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Show The Thutuferbinf Monday February 11, 1985 Page Falcon is a fine flick wm Film review by Doug Christensen Director John Schlesingers film, The Falcon and he Snowman, is taut, suspenseful, imaginative and marvelously acted tour de force. It is just about as good as it can be. The three people who can take the most credit for that acheivement are Schlesinger (an old pro), and stars Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. Mostly Penn. Penn says his idol is actor Robert DeNiro. Its easy to see why. In Falcon Penn takes on an eerie resemblance to DeNiro, and his acting is as good as anything his idol has ever done. Hutton is solid, but Penn is explosive. The movie relates the true story of two California boys who become enmeshed in a web of espionage and treason. Hutton plays Christopher Boyce, an idealistic employee at a plant that is developing highly classified satellite systems for the government. Because he loathes the CIAs meddling in the world, he decides to sell information about the satellites to the Russians. Penn, who plays Boyces childhood friend Andrew Daulton Lee, becomes his courier. Things begin to degenerate in their scheme almost as soon as it is hatched. Hutton is smooth and charismatic, and the rest of the cast Lori Singer, Pat Hingle, Nicholas Pryor and Joyce Van Patten, for instance play their parts well (although young Chris Makepeace is wasted in a thankless role). But the movie belongs to Penn. He is totally believable, and his character is nothing like the other screen personas he has created in other movies. The movie unfolds carefully, and the character exposition is skillful. In one early scene, for instance, Boyce breaks Lees goldfish bowl, and Lee nonchalantly drops the stranded fish in another bowl, where larger fish instantly gobble it, as Lee predicted. d There is more. This film is and energetic, telling its The Falcon and the Snowman is tale with heart. and panache tragic well worth the price of admission. a v The Publications Council is now accepting applications for the positions of EDITOR and ADVERTISING MANAGER for The Thunderbird ONE-YEA- R APPOINTMENTS BEGIN SPRING QUARTER Pick up applications from Barbara Morgan, 3rd Floor Administration Building DEADLINE FOR RETURN OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: 5 p.m. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1985. fine-tune- Suzuki group to perform The Suzuki Concert Group of the Nevada School of the Arts will perform Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Cedar High Auditorium. The program is being presented as part of the Cedar City Music Arts season. The music to be presented during the concert will range from violin works by Bach and Dvorak to a Haydn trio for violin, cello and piano. Most of the pieces are from the repertoire outlined by the famous Japanese music teacher Shinichi Suzuki. The group will also conduct a free workshop for SUSC students Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall. Straub will conduct the workshop, and all Suzuki trained students are invited to participate. Cedar home to her now (continued from page 9) college in Ohio. It work-stud- y was at this point that Christopher changed her major d from to theatre. Things went well for Christopher until her broken back temporarily disrupted her dreams. She opted to return to Antioch in a wheelchair to resume her studies. There, she conquered the fear that she would never walk or dance again. I assumed that I could just will (my back to recover), Christopher said. I later found out how work and discipline can make a difference. Since that time, Christopher has appeared in many television shows and movies including Ironside, Daniel Boone, The Bill Cosby Show, and FBI Story. Here at SUSC she teaches modern dance and what is going to be the performing group here, The Sojourners, a name that denotes a visitor or pre-me- someone who will only be here for a while. Mann asked Christopher to join in and help with the college dance department. Originally, Christopher anticipated only staying a couple of years then returning to Hollywood. I had a wonderful old apartment that I had lived in for over 23 years, she said. Whenever I would go on the road I would not give it up. Christopher said she fell in love with Cedar City because it didnt fit with her idea of a small town. In the small towns that I had any contact with, the people seemed rather narrow minded. But that opinion changed when she arrived. Ive never met a group of people that are so caring and thoughtful, she said. Much to my own surprise, I decided to move here. Christopher is a person who wants to do things for the benefit of other people. All I wanted was to do something for the world. COLLECTORS SWEATERS 14.98 REG. 20.00 DELIGHT HER WITH ONE OF OUR LIGHTWEIGHT SPRING PULLOVERS IN NEWEST TEXTURES AND PATTERNS IN LOVELY ASSORTED PASTELS AND WHITE. SIZES COTTON BLENDS. IN COMFORTABLE, NATURAL-FEELIN-L G 19N.Main,CedarCity ) 11 |