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the Needle good. acting, lac t or direction By GUHA SHAN&AR Donald Sutherland's portrayal of a Germany-spy during World War II England is im peccable in the Eye of the Needle and is guaranteed to make everyone forget his role in "Ordinary People." As the coldly, mur derous Henry Faber, Sutherland's perfor mance lends new dimensions to the word cal culating and transcends, the uneven script. After watching Needle, one has the feel ing of-having sat through two movies instead of one The first hour moves rapidly as Faber's cover is blown and he is forced into, some messy murders to stay a step ahead of British intelligence. Faber is then ship wrecked on a desolate piece of rock aptly r- ' '-j-- r' -f"-'"""- - lysrt -Cinema named Stomt" JsJand while attempting to contact a Cerm'art submarine with informa tion about all fed plans for D-Day. The story abruptly slows dowrf here as Faber meets the only residents of the island a crippled ex-fighter pilot (Christoper Cazenove), his beautiful wife (Kate Nelligan) and their soa Sutherland and Nelligan discover their mutal attraction for each other as the story moves toward the final confrontation. The story, which is adapted from Ken Folletfs best-selling novel of the same name, has one problem it tries to do too much at once. Part of the movie is a chase sequence with the British closing in on f aber who has to employ his quick knife to avoid capture. The other half of the movie is a character study of two lonely people drawn together by a need for relief from self imposed isolation. Both ideas work well separately but they don't work nearly as well when welded together. Stanley Mann's , screenplay should . have concentrated on one aspect and stuck with it but trying to capture both ideas, it comes up wanting. Sutherland's understated performance more than makes up for the lack of direction in the movie, however. One can never be sure what he's planning and even when he smiles his eyes convey an image of deadly watchfulness. The photography is also handled very nicely and, with Sutherland's help, manages to bring an air of sad menace to the screen. . (mm fiLj ft . ' y px ? n - Look for the orientation issue coming August 24. Ftead about tho latest fads on campus and the oldest state university, the prospects for the football team and changes in the administra tion. The news of the University don't miss it. m m Ar No Butts Hinton Press Help Save The Bacon A Little Scratch Is All You Need ft 'A n . T Mo They Really o-o-ve Their Web Press So Don't Duck-um J! .sp ft AT : r.. r i!... A t" 1 J I i 1 Mnu service is USj -Shear" Delight 563-3111 'WHY. DO THZ HHATH3J RAGS?' Ptz.'ja 2:1 end Acts 4:25 ' Jcnsh ran sway from Cod's commendmsnt On btlng brought fce to fact with tha fact thst his dlscbedlsnca wss the causa of a convulsion cf nature, a e!snn et era, end the wind end waves would destroy the ship end Its cargo cf human beinjs es vezll z. rrctsr izl things, h Jud;t:i hSmsff worthy cf dssth end esksd to ba thrown ovartosrdl Jucfsd hlTi2;:f wsrthy to 3, end Inslstsd tha ssntanca ba carried out! Is not this tha sxpcrlsnca cf evsry soul thst has besn convlctod cf sin by tha Holy Spirit? Indaad, It Is! Christ tsid tha Comforter, Tha Kc!y Eplrlt would convict tha world f sin, tlhtsousrms, and judmant! John 1S:7, etc ; - It Coesnt taka long to read tha Bock cf Jon&h, but bawara lest tha wisdom cf men fooilshnass with God cast you out Into a rising saa and wind and waves cf unbsilsf and you era ewsHowad up In tha bSJy of "Thet Cid Ssrpant, cal'ad tha Dsvll, and Sstan, which dact-ivsth tha whet,') world." Only .tha records cf Ctarnlty wi raves!, how msny souls era In hl! bcsus9 they ttj5r.t,!sd In unbeiief, wera swallowed up and landad in tha bc"y of Tha Crest Drson b-scsusa thsy could not bs"3va God A!m?-;ty could work a tnu!! rnlrst! Illca this! God prasarvad Jonah snd kept him a.:ve in ths bel!y cf Lha fish. In his prsysr cf repentanca whn Joneh ssld: "I '.11L PAY THAT THAT I HAVE VOV.TD. SALVATION 13 CF TK2 LCPA" then It was that "TV.2 LCr,D SPAKE UNTO THE FCH, Af43 IT VOMITED CUT JC'IAH UPON CHY LAf .D." Aftar his dc:yranca th first messaa thet cam to Jonah from Tha Lord was: Go to KInaveh end do .;t I tcid you to do." Kinavch was a grast city cf thrta Csy J?urny. Jcnsh rr.sia cna dys lournsy, crylns: "YET FCHTY DAYS. AND M".-YEH SMALL C2 OVrnn5nOV.T;r Than th2n;$ be;sn to happen, from tha KL13 on down to tha btasts! "SO TK.E PEOPLE C? fr.::E'EH EELSEVE3 CCD, AJ.D rr.CCLjr.'.ED A FAST, A?.D FUT CM sac;i:clcto, fhch ti:e cheatest cf v,:z:i ei:j urTO ti :e least cf Ti:rj. fci v. chd CAits u?no n:s icr:a cf fxrirvzH. a?;d he ahcss rnca ni2 Tuners, at:d he la:d h:3 r.zzz Fficy h;j, a?;d covxrtd h::ji vtth sackcloth, a? d sat in asbi3 . . ccd saw ti:z.i xn.s,TtATTK2YTun::zD Fnoa w.zn ey:ivay:a?3 ccd F.rn,Ti3 c?t: e.:l THAT KS HAD SA KS WOULD DO UflTO TKEmI: AfiD K2 CD NOT." As a rasun cf tha prtsshlsj cf . tha men whojudjad himsaif worthy cf tiasth for dlaobadlanoa to Cod, tha wickedness cfKCaav&h ' w3 overthrown, end they wsra eparad tha pronouncsd Judsnent cf God. Tha mm cf Kinsvch nava shown us tha wsy to eveld Judsmants end chanja L'nrs."CJT AS FOa fc!2 AfiD fcJY KOUS2, Y.2 WILL SERVE THE LCHD," et-'d Joshua, 24:t 5. . P.O. BOX 4C5 DECATUR, GEORGIA S0C31 Ir-KiL.L V v ILL i 1jJ 1 J m m aT js? m-m irj0 ijt is t 3- cM35lc-t)rcaslccl harnlwoven Ma'lee Iweect trom IrelarKl classic sportswear ezZ4 west franklin at robcrson chapel hill uUuimihc tark 1 rwirlom s j cw Wxu 1" Thursday. Aujuji 6. l31Th? Tar HetlSB ' 1 4 4 . ?
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