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Show The Sail Lake Tribune Friday, February M5 7, 1986 TiHEATiRE Flash of Green1 treats THEATRES award nominations 2 ACADEMY Including BIST ACTOR JAMES GARNI issues, people By Terry Orme Tribune Staff Writer "A Flash of Green is a film made by Victor Nunez, an independent filmmaker who is commited to telling stories about his state, Florida. His previous film, Gal Young Un, was an adaptation of a novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. SPttTJOG A STEVEN J SINK) CI1I2INS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS Including BEST PICTURE BEST ACTRESS 11 F EI1.M The Color Purple Murphys Romance 1st AND TODAY THRU OUT 30 3 ?OTI3EP" IN HACKMAN AT 12 1$ NOW P1AYING 4 DOWN AND OUT BEVERLV 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 (A) ON SELECT FILMS ' MURPHY S ROMANCE (PG 13) Today Thru Sunday AT 12 4$ 3 $$ $0$ 7 IS 9 2$ FAMILY CENTRE CROSSROADS CHECK THEATRE GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES m jnmi ever done something you ensh you coutd do ovor egetn... end this ttme do rt nght ! IN COLOR PURPLE tPu Sunday STEREO AT 1? 4$ We ROBERT REDFORD THRU SUNOAY POWER HIUS Best Times See what the filthy nch (R) 2 3$ WITNESS AT 4$ 6 45 9 4$ Bargain Price Plus 20 4 $0 9 20 No 0$ 7 12 (R) 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 00 ON StlECl FILMS "FX (R) TODAY THRU SUNDAY IN DOLBY STIREO AT 12 30 2 4b 5 00 7 IS 9 30 13) TODAY THRU SUNDAY IN 12 00 2 30 5 00 7 30 9 4S tAGLE (PG STEREO AT IRON DOLBY SPIES LIKE US (PGl FRIDAY 9 AS SATURDAY AT 12 AS 12 AS MMM THESE THEATRES IUM NOW CENTRE CHECK THEATRE GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES PLAYING AT THESE THEATRES TROLLEY CORNERS CHECK THEATRE GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES THRU TODAY A big city cojx A small country boy Harrison Ford Is John Book. father has Dougs SENTENCED BEEN TO DEATH IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.. .SOMEVVERYiEFFEGTIYE SEXUAllSWAGGERYiBY TREATiWI tltllAMSfASIA mCT NUUi NOW NOW PLAYING AT THESE THEATRES TROLLEY NORTH. TROLLEY CORNERS MIDVALLEY CHECK THEATRE GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES SEDUCER PLAYING AT LOWE ROB R) TODAY 7 00 9 BLOOD YOUNG IN AT 12 00 2 IS MIDVALLEY. TROLLEY SQUARE FAMILY CENTRE CHECK THEATRE GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES A5 A -- GENE SHALIT, NBC TODAV SHOW SEXUALfEXGlTEtfENT LOUIS TODAY A Winner! 7 30 5 THE BEST IN WILLIAMS 1st (R) EAGLE 7 (PG 30 9 00 46 13) AS 3 FRIDAY IS $3 00 MURPHY S ROMANCE" (PG 13) 7 00 9 15 Saturday Matinees SHOW LOUIS GOSSETT JR IN TONIGHT AT 5 00 7 15 TONIGHT MATINEES ) Manners 5 15 AT 12 MATINEES SALLY FIELD IN TONIGHT 4 45 1 OF TIME 40 9 50 Saturday GOSSETT JR IN IRON IN DOLBY STEREO AT SATURDAY AT IRuN (PG 13) EAGLE 9 30 Saturday Matinees AT 5 00 7 15 9 30 SATURDAY 12 15 2 30 5 00 7 15 9 30 QUAR 1st 5 10 MICHAEL lR) SATUROAY MATINEES JEWEL OF THE STEREO AT 5 20 IN IN DOE BY TONIGHT AT IN 25 9 40 DOUGLAS TONIGHT FX GERE 7 $3 00 ON SELECT FILMS POWER' (R) TONIGHT AT IS FRIDAY SHOW RICHARD AT 12 30 2 5 00 7 AS 5 00 S 101 DALMATIANS 5 IS No Bargain Pnct' Saturday NO top-notc- Giant firm enters film business Chicago Tribune Service foundVestron Inc., which since its into a vast 1981 has in grown ing conglomerate with cable and video holdings, is branching into the movie business. reThe firm, known for its cable epilease of the lost 'Honeymooners Picsodes, has just launched Vestron film feature new "a as tures, billed operaproduction and distribution distribtion" that "will produce and theatrical feature ute basis." worldwide a on films low-budg- m mM r - - .MMfir (PG) TONIGHT PRICE' BARGAIN NILE 7 30 (PG) 9 45 15 9 30 SATURDAY 7 15 9 30 WALT DISNEY THE ELIMINATORS n n 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 00 (PG 13) TONIGHT 5 10 MURPHY S ROMANCE AT 12 $0 3 00 MATINEES 7 20 9 30 SATURDAY FX -- THRU IS PUdlliUMQ ROBIN Twice In A Lifetime is a movie to see! Rich in plot with a wealth of forceful performances. n n 15 5 00 9 30 PLUS 7 IS NO BARGAIN PRICE WITNESS lR) 12 IPG 13) 2 AS MASK Tonight jHtSTIRRINGflt (PG 13) 00 7 15 S THESE THEATRES enutive HOTfEXUBERAN 30 2 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 00 'THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL' (PG) TODAY AT 5 20 7 30 9 40 Saturday Matmets Al I 003JQ A VAAMAOUNT ATAA 1 00 9 30 SUNDAY IRON EAGLE IS 12 AT SUNOAY 10 OF TIMES THE BEST IN WILLIAMS ROBIN MIDVALLEY SIS 00 3 00 SIS 3 7 3Q a Today Thru 13) 3 OOl Of AFRICA (PG) 1? 30 3 30 6 30 9 30 IN TODAY ROBIN WILLIAMS KURT RUSSELL happens tuhen o dirty bum meets AT (K) 1$ THESE THEATRES AT DOLBY STEREO Levant NOW PLAYING ETlME 00 9 7 4$ IN DOLBY The changes, however, are not brought about by luck, but by his own decisions. Ed Harris, in another excellent performance, is Wing, a respected newspaper reporter who came back to his small home town after a stint on a big paper in Atlanta. I couldnt see the sun shine for all the tall buildings, he explains at one point. His reasons for returning are much more complex. Blair Brown is Kat, wife of Jimmys best friend who is now dead. Kat, like her deceased husband, is a person who fights for the things in which she believes. The cause she fights for in A Flash of Green is a bay being threatened by land developers. They want to fill it and build a luxury community. The third major player in this drama is Elmo Bliss, played effectively by Richard Jordan, a fine actor who most recently appeared as the murderer in The Mean Season." Here Jordan has a much more substantial role, and he makes the most of it. 'Bliss is a small town politician with big aspirations. This developto ment is his ticket to the big time the governorship of Florida. He calls in a lot of old debts in this quest for power. One of them is to reporter Jimmy Wing. "A Flash of Green is about Wings dilemma. Hes a good reporter who, at this time of his life, is very vulnerable. His wife is in the advanced stages of a debilitating illness; he has strong affections for his late best friends wife. And now, a very powerful man comes to him, offering money and making threatening overtures. Wing, for his own reasons, says yes. The moral ramifications of Wings decision is the focus of A Flash of Green." This isnt a story about issues; its a story about people, and how emotions, stress and other human foibles influence our lives. In Jimmy Wing, Harris gives us a character whom we immediately like and care about. Even when his judgment is less than sound, we sympathize with him. Harris illuminates the forces tugging on Jimmy Wing, and allows us to understand this oftentimes contradictory man. As the primary forces playing on and Jimmy Wings life, Blair Brown h Richard Jordan also deliver Kat Browns performances. frustrates us, much like she frustrates Wing, because she doesnt beof the gin to understand the depths Wing. are upon hat playing pressures Richard Elmo Bliss, As the oily Jordan is particularly good. Here is a man with immense political savvy. He is most convincing when he is lying. A Flash of Green is one of those rare movies that succeeds mainly because it portrays a time and place so well. On the periphery of this story are bits and pieces of life in the South allusions to the in the early 60s went to viowhich ultra-righ- t groups communitheir to lent lengths keep ties "pure and wholesome; the pervasive attitude that development and to a failing growth were solutions fishing economy. All this background, along with a fine ensemble of actors, adds up to an and conunusually involving, fresh theme. an age-ol- d about story vincing succeeds of Green A Flash Where most is in making the characters in this drama complex and real, and not mere symbols for political and moral points of view. A Flash of Green begins a limited run Friday at the Blue Mouse. IN THE editor tells a story of political corruption during the early 1960s in Florida in A Flash of Green." The film is adapted from John D. MacDonalds novel. It takes its title from the color the sky turns for an instant after the sun has set over the ocean. There isnt always a flash of green, just an occasional one a good omen for those who witness it. Their lives are about to change for the better. Jimmy Wing, the main character, experiences more than one change in his life during the course of this film. Uf IN A TWK.E 2 30 THESE THEATRES CENTRE TROLLEY CORNERS TROLLY NORTH GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES THEATRE CHECK FAMILY Film review (PG) 6 30 9 30 DAILY AT 30 $ (R) STIREO 9 $0 IN DOLBY 7 40 SUNDAY 30 HILLS ROBERT REDtORD IN OUT Of A! RICA DAILY IN DOLBY STEREO AT 12 30 3 30 GENE PLAYING 13) nets Mai 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 00 Steven Spsiberg s THE COLOR PURPLE (PG 13) In Stereo 1? 4$ 3 4$ 6 4$ 9 4$ Dolby Daily who writes, directs, works as cinematographer and film NOW BfcVtRlY IN SROAD us. Nunez (PG 00 IS FRIDAY SHOW DOWN AT Its about love Its about FIELD and JAMES GARNER Rt S' A! 101 DALMATIANS (G) Tonight NAlTDlbNCVS At S IS 7 00 6 4$ 1st SHOW FRIDAY IS $3 00 Its about life SALLY Ht 1 ALL IN SMOOTH TALK 7 1$ 9 1$ Saturday 1RIAT WIlllAMb AT 5 20 TONIGHT R DO ANV1IMI JjJJJUdT 411111 (G) FRIDAY Malxrs AT 1 00 ONLY' n |
