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6The Daily lar HeelWednesday, January 11, 1984 Terms of Endearment' proves popular with audiences a barrel of smiles lliliill By IVY MILLIARD Staff Writer Occasionally, a film comes along a Casablanca, an It's a Wonderful Life or an E. T. which explores human emo tions in a way that is both achingly bit tersweet and hilariously uplifting. Terms of Endearment is such a film. Spanning 20 years, Terms of Endear ment is a testament to the endurance of family ties in the face of zany per sonality conflicts, bitter disappoint ments and death. - Review The focus of Terms of Endearment is the evolution of a mother-daughter re lationship. The Greenways are an upper-middle-class Houston family. The opening credits of the film reveal the death of Emma's father when she is still quite young. Three lovely little scenes show the origins of her particular love-hate relationship with her mother, Aurora. The film then follows the life of Em ma and Aurora as they come to terms with themselves and each other. Emma, first seen as a bobby-soxed teenager with braces, marries against her mother's wishes and soon becomes pregnant. Her husband, Flap Horton, is really a flop as far as success goes, and his pursuit of a career as an English pro fessor leads Emma far away from her home to a life of pinching pennies in F? T7 I kNtu? i shouldn't HAVE WORN THIS PURPLE PRESS TO SCHOOL.' MOW MAPE me : BLCOM COUNTY KrW we START TONIGHTS we'puKeioANNOwce THfc CHANGES m AT NBC NIGHTLY N6W6.. 7 7$ 5T 1 ' i ' i r 'jy"tvy Tkx I " is ' S 'S'i 4, ; "," - 4 it- - ,r A L, 'Y? 1 IV- t ) "i's i i l i "-I Vf J A mA W d Mam Mkmsm Des Moines. Emma's discovery that Flap is less than faithful leads her into an affair of hpr w a confron tation cut short by cancer. Meanwhile, Aurora matures from a prim, humorless woman with the doubtful influence of a hilariously raun chy ex-astronaut to one ready to raise her grandchildren in a way Emma would approve. It is impossible to over-praise the work of Debra Winger as Emma, Shirley MacLaine as Aurora and Jack Nicholson as the astronaut, Garrett Breedlove. Winger seems born to play the ear thy, spirited Emma. With her raspy voice and fresh-scrubbed beauty, she in habits her character fully and irresis tably. She builds a character who is believable as the anchor of her family, even when she is gone. Interacting with Winger in a perfect duet, MacLaine gives her best perfor mance ever as the uptight Aurora. Changing from a woman who boycot ted her daughters wedding to one who hangs her treasured Renoir in her daughter's tiospital room, MacLaine's metamorphosis is an amazing feat of ac ting, and even at her character's wbrst she is pathetically appealing. At Emma's best she is the kind of mother everyone over 10 can recognize and the type one might secretly wish for in a crisis. pip Anyone Of CO0Z5ll SAY ANN THING? SOMEBOPs ALlv' kN? rv.WciMiNt J V OUR N6W ANCH0RPER50N wiu ee CHRiem mwwf.. WHO, AS WeHOP&YWU N0 VOc, IS VWN0K MP CVT6R THAN TDM &R0KAW... WHO . was yotN&eR an? cireR . THAN ROOCR IAUPP. ANP NOW", HRe'5 CHRISTie WITH TONIGHT'S LOW STORY OH A CHAIN5AW (WRViR SU)CVt IN TOLtVO... Finally, Nicholson adds yet another unforgettable character to his roster. He is a scene stealer as the semi-alcoholic, lecherous, undeniably wrong-stuff .tsiror. i'i! P um. h thinning hair, killer smile and all, he still conveys a kind of dissipated sweetness. Seeing him drive ' along the beach in ray-bans, hair flying and steering his Corvette with his feet during his first date with Aurora is an unforgettable moment. Even those who do not enjoy an emotional movie would enjoy Breedlove. The supporting performances by i John Lithgow as SamC Emma's Iowan lover, and by Jeff Danieis' as Flap are also top-notch. Lithgow's gee-whiz . bank teller is realistic. Daniels' sexy cuteness makes Emma's reluctance to leave him for his infidelity under standable. The three young actors who play Emma's children are also totally believable, each with distinctive iden tities despite their small roles. . So far, Terms of Endearment s prov ing to be popular with audiences and critics. Much of the credit for its success could be given to writerdirector James L. Brooks. Brooks, in his directoral debut, ex hibits a great sense of timing; despite the episodic structure of the movie, the transitions are seamlessly paced. The adaptation of Larry McMurtry's fine novel of the same name is also excellent. "MEv SAi?- I LOOkEP LIKE A TALL 5RAPE.' - Vif - .' by, Beric Breathed HI 00 OH GROSS... r ' presents the 1984 bathing suits from THE TWINS sexiest suits ever! Layaway now for Spring Break!! Reserve your suit with a small deposit while selections are generous. Free Allerations 155 E. Franklin VISA MC 942-7554 () -:v:w:wffiw:w - sv.; -f nun !u - x , 4 -Ji r 1 , 1 I- s.. Dustin Hoffman discovers the trials of womanhood in "Tootsie," which will be shown at the Carolina Union Auditorium Friday. "Tootsie" will kick off the slate of films the Union has scheduled for the spring semester. Campus film schedule ready By JEFF GROVE Arts Editor . It took a day or two longer than ex pected, but the Union Film Committee's schedule of film showings for the spring semester is ready for distribution. The committee has selected a typically diverse slate of films, with three major im provements: becfed-up film festivals, a surprising number of very recent film hits, and the creation of "Film Forum" programs of films introduced by faculty experts. The Friday "Admission Night" format has been altered somewhat this semester. The admission prices and show times are not uniform. Some of the Friday films are not even recent films; the 1969 James Bond epic On Her Majesty's Secret Ser vice is scheduled for Jan. 20 and Robert Altman's 1970 opus MASH will be shown Feb. 24. There is no room for complaining about this, however. Other Fridays will feature films from the past year, some still in commercial release, with titles in cluding Betrayal (Jan. 27), Local Hero (Feb. 3), Risky Business (Feb. 17), WarGames (March 16) and Tender Mer cies (March 23). . "Admission Night" programs begin Friday with three shows of Tootsie. Four film festivals will span the . semester, "The Best of the American Film Theatre" examines Ely Landau's attempt to achieve a satisfactory blend . of theatrical and cinematic elements with The Three Sisters Jan. 18, A Delicate Balance Jan. 22 and In Celebration Feb. 1. A 1' ELLIOT ROAD at E. FRANKLIN 967-4737 $2.00 TIL 6:00 PM EVERYDAY! 2:15 4:45 7:15 9:45 William Hurt Lee Marvin Gorky Park (r 3:00 8:00 Al Pacino Dir. by Brain DePalma Scarf ace (R) 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:30 Clint Eastwood Sudden Impact r) i ru 'a diii Lm . n v.i .ii'f. i ej a Coming Soon: SILKWOOD and NEVER CRY WOLF E Era".' - t0Pf w.tt tT t.t! EXCLUSIVE From the director of BREAKER MORANT BEST ACTOR -N.Y. FILM CRITICS -L.A. FILMCRITICS NAT'L BOARD OF REVIEW Robert Duvall Tender yfERCIES k XV X 3:00 5:05 7 10 ' 9:15 AN ODYSSEY IN IMAGE AND MUSIC DAILY AT 3:30 5:30 7.30 9:30 . PRESENTED IN KINTEK STEREO VA WONDERFUL FILM.. RICH IN IDEAS AND OVERPOWERING BEAUTY. I WAS AMAZED AND MOVED BY IT." "A SPECTACULAR FUSION OF IMAGE AND SOUND"-. "YOU WONT FIND A MORE DIZZYING, DAZZLING AND DIVERTING EXPERIENCE ON THE SCREEN TODAYT "A TRIP-FILM FOR THE '80'$7' ONLY STANLEY KUBRICK'S '2001 ' CARRIES THE SAME SUPER-SENSORY IMPACT: i r K otHt, ' y xss t . ; . - A Luis Bunuel festival showcases a cross-section of the late Spanish director's output with The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Feb. 11, Un Chien Andalou and Los Otvidados (The Young and the Damned) Feb. 19 and Nazarin and L'Age d'Or Feb. 29. "Musicals of the 1930s" features Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell dancing for Busby Berkely in Gold Diggers of 1933 March 31, Fred Astaire and Ginger . Rogers tapping their toes in Shall We Dance April 4 and Steve Martin and Ber nadette Peters lip-synching '30s songs in Pennies From Heaven April 8. A Tallulah Bankhead festival will bring to campus two of the actress's films, The Devil and the Deep (March 29) and Lifeboat (April 1). The Film Forums begin Jan. 24 with Dr. John Kasson of the UNC department of history introducing the Harold Lloyd films Safety Last and Hot Water as well as Buster Keaton's Sherlock Junior. On Feb. 21 Burly Page of the curriculum in Afro-American studies will introduce and discuss Bitter Cane, a look at the history of oppression in Haiti, and South Africa: The Rising Tide, a documentary on minority rule in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. The third and final pro gram will be on March 22, when folklore specialists Cece Conway and Dan Patter son introduce Dink: A Pre-Blues Musi- cian and Being a Joines; A Life on the Brushy Mountains. As with past semesters, the film com mittee has reserved one night for the screening of films made by UNC students. Chapel Hill's little taste of Can nes this semester will be March 25. Details on entering films to be shown will appear . .-v , .fxxo-.-..v'.v ...w v . av... v.'.vw.w.' . ., .v. -,-.v a THE Daily Crossword ACROSS 1 Forever day 5 Hilo hello 10 Chicken abode 14 Something borrowed 15 Mixed feline .offspring 16 A. D. word 17 Bloreor Clapton 18 Bay 19 Liquefy 20 C.O.D. 23 Olive genus 24 Religious , speech: abbr. 25 Made ready 28 Competitive business struggles 33 Toward sheltered side 34 Lukewarm 35 Splitting tool 36 M.S. 40 WWII area 41 Recipient ' 42 "Trees," for one 43 Changed the cost of 45 Gazelles 47 Ordinal suffix Yesterday's Puzzle Solved: I S H IP I R IT ITM A G j I IIT IE IE IM LITE 111 O.X. !N A. L.S.O. ETr" I C A J L E N ID LUNT tSlI C 0DED uR.JC.K L E S rrp R E S P E A L SB R. 0.A 0 S T E R jr E ! T T E D APRHPORE DOMICr R S E S.IJL JJL P iI0MErAIL Hill 0. J S HO N JCEI S C A jrjps.Cn. E A TNE S S aloud lTTm o r"! S.1IWE L.JLjJS 0.B.A R.S. 0. R. A J 0 1 1 0. "1 0. L L 11 hari e. r n. re.ac.j oInIeIrudIaIdIaueisIsIeIs 11184 11 2 H 14 f IS , 16 17 18 p I 110 111 112 113 U T il " " "W IT ",8 IF" "20 '"'.IT" " n ----- , i26 Uy " """"" ll-!" 30 131 132 ' 33 " 34" - - - 37 T 38 . " "" 39" " To mmm"TT""'. " Ti "" 43 " "44" , " "" 45 1 46 "" " " " - .. . . . - 56" ; "" "57" -55 - IT""" " b2 '"" "hi "SI """ 11 mmmammBmmmmmmmmammmmBBtmmmmmmmmmmmam I?.8iTr,Dune Company Syndicate, All Dii-iK- i j in inyiua ntsserveu I I 1 f 111 x 1 J I MI later this semester in The Daily Tar Heel. Another tradition returning for the spring semester is Science Fiction Night, when sci-fi fans camp out with munchies on the floor in Great Hall. The night is Feb. 18 and the films arp The Invisible Man, The Thing the original version of, Dark Star and Zardoz. Saturday Matinees of so-called "children's films" are also scheduled. After a midnight show t Feb. 3, 77i Wizard of Oz will be shown again on the morning of Feb. 4. Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland will be screened in similar fashion, with a midnight show March 23 and two morning shows on March 24. The Point will only be shown on the mor ning of April 14. Two double features are scheduled for this semester. Saturday, anarchy of the Marxian variety Marx brothers, that is will reign supreme. In Monkey Business, all four brothers overrun a cruise ship. In A Night at the Opera, Zep po bows out as the others give the dizziest performance ever of Verdi's Trovatore. The second program, on Feb. 22, features the German silent films The Last Laugh and Pandora's Box. After all these special events, there re main a number of high-quality cinematic offerings on the schedule. Sunday sees screenings of-Tte Innocents, an adapta tion of The Turn of the Screw. Last year's big winner at Cannes, Yol, will be shown Jan. 21. Other titles include Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century (Jan. 29), The Philadelphia Story (Feb. 14), Bergman's The Seventh Seal (Feb. 26), A Place in the Sun (March 17), Say Amen, Somebody (March 18), and Billy Wilder s The Apartment (April 17). By Albert J. Klaus 48 Islamic law 49 B.A. 56 Sensible . 57 Sweetheart 58 Sulk 59 Use a mangle 60 Frankiethe singer 61 Vagrant 62 Fast time 63 Icelandic literary works 64 Merganser DOWN 1 Guinness 2 Bayes 3 Speaker's platform 4 Recluse 5 Trued 6 Actress Lavin 7 Make eyes at 8 Cad 9 Aesthetic 10 Picture taker 11 Something unique 12 S.R.O.word 13 Cooking . vessel 21 Shout at bullfights 22 Composer of operas 25 More courageous 26 Make Jubilant 27 Author of fables 28 Nourished anew 29 Church part 30 Small boat 31 Surpass 32 Appears 34 Musical sound 37 Dame Evans 38 Actress Hudson 39 Tomb in scriptions 44 Late 45 Worships 46 Br. sky fighters 48 Sports area 49 Nude 50 Shortly 51 Cargo 52 Roman poet 53 S.R.O. word 54 Inflated casing 55 Store away 56 R.S.V.P. word Inc. 11184
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