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Flew film from { By John Vaughan "I don't want to spend the rest of my life scaring people. It's time to do a crazy comedy, some pleasant, fun entertainment," said cinema schlock-master Sean Cunningham. And so Cunningham, the man who brought the moviegoing public such hack-'em-up classics as "Friday the 13th" and "Last House on the Left," has turned his ex? ploitative camera toward more healthy bodies. The result is "Spring Break," a movie that, according to the promotional line, "follows the adventures of four young men and their perpetual pursuit of fun and games with some of the most attractive young women who ever filled a bikini." THE PROMO line is, at least, on target. "Spring Break" has cast professional model Jayne Modean and 1982 Penthouse Pet of the 4 Year Corinne Alphen among its bevy of beach blanket beauties. Their roles require little more than competing for the most minutes of the most flesh on screen. David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land and Steve Rassptt nlau th? fm"- 1 ?:? - , j IUUI lUII-lUVlIlg college guys out to make out the most during their week's respite from the rigors of college life. Although Bassett does get "the girl" (Alphen), his seems the saddest case. Tl? actor, a graduate of New York's fame C Julliard School, is following a successful, x 1&2 year run in the Broadway production of "Deathtrap" with this less-than-demanding characterization. Setting aside sarcasm of such exploitation, though, the film will likely titillate its audiences with on-location shooting at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ? the mecca of the spring break phenomenon. FILMING BEGAN in July and ended before Labor Day, as the summer crowds re-created the atmosphere of springtime on ^ the Strip. USC students likp man\r r\f tholr - 1 miij v/i tllVll V^UllUgC counterparts, will recognize such Fort Lauderdale hot spots as The Button, The | EXPRESi I YOURSEL I Everyone's taste for pizz fresh sauce and plenty s cheese, and free cokes w 1 WW* A Whf AND HERE ARE f J $5.! I niii aiviv i m sjm ni*i i a 1 mm pi Good through: 1 J One Coupon i dhmhhbim i exploitation Corinne Alphen (left), 1982 Penthouse Pet ham's exploitative movie, "Spring Break," fil Candy Store and the Marlin Beach Hotel which became the film's "Breeze 4n' Seas Motel." The film has been shrewdly scheduled for release around the country in the next two weeks, as half the fun of seeing "Spring Break" must be in recognizing beloved party sites. Cunningham is not an unskilled filmm 1.1 ~ J 1 * ...anu, emu niij uirecuon nere adeptly conveys the crowded, bustling nature of the beach when it's hit with the annual invasion of a quarter of a million students. THE MOVIE highlights the proliferation tk. 9 Y F! &L a is different but if you like c of it, lots of real mozzarella ith every pizza ... our pizza is ire extra cheese is standard TWO WAYS TO_EXPRESS ^ H? ? ? ? ? ? v , 'v ^ m S3 AjJ , J Jes )0 I $6.95 2" ONE | ON ANY 16" ON IZZA j ITEM PIZZA 3/11/83 | Good through: 3/11/8 por Pizza I One Coupon Per Pizza mi nil i ii ?i?m?m mil iw i m iimimiiii hi hi i mini i i i hi iimi in master tests n( of the Year, is just one of a bevy of beach blanket med on location in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ? film review of "contests" of every sort: the Wet T-Shirt, the Wet He-Shirt, the Belly Flop, the TeenieWeenie Bikini and the Erotic Banana Eating contests are gratuitously staged for the camera's roving eye, and the beer flows in several spontanenous "chug-a-lug" races. Cunningham is undoubtedly more skilled as a producer, however, than as a director. The Connecticut resident put "Friday the 1 13th" together for a modest $5(X),000 ? but "^1 j CAI I : Pregnane Birth Com ' -PapTesta I 2009 H; I ????!? II v/ mi yuu! 1 I j 256 0301 I rOURSELF I f L 1 ! ? v E j I 3 R 1 iw genre sr mm*'&tdk beauties cavorting through Sean Cunning only after he played a hunch and placed fullpage trade paper ads announcing production while actually looking for backers. The movie has gone on to earn more than $70 million worldwide. He followed "Friday the 13th" with another independent production, "A Stranger is Watching," which also drew a solid box office. With rVklnrv^K;-. i . ..wj v/uiuinuKi r iL'iui ts oacKing His current endeavor, it seems inevitable that "Spring Break" will take its dubious place alongside "Porky"s" as another of those high-grossing, low-mentality phenomenons that never fail to attract the American public. tOLINA WOMEN'S CLINIC si Testing fm mmlinn *-\ /H C r\ *~\ < UUV.II I3CMI iy ell IU 3CI VH.C5 V can be detected before missing benod I roi Counseling and Pills t nd other Female Problems ampton St., Columbia, S.C. I 803-256-0128 J kRSITY CHEERLEADINC I RYOUTS April 17th I . Clinic [A March 27th-30th & April 11-16 Kr t Pick up applications 5 j at R.H. Student Government Office ^^ Application Deadline is March 25 . wm&s). j , ' ' !.!J ?tn?iT?nmi??imT