The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 26, 1979, Page Page 5, Image 5
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By Dayld Baker
Entertainment Editor
Sometimes schmaltz can be nice, but thai
case with John G. Avildsen's Slow Dancing
City. Avildsen, who took sentimentally to
limits with Rocky, has simply gone too far
one.
Slow Dancing stars Paul Sorvino as
Breslin-esque news writer and newcon
Ditchburn as the critically ill ballerina
loves. Both characters. esDeciallv Sorvino'<
r A f '
just wallow in emotion.
When the film opens, Sorvino is sitting
typewriter, in his underwear, writing a st
an Eskimo who saved an accountant from
himself. A most unattractive waitress is o
behind him waiting for his hands to roam
typewriter to her. It's no wonder that he
story out to such exorbitant lengths.
Likewise, it's no wonder that the first tim
lays eyes on Ditchburn, he's nearly overcoi
Canadian good looks. And when he learra
reason she's in his building is to rent an a
Sil 9
Rock Moi
By James Rokosny man}
Qamvcock Staff Writer Cham
Rock Mountain, an Atlanta- Weh<
Dasea tock Dana, gave iwo crowd- Th<
pleasing performances in the 21, c
Golden Spur on Tuesday and "Big
Wednesday of this past week. feedb
The band, consisting of Patty clear
Albigese, vocals; Mark Parish, Crow<
keyboards; Jim Callay, drums; befor
John Tyler, lead guitar, bass and Youn
vocals and Howard Williams, freou
| guitar, bass and vocals, is a tight, songs
? semi-commercial band that is first
working on creating its "own Dane
' sound." follov
I If you like to hear tight "U.S
reproductions of songs by such Alb
\ artists as Jackson Browne, The almo!
i Grateful Dead and many more, show
you'd probably love this band. But singii
if you like a band trying to make it Judy
ion pure original matenai, you forms
probably wouldn't. imita
In talking to Ira Luft, the sound band
man, I inquired on why the band Fred<
doesn't just play original music if The t
that is what they are striving for. sounc
"We have to keep our popularity, this i
up and make sure our original that t
material is the way we want it list o
I before making the big jump," he lackii
said. The band has been in touch Tyl
with a couple of recording com- that
panies, but unlike most groups, band
they decided to wait. "We're sharii
building our own studio back in Tyler
Atlanta. We feel it's better to wait Jerry
and have everything totally pjay i
organized before presenting it to SOunc
companies and the public. Too hear*
y 'Slow D<
d with saci
: is not the there? the g)eam in his <
in the Big ?un- For weeks he pursi
the outer 10 g0 oul WItn nim
. wjth this If only the two of them
say to one another on th
a Jimmv of Love Story wouldn^t
ler Anne scriPl is filled with **
whom he dialogue that has ever f<
s, seem to sc^?enAt
one point, Sorvino t
behind a in New York? w
ory about stars, kiss the moon, tui
drowning Lines like that could i
,n the bed suPP1>r? and Grant's sere
from the She should apply for wor
draes the T^e on*y scenes in S
^ interesting are the o
dancing. When she's r
Lcovivmu . " .... .
me bv her rooftoP. whirling and ;
i that the emenating from her po
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intain ro<
r musicians jump at their first P<>P
ce, make one album and die. He*
ape to ayoid this," stated Luft. aft?
; show on Wednesday, Feb. yell
>pened with Joni Mitchell's sonr
Yellow Taxi"; a rumble of
>ack ruined the song but was ?
ed up quickly. Most of the disj
d must have seen this band and
e, because cries for Neil Bro
ig and The Dead were owr
ently howled. The next two
answered these requests, thei
with Young's "When You Chi<
e, I Can Really Love," wer
fed by The Grateful Dead's and
.Blues." the
igese can hold her own with sho<
st any female vocalist. She T'
ed her versatility while P^ei
ig songs by Joni Mitchell and moc
Collins. Her best perance
of the evening was her
tion of Grace Slick as the YOU
performed "Fast Buck ^ne1
3y" by Jefferson Starship. 8r0!
>and can re-create songs that Y00
I as good as the originals, but tun<
is their downfall. It's great *? M
hey can play this impressive to '
f songs, but improvisation is tere
rig, eliminating originality. |??^
er ana wimams oosometmng 1L43
is not frequently seen in a ?
? they switch back and forth, '
ng the guitar and bass duties. JS?
has the ability of imitating .
- Garcia. I don't say he can
as good as Garcia, but he can ...
I closer than anyone I've ever .
d. This was a major a
;yes practically outshines the i = ^
ipq hpr anHcho fin-jll..
, M..M U..V ii.iuii; 051 cw ""Wl
had something interesting to
eir dates,this inept variation
be so bad. Barra Grant's
le most agonizingly insipid
3und its way to the American
ells the lady: "If we can beat
e can do anything ? walk on
rn the garbage into roses..." ^
eplenish the world's sugar I
enplay is just chock-full of it. j:-..
If at !1 CflnP nlanfofirvn I
low Dancing that are at all
nes featuring Ditchburn's &
ehearsing all night on the
jerking to the disco music
rtable tape recorder, she is
w S^i^;A\V--i y:Si i ^
;ks out
ularity-getter with the "Deqd |?? | ^ fl
ids" at the Spur. It seemed as if I 1|""
ir every song people were
ing "Grateful Dead"; at least
le people have good taste in
sic
rilliams' best guitar work was Monday, Februa
)layed on "Running on Empty" to Britain's ambas
"Redneck Friend" by Jackson Five Fingers (U.S
wne. The band also did their which also stars M
i version of "Cocaine" which by Bernard Herrm
\ great, mainly because it was
r own version. During "Dixie
cken" by Little Feat, Williams Tuesday Februf
It Wild, dropping to his knees Lubj^ch yciassic c
falling onto his back, he gave Waroh an
best stage theatrics of the ^f^'s sets
he selection of music was gentlemen pain er
nomenal and brought back the h ^
>ds and ideals of the 1960s, and she switches (
jcially when the band played p'm'
lio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and
ng. Remember "what if you
w her and found her dead on the Wednesday, Feb
md? How can you run when Bergman's story o!
know?" During an original carrying on as bef
i by Tyler the band urged, "Go faces in this one, i
ie woods, Go to see what used von Sydow and Gu
>e yours and mine," an in- Seal, exceptThuliri
sting and very realistic way of
ing at progress (if that is what
).
Sunday, March
ock Mountain is a tight, very Harold Lloyd's las
inized and ambitious band that Freshman, parts o
nave a goon tuiure once mey in trie Kussell Hot
their own sound together. Until who is fired, gets d
1, they are a crowd-pleaser, of a circus. It is a
1 good musicians, great vocals but the classic sla
a great selection of songs. directed. 7 and 9:3(
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caHnr tn Tiiplroi; inH faaHinn canrato In tlu> Movie in
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1952). Joseph Mankiewicz directed this thriller,
[ichael Rennie and Danielle Darrieux, with music
ann (Psycho). 108 minutes. 7 and9:30p.m.
iry 27: Design for Living (U.S., 1933) is an Ernst
ctorrino Hafv Prw^npr Miriam (Innlrinc
VI?tV\?jr > ???0 jr xywvj/vi , ?*? ? * V|/?h??aj,
d Edward Everett Horton. A wealthy American
up housekeeping with two destitute American !
s ? all for the furtherance of art, of course. But
de for romance as the men vie for the girl's love,
casually from one to the other. 95 minutes. 7 and
mary 28: Winter Light (Sweden, 1962) is Ingmar
f a country minister dealing with a loss of faith but !
it he can. Bergman fans will find many familiar
lotably Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Max
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i). 80minutes. 9:30only. 1
4: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (U.S., 1946) is
t film. Lloyd here continues his character of The
f which are included (and all of which was shown
ise this past semester). Here he's a bookkeeper
runk, loses Wednesday and wakes up as the owner
bit on the long side (90 minutes) for its material, I
pstick is as marvelous as ever Preston Sturges I
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