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:rt:"n:-t'C-3 9 T O O i t i r.snZ?. August 25, tCC0Th3 Cr.lyTcr H: mark muxihell Ssff Writer You and your friends have been sitting in a bar all night. Beer is beinnin to taste like water, and everyone is' getting pretty bored. You want to take a road trip to the beach, but no one has a car that will 0 over 30mph. It's 11 p.m. You're tired, but you don't want to go home so early. Is there hope for this evening? Well., .maybe. 'Chapel Hill definitely has a crowd that will get out late at night and do something.' Stan Miller You might be in just the mood to see one of your all-time favorite films for the fifth time, or a popular film you may have missed the first time around. If so, you're in the right town. Chapel Hill has a great selection of late shows. Three theaters nearby on Franklin Street offer popular features at a reduced price to students not too bleary-eyed to view them. "People are staying out later," said John Hartley, manager of the Carolina Theater. "Where Chapel Hill has been this way for a long time, theaters just never really realized this was a viable market." But that has changed. Stan Mill:r,. manager of the Ram Triple Theaters in NCNB Plaza, said that since he started showing late shows last fall audiences have been growing steadily. "We do it definitely for the money, and as long as we can keep Keep your engine tuned. a 'tip on saving energy if f I U I A L F t - X I J, ,. yrL. , ,., duvlmm uinboro lULCU 9 s V V V AIR FORCE ROTC MIGHT BE YOUR ANSWER For all persons interested in money, scholarships, etc., the Air Forco Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) will bo offered f- ; w f i I 1 i t Cocy to O 'at wsf 7 J good films and good crowds, we'll keep doing it," Miller said. He said such films as the Monty Python series, The Paper Chase and The Graduate are guaranteed to draw crowds every time they are shown. "Comedy and fantasy are our two biggest runners," Hartley said. Many people request Woody Allen films and the Pink Panther series, he said. Late shows may be a lot of fun for the audience, but they aren't bad for the theater either. Mangers said that sometimes a good late show will draw more people than a regular feature. The late show crowd is unique, managers said. "I'd say they probably get into the films more," Hartley said. "The crowds are a lot more patient," Miller said. "The atmosphere's not as tight 1 guess it's because the people aren't as tight. One of the best behaved crowds we have is the late show." "' But Lonnie Davis, manager of the Varsity Theater, which shows The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday and Saturday nights, doesn't see many well-behaved crowds. He said that in the 117 weeks that Chapel Hill's most popular late show has been playing at the Varsity, crowds have continued to grow, leaving behind troubling piles of refuse. ., "They do make a mess when we show it, and the theater is in pretty , bad condition when they leave," he .-.'said. "They feel they can come in ; here and do most anything they want to without being hassled. But if they really start tearing down the place, we'll have to get rid of it." Haryiknno Carroll Ellen Lorctta Fam Terry Dcnl3 Ths Fleming hums tweeik 130.00 to A I'tUSO V Mrrn & & & & August 26, 1980 Lenoir Hall Room 102 1:00 p.m. (Acrc:s tho PIT from Student Stores and above the Pino Room) For additional information contact Malor White 033-2074 !. r i 2 Lata shows draw crowds cf nocturnal rr.qvh fans to theatre, such os . tha Varsity and Ccrc!!na in Chcpci h;:i Davis said the theater has had many janitors quit because they refused to" handle the garbage the Rocky Horror audience leaves behind. After all, rice, toast, cards, toilet paper and water can become quite a mess when left over night. Davis said some janitors have swept up over a bushel of rice after the show. T7o are tha "womsn who mzka th.3 Fleming Center a ;epcial place offering feisndly, percent!, confidential car c a reasonable, coct and at times convenient to ou. A mt Call 781-5550 in RaloiJli anytima Center 5813 Hh-irorth Drive Raleigh, 2T.C. 7609 ami flannels 175.00 classic sportswear luirlotk i 1 H f I M 5 ' try w All agree that the late show crowd, often composed, of Friday and Saturday night regulars, is always lively. - "Sitting in a bar is fun, but you can only do it so long before it gets old," Miller said. "Chapel Hill finitely has a crowd that will get out at night and do something. 11:30, is not late this town at all..' "News in Brief capsulizes the latest news. Read it every day Ever FggI LiUis Ho km- V ,, i i a. LO Www : i J ! i '1 i 4- s - - j ; - j u " - - H r '7, H V T 7 ; " iy r ' . f. t v r j 1 .11 - u. x H Ey tom Mocrji: . Stiff Writer Aninal House spr.vr.2d a v.hcle new genre cf film comedy the h:dor.stic folks (Us) vs. oppressive folks in the world (Them). By fzx Anlrr.zl House has been the bsst cf this eye!; cf slob Where The Buffalo Ream, and T?.e Blues Brothers. But th;y all seem too tame when- compared with Animal House. They lick the rowdy bid taste that makes Animal House so wonderful. And this timidity is whit's wrong with the latest in the genre, Caddyshack. Set in a Midwestern country club, Caddyshack is the story of a young golf caddy (MIchseal O'Keefe) who wants to go to college, and has to pamper club bigwigs in order to gtt a scholarship. A rather uninteresting premise, but it's a throwaway plot that serves as an excuse to let Rodney Dar.erfield, Chevy Chase, Ted Knight and Bill Murray run rampant. : ' ' The characters Daagerfield, Chase, Knight 'and Murray play are all slight variations on TV persona that they're famous for. And these fellows are so wonderful in Caddyshack that you forgive the stupid plot and the fact that about half the movie's gags ' fizzle without a trace of wit. Dangerficid comes off best of all dressed in godawful plaid sports clothes, always pulling nervously on his tie. He plays one of those rich loud-mouthed guys whose only lot in life is to hang out at the club. The role has a twist of Dangerfield's comic character who "can't get no respect." Dangerfield Shopping arotind for exactly the right stereo system isn't easy. You'll see hundreds of pieces of equipment ... all uith their own unique fea tures, and all with their own special purposes. You'll come across all sorts of super deals and you'll prob ably listen to lots of sales men without understanding a word they say. At Stereo Sound we try to simplify stereo shopping. Our stereo consultants know how to explain systems and details and facts and figures in ways you'll understand. - y t .-w- deliciously pulls off the best put-downs since Groucho quit waddling around the Chase, Murray and Knight pale net to Dangerfield's performance. Thejr parts aren't nearly as well-conceive J, but they f re pretty funny anyway. Che . e plays a semi-clumsy rich guy who is in jo Oriental mysticism and playing gqlf blind-fcldsd. His bumbling clumsy actHs - toned down from his Saturday Nig.t Live days, which keeps it from being tiresome and makes it still amusing. Bill Murray comes off best next tp Dangerfield. Murray plays a somewhat psychotic ' greenskeeper who's out tp destroy a pesky gopher with Army munitions. It's the best conceived and executed role Murray's had on the big screen. , Ted Knight is good in his role as a bigoted and pompous judge, a sort of slightly smarter and much meaner version of Ted Baxter. But the comic possibilities of the part aren't explored fully. This isn't Knight's fault but the scriptwriters, Douglas Kenney, Harold Ramis, and Brian Doyle-Murray. The script seems rushed and not thought out clearly. So many of the jokes and situations in the film flop, you see that things could have been funnier, even as hilarious as Animal House, if someone had edited the script more or if things weren't so tame. If the writers had further explored the bigotry, snobbery, and wild drunken parties that could go . on in a country club, Caddyshack could have sparkled. Technically the film is pretty awful. Caddyshack is the first film Ramis, a writer for the Second City troupe and one of the writers of Animal House and Meatballs, has directed. And you can see his inexperience on the screen. Scenes go on too long. The comic timing of the whole movie is off, and Ramis has no idea where to place the camera in order to bring off the most impact in a scene. But the slap-happy shtick of Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight and Chevy Chase save Caddyshack despite its legion of flaws. LA:arlo CAROLINA OUTDOOR HCU9 iUpi) traT? FRANKLIN ST frwltl POBtKOlt in The Daily Tar Heel They know that everyone doesn't, need extravagant equipment at extravagant pricesThat's why they'll bend over backwards to match the very best system with what you actually need and really want in stereo en tertainment. Nothing more. Nothing less. The result is a stereo you can live uith. . ,;- It's ifiat timptt I". I I Mr. I.!-MM ( li.ij I ll.il 'J.' '.4. , '"b t'7i t' I I )
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