| Show fB£nr5 Pauls Video Review D DS AIladtptfldfOGf Day by Paul Covington friend to the underground disco dancera union am again back with another video 1 know this is the last newspaper before Christmas and 1 should be doing a wrap up of holiday video favs but alas my fellow students I couldn't resist this video After making over $300 million in the box office the hype over “ Independence Day " was to big too miss or even write about late Maybe I could even persuade some of you to ask Santa for it 1 waited until it came out on video to see this movie just because I wanted the hype to get built to the point of exhaustion before I saw it The ultimate test of movie greatness is being able to prove itself over the public opinion Did it? Of course it did Everyone made the right can on this flick It was a killer thriller I am getting that (me in my stocking Dig this July 2 they arrive The aliens come and position themselves over the major cities of the world They use our satellites to send a count down to attack That is when Jeff Goldblum comes into the story He plays David Levinson a cable repairman after 8 years of MIT A waste of talent but that's OK because since he was checking the cable he decoded the signal from the aliens to find out it was a count down Good thing he wasted all that knowledge David goes to warn the president One bad thing US President Whitmore played try Bill Pullman doesn’t like him but still he believes him and evacuates the rides That was one of die funniest scenes in the whole show because it was the most g scene in the whole show A lot of the special effects looked real but Air Force One flying with the tail inside the explosion it was kinda bad and talk ’ about continuity the tail doesn’t even have any damage when shown again ’July 3 Whitmore takes action calling back all the forces from the holiday i weekend This included Captain Steve Hiller of the UJS Marines played by a The cast for the 1996 "Nutcracker" Includes (left to right) Laura Jenson Matt Prigmore Eriko favorite of all Will Smith Can you dig it? He is the hero He and a crazy guy Kushibuchi Amber Jensen Tori Ward Justin Evans Nichole Peterson Rhaundale Gordon Laird named Russell but we'll get to him later Hiller is a pilot and hopeful of one day Clark Wendy Crawford plus many more Photo by Bryan Bernard being part of NASA Heleads a fighter group in attack against the evil aliens but alas he is the only one to survive However he does manage to take out an alien' though If he is not qualified for NASA I don't know who would be He takes the alien back to Area 5 1 a secret government place where they have an alien ship that had crashed back in the 30's arid three alien bodies hidden for study It was so : secret even the president hadn't heard of it vJust by happenstance the president was taken to Area 31 Russell ends up there Kushibushi the Spanish arc played by ent segments of this journey where she also It is his group of Winnebago Careavanners that get Hiller and the dreaded N icolc Peterson ami Reagan Person the meets up with different parts and beauHolly Martak beast there Now I can tell you a little more about Russ He is a Vietnam vet staff writer Trcpac is played by Brian Taylor De vonc ties of her life from the snowy forest abducted by aliens turned crop duster Until now they thought he was loony ' Burton and Jaryd Draper and Clara is The College of Eastern Utah’s 19 where the snowflakes dance to the So let's take a toll of Area 31 There we have the president David Hiller " of "The Nutcracker played by Rachael Jenson The list of Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Russell the as of yet unmentioned General Grey the sniveling' secretary of performance marks the tenth anniversary perforPlum Fairy dances for Clara Many parts and cast members go on with defense and David's Jewish dad Julius Who is missing? The first lady and about 24 children and 30 adults one can mance fa the CEU dance department different slops arc taken such as Spain Jasmine Hiller's girlfriend Don't worry Hiller takes a helicopter and grabs 'em This year's “Nutcracker" is in honor only imagine the time and effort that England and Russia as Gara fulfills July 4 Independence Day that's where the show gets its name We fight back these people dedicate to make "The of Joy Petersen who founded the first her dream the show comes to an end David after a drinking binge gets this brilliant idea to infect the alien mother ship Nutcracker" a giant success CEU Dance Company “PEDS" Joy Carolyn Gwyther takes on the rewith a virus thus taking down the shield making them vulnerable letting us kill The performances arc set for Dec will make a special appearance at the sponsibility of Artistic Director she 'em kill 'em all The tricky part is getting onto the mother ship Hiller gets to fly 121314 at 7:30 in the Geary Theater performance Friday Dec 3 As the says "each year the ballet stays the the old spaceship that crash landed back in the days Then tiiey need to coordinate the ticket prices arc $2 with activity 5 Vast members work to perfect each same but each new performer brings a massive attack that has a window of two or three minutes All of this with card $4 for seniors and $3 for regular something new with them" So no matstep for the opening night on Dec 2 depleted forces They needed to get volunteers to fly Here is where Russell comes the tradition of the Christmas talc lives tickets Not all of the cast members are ter how many times you see the prointo play He gets a chance to get his revenge in the dance company itself but many on duction the next year the new cast will OK Hiller and David fly into the Mother ship get caught launch a nuclear of the cast members are from the com"The Nutcracker" is a tradition bring a new light to the performance bomb that sets them free fly out the attack gets under way on earth The missiles world in even places As the days shorten and opening night munity The three night performances throughout the arc doingno good but crazy man Russell are not all the cast has in store for them such as Japan William Christiansen is only a week away the cast is hard at and his flight of revenge are He flies some of the cast members will travel to is the writer who brought (his tale to work with costume performances and nwu hiP Roosevelt on Wed Dcc4 for a lecture m mmm 'gm&hm life with music from Tchaikovsky as Tori Ward puls it 'Tm excited for KABLAM are The blows it alios III up 11 and a demonstration they will also be The first United States performance my part but nervous for the big night" defeated we arc victorious in 1944 the jitters seem to set in of "The Nutcracker" was performing matinee's for elementary by Good flick buh?You ready to check children on Dcc10 and 11 They are the San Francisco Ballet Company The Mouse King is played by Brian it but Hope so H has a lot of great 1 for "Waltz and the choreography of Taylor and the Nutcracker is played by also looking for Ushers for all of the effects besides AirForce One and an " The Flowers is from the original San Justin Evans the Snow Queen is Laura night performance's if interested con2 cast “Independence Day is Francisco Ballet Day tact Carolyn Gwyther Jenson the Sugar Plum fairy is Tori production as perft - Mission Impossible i rated FG-- 3 and can be rented an days’ formed "7he Nutcracker" is an ever lasting Ward the Arabian is played by Wendi by Carolyn Gwyther when riot just July 4 at Video Veras tradition filled with great magic to make she was with the San Francisco Ballet Crawford and Laird Clark the Chinese 4 Now in honor of the holiday my perf the mind wander and dreams come true is a are played by Kazue Shinoda and Eriko story Company (The Nutcracker) 5 Tease sonal Top Ten Christmas movies: U about a young girl with a Christmas "The Nightman Before Christmas" Fear 0 continued from page 4 dream The Nutcracker is given to Grinch animation in its finest 7 Clara by her godfather Herr to him to write it In most cases it was from an event in his life Who Stole Christmas "animation at its Drosselmeyer and is then broken by Lee wrote a poem inspired by a story a Price woman Margaret Christensen had ’ 8 Toy "The second best Dr Seuss style brother As Gara falls asleep Gara's related to him on an earlier visit She was in the audience and he read and dedicated Santa Clause " Tim Allen' ya gotta 9 tree with her Christmas the to next is about a man who could not hear very well One day loveit 4-- "A Christmas Story “ anyone broken Nutcracker lying under the the poem to her The poem and bit off his fingers lie would sit by the fire at night a sow charged at him whose seen if can testify 3- - "National Christmas tree she awakes to a war 10‘ Spy Hard nibbing the stubs on his hand cussing the pig Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" between her Nutcracker and his marchBooks were on sale afterward Klodkom and Lee autographed them for anyone Chevy Chase is like Tim Allen you soldiers and the Mouse King As who wanted them to ing v gotta love him 6 7 8 9 10 just repeat the Nutcracker any nwylesThcy make great triumphsover the Mice One person in attendance Lance Hatch said "I really enjoyed the reading It They're the greatest ones you’ll he takes Gara giftk Locafed m the Citekvleu: away on a magic jourwas entertaining I especially liked Lee's poetry" ever find Happy Holidays to you all where he becomes her magic ney The crowd spent its time laughing at the ' poetry of the two men and for those that don’t celebrate hoti-n- ic :MirkeiPliWKWH5S5 prince Gara is taken through differ They gave them their respect and attentive ears throughout the evening Here 1 fake-lookin- : time Christmas favorite "Nutcracker" opens next week All y - 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