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6 Used By David Baker t Film Critic ] After insurance r salesmen, politicians and i child molesters, probably t the most despised people t in America are those who < lurk in those cramped little buildings in the cenier 01 tnose vast ( gravel lots, patiently i waiting for the op- ( portunity to unload on } it's a na<it\/-minHf*r doesn't pull any pt comes across all the its lack of timidity. unsuspecting passersby one of those rusty buckets of trouble, otherwise known as the used car. Ask anvone on th#? w ? street and chances are they'll tell you that used car salesmen are born liars who'll cheat theis own mothers, deceive their closest friends, and , do anything under the sun ? legal or otherwise ? to ( make a sale. Used Cars, the latest vumtuj 11 win me ej< - i ceptionally talented * writing- producing -directing team of Robert ( Zemeckis and Bob Gale, does nothing to change 4 this disparaging view of used car salesmen. In . fact, it does everything possible to tarnish their blackened reputations even further, and takes more than its share of sideswipes at politicians, as well. It's a nasty-minded little movie that doesn't pull any punches and which comes across alJ rz n 11 T7 ry o In JL KA, H A U. O ' HV and Super Salad Capstone Cc m 1. t t i nursaay,: 5:00-7:00 -v I v..' I iHiurfi?' ''' jj^ Cars he more hilarious tor its ack of timidity. This is lot to say that the picture s without flaws, but that he humor is so profuse hat one can't help being jntertained. The story revolves iround the two car lots >wned by the Fuchs brothers, Luke and Hoy both played by Jack Warden). Luke's lot, New f little movie that inches and which ? more hilarious for Deal Used Cars, is the smaller and less successful of the two, but the Highway Department is preparing to put a freeway through Roy's lot across the street, making it imperative for him to force New Deal out of business so he can take over the location. Toward this end, he concocts a plot literally to The major problem i s that not all of its hi if taste, such as th jags dealing with de scare his weak-hearted brother to death, which, in turn, prompts Luke's employees to retaliate, which causes Roy to go to even further extremes, and so on and so one. During the course of the film, we're treated to scenes depicting salpsmpn t^mnprint* with odometers, fixing flat n Show Supper ifeteria iep{-25 i ^'v; sho\ V Supe V, \ \ jp BHMMMHBHHHHBi f U IJCJL tires with temporary sealants, re-attaching loose bumpers with bubble gum and camouflaging taxis with water-based spray paint. Ana mat s jusi oenma tne scenes. In public, they blow up the competition's cars, break children's hearts by making them think their father is a dog killer, and illegally interrupt network television news and sports broadcasts with uproarious home-made commercials that are obscene, to say the very least. The salesmen are led by Randy Russo (Kurt Russell) and Jeff Kirkwood (Gerrit Graham, who played "Beef" in Brian DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise). The former is a real smooth-talker who has his eyes on an aboutto-be vacated Senate seat, while the latter is the superstitious star of with "Used Cars'' umor is in the best \e jokes and sight ath. the atorementioned commercials. Russell is terrific in his first feature film since f Urt ?V? f A*1 f tut niauc-iui -icicvioiuii Elvis!, but Graham steals the show from him, Warden and everyone else. When Graham dons his Marshall Lucky costume and goes across the street "to blow the I X \ ] U Whai's New ror Fall '80 shion Preview by Belk v begins at 6 p.m. r Salad Supper $2.50 ! iir>l i ul/nU 1 u' <L'r*una fjc ve i cyj' j ' iilll I I f >a aec hell out of high car prices," it is the funniest, most inspired bit of acting I've seen all year. And the scene wherein he and Peanuts the dog team up to sell a station wagon is an even Digger scream. The major problem By James Rokc As Elton John sang "Ha Criminal," Friday night, ironic and annoying to set near the stage at the colise with his billy-club strappe his hand and ready for actic The sad thing about it v John crowd was extreme So why do security officers 'control' an already contro issue has been bothering m at the University of South C I've attended rock conc have been to close to a hu ferent states, in over fifte and I've never seen such a i "security." A couple years ago I atl concert in the Coliseum. Nc show, the crowd began to fi the stage. Unfortunately f front of the mob. A pol "move back," but the cro push forward I replied, anywhere." With that,the ol didn't move I waygoing dou With still no way for me to at me with his stick in ham set fire to the President's 1 pushed and shoved my w crowd in order to save the si This is just one isolated ploited securitv Dower thousands of other tales underlying theme that bios ATTEN I ANI : thi j plai I ACT1V i i Tor | russi i | COME ANC ! IN THE Ri j 10SESSK j INCLU j Memt i as ; Basic ( j Prom( | FOR MORE ilon h with Used Cars is that not all of its humor is in the best of taste, such as the inkpc ;inrJ sit?ht t>a0s ?c?~ " * o?odealing with Luke's death. We laugh at the film during these moments, but we feel most uncomfortable WW vMjmm i. M mrmm m ??ny in the coliseum ve Mercy on the The other nig I found it both take pictures ol ; a police officer interupted ty um Friday night No one was id firmly around security guard >n. in front of peop fas that the Elton i don't adv( ily well-behaved, because I've feel they have to Madness" and lied crowd? This do > esn^ciallv < e since I've been But some peop arolina. know one thi erts since 1973, somebody spill ndred in six dif- and back than 1 en concert halls. Rock 'n' roll lseless display of made to allow \ If they want to ended a Kansas they should b< ;ar the end of the have to worry 11 the aisles near a .,* UUVV 11. or me, I was in Grrv.ied, the iceman shouted to do. iiut I thii wd continued to far. There is nc "I can't move want to stand fficer told me if I good money foi ,-ntown with him. sleep on the si get out, he came d as if 1 had just If people gel louse. Luckily, I dealt with. H >ay through the club raring to hape of my head. "Your Song" t< I incident of ex- nnrniio But there are the country dec with the same a much more som at concerts that be done he riON ALL D ORGANI2 ERE IS STILL TIM \l ON ATTENDIN ITIES WORI BORROW SEPT. ELL HOIJSF RAI I 3:30-6:30 p.m FREE ) REGISTER BE &3:30 USSELL HOUSE LOBBY DNS WILL BE PR DING TOPICS SU >ership Recruit! iig vyitii Hcivise ng Effective M? :ontracts Dtion &Publicit INFORMATION S ACTIVITIES OFFIC mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi umor while doing so. Still, with unfunny comedies the current bill of fare is town, Used Cars and Airplane! look to be the only guaranteed laugh-fetchers of the season. ;ht, several people wanted to f Elton John, but were rudely one of Coliseum's 'red coats.' hurting anybody, but the s found it necessary to jump le's cameras. >cate the use of marijuana seen the movie "Reefer I know what it can make you when listening to rock 'n' roll. >le like to smoke it. . I ? ? t TtJ II 1 1 ng iur sure, 1 u rainer nave i I an ounce of pot on my neck I lave them spill a beer on me. I I is a style of music that is | >eople to be free and feel free, dance or jump up in the air i allowed to. They shouldn't about being hit or told to sit se security people nave a jod nk they take it just a little too ) reason to bother people who up and dance. People pay r tickets to shows, some even dewalk t) get good seats. : out of hand they should be ut a policeman with his go while Elton John sings 5 a calmly seated audience is d for. Concert halls all over il with much larger crowds in pleasant manner, why can't re? ' CLUBS j NATIONS i I I I r. Tr\ L_ I \J i CTHE : (SHOP 23rd I -ROOM : I I 9 4 I I I TWEEN 3:00 ! BALLROOM j ESENTED ! CH AS: ! ment I rs f eetinas ' E v i i TOP BY THE | ;E. ?