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| 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
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mill where she works.
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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
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military training, tl
i" in the armed force
bject is old hat, so is
>ition is straightforwa
le is humble; there i
cles involved.
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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 ?
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fine's band, a
has snent the botr
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roup that has E>
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be performing &rei
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; 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.
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hough, had not bar
or a featured "S'
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?.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
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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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.