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Phil" is ultimately an endearing
motion picture. At j
its essence, the film is a
remake of Francois Truffaut's
"Jules et Jim." Set in ]
Greenwich Village, it stars
Michael Ontkean (Willie), (
Ray Sharkey (Phil) and
Margot Kidder (Jeannette). ,
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The movie opens in the
early 1970s when Willie and
Phil meet after a showing of
the Truffaut film at the
Bleeker Street Cinema.
Willie is a high school
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to be a jazz pianist. Phil is a
fashion photographer who
"wants to be a Jewish intellectual."
Almost instant'v.
they become
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Shortly thereafter, they
both fall in love with 1
Jeanne a free spirit from i
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By Leeu Balnbridge
Entertainment Editor
If anyone is interested in
Pat Conroy's philosophy on
life, it can be read in his
partially autobiographical
books, said the best-selling
author Friday.
Conroy stopped at USC for
an afternoon of
autographing his latest book
and meeting with his readers
Friday in the Campus
Bookstore. He is on tour promoting
his new book, >
"Lords of Discipline." s
The book d^ls with life at i
the Carolina Military In- c
stitute in Charleston, ad- 1
mittedly based on the i
Citadel. c
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Conroy, a 1967 Citadel t
graduate, is certainly an
authority on the subject. His
feelings, expressed Friday <
afternoon and throughout ;
the book, are that military i
schools are right for some, i
wrong for others, although i
Pat Conroy autographs <
latest book, 'Lords of Di
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n Washington Square Park.
She explains that she's about a
0 be kicked out of her k
ipartment and both men v
)ffer to take her in. She flips F
1 coin ? heads it's Willie, i
.ails it's Phil. r
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15 minutes. The remainder b
Df the film follows the loving c
trio through the 70s, wat- \
ching as they change partners,
discover new ways of
life, move across the <
country, have a baby and go s
their separate ways. The i
amazing thing is that t
Jeannette's coin toss is about 1
as close as any one of them 1
comes to making a decision 1
of any importance. The <
decade Willie, Phil and f
Jeannette spend together is <
a decade of floating, and it's ;
ever so intriguing to watch it <
pass. 1
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lave with the film is its 1
larration, delivered by 1
Vlazursky himself. Filled I
,vith such profound lines as I
writes t
the book is written in a
negative tone. 1
"When I read your book, it <
really ripped open old
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that the book is fic\
incidents in the be
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vounds,'' one former Citadel i
itudent told Conroy, j
ef erring to the descriptions i
>f life as a first-year student. j
t is apparent that the book
lot only is powerful, but
leals openly with the rough p
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reatment of new students. r
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days in Charleston last week e
promoting the book ,said the
reactions from Citadel
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They were looking for
inswers, but they didn't
;now what the questions
vere," Mazursky's play-by>lay
account of the action is
nsulting. Why would anyone
leed to be told what was
lappening in front of their
jyes? And it's even more
listracting when Mazursky
tttempts to explain what a
:haracter is saying precisely
vhile he's saying it.
"Willie and Phil," though
ieliberately loosely contracted,
has a tendency to
-amble, especially near the
beginning and end. Twenty
Tiinutes easily could have
>een removed without harm
;o either the story line or the
characterizations. The perormers,
however, are
extremely skilled and they
are very likeable. The three
jf them make "Willie and
Phil" work better than it has
the right to. Special mention
should also be made of Sven
Nykvist's lush
cinematography, which
gives the movie an almost
fairy tale-like gloss.
bird su
"Some hated it, and others
oved it. Some claim it's
exaggerated, others do not.
"What everyone must
iust remember is
lion. Many of the
>ok are purely of
-Pat Conroy
remember is that the book is
fiction. Many of the incidents
in the book are purely of my
imagination/'
"That's true," said
ublishing representative
loyce Bemise: The book is
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f the Citadel students told
s that they've had the same
xperiences."
Conroy admits that his
ooks are fairly sequential
nd autobiographical, and
Ill
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throughout the seventies in "Willi
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said, "That's what I know but didn't,
best. I'm very comfortable Conroy i
writing about things I to start h
know." adds he is
One may assume, he adds, writing thi
that Will in "Lords of "I'd rati
Discipline," a senior in the speaking
military academy, is an making pi
older version of Ben, the I still get u
oldest son from "The Great
Santini" Conroy
Beaufort,
"There are strong book will
elements of Ben in 'Lords.' South Can
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things to make the two It will t
characters more distinct, however,
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By Ward Bortton N^W Y;
Asst. Em?rt*lnn*?nt Editor their nam
John "Bonzo" Bonhom, famous
drummer for Led Zeppelin, Deciding tc
was found dead in bed Sept. a* the Ame
25 at guitarist Jimmy Page's
home in Windsor, England. 'When
The band was taping a new ?
album in Page's studio. ZQppei
Bonhom, born May 31, ronlann
1949, in Redditch, Worcestershire,
was initially
thought to have died from band atU
alcohol abuse or a drug recognitic
overdose because of his escalated
reputation as a hard drinker. 1971 Led
The autopsy, however, released
showed no traces of alcohol cessful al
or drugs in the musician's tained
system, and failed to show Heaven" i
the cause of death. fame was
Bonhom as well as lead grasp,
singer Robert Plant, was a Bonhom
second choice when Jimmy leastrecogi
Page was looking for people member, a
to re-form the Yardbirds in drummen
1968. Page, having already casionally
teamed with Ginger Ba
bassist/keyboardsman John Keith Mo<
Paul Jones, contacted singer captures
Terry Reid and drummer most dru
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not available. He then behind a dr
decided on Robert Plant as other musi<
lead vocalist, and chose 11 Jimr
Bonhom on Plant's Townshenc
recommendation, thus Nicks died
forming The New Yardbirds. considerab
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?aid he is anxious Conroy's 17-city tour is
is next book, and taking him across much of
more comfortable the United States, and inin
touring. eludes being a guest speaker
ler be writing than at the Boston Globe Affair.
to groups or
lblic appearances. -5 getting used to the box
incomfortable." ?ff,ce ?"fcess of "The Great
Santim, a movie made
, a native of from his former best seller,
S.C., said his next Conroy is surprised that
be set in lower "Lords of Discipline" has
olina and deal with been bought by the same
Aromen in the 70s. independent filmmakers
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before the book sm Conroy. page 8
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Led Zeppelin, a low profile. A lack of hype
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tin evolves, finding a
ment is not easy.'
lined immediate characterized the band.
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to stardom. By if there is an in- i
Zeppelin had terchangeable cog in a rock
its fourth sue- band's machinery, it is often i
bum which con- considered to be the {
"Stairway to drummer. Unless the
imong others,and drummer is a songwriter or
firmly in their a vocalist, he is often just the
guy in the back illuminated
was probably the by the tail of the lead
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5. Though oc- Such is not the case with
someone like John Bonhom, however. Any ;
ker of Cream, or band which remains ;
>n of The Who, together as long as Led
public attention, Zeppelin, and performs as
mmers are as spectacularly, begins
the public as they growing as a unit over time,
y on stage, seated When a unit on the level of
um set behind the Led Zeppelin evolves, fincians.
ding a replacement is not
ny Page, Pete easy. The difference in
I, or even Stevie sound can be almost in,it
would create a discernable, but the dif- j
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the fact that, mense. Bonhom's absence
xi Zeppelin has wui be felt by his fellow
lany albums and musicians and his fans.
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