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Show PAGE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 4 MONDAY 2/14 Daily Utah Chronicle I am not Sam Kill the scene Feb20 Sean Penn shines as a desperate everyman in 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon' Upcoming Concerts • Duane Peters, Exploding Feb. 15 "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" ThinkFilm Inc. Directed by Niels Mueller Written by Mueller and Kevin Kennedy Starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle Rated R/95 min Opened Feb. 11 • 25 Ta Life, Donriy Brook, Aftermath of a Trainwreck @ Club Boom Va—6 p.m. • Hank Williams III & Assjack @ The Velvet Room—8:30 p.m.—S12 Adv/$I4 Day Of • Hidden in Plain View, Hello Goodbye @ Lo-Fi Cafe—6:30 p.m.—$8 Feb. 16 Four out of five stars • Rise Against, Tsunami Bomb @ Lo-Fi Cafe—7 p.m.—S(2/si5 Aaron Allen AS.E Writer Samuel Bicke is a lousy salesman. He stutters, he sweats, he can't spin that web of B.S. that every good salesman must in order to trap his prey. It's 1974 and night after night, in the same smoky bar, Samuel endures the same patronizing tutelage from his fat-fingered boss. "You wanna know who's the greatest salesman in the world?" He points at Richard Nixon on the TV. "Twice we've bought into that guy, both times he sold us on the same thing: That he'd end the war in Vietnam." "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" is a painfully tragic • Alsoran, Darci Cash @ Lo-Fi Cafe—7 p.m.—$6 • Beep Beep, The Polysics @ Kilby Court—7:30 p.m.—$8 MAGIC: T H E GATHERING • • GAMES WORKSHOP • • I • • ROLE-PLAYING GAMES • * ONLINE COMPUTER GAMING • • STORE HOURS: MONDAY - THURSDAY 1 1 AM TO MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 1OAM TO MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 1OAM TO MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NOON TO 5PM SALE1 MANY ITEMS 20-75% OFF! S A N C T I O N E D M A G I C TOURNAMENTS: WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 6831 S. 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If he wants that dream, there are certain social norms and acceptable levels of servitude he must endure. Dilbert could teach this guy a thing or two. Things turn desperate for Samuel when he hits the skids with his wife (Naomi Watts), an important loan falls through and, oh yeah, he is a monumentally lousy salesman. Despair leads to insanity, which leads to a deadly plot in which...well, you know the name of the movie: One way or another, Samuel blames Nixon for his failings and a diabolical plot is hatched. It's a small miracle that Penn and writer/director Niels Mueller manage to create sympathy for such a deranged character as Samuel. Samuel wants what we all want—love, acceptance and a stamp on the world that says, "I was here, and I did something that people will remember." 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The fallen King of Pop is set share of internal feuding— to greet the fallen child actor's East vs. West, Dre vs. Eazy, 50 Cent vs., well, ev- testimony as he heads into the eryone—but now the beef has courtroom to confront child molestation charges. gone transatlantic. Queen Margrethe II, DenFeldman, best known for mark's supreme magistrate, hunting vampires, stealhas slapped a cease-and-de- ing cars and dreaming little sist order on royal diva Missy dreams alongside homeboy Elliot's new clothing line, Corey Haim during the '80s, Respect ME, claiming that is adamant that Jackson never ME's crown logo is too simi- harmed him in anyway, but lar to the royal family's official stated that, "...in light of recent evidence, I have to say monogram. 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