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The Daily Tar HeelFriday, August 23, 19855B Chemkiiry between Hmk aund Candy wasted m 'VeMMeevs X Hanks in 'Volunteers': A forte of snappy patter and clever comebacks WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIFE American Heart Association ANKLIN &2 SPECIAL LATE SHOVS FRIDAY, SATURDAY ioDoayever 1 f had abetter time getting even. 1 i-j tv MOM F 7 Restaurant & Bar Introduces SUNDAY BRUNCH $1.00 OFF ALL ENTRES Priced from $2.95 Includes toast or English muffins, grits or our homemade hash browns, eggs, French toast, pancakes, quiche, omelettes, hamburgers, club sandwiches, crabmeat, shrimp salad, capuccino, special blend coffee, fresh fruit and much more. Location: 157 E. Rosemary St. (Above Jordan's & Trolls) All ABC Permits ' All Major Credit Cards Only 1 coupon needed per table Expires 9 1685 mm fh 1 A 1 V I I I OUT By MARK DAVIS Staff Writer It's hard to analyze chemistry between actors. No one can really explain how or why it works, but when you come right down to it, the hc vs and whys don't really matter. What does matter is whether or not the chemistry exists. ,ln the case of John Candy and Tom Hanks, it does. The two first worked together in the highly successful Splash and have become, on the basis of that film and the newly released Volunteers, one of the best comic duos of the '80s. Unfortunately, Volunteers doesn't utilize the chemistry between these stars in the right way and, because of that, never realizes its potential. Hanks is Lawrence Boon III, a rich Ivy League snob who falls into heavy gambling debts and is forced to flee for his life by joining the Peace Corps. He travels to Thailand, where he meets up with Tom Tuttle (Candy), a gung-ho volunteer who spends most of his time teaching everyone he meets the Washing ton State fight song. While his col leagues try to help the locals by building a bridge to connect the two main villages, Hanks instructs the locals in matters closer to his own heart, such as card tricks, poker and blackjack. After the bridge is completed, Hanks arid Candy meet up with a gang of Communist sympathizers and a bigwig in1 the black market, all of whom wish to use the bridge for their own illegal purposes. To add to their troubles, Candy is kidnapped by the Commu nists, and Hanks falls in love with a girl who is being avidly pursued by the black marketeer. Although the film contains more than its share of hearty laughs, it suffers from a variety of problems that considerably dim its value. Its main flaw is a lack of focus. Volunteers begins by emphas izing the contrast between Hanks' selfish nature and his newly-found obligation to help the Thai people. cinema However, alter 30 minutes or so, the numerous sub-plots accumulate, and it becomes hard to tell whether the main issue at hand is Hanks' metamorphosis into a caring individual or Candy's kidnapping or the fight against the black market or Hanks' love problems. The other main flaw of Volunteers is that it simply does not contain enough of John Candy. It's no coincidence that the funniest scenes are the ones feat uring the interplay between Candy and Hanks. Unfortunately, these scenes don't occur often enough, and Candy frequently is relegated to the back ground. When the two of them do get together, though, the film really comes to life. Although the story drags noticeably at times, Levine and David Issacs have created a screenplay that is chock full of one-liners and that, fortunately, doesn't take itself too seriously. Nowhere is this-better illustrated than when a girl says something in Thai to Hanks and he leans over to read the English subtitle that flashes onto the screen in order to get the translation. Tom Hanks is perfect at playing a hip, irreverent character whose forte in life is making snappy patter and clever comebacks. He's gone from portraying naive innocence inSplash to smart-ass See VOLUNTEERS page 6B Pee Wee's adveimtaire is a. bis sinccess By ALAN MASON Staff Writer i He eats "Mr. T" cereal over eggs and bacon in the morning and wears nothing but light gray suits with red bow ties. His bright red house is full of clowns and firetrucks and crazy contraptions that whir and whiz to his delight. His morning activities consist of riding his prized possession, a red-and-white streamlined bicycle, through town to the cinema local magic shop, where he marvels at the proprietor's newest shipment: boomerang bow ties and flashlight eyeglasses. He's Pee Wee Herman, and as he tells Dottie, the girl who only has eyes for him, "You don't wanna get mixed up with me." Then he cocks his head and intones, "I'm a rebel." Pee Wee's Big Adventure is, a film as anomalous as its protagonist an adventure without blood (except for the fake stuff from the magic shop), fist fights, million-dollar car crashes or rampant sex (Pee Wee wouldn't think of kissing a girl). What it does have is plenty of laughs and good clean fun. In a summer full of stars, Pee Wee Herman will be the man (or kid?) everyone will remember. Director Tim Burton and screenw riters Phil Hartman, Michael Varhol and Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman) did the right thing. They created settings and situations that would showcase Pee Wee and then let Pee Wee take it from there. 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