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By Doug Bell
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sort of response.
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perative of "making the grade"
familiar subject. Just as the subj<
proach conventional: the expositi
predictable. Likewise, the scale
special effects or technical miracl<
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Dressed in his graduation white
Gere) embraces Paula Pokrifki (De
mill where she works.
Young g
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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tite incisive in many ways. ^
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persona, embittered by urban
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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
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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
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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.