Show ' goes beyond mere flirting ‘Flirting with Disaster’ Is it a black comedy? Is it a touching romantic comply? Is it heart rending drama? Is it a picture in the same vein as Or is it just crap? Crap At one time or another throughout Flirting With Disaster attempts to be all of these things and more The truth being that very few films if any can be all of these things An awful lot of talent was wasted in the making of this film Let not your time be included in this unfortunate list In keeping with the belief that there are far better films in these categories I offer below some examples: The Road To - Singapore Zanzibar Morocco Utopia Rio Bali ind Hong Kong respectively Bob Hope and Bing Crosby take to the open uh er road Not lots of thought just lots of fun It Happened One Night (1934) - The first film to win all five major Oscars It starred Clark Gable Claudette Colbert and was directed by Frank Capra Learn about the “Walls of Jcrico" The Hopc-Crosb- greatest romantic comedyroad picture ever made Midnight Run (1988) - Robert Dc Niro in a rare comcdic role -- Michael Rood He is a bounty hunter payed to bring Charles Grodin a mob accountant from New York to Los Angeles Very funny Music score by Danny Elfmani Rated R Raising Arizona (1987) - Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed this little romantic comedy (?) about a married couple (Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter) who can't conceive and decide to take one of the Arizona quintuplets “I’ll take these Huggics and whatever you got in the register" Rated PG-1- 3 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Stanley Kramer’s epic comedy about the search for S350JNX) in buried cash is filled with every comcdic actor from silents up to that point Far too many to name Rent it and try to count French Kiss ( 1995) - Meg Ryan to France to retrieve her Joes (Timothy Hutton) On the way she runs into a French smuggler (Kevin Kline) It’s a road picture and a romantic comedy and done well Rated PG-1- 3 City Slickers (1991) - Three NY friends (Billy Crystal Daniel Stern Bruno Kirby) on a cattle drive for Crystal’s birthday encounter a gritty trail boss (push up king Jack Palancc) drunken zzzzxzzz WL ESb I Lawrence ISSI'N Continued from Page 4 Robin WSIiams SOO JAMES ft THE GIA1VT PEACH JUMANJI years ago Cynthia Lawrence simply said: “Wild horses couldn't keep me away" The program is Verdi’s bv the Northern Utah Choral Society not only in Logan hut in WMmjiMl M 258-214- Mon er and bass Clayne Robison KNIGHT (PG) t MM CHEAT WHITE HYW 10:00-12:00-2:- 00 STEVE MARTIN SGT BILBO mm ht W $800 Fri 7:15-9:2- Fri 7:10-9:1- 0 Sat 5 Sat 4:45-7:152- 0 1 -- Fri 6 pm -- 10 pm -- Bob’s Kartorama 920 12 N Jr knrtn 3 vro old and apt Logan (behind Pizza Hut) Main 7538924 4:30-7:10-9:- 15 Prtvafa Portion will mark her debut with the piece she's looking forward to bringing to life the dynamics of Verdi's work and expects Utah audiences to share knowledge of JTHERE WON'T BE A BETTER FILM mmhmmmMB and enthusiasm for the music “I've always been really IP'IIHWWWB 7 A Gift Certificate Saturday PTA Matinee ARABIAN 7:00-9:0- 0 Sot noon 10 pm Utah Stale University's Dr Will Kesling will be the conductor The performances will also feature a number of local choruses professional and university faculty and student musicians Lawrence said although Logan V--T Page GO KARTS Lawrence for the evening arc tenor Mark Calkins her husband mezzo Tonya Curri- - 1996 LEWISTON THEATRE 27 S MAIN LEWISTON 4ifTuriKtmiviiuUhow' 797-050- impressed with Logan and Salt Lake audiences They really have a lose for music and arc not afraid to let you know about it" Lawrence said But then Lawrence has always received appreciation for her work be it at the Met ai Pavarotti's side or at her grandfather's knee 19 0 SUNSET THE QUEST Great Gift Idea Popcorn 25c and 50c IOL WINTERBOURNE 753-190- Audi gmfflnrMw5C3 COMING SOON! FEA8 Admission SI 25 Mon Night 7:00pm Family night Tickets for the Logan performance arc S8 and arc available at the Spectrum Ticket Office or by 5 calling Joining FtUSaL PRIMAL FEAR mi Salt Lake City the following INFO IPG) fctf Ml Ml Requiem and will he presented ranch hands and the birth of a by many my father and myself included to be one of the greatest calf Rated PG-1- 3 films ever made A Goofy Mo ie (1995) - Goofy (in his first starring role) takes his son Max on a road trip for spring Flirting With Disaster: ahem kids vacation For the Rated G When Hurry Met Sally ( 1989) Video pick of the week It took Billy Crystal and Meg There arc two video picks this Ryan 12 years to get from Chicaweek for obvious reasons: go to New York together in this Sewn romantic road picture Eventually Brad Pit and Morgan Freeman arc on the trail of a serial killer in everything worked out alright Directed by Rob Reiner a nondescript big city Gruesome Sulliwns Trawls (1941) - Predisturbing interesting with an ston Sturgcs directs Joel McRae unbilled actor turning the plot as a movie director tired of makscrews Definitely not for everying fluff He sets out on the road one Don’t watch in the dark and with 10 cents in his pocket to get certainly not alone Excellent perthe perspective of real people so formances direction make this he can make socially relevant films This film offered Vfcronica See FLOOD on Page 8 Lake her big break Considered Ib9 s ? 9 ALL SEATS 150 V ± " -- UTAH 752-30- Fit 4:50-7:00-9:- 10 9:1 72 - Fri fe Sat 0 £ ht V ' J JVJ 7:00-9:0- iwituwnr ' in 0 IU |