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Show 2M The Sail Lake Tribune 7, 1986 Friday, February ' At the movies New Movies "A FLASH OF GREEN," Ed Harris, Blair ;Brown and Richard Jordan star In this Intriguing film about political corruption In early '60s Florida. Harris ploys o newspaper reporter who must decide between old and new loyalties os land developers threaten to change hit small hometown forever. Good performances take this tale from being merely another treatise on political corruption Into a story with a definite human dimension. Rated R. Blue Mouse. FX, Shorthand for "special effects," "FX Is a thriller about murder and double crosses. Bryan Brown ("Breaker Moronf) plays Rollle Tyler, a special effects wizard hired to fake a gongland execution. When Rolfor real the mobster turns up dead lle Is not only surprised, but a prime suspect. In the murder. Brlon Dennehy ("Cocoon") Is (he cop who Is hot on the cose. Rated R. "SMOOTH TALK," A haunting comlng-of-og- e story. Loura Dern ploys a girl anxious to have her first sexual experience. What begins as on Innocent longing turns Into a frightening encounter when her flirtatious countenance attracts Arnold Friend (Treat Williams). Exceptional performances by Dern and Williams moke for o If disturbing film. Adapted memorable from a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. Rated Carriage Square Trolley, Utah. PG-1- Currently Showing TO THE FUTURE," An entertaini- "BACK r (Michael ng summer film about a J. Fox) who travels bock In time to the high school days of his parents. Christopher Lloyd plays the mad scientist whose mochlne does teen-oge- the transporting. A movie with good performances, close attention to period detail and some surprising twists and turns. Rated PG. Olympus, Fashion Ploce. THE BEST OF TIMES," the worst of movies. Robin Williams, In his least believtown small able role, plays a banker who wants to replay a football game from his In which school he high days dropped a pass tor what would have been the winning touchdown. K urt Russell plays the former quarter-boc- k whom he has to convince to loin him In organizing the rematch. A collection of cliches about losers who become winners from every sports film you've ever seen. Rated PG-1Fashion Ploce, Century, Midvalley, Trolley Corners. "BETTER OFF DEAD," John Cusak stars In this typlcol teen-ag- e comedy obout o young man who loses the girl to a lock. He to decides Impress the woman of his dreams by challenging a killer ski course. Some of this film was mode at Snowbird. Rated PG. Volley Twin. A CHORUS LINE, Richard Attenborough brings Michael Bennett's Broadway musical to the screen. There are differences the choreography Is all new, there have been changes In the music. But the heart and energy of what Bennett conveyed Is there bigger than life on the screen. This Is a story about 17 dancers auditioning for a Broadway show. Only eight will be chosen. All 17 confront the possibility of relectlon, and we feel for them as they bare their souls on stoge. Rated PG-1Sondy, Valiev Twin. "CLUE, The board game becomes a movie actually three movies, with three different endings. Different theaters will have different endings. An Interesting cinematic ploy? More likely lust a way to guarantee repeat business. Eileen Brennan, Tim Cqrry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull and Lesley Ann Warren play the cast of board game characters. Rated PG. Valley Twin, Sandy. THE COLOR PURPLE," Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's novel Is a beautiful film about a young, black ... woman who rises above the subluoatlon of others to find her place In the sun. Spielberg softens some of book's expllcltsess, but the emotional power Is there. With a cost lead by Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Gloer, this Is one of the best acted films of last year. It Is also uplifting and Inspiring. Rated PG-1Crossroads, Fomlly Center Trolley, Cottonwood Mall, Plaza 5400. DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS," Based on Jean Renoir's comedy Baidu Saved from Drowning," Paul Mazursks new film stars Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss as o nouveau-rich- e Beverly Hills couple who find a bum (Nick Nolte) who has to In drown himself tried their swimming pool In one lost desperate act. At times a hilarious lampoon of chichi life. At other times, o film where the comedy seems unfocused and strained. Rated R. Centre, Villa. "THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY," A pop bottle tolls from on alrplone flying over Southern Africa, nearly striking XI, a bush-maIn the head. He sees It as a gift from the gods and embarks on a lournev to return It. This Is a fresh, wonderful comedy as we follow XI's exploits. He runs Into a scientist living In the bush, and a group of revolutionaries. Their three stories collide at one point with hilarious results. Rated PG. Sandcastle. "IRON EAGLE," This looks like a variation on Rambo," with Louis Gossett Jr. ond Jason Gedrlck playing a pair of hot shot pilots who go on a suicide mission Into a Middle Eastern country to rescue on American hosFashion Ploce, Century, tage. Rated PG-1Midvalley, Trolley Corners, Trolley North. "THE JEWEL OF THE NILE," Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito return In this sequel to "Romancing the Stone." While It has lots of action and some good, comedlc performances, Jewel of the Nile can't escape feeling like a retread. Despite a charming Douglas ond Turner, this doesn't match up to the original. Rated PG. Plazo Century, Trolley Squore, Mann 5400. "MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDER-DOME,- " The third Installment In the Mad Max series pits the hero, once aooln played by Mel Gibson, against the sinister matron of a shanty town, played by Tina Turner. Dlrectorwrlter brings the same frenetic energy of the earlier films to this one, and gets more Into Max's character here. All In all, a good addition to the Mad Max" series. Rated Sandy. "MASK," Based on the true story of Rocky Dennis, a boy plagued by a disfiguring Illness, this is a fine movie of emotional peaks and valleys. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film tells of how Rocky came to accept his plight, with the help of his mother, played perfectly bv Cher. Newcomer Eric Stoltz, under a lot of mokeup, plays Rocky. Rated Midvalley. "MURPHY'S ROMANCE, An affectionate, movie about a divorcee (Sally Field) who moves to a small Arizona town to start life anew, where she meets the town's eccentric eligible bachelor, played with by James Garner. An charming savoir-fair- e enloyoble night at the movies. Rated Family Center Trolley, Trolley Corners, Plaza 5400. Trolley NoDh, Mann ONCE BITTEN," Lauren Hutton plays a vampire who must suck the blood of young sex male virgins to stay alive. Part teen-ag- e comedy, part campy vampire romp, this movie mixes the worst from both. Rated PG-1- rough-talkin- g PG-1- PG-1- PG-1- - the sometimes brutol world of amateur hockey, with Rob Lowe, Patrick Swoyze ond Cynthia Gibb. Rated R. Century, Mldvulley, Flick, Cottonwood Mall. Sandy. "101 DALMATIONS, This chorming ani mated film from Disney was first released In 196 1. The story Is about the vlllalness Cruella VII who kidnaps a litter of puppies ond " sets Into motion a wild Rated G. Fashion Ploce, Carriage Square Trolley, De "dog-hunt.- Trolley Square. "OUT OF AFRICA," Great cost, beautiful cinematography and poetic source material make this a wonderful film about writer Isok Dine sen. Meryl Streep delivers another excellent performance as Karen Bllxen who wrote under the name of Isok Dlnesen. Robert Redford ploys her lover; Klaus Marla Brandouer Is her husband In an arranged marriage. Sydney Pollock does a masterful mb of combining oil these elements for an extraordinary film. Rated PG. Crossroads, Plaza Foully Center Trolley, Monn 5400: Pee ADVENTURE, Wee Herman makes his motion picture de- but. While this endearing wimp Is good for some laughs, his ontlcs ore not enough to fill a feature-lengt- h movie. This seems to be the same loke played over and over agoln. Rated PG. Sandy. "POWER, Sidney Lumet's new movie takes a satlrlcel look at media consultants who shape the Imoges of political candidates. Richard Cere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman and Kate Copshaw give good performances In this Ngh-tec- h and glossy look at a high-tec- h and glossy Industry. Rated R. Family Center Trolley, Trolley Square, Cottonwood Mall, Plaza S4to. "THE QUIET EARTH," This new film from New Zealand tells an tale of science run amok. A man awakens one to find he that be the last person day might on Eorth. While oil the peripheral signs of life remain all people cars, buildings etc. are gone. Rated R. Utah. "ROCKY IV," Sylvester Stallone relies on the same old formula to get us cheering for Rocky Bolboa, and quite fronkly Its wearing a little thin. This time Rocky takes on a Russian fighting machine who has been developed to prove the Soviet Union's superiority over the U.S. The movie's best moments are the choreogaphed violence In the ring. Its worst moments are when Stallone has more than one sentence to say. Rated PG. Plazo 5400. "SPIES LIKE US," This comedy reunites Don Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, who first worked together on television's "Saturday Night Live." This Is an SNL skit stretched out to feature film length. Some of the one-lineore funny; the plot Is asinine. Aykroyd and Chase ploy two Inept CIA recruits who find themselves In the center of a potential nuclear conflict between the super powers. John Landis directs. Rated PG. Midvalley, Flick. TEEN WOLF, This teen movie was mode before Michael J. Fox hit the big time with Back to the Future." A so-s- o variation on the werewolf plot. Rated PG. Sandy. "THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL," Geraldine Poge tokes us Inside the character of Carrie Watts like few actresses do. We come to know her strengths, her weaknesses, her past and her dreams. And we like her for her playfulness. Adapted from a Horton Foote play, this Is a fine drama about an elderly, woman who wants to return home, to the rural land where she was raised, and where she In turn raised her children. John Heard, Carlin Glynn, and Rebecca De Mornav round out the fine cast. Rated PG. Reoency. TROLL, A girl Is befriended by a mogl-ca- l troll expert at decapitating people. Ap BIG "PES-WEE'- Retrospectives and Series pears to be a low budget copy of Gremlins." The cast Includes Shelley Hock, Michael Morlarty and Sonny Bono. Rated PG-1- Sandy. "TWICE IN A LIFETIME," Middle-ag- e ennui sets In on a steel worker who has been morrled for 30 years. When he goes to the bar for his 50th birthday, he discovers another woman, and o new life. A thoughtful and perceptive look at the consequences of the break up of a marriage. Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madlgon, Ally Sheedy and Brlon Dennehy oil give fine performances Rated R. Crossroads. "WITNESS," Harrison Ford plays a Philadelphia police officer who protects a young Amish boy when he witnesses a drug reloteo murder, falling In love with the boy's widowed mother In the process. Director Peter Weir (The Year of Living Dangerously"! tells o story of two worlds the violent 20th century and a poclflst society whose roots ore In the lBth century. An Interesting, thriller with Ford giving one of his best performances. Rated R. Witness, Fomlly Center trolley, Midvalley, Trolley Squore. "WHITE NIGHTS," This film runs the gamut from sublime to ridiculous. As a donee movie with Mlkholl Baryshnikov ond It Is exhilarating. As a tale Gregory Hines about espionage and Soviet repression. It Is contrived ond predictable. Rated PG-1Olympus, Queen. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES," Owing much more to Steven Spielberg than to Sir Conan Arthur Doyle, this film speculates obout what would happen hod Holmes and Watson met while schoolboys. The strong points are the young cast, the Victorian setting, ond the remarkable special effects that you expect out of a Spielberg production, (Barry Levinson directed). The weak point is that It resembles so many other Spielberg movies that at times It loses Its own Identity. Rated PG-1Valley Twin, Sandy, Sandcastle. YOUNGBLOOD," An action drama about NIGHT VISION, Utah Media Center film series, Salt Lake Art Center Auditorium, 20 S. West Temple, Marta Meszaros' "A Diary For My Children, Friday and Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. Vivian Leigh ond Robert Taylor In "Waterloo Bridge," Frldoy, 9:30 p.m. Saturdoy, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY FILM SERIES, Romance," Salt Lake City Public Library, 209 E. 500 South, Lecture Hall, third floor, Frldoy, 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets 25 and 50 cents. 3605 S. State, To Catch a AVALON, Thief," (Cary Grant and Groce Kelly) and A Ploce In the Sun," (Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift). Capsule reviews are by Tribune Staff Writer Terry Orme This weekend Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, Friday, Music UTAH SYMPHONY with PIANIST DAVID BUECHNER and GUEST CONDUCTOR KAZUYOSHI AKIYAMA, Symphony Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. 0 p.m. AMNESIA DUO, jazz, Painted Word, 401 S. 400 West, Sunday, 9:30 p.m.-midnig- LARRY JACKSTIEN TRIO, jazz, Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, Saturday, METROPOLITAN OPERA DISTRICT AUDITIONS, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Utah, Friday, 7:45 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH A CHOIR, WITH ED THOMPSON CONDUCTING, Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Free. 7:30-10:3- MONTANA, countryrock, Legacy, Park City, Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. SPACES, rhythm and blues, Meeting Place, 6055 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Church, South Temple and C Street, Saturday, 8 p.m. CHARLOTTE DAY, flute, Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Free. CAP-PELL- BELAIRS, rock, Room at the Bottom, Salt Lake Hilton, 150 W. 500 South, Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE with the TEMPO TIMERS, Chicago blues, the Rusty Nail, Park City ski resort, Friday and Saturday, 9:30 p.m.-l:30 am: SATIN STEEL, country rock, The Refinery, 206 S. 500 West, Bountiful, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. DR. BOB, rock, Ramada Inn, Park City, Saturday, 8 p.m. PAUL WEBB, solo classical guitar, 0 p.m. FLIGHT, top 40 hits and rock, Wid-- i ow McCoys, 3928 Highland Dr., Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. KINSEY REPORT, Chicago blues, Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple, Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. GEORGE SAKELLARIOU, classi- cal guitar, First Presbyterian Theater Hale CenMain, Friday and THANK YOU PAPA, ter Theatre, 2801 S. 8 p.m. STANDING ON Saturday, MY KNEES, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 7 p.m. THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Matinee Saturday, 2 p.m. CAMELOT , Dickens Building, 50 S. 300 West, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Little Bowery, upstairs, Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. NEW CLOTHES, FOR THE EMPRESS, Hale Center Theatre, 2801 S. Main, Saturday, 1 p.m. Tickets, $3. Baby-moo- n THE PLANEMAKER, Theatre, Pageant Center, 400 N. Center, American Fork, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets, $4. THE DINING ROOM, Pardoe Drama Theatre, Brigham Young University, Provo, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. SUGAR, Heritage Theatre, 2505 Highway 89, Perry, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets, 2 to $4. S. Dance BALLET ENSEMBLE, University of Utah student dancers, Dance Building Theatre, U. of U. campus, Friday, 5 and 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets, $4 and 32 for students. DANCEWORKS, Utah State University student modern dance group, Kent Concert Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center, Utah State University, Logan, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Tickets, $4 and $3 for students. Etcetera COMET CALLED HALLEY AND THE LAST TIME I SAW THE COMET," star shows, Hansen Planetarium, 15 S. State, 4:30 and 7 p.m. I ia.n . WO - i- x 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 HEAD OFFICE w 2:45, 6:15, 9:35 DE Ptt-Wtt'- X ; $IG AVlVT(R 7:45 2:30, 6:00, 9:30 TH MOVI 130. H 3:30, CHORUS JS unt Mb wo Alt SHOW- SEATS S- Sherkek -- I HOLMES eh 'BETTER OFF LUXURY Jj m DEAD THEATRES WALK-I- Sat, Sun, & Holidays All Seats S2.75 1st Matmte Only Unlevs Otherwise Noted CENTURY! Q 4B684872nd Eas133rdSouth BEST OF TIMES (pg 13) 5:50, 8:00, 10:10 YOUNG BLOOD 5:30, 7:35, 9:40 IRON EAGLE (rj STARTS TODAY AT 5 THEATRES! (PG i3) 5:35, 7:50, 10:10 WOODS JEWEL OF THE NILE TODAY AT (pg) 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 III 4pm I I I S STATt EXIT Off MS V 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 NT 12:30, 2:45. 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 3605 S. 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