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Br iter Opei sad, ' Bjff y jF* T heS By David Ba Film Critic To give you some ide; Richard Hush's "The Stui languishing on its p "Hooper," the 1978 Bui Field vehicle, was origii Stuntman," but had to because Hush's film wer first. For two y ars after its ( Simon, executive produc company willing to distrit afraid the film wasn't c< to turn a profit. Out ol d gathered enough mone; film's opening at ten Southern California in lati As might be expected, to the unanimous praise 'Glori* j ur ni By David Baker F ilut CIIIK To put n as kindls possible, J'.hn Cassav< "Gloria" is a gloria awful movie in which C Rowlands, lor the first t encounters material abysmal that she can I < begin to save it. Rowlands is c;ist ;is G1 S \v e n son. a I o r i gangster's moll who w to spend her remai years enjoying the m< she put awa\ while d business with the mob. rIV?n tvnnnfiw. I Iwt 1 V.I1 IIIIIIUIV ,) til IU1 IIIL opens, however, (iloi neighbors (Julie Car and Buck Henry) are gut down in their apart men Gloria's former coh< leaving Gloria to pre their six-year old son, (John Adames), who also been marked for dea .v.vi'v v. -Xf.. / A. *> 'Ai .JL _K v.^ '*? si tainmer <i ? I id Ld I sweet ] Jk i?2S!HH|^^^B^"'' HLv>:-'' ; ;-:v; '.* B^|^HRRHU|j^v;. ^nHI lays the leading male role in weet opera. tuntMar lker began taking Within two w a as to how long chased distril nt Man" has been the potential C roducer's shell, theaters acroi t Reynolds-Sally lally called "The The most get a new title toxicatingly fi it into production Stunt Man" reality, and tl two. To Rusl completion, Melvin which side o er, tried to find a duration of th< >ute it, but all were As the cle\ jmmercial enough from the sen lesperation, Simon run with a ft y to support the portrayed C theaters across Skelter"). In e? summer. police, then 01 to hitch a rid< he picture opened Duesenberg. ui iue IIUJS .UIIU ICIIUJIIII^ IU I a'a poor >w lands' ( ASSAVKTKS obviously wrote and directed thi* lilm as as a showcase lor his wile's >tes' extraordinary talents, and iusly therein lies part of the *ena movie's problem, imc. Cassavetes directs every so scene as il it was a tour-de;?ven lorce for Rowlands, and. alter a while, all the bravura oria becomes tiresome instead ol ncr transcendent. ants Also, the character ol ning Gloria is filled witli so many nicy conllieting traits that it's oing surprising that Rowlands didn't explode trying to keep film a leash on all ol them. ria's For example, one ol the men first lines Gloria has in the ined film explains the extent to lur ll'I'lil'h i;llP l'llil/ltv>n hi it )i(s. two scenes and a handful ol itcct gunshots later, she's sticking Phil her neck out to save the child has she previously and con th. vincinglv said she hated 3ohem love st By Lynn Ma Staff Write The second act of "La Bohen story, will l>e presented by the C t JSC's Department of Music in I) and Nov. 21 and 3 p.m. Nov. 23. The opera is about a petite seam the same building as Rodolfo, a } Eve, Mimi's candle goes out and ttoaoiio. this is the first time the first sight. HOWEVER, there seems to be r Rodolfo is poor and Mimi become just as Marcello, Rudolfo's roor have separated. Although everytl returns to Rodolfo when she is dyir Other characters are Schaunari a philosopher, who are friends ol H Other faculty members ol I'SC Speech departments will bo perk Christie. Donald Gray and Riehari of Mimi. Marcello, and Colline res] CiARRY ORICE will play the ro Henderson, a graduate student, role of Musetta will by played b\ IJ/\ltV\/Vi* r* r* ?? A. 4 . . J ilvsiiutJO, nil UllUCI^IdUUdlt' blUUCII Tenor Garry Grice has recen German and Swiss productions. 1 performing in Strauss' "Adriad Bizet's "Carmen" in Milwaukee. I make his debut with the New York SOPRANO Laury Christie will n the Columbia production. Ms. Ch roles in European operatic product * - i requir l in money handover-fist. * ,ee: s, 20th Century-Fox pur)utu>n rights from Simon and )scar winner is now opening in >s the country. kinetically exciting, in Linny picture of the year, "The is all about illusion versus he fine line that separates the h's credit, we're never sure f that line we're on for the ^ movie. ,'er title sequence disappears Lien, we find ourselves on the igitive (Steve Railsback, who harles Manson in "Helter a dizzying chase, he eludes the n a lonely stretch of road, tries ? in a gleaming, black antique The driver appears to be atun the fugitive down when the movie talents most ol all Not only that, but she forsakes one of her most prized possessions. her cat, just to keep the boy from seeing the bodies of his murdered family. Bye-bye kitty, bye-bye gore, hello more stuoifl situations (i 1. OKI A AND the boy spend roughly lour days running from the mob. and all of Gloria's running, with the exception of a quiet exit down a staircase, is done on 1 high heels. No one can tell me fh;it :i wom.in is eoim? In ? - n n * " do that much running without running into a > department store to pick up a pair ol Mikes And il Gloria wants so ; desperately to look in I conspicuous, why on earth is I Sue ' 'Gloria'' page 8 / ... r * % .iL Jw ' y'"y'1 ie' is ory ssey n/\ ' ' o l\< M nu, u iuvv Columbia Lyric Opera and rayton Mali at 8 tonight istress,-Mimi, who lives in /oung poet. On Christmas she asks for a light from two meet, and it is love at 10 future for the new lovers, s fatally ill. They separate, innate* and his girlfriend ling seems hopeless. Mi mi igd. a musician and Col line. Lodolfo ;:nd Mareello "s Music and Theatre ai:.l >nmng in thi; opera. I.aury ;1 Conant will play 11k' roles peclively. ile of Rodolfo,and Hastings will play Schaunard. The Noree Boyd. Washington 1 .is understudy lor Gray. tly sung leading roles in i? -*ii i i mis season ne win aiso dc ne " in Des Moines and n the spring of 1981, he will City Opera in "Carmen." lake her Southern debut in ristie has also sung many lions. es vieu car disappears from sight < bridge over a nearby river. Momentarily, the fugitive he has stumbled onto a mo the driver of the Deusenbc man whose job was to drive bridge into the river. Unf driver was killed while atten and the local police have b such an accident to give the close down the set. Realizing each other's pi fugitive and the film c O'Toole) strike a bargain. 1 flSSIimP Iho irlontitv r?f t thereby saving himself fron film from suspension. A Vietnam veteran, the ft be so adept at stunt work t begins using him for the mos most dangerous stunts. So becomes convinced that t reality, is planning to kill Y footage of his death in a picti rntt I rnmk ~: iBg Peter O' Toole portru fugitive in "The Stunt A neno hin\ -IP ii < ?""* ri , i v r */ i * Laurv Christ if? nf L/SSf? w an opera being presented t "La Boheme" was written fc wrote "Madam Butterfly." Fi in 18%. the opera is based on 1 de la Vie de Boheme."and set about 1830. The Columbia Lyric Opera < William Moody. This product!* with the University of South and Speech d apartments. Tickets may be purchased Festival Association at 1527 Set $3 for students. )ers to tl )n a suspension But is this r fugitive's mi ; discovers that beautiful lea< vie set and that really in lov trg was a stunt director just i the car off the stunt man to nrtlinnlolv tho th*? r\irnnlrtf npting the stunt, himself, or is een waiting for man? Nothin ;m an excuse to except for th< brilliance of t 'edicament, the It's a magi lirector (Peter the best I've i rhe fugitive will only one I've he stunt man, to think about i arrest and the Most film steamrollers igitive proves to without aski hat the director marginal al >t important and discover a it on, the fugitive viewer work t he director, in one leaves tl lim and use the Stunt Man," jre. very satisfied :"\B V nnkUHf J, i?*aiH ys director EH Cross, and Ian. " In the movie, Cross of He. HHHHI piaBm-i? ill co-star in "La Boheme," his week at Drayton Hall. >y Giacomo Puccini, who also rst performed in Turin, Italy, ienri Murger's book, "Scenes in the Latin quarter of Paris Orchestra will be directed by )ii is presented in cooperation Carolina Music and Theatre I from tho Pnlnmhin Mn^in late St. at $7 for the public and h ink eally his plan or is it only in the nd? F\>r that matter, is the ding lady (Barbara Hershey) n urifK (Ua ? i'- * v YYiua inc lUgUIVC U1 IS UIC using her as bait to get the go through with his stunts? Is in love with the leading lady he really in love with the stunt g in the movie is as it seems, e quality of the acting and the he script and direction. nificent movie, quite possibly ?een all year, and certainly the seen that requires the viewer every scene as it happens, is are like foam rubber that roll over their viewers ng for anything more than tention. It's refreshing to lovie that dares to make the o receive his enjoyment. When ie theater after seeing "The he's exhausted, but also very, Steve RaHsback a young fers the fugitive refuge and