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-entertainr 0 1 nifmor' UI III0OI By Doug Bell For those of you who haven't se synopsis will likely provoke a "Hj sort of response. Undoubtedly, the rigors of m perative of "making the grade" familiar subject. Just as the subj< proach conventional: the expositi predictable. Likewise, the scale special effects or technical miracl< \ 7- :'- } ? ? v.^.' -; yC< - * ' ^(pjr >^ v v j^^l Rkv;:^ \ Dressed in his graduation white Gere) embraces Paula Pokrifki (De mill where she works. Young g Rv Jnhn Vauahan Treva Spontaine is a musiciar about "growing up with rock 'i fact, an article published last sj Northstate Reader, a smal publication from Spontaine's he Greensboro, N.C., grabbed thai the headline: "Treva and the Growing Up With Rock 'n' Roll." The Grafics are Treva Spontai Greensboro-based group that he past two years progressing from the regional scene, and a groi high hopes for a move into t scene. Treva and the Grafics will be in the Golden Spur tomorrow i i.?i 1 iu ~ presented uy uie committee of the Carolina Prog Both shows begin at 9 p.m. am will be $2. SFONTAINE'S ATTITUDE oi with rock began at age 12 wh heard the Beatles in concert. " be John Lennon," she explainec interview. Spontaine said she was fight into rock bands at age 15, trying was as competent as her mal stead, she found herself playii chell and Bob Dylan songs on guitar, because, she said, "Girl sing in bands then, so I stai folk." I And it was an acoustic perfor years ago in Greensboro that attention of drummer Garry < brought Spontaine into a n I group called Alibis,as a lead voc The other band members, the planned to play back-up for nent_ man en this movie, a bri iven't I seen this m< lilitary training, th in the armed force; jet is old hat, so is t on is straightforwai 10 KnmKl/\? n lO UUU1U1C, UlCiC d is involved. M J s, Zack Mayo (Richai ibra Winger) in the roup^ 1 who talks 11' roll." In jring in the 1 monthly >metown of : phrase as Grafics ? voca ne's band, a is spent the i the local to jp that has he national . ' to m wen1 performing grea and Friday, _ ary Sounds . ;ram Union. i admission ? J seer dowi Ai f growing up was en she first Hon I wanted to mag 1 in a recent mus few bam inrt hnr iijqu ? ??6 ""j Hor to prove she ciu(j e peers. In- D j ig Joni Mitan acoustic Is just didn't "a 1 rted singing the saic han mance three Tre caught the tecl Collins, who pow ewly-formed alist. o: ugh, had not ban a featured "S'i es familii (.f plot film rc >vie?" Why, then, is "An Officer ar ie im- pealing movie? s, is a he ap- FOR TWO REASONS, I I rd and Douglas Day Stewart) is qi re i no Second, the cast is good. Richard Gere is one of the rr M day. In the films "Days of Hea Gere presented a cold, remote ^|i|g impersonality. In "Officer," he plays ZacH, gUHH) horrendous childhood. His past B flashbacks in which his father every port, drags young Zack t in Olongapao. Upon reachir surprisingly enough, to join t didate in naval aviation. A variety of barriers stan training camp, the violent sco Gossett Jr.), tumultuous relati Keith) and girlfriend (Debra V not counted on ? his own wea * stacles deepen his sense of B success demands conscience a j THE FILM develops within | his buddy Sid (Keith) fall foi across the tracks. The girls (V concept of ambition and soci ifSr , most feminists cringe. The film implies that the or ffreat Northwest to psranp thp hold of the coattails of a ne; whom are only looking for a > IR into the wild blue yonder. Just - H ? whether by sneaky or hono the film's moral code. Even if his acting doesn't s< important film for Gere. A ( . flj edge off the star's usually ic> I man among other men rathe H traordinary looks and cold sell Debra Winger, as Zack's gir Her girlishly hoarse voice ai I officer candidate might dreanr I THE LOVE scenes are e> appear so thoroughly involve* IS the other way, as if I were inv? Louis Gossett Jr. excels aj rd dril1 sergeant with an imm straight posture. His is a fierce and likely to garner Gosset porting actor. mm/QC to 111 uvga IU fl wanted to be John Lennon.' ? Treva Spontaine list, and Spontaine split to form her own p as Collins juggled the drumming for groups ai once. /ENTUALLY, COLLINS found he had ake a decision between the two, and he !; with the Grafics, where he saw a ter potential for real success. addition to Spontaine and Collins, the J features bassist Dwight Mabe and lead arist Brad Newell. And the group does n to have made some preliminary steps n that tricky path of Real Success. i early demo tape that Spontaine had cut sent by a friend of the band, Bill eycutt, to D.I.Y. (Do It Yourselj jazine, a sort of Billboard of the new ?ic scene), his gam Die paia on, ana a months later, to the surprise of the d, the cut ? Spontaine's cover of Ed st's "Hands Off My Heart" ? was inled on a compilation album released by Y. Hands Off My Heart" was pronouncec :rue pop masterpiece" and was billed as liirfkliftht r%( Hu\ nihilm Thu rr,ortoiini Ui tilV/ (41M1I1IA. JMIV llXag?C4llK I it was "amazed at what we heard. This d has real commercial potential va's voice is arresting, combining mical proficiency with emotional er." N THE HEELS of this early success, the J MAlAnni Ur? Cm nlKlim f KlO OYIAnfll U Id i cicaaiii|^ ito iaaov aiuuiu uua uiuiiui, 1 Vous Plait," on the Moonlight label. mmmmmmmammmamKmmmmmmKKmammmmammmmBmmmmammmam *%v mQ^oriQl <m pi aimioi icar a tite incisive in many ways. ^ tost salient sex symbols of our ven" and "American Gigolo," Wf persona, embittered by urban $ a young man emerging from a t is sketched in several concise f , a sloppy sailor with a slut in * ) hrough the worst whorehouses ? ig adulthood, Zack decides, J he service as an officer can- 1 d in his way: the rigors of i wl of his drill sergeant (Louis onsnips witn nis Duaay UJavia n linger), and something he had Bgf||t f *0 ik moral character. These ob- UKyjjH '"^Sgpr*responsibility. Zack realizes flEgp ' a moral framework. Zack and HP ' two factory employees from linger and Lisa Blount) have a H ial mobility that would make jm veekend fling before flying off _ : how the girls snare their men . Mayo (Richard G rable means ? is a tangent in Keith) eye the local woi "An Officer and a Gentl et the screen on fire, this is an irew cut takes the glamorous David Keith is stri r macho image; he becomes a Oklahoma clod-hopper r than a man cut aloof by ex- What ultimately ma '-reliance. worthy film is the weig lfriend, has undeniable appeal, implies that no goal is id cute face are just what an with integrity, sacrifi< 1 of on weekend leave. "heart." :tremely intimate. The lovers PERHAPS IT is sue d that I had an impulse to look the film seem old-fasl jding their privacy. which is as up-to-dat 3 the hard-driving, hard-nosed lavatory. aculate bearing and ramrod- At any rate, it's ar performance,played to the hilt written and directed ( t a nomination for best sup- forced and the concep the overall result is up) ward greater ^?m*??>?* ' ^ "y1* 1 ~ - - ^ JaB$ ** '^11^*411 - M^EEBBBBk jHH ?w jjar I ,A Jl ^Sv J|| ^ flfc Ife w| BF - JjMHpWHB| -v ^HHyl vP^nnsHV M " > I HEMH ' Treva Spontaina and tha Grafics will perform in the G< ' at 9 p.m. Thfe North Carolina band is releasing its first alt BHHBMaaMHMMaMH ppealing > JS - \ gz V . ; * l tR xtSsM m 1 wB * v -' ere) and Sid Worley (David men at the Regimental Bail in leman." kine and convincing as a likeable with big problems. kes "An Officer and a Gentleman" a [ht it places on moral responsibility. It ? worth attaining if not accomplished ce, discipline and what Gossett calls :h plainly stated idealism that makes lioned. It certainly isn't the dialogue, e as the wall of the nearest public i entertaining, involving movie, well Taylor Hackford). Some scenes seem t is perhaps lacking in ingenuity, but ifting without being embarrassing. exposure **" * mu. iifl nlden Spur tomorrow and Friday mm this month.