bee- . |