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Ententainr Chic is lii By Hanny Powell I ( Chic lived up to its name in appearance I Friday evening as they performed before a 1 sparce Coliseum crowd, but their music was i lacking that elegant flair. The audience was obviously impressed by the show put on by the four-member group, with their eight-member backup group, which included three violin players. However the violins were for show only, becau. ?they certainly added nothing to the music, not like real studio strings would. The lyrics to Chic's music is stereotypical of all disco tunes: lyrically repetitive and simple, a moving beat and nice harmony. If not for the instrumental part of their music, Chic would have been very boring. The audience was thrilled with the Chic hits "Le Freak," "Dance, Dance, Dance" and their other chart-topping hits, but for the most part, it was the lively stage show that gave the audience their money's worth. The most disappointing part of the evening was when Gene Chandler took the stage. Chandler was a misplaced night club performer who should have been singing at a small beach club instead of the awesome Coliseum. Later that evening, the MC announced Chandler would be performing at a local club, which is where he should have been in the first place, because he seemed to be overwhelmed by both the number of people and the size of the arena. (jnandler pranced on stage and literally | thrilled the audience with the movements of | his long body; it certainly was not his music. I He must have been on one hell of an ego trip, | because it looked as if he thought he was the After two y By David Baker played ai Film emu; from his Charlton Heston may be in his an heroic fifties, but it's doubtful that many ill-fated men half his age would want to Down, tangle with the award-winning actor. The man is big, strapping, "I alw; as healthy looking as anyone different I 1!l 1__ A. ? A. *i * you re ever lmeiy 10 ineei. tie 1 ve JUSI credits his fitness to tennis, a game "I think he plays better than many of its actors in professionals, but there's no establish disguising the fact that he works guess I'n out in gymnasiums on a regular who does basis. one of tl There's also no disguising the who doe fact that Heston looks a great deal that gn younger than he really is. His perhaps, auburn hair is mixed with gray fellows, only on the sides, giving one the impression that he's talking with a "But distinguished man in his early-to somethir mid forties. A professor perhaps, audienc< given his eloquent use of the "becaus* English language. you'd bel Heston was in Atlanta recently to 0ne or promote the opening of his latest chances, film, The Mountain Men, in which think, yc he makes his first screen ap- 0f gut re pearance in more than two years, doesn't 1 The reason for his self-imposed like you hiatus? "I iust didn't read nnt anything I liked," he said, adding me. Bui that after spending almost three Tyler, I < decades in Hollywood, "a good script is still the hardest thing to Hestoi come by." Richelie Heston admitted, however, that Mushete in the case of The Mountain Men, Four Mi the quality of the script was not were what first brought about his in- beknnwr terest. their pr( "I would be the first to concede," announc he said, "that one of the things that would b HrAW mp tn this nirtnrA pupn lo?Aifor *? V ?' V) v w v? AVftl>V W1 before I read it, was the fact that every my son, Fraser, had written it." respond) Heston confessed that he was howevei concerned about the possibility of ment. not liking the script when he first learned that his son was writing it, "I di< but after reading the final draft, he 1 'becaus said, he was both relieved and both mo delighted. than an; He found the role of Bill Tyler, gave m whom he describes as "a raucous, he adde bad-smelling, illiterate fur trap- made t! per/' to be refreshingly different would s from any role he had previously partanc nent^? I V ? fl-i yisiy UUL main event. Clouds could be seen formin{ around his head as his musical directo began shouting out, "Gene Chandler, Gen< Chandler, Gene Chandler," over and over a: the "star" made his bows and encore bow! at the end of his drawn-out act. Probably the highlight of the entir evening was when Cameo took to the stag* If Cameo had put as much effort in thei music as they did their stage antics, the would have been a knock-out; as is, their ac was only a technical decision. They were, i Chic in Friday night'i. w w - ears, nest id as different as could be Heston consi most recent part, that of of his most fasc ; submarine captain in the that he would 1 1Q7R rflPflSP Clrn\) T.nrl\> hnt nf all tho portrayed, Mac ays look for something as because of the as possible from what surround the pi done," Heston explained. I'm luckier than most 44 , nere are a that, over the years, I've 0 Jvon?tKVf ed some elbow room. I except as'that 1 the only American actor ^)u ,7eMeIn ; non-American parts. I'm MacBeth 111. he few American actors Heston said th< s biographical roles and stage v<-'"'slons tes me chances that, appeared in w, are denied to some of my misnaPOn one occas was holding br you must also look for duel. In the ig that seems viable for an performance, e," Heston continued, his ankle, an< b about every six pictures, formance had tter have a very successful temporary hal you won i get anymore tights mistake] And underneath all that, I in kerosene ar >u must look for some kind soon after he pi sponse to the character. It need to be a man who is Nothing so ? Cardinal Richelieu is during the film me, Bill Tyler is not like Men, however t to both Richelieu and exception of i iAlllrl ootr 'VAC ' i/vuiu onjr 1 to. I CVISIUIIS)^ | smoothly. Th< 1 portrayed the notorious after the film v u in both The Three its distributor era and its sequel, The the film's title isketeers. The two pictures filmed together, un- 44wind Rive ist to the cast, and when Heston said. 4 xlucer, Alexander Salkind, picture was wi ed that the second picture under, but it's e assembled from footage calls a 'sof from the first, virtually Mountain Men member of the cast ? it does say ed with a lawsuit. Heston, about. But I \* \ expressed no resent- wind River." Heston's ne in't get upset," he said, underwent a le I only worked 10 days on Jewel of the l >vies and I was paid better of the Bram S yone else in the cast. That it is based) tc e a certain detachment," the change w d with a laugh. "If they'd production b< hree pictures out of it, I upset. The pi< till have felt I had a good film Heston ) 1 had been verv well paid." be released n< J 1 1 typical a l all honesty, the high point of the evening, r Whereas Chic had a good stage show and e fairly decent music, Cameo had a great s stage act and good music with the only s drawback being that you could only halfunderstand what thev were saving. e Cameo added sparkle to their act with a ?. very good choreographing session, inr teresting costumes, a fog patch covering the y stage, exploding flashes (that were both :t shocking and blinding) and a smoking n guitar. In reference to the guitar, if someone > concert at the Coliseum on back on i mi mii| i mi mmm , ike to play again ? I ' characters he has Beth is his favorite, s superstitions that B ay itself. HUf ctors," Heston sgid, ^$i| ;n refer to MacBeth I ) Scottish play.'And jj H| '"" supposed to quote fe istrating his point, | HH3KH Iff it not one of the five |V-?:v?? 'm of MacBeth he has as totally free from gf S mm K Lit them on. Heston discusses u 1 I ip? ui cauiui uctj-'peiieu ling of The Mountain THE ROL , he said. With the m i few minor script mSBBBJR r only snag came WMB| vas completed, when decided to change 'It was the title the ritten under and shot s what the industry * t' title. And The vA/rM,c^^TXMr.T^ i is not a terrible title GOT THE TC what the picture is COPIER WITH ALL T ,AI,U Un..<. RI IT AX TUC rr>rkM< fuuiu uovc pictci icu i /~\ i i nc CV-?Ul^v. xt film, his 54th, also OUR EXTRAS INCLU title change, from Spotless Legal and Seven Stars (the title Collation Two-Sid Itoker novel on which Cardstock Labels ? The Awakening, but as made long before egan,so Heston isn't 933 Main street i" dure, the first occult 700.-3007 las appeared in, will |_ it ion wide in October. u isco were playing me like that, I would probably smoke too; he was sensational. Cameo was truly a visibly exciting group; eventually they will get their music up to an even par with their stage movements and they will be pure black dynamite. Ecstasy, the lead group, was surprizingly good for a lead-in group, as far as those groups go. For the most part, Ecstasy did nothing original, but they did do some pretty good renditions of the Whispers' "When The Beat Goes On and Kool & the Gang s Too Hot," among other popular tunes. The one song that was all Ecstasy, which will be released in the next few weeks, was a so-so song. Given time, exposure and experience, Ecstasy has the potential to make it to the top, or at least to a high plateau. Overall the concert was drawn out and boring, with long breaks between each group. This caused the relatively calm crowd to find way to enjoy themselves, either by talking, consuming beer and/or smoking some very funny smelling r?i fTo rol t oc At loacf thoro timro rtrt mciinr Vlgui VVVVU, AAV tvuuv WIIVA V TTV4 V IIV IltUJVl fights or police movements, which marred the Isley Brothers concert a few weeks ago. In comparing the three summer concerts at the Coliseum, the Commodores were undoubtably the best, with Chic coming in a far second and the Isley Brothers bringing up the bottom. The Commodores offered a perfect blend between lyrics and music; the Chic concert, if anything, was a little heavy I on the lyrical side, and the Isley Brothers I were too loud and overbearing with their music. screen ~"*^r rV1 ^'I^tZ*- J c"s~-r\ Hlilil^ j^fc.- >- -J .-r j script with author/son Fraser Clarke LS OF REPRODUCTION gprar >P OF THE LINE HE EXTRAS, J? {T )MICAL PRICE OF Per Copy IDE: Letter Size Copies Reductions ed Copies Copies on Colored Paper Your Letterhead Mnn.o fnf Mon Thurs 8 30 7 00 Fndav 8 30 6 OO i 1 I OJl.V Jk Saturday 1 0 00 5 00