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Dy Chandter McRee
Staff Writer
It's always nice when a film which
has everything possible going for it
delivers its goods in a single, neatly
packaged story. Prizzi's Honor has
a lot going for it Jack Nicholson
and Kathleen Turner as its stars, a
bevy of competent and convincing
supporting players and the legendary
John Huston as director. Huston
knows how to produce a quality adult
film, addressing topics like life and
death, passion and murder (which
often go hand-in-hand), and family
honor inevitably winning out in
the end all in a hard-knock, no-punches-pulled
manner. Still, a light
touch of humor protrudes where
needed.
Jack Nicholson plays Charley
Partanna, loyal hit-man for the Prizzi
family mob and strong contender to
head his own syndicate in the future.
While attending one of the Prizzi
weddings, he glances behind him and
spots the Woman of his dreams. She's
Irene Walker, with a past as shady
as Charley's. They fall in love (a little
too quickly, but that's Hollywood)
and get married. As Charley's wife,
she receives a sort of honorary niche
in the Prizzi clan, which is just what
she wants; Irene has been hired as
part of a one-time deal to swindle
By Aniket Mejumdar
Staff Writer
A Sunday night "Goon Show"
with Peter Sellers is among the
highlights of the June lineup on
WUNC, one of two radio stations
on campus. This is one of several
National Public Radio features
carried by WUNC.
WUNC, located in Swain Hall, is
a regional radio station serving
central North Carolina transmitting
about 90 miles around Chapel Hill.
It is a member of National Public
Radio and a major portion of its
programs comes from NPR, Euro
pean broadcasting stations and -commercial
syndicates. The rest of
the 20 hour daily schedule is made
up of locally developed features on
classical, jazz and folk music and
other informational and educational
programs.
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The lovebirds continue their romance
as the scandal grows wider and
deeper. Charley is ordered by his
boss, Don Corrado Prizzi, to "ice"
his wife and protect the Prizzi honor.
Violence abounds in this new twist
on gangland families in America. It's
difficult to root for any single
character, because everyone is cor
rupt to begin with. Nicholson, riding
high since his Oscar-winning por
trayal of an astronaut in Terms of
Endearment, is no less charming and
hilarious as Charley. He brings new
meaning to stiff upper lip, and his
Brooklyn accent and day-glo outfits
are wildly realistic. He- is one of
America's most unpredictable actors
and proffers an offbeat quality to
counter today's mundane
silverscreen.
But the women in Prizzi's Honor
are the real eyecatchers. Both Kat
hleen Turner and Anjelica Huston
(Prizzis' granddaughter and Huston's
real daughter) stand out as hard
headed vixens capable of emasculat
ing any male, physically and men
tally. They're cold-blooded females
playing on the weaknesses of the
strong-willed, pompous Prizzi men to
get their share of the stakes. There's
a certain resourcefulness to their
actions; creativity has a major role
in the way they must conduct their
lives in a male-dominated syndicate.
Turner's hit-woman screams sex
appeal; she's Joan Crawford, only
; Good! shows make for good 1 listening
Classical music programs form the
bulk of WUNC's music broadcasts.
Upcoming programs include Satur
day afternoon opera presentations:
Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande June
22 and Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle
and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortileges
will be a double feature June 29.
On April 12 Margaret Whiting,
Julias La Rosa, Rhetta Hughes and
Marlene Verplanck joined the Loonis
McGlohon Quartet at Memorial Hall
to pay tribute to the music of Johnny
Mercer. Remember Johnny was
spot-recorded by WUNC Radio and
will be broadcast on Sunday, June
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softer and less brutal. And Huston's
is the most bristly face to hit the
screen in 1985. Her portrayal of the
hardened, ruthless Maerose Prizzi
should not be overlooked when
Oscar nomination time comes next
February. She has enough angles to
her features to keep a camera from
ever having to shoot her the same
way twice. She is a joy to watch.
Early on, Prizzis Honor lets us in
on its secrets. Someone must die to
protect the family name, and the
film's conclusion is as unpredictable
as are its participants. A code of
honor for the Prizzis is artificially
imposed; a defense mechanism so
that these killers might live with their
rampant bloodletting. In the end,
murder is regarded as self-defense
and takes on a more humane aspect.
The movie's original intent is lost
amid the confusion of who kills who
and how much of whose take is
finally nabbed.
Prizzis Honor ranks as one of
John Huston's best features. He has
so much become a part of the legend
of Hollywood and his movies convey
that feeling. From the overblown,
moody musical score to the grainy,
mismatched camerawork, Prizzis
Honor shows us that movies are not
the perfect medium of expression.
Quite simply, they make perfect an
overblown, mismatched world where
misfit, gangland families believe in an
honor code for the sake of survival.
The Philadelphia Orchestra will
perform 20th century music on
Tuesday evenings featuring compos
ers Berg, Rochberg, Ruggles and
Premru. Special programs are
interspersed with the regular features
broadcast over the week by WUNC.
On June 21, Peter Ustinov, Leonard
Slatkin and the Chicago Symphony
present five works in a tribute to the
Theater, the Visual Arts, Literature,
Dance and the Opera.
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
airs Sunday evenings. Artists to be
interviewed are Paul Smith and Dave
Brubeck. Another weekly jazz pro
gram, The American Jazz Radio
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Baron or at Papagayos. Better
known as Mango Jam, this acoustic
group has been playing together for
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selected from the audience.
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brought a section of the crowd to
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took second and stayed on to per
form at the Art School after the
scheduled show was over.
The surprise of the night was
Ether, an air band. Seven members
of the Actors' Co-op, a group of
working people who are artists based
at the Art School, twanged their
"guitars," thumped on "the key
boards," banged on " the drums,"
"sang" and danced, all in the air, to
put forth an act which was a complete
Festival, is broadcast at 1 1 p.m. on
Saturdays. Back Porch Music, the
other weekly music feature, also airs
on Saturday evenings and features
traditional and contemporary folk
music styles from around the world.
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highlights conversations with scho
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Humanities Center in Research
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Since our last report on Monday
Night Live appearing in the Daily Jar
Heel in April, several upcoming
shows have been confirmed. The
potpourri of music, magic, comedy
and dance continues throughout the
rest of June, all of July and well into
August. Singer Ronnie Willams and
magician Tate Eliott take to the stage
on July 1. Comedienne Joanne
Gilbert stands up and Terio demon
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, Monday.
Singer and guitarist Tracy Drach
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sounds of The Tintinabulators play
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dulcimer.
Mary Ruth who is at the helm of
Monday Night Live would like to
hear from willing participants. Call
the Art School at 942-2041.
The organizers of Monday Night
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wonderful oppurtunity to local tal.tnt
and for helping to melt away the
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and others for at least one night.
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Another BBC Radio production
rounds off the schedule. On Thurs
day nights. Lord. Peter Wimsey
contemplates the conundrum (a
riddle whose answer is or involves
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programs to be broadcast over the
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