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Show yTy 'irr. g- t ltri t I Arthur. bless him. is a drunk H Roger Lhert Chicago Sun Times. Writei 1 Hit M.i) Mimeone with a heart of stmu iou!(J fad dnu.k like Arthur Bach who '1oik1n hi wjsW days in a poignant search who will love him will care for him, w 11 inflame (its passions and soothe his pain and echo most of all w,l laugh at hisne-lnn.r- s Aitliui is such a servant of humanity that he even dedicates himself to thinking up new and holding them m reserve, lest h- - lie unprepared if someone walks into his life and needs a laugh, (puck Only to love a one-line- Vrthur, placed hv Dudley Moore, is the alcoholic1 lieio of Arthur" a comedy alxiut a man who is worth $.30 milium and echo would never think of t rv nig to buy anyone's love with lus moue Arthur is like the woman in the poem by Yeats, who spent her days in innocent good will, and her nights m ai gument, till her voice grew shrill Stay ing Drunk Arthur. God love him, is a drunk He slips into his hath of a morning, and his butler brings him a martini (which has been mysteriously into a tall, dark drink in the newspaper ads) After he completes his bath. Arthur sets about the day's business, which consists of getting and stay ing drunk, and being driven about Manhattan in a limousine in his endless quest for love Now the problems with searching for love while you are drunk are many They include (a) no one will want to love you while you are drunk, (b) you are not at your best while you are drunk, so they won't know what they're missing, tel you may be too drunk to notice it if someone does finally fall in love with you. and td' if you survive all of these pitfalls, you will nevertheless wake up hung over, and scientific studies prove that hangovers dissolve love faster than any leading household detergent Beats Odds 11 of these things having been said, Arthur, against all odds, does find love He finds it in the person of Linda (Liza Minnelli), a smart ccxikie who doesn't care about his money but is overwhelmed bv the dimensions of his needs Arthur would like to marry Linda But his billionaire father insists that he marry a perfectly boring WASP (Jill Liken berry) whose idea of a good holiday is probably the January-whitsales Arthur turns for help to his loyal butler. Hobson, who is played by John Gielgud with an chc a mule! 'latest elegance uid a nuclei tv tongue llvt m. ether qualify luni foi an wurd He i utc uy wishes to see Arthlll pievail toi once leu. ns' ithur s.futhei a ii'Uc puppt ! inas'oi No H hsou s ib:p manipulates the situuum .o 'I u' the lovers ui lout ' gether at the partv uimouin u e itlun s u menl to tile W ASP Films i Dudley Moot c hoc JII1C a stui olcolllse Willi to with Bo Dei ok playing a man who became uiid who could blame him" In " Artluu ' he makes his hid for world elus.s status as a cornu c h ir.n tei ue toi He brings a wondei ful nitensitv to scenes sm h as tin one mar Mie hogmting of the f.m wheie he has invited a hookei to clinner a1 tin Pia.a and then forgotten who she is, what she is o- why lie is with her It m marvelous to see him tiv to focus his attention which he seems to Iteheve is all coin cm t rated in his eyebrow muscles ml Bv !' drib u n e . ,ikc 1 Sillin' Harry Chapin Cake t ! he S d! 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K Kan lo tre to make- a lasting maik on the world bv upholding his c oi ninitt mi-li- t to a luglu i iin-- i a oi d. l Mourners foi the Singei. who do'iated the to othei people spanned of half I is com tin- Amein an (mlitnal spectrum - i uei - I c - I - piiK-ccd- exhibit rl Great Moments Apart from Moore, the treasure of Arthur is in its many supporting performances, especiullv Giel guds. although everyone in this movie has great moments You might he tempted to think that Arthur' would he a bore, bee a use it is about a drunk w ho is alw ay s try mg to tell y cm stones You w ould be right if Arthur" were a partv and you were attending it But ' Arthur" is a movie And so its drunk, unlike real drunks, is more entertaining, more witty, more human and more poignant than you are He embodies m fact, all the wonderful human qualities that drunks fondly, mistakenly believe the booze brings out in them iO TKI MOST KXCtmO SalimkiN EVtSI ROGER MOORE 007.. fcgM J AMES BOND Spec ml to The Tribune Uoiks hv PROA O i. 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