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i -entertain m | Officer By Doug Bell For those of you who haven't synopsis will likely provoke a " sort of response. Undoubtedly, the rigors of perative of "making the grade familiar subject. Just as the su Iproach conventional: the expos predictable. Likewise, the seal special effects or technical mira I'H ffiHHHHK. ' ItBK'" Itoflj ? Dressed in his graduation wh Gere) embraces Paula Pokrifki < mill where she works. \/ ~ . luuny i By John Vaughan Treva Spontaine is a music about "growing up with rock fact, an article published last Northstate Reader, a sin publication from Spontaine's Greensboro, N.C., grabbed tl the headline: "Treva and tl Growing Up With Rock 'n' Roll SThe Grafics are Treva Spont nrw?nchnrn.haspH tfrnnn that I past two years progressing fr< the regional scene, and a gi high hopes for a move intc scene. Treva and the Grafics will I in the Golden Spur tomorrov presented by the Contemp committee of the Carolina Pi Both shows begin at 9 p.m. < will be $2. SFONTAINE'S ATTITUDE I with rock began at age 12 \ heard the Beatles in concert be John Lennon," she explair interview. Spontaine said she was fig into rock bands at age 15, tryii was as competent as her it stead, she found herself pla; chell and Bob Dylan songs < guitar, because, she said, "G sing in bands then, so I s folk." And it was an acoustic perf I years ago in ureensooro u attention of drummer Garr brought Spontaine into a group called Alibis,as a lead v The other band members, t planned to play back-up f I men\_ ' mah seen this movie, a bri Haven't I seen this m military training, tl i" in the armed force bject is old hat, so is >ition is straightforwa le is humble; there i cles involved. Mgmmhm ites, Zack Mayo (Richa [Debra Winger) in the jroup^ ian who talks ; 'n' roll." In spring in the tall monthly hometown of lat phrase as le Grafics ? i " l- VOCf fine's band, a has snent the botr )m the local to roup that has E> ? the national ^ wen be performing &rei v and Friday, . orary Sounds . ogram Union. ind admission B ^ seei dow A ; of growing up was vhen she first Hor . "I wanted to mai led in a recent mui few ban hting her way jjor ng to prove she cjU( lale peers. In- D j ying Joni Mitm an acoustic rirls just didn't "a tarted singing the sai< bar ormance three Trc lat caught the tec! y Collins, who pov newly-formed ocalist. 0 hough, had not bar or a featured "S' ;es familia ?.f plot film revi< ovie?" Why, then, is "An Officer and a tie 1m- pealing movie? js. is a t!\e aP, FOR TWO REASONS, I think rd and Douglas Day Stewart) is quite ire no second, the cast is good. Richard Gere is one of the most s JJ day. In the films "Days of Heaven' Gere presented a cold, remote pers impersonality. In "Officer," he plays Zack, a yoi B horrendous childhood. His past is si H flashbacks in which his father, a si every port, drags young Zack throu in Olongapao. Upon reaching a surprisingly enough, to join the s didate in naval aviation. A variety of barriers stand in H training camp, the violent scowl o! Gossett Jr.), tumultuous relationsh _ Keith) and girlfriend (Debra Wing< not counted on ? his own weak m f333ft stacles deepen his sense of resj: success demands conscience as we] I THE FILM develops within a mc his buddy Sid (Keith) fall for two across the tracks. The girls (Wing< concept of ambition and social n most feminists cringe. The film implies that the only w great Northwest to escape their et hold of the coattails of a nearby whom are only looking for a week M into the wild blue yonder. Just how ? whethor hv snpakv nr hnnorahl. ithe film's moral code. Even if his acting doesn't set th important film for Gere. A crew edge off the star's usually icy ma man among other men rather the traordinary lo^ks and cold self-reli Debra Winge *, as Zack's girlfriei Her girlishly hoarse voice and ct I officer candidate might dream of o ' ' ' TUP I A17P onunoo nen nvfnnn AI1U C* 1 C CAU Cll appear so thoroughly involved ths the other way, as if I were invading Louis Gossett Jr. excels as the ird drill sergeant with an immacul straight posture.His is a fierce perf and likely to garner Gossett a porting actor. moves toy 'I wanted to be John Lennon.' ? Treva Spontaine v ilist, and Spontaine split to form her own lp as Collins juggled the drumming for &?? i groups at once. VENTUALLY, COLLINS found he had lake a decision between the two, and he t with the Grafics, where he saw a iter potential for real success. t addition to Spontaine and Collins, the I d features bassist Dwight Mabe and lead B arist Brad Newell. And the group does I Tti to have made some preliminary steps (H n that tricky path of Real Success. n early demo tape that Spontaine had cut I i sent by a friend of the band, Bill B leycutt, to D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself | gazine, a sort of Billboard of the new H sic scene). His gamble paid off, and a ! months later, to the surprise of the I id, the cut ? Spontaine's cover of Ed I st's "Hands Off My Heart" ? was in- I led on a compilation album released by I Hands Off My Heart" was pronounced I tnie pop masterpiece" and was billed as I highlight of the album. The magazine B d it was "amazed at what we heard. This S id has real commercial potential. I sva's voice is arresting, combining K nnicai proficiency wun emotional ^ >N THE HEELS of this early success, the -j id is releasing its first album this month, il Vous Plait," on the Moonlight label. r materia! s Gentleman" such an ap- ~ Urn First, the script ('by H incisive in many ways. I >alient sex symbols of our ' and "American Gigolo," tyg ;ona, embittered by urban Ling man emerging from a fetched in several concise I loppy sailor with a slut in " ) gh the worst whorehouses ? r7?i, -i ?; ,J ? I t uun.wuuu, ^ucis. utxiuca, g <ervice as an officer can- 8 his way: the rigors of I f his drill sergeant (Louis A lips with his buddy (David ? I sr), and something he had AgMt I oral character. These ob>onsibility. Zack realizes HBgp >ral framework. Zack and & > factory employees from B SB ir and Lisa Blount) have a |H mobility that would make mKk ay for factory girls in the pilot candidate, most of Bit* kJySsSa end fling before flying off ~ . __ ... , ' the girls snare their men z.ack MaV? (R,chai e means ? is a tangent in Keith) oye the local "An Officer and a G e screen on fire, this is an cut takes the glamorous David Keith is cho image ; he becomes a Oklahoma clod-hop in a man cut aloof by ex- What ultimately ance. worthy film is the v nd, has undeniable appeal, implies that no go< ite face are just what an with integrity, sac n weekend leave. "heart." lely intimate. The lovers PERHAPS IT is it I had an impulse to look the film seem old-i * their privacy. which is as up-to : hard<lriving, hard-nosed lavatory, ate bearing and ramrod- At any rate, it's ormance,played to the hilt written and directe nomination for best sup- forced and the con the overall result is vard greater _ . MLMBL iiaggBgMBK JBfifllSfe i S^^SS^BS^k ^ JiHttfeii ?llM|ji|^^ , B5nB|k w : K9 raMlMBr ^r" "reva Spontaine and the Grafics will perform in thi 9 p.m. Thfe North Carolina band is releasing its first igjjjGciiiiiy ^ H i- 1 " . ; ^ J 4mmm gggj - v:>t.v ^^8 ^sS^Ei- U ( Bff ' f gS^m Jul d Gere) and Sid Worley (David women at the Regimental Ball in anfleman." striking and convincing as a likeable [)er with big problems. makes "An Officer and a Gentleman" a 'eight it places on moral responsibility. It il is worth attaining if not accomplished rifice, discipline and what Gossett calls such plainly stated idealism that makes ashioned. It certainly isn't the dialogue, date as the wall of the nearest public an entertaining, involving movie, well d ( Taylor Hackford) . Some scenes seem cept is perhaps lacking in ingenuity, but uplifting without being embarrassing. exposure ) Golden Spur tomorrow and Friday album this month.