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Friday, April 9, 2004
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“The Prince and Me”
Stiles and Mably give flick royal charm
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Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Julia Stiles and Luke Mably star in “The Prince and Me. ”
Rachel Jones
Pilot Staff
Royalty posing as “com
mon” people and falling in
love with a commoner is a
gimmick we’ve seen before
in “Roman Holiday” and
“Coming to America.”
Although, “Roman
Holiday” is a classic and of
higher merit than “Coming
to America.”
The plotline of “The
Prince & Me” has the play
boy, street racing, Royal-
Crown Prince Edward of
Dermiark, stalling his royal
duties to “find himself’ at a
university in Wisconsin.
Why Wisconsin? The
girls are “wild,” according
to a “Girls Gone Wild” com
mercial Edward sees on tele
vision. He flies to
Wisconsin enrolls in college
and has his butler/advisor,
Soren, refer to him as Eddie.
There, he meets Paige
Morgan. She’s a hard work
ing pre-med student who has
dreamed and planned her
entire life down to the very
last month. Though she is
not very “wild,” opposites
begin to attract. Soon, Eddie
and Paige begin to leam
valuable life lessons from
the other as well as fall in
love.
Surprisingly enough, the
brash Royal-Crown Prince
of Denmark becomes lov
able, mostly in part to Luke
Mably’s acting. Mably made
his first debut to the
American screen in “28
Days Later.” His good looks
and charm allows the audi
ence to believe Eddie’s tran
sition from “wild” Prince to
“Prince Charming.” Julia
Stiles (“Mona Lisa Smile”)
brings a delightful element
to the screen with her por
trayal of Paige. Mably and
Stiles have on-screen chem
istry that captivates the audi
ence until the end of the
movie.
Definitely not to be
overlooked the butler/advi
sor, Soren, played by Ben
Miller (“Jol^y English”).
Miller brings an enjoyable
element to the movie, lend
ing a listening ear and
advice to the Prince. He
steals scenes from both
Mably and Stiles. At times,
the audience cannot get
enough of Miller.
“The Prince & Me” has
all the elements to make it a
great chick-flick: the gor
geous guy, the happy end
ing, and the romantic-come-
dy theme. However, the end
of the movie was my only
complaint. An improbable
ending ruined the movie’s
rapport with most of the
audience. It was as if the
production crew ran out of
time, money, or attention to
the plot.
Perhaps the ending
would be more believable if
it were extended to show
Paige and Eddie obtaining
their separate dreams and
goals. Despite the ending,
“The Prince & Me” is the
worth regular movie theater
price to see. So take a date,
have girls’ night or even go
by yourself The movie is
sure to entertain and is rated
PG-13 for sexual content.
“Bob Dylan - Live 1964”: A must for Dylan fans
Brian Maiers
Pilot Staff
Anytime a name like
“Bob Dylan” releases any
thing, attention must be
given. Dylan, has had a pro
lific career over the last
forty years as the most well
known folk singer of our
time. He was know as the
“voice of a generation” and
even had a brief stint releas
ing gospel albums in the late
seventies early eighties
(Third Day covered Dylan’s
Saved).
His latest release is the
sixth volume of “The
Bootleg Series”, a series of
live recordings Dylan has
been releasing for almost a
decade and a half Vbli6 is a
two-disc recordihg of a 1964
concert at the Philharmonic
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Forget
Bob Dylan- Live 1964
Hall in New York City on
Halloween night that
stretches over an hour and
40 minutes.
The concert features a
young Dylan at the top of
his game playing songs that
were very new at the time
but would become classics
in the future. His charm
shines though on the disc,
(He responds to a request for
“Mary had a Little Lamb”
with “is that' a protest
song”). There is a guest
appearance by Joan Baez on*
a few tracks, but the CD is
mostly Dylan with his har
monica and guitar.
The 19 tracks on Vol.6
are given life by Dylan’s
lyrical wit and honesty. The
crowed interacts with laugh
ter, shouts, but mostly
singing along to well know
tracks such as “Times They
are a Changing,” “Mr.
Tambourine Man” and “A
Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.”
Dylan also comments on
the paranoia of the Cold War
era on other songs such as
“Talkin’ World War III
Blues” and “Talkin’ John
Birch Paranoid Blues,” as
communists turn up every
where as mail carriers and at
hot dog stands. Other stand
out tracks are the Baez-
Dylan duet of “It Ain’t Me
Babe” and the haunting bal
lad “Gates
of Eden.”
Other stand
out tracks
are “Don’t
think Twice
its Alright,”
and closer
“All : I
Really
Want to
Do.”
The
recording
on this disc
is extreme
ly good for
such an early recording and
the rawness helps give the
album a “live feel.” The 55
page picture booklet includ
ed with the two disc set will
,ensure that Vol.; 6 will be a
must have for Dylan fans.
You can catch Dylan tpnight
Photo Courtesy of Bobdylan.com
(Apr 9th) at the Orange Peel
in Asheville N.C. but.. .good
luck finding tickets. I guess
you will have to settle for.
tuning to 88.3 WGWG to
hear Bob Dylan and other
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