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It is impossible to avoid com] John Sayles' 1980 "Return of the Secaucus films share the same premise: old friends w kinship as teens in the 1960s reunite for a wc painful, nostalgic process of reacquainting t ingfully reassess their lives. KASDAN'S CRITICS don't mind so mu< closely parallels Sayles'. Their main gripe is with its huge, big-name cast and ample achieve a level of meaning, subtlety, wit am comparable to Sayles film, made with unk shoe-string budget. I'm not particularly concerned about 1 similarity. I believe it's relevant, and I agre falls short of its intended effect. But the funny, thoughtful, splendidly-acted enterta The script, by Kasdan and Barbara Bened arrival of seven old chums at the funeral o who has committed suicide. The mourners the home of happily married Kevin Kline (" and Glenn Close ("Garp"). The entourage includes Tom Berenger a< Tom Selleck-like TV show, Jeff Goldblum nalist guilty of selling his soul to Peop William Hurt as a wandering drug emasculated (a la Jake Barnes) in Vietnam, a frustrated civil lawyer in search of a Williams plays a bored housewife. THEIR REUNION, though occurring u cumstances, is for the most part spontane and bubbling with convincingly brij Goldblum as the awkward, convivial journ memorable. lals roar to s ygjjgHBi ^K^^y y " V V^::'\. '; UA> ' ^ -.*V / ''. j|^l .^S8^^^^*?^S'S^^^^Ms7KiS'35S :} jA _ Jp ' Ifr >< I -1'-' SI Jt oflj JJr Wll vj - r j Ptoto by Cap** Hwnmmd ctives wiH entertain a Spur crowd tonight for free. aises goose bumps But the movie loses all conv \ controversy in confidence is essential, such a nee Kasdan, who sions when the group decides as "The Empire business of searching for a cli c." fatal unhappincss.The true "d< 's steamy "Body supplied by these moments, but j-thriller starring strained and downright embari ecked by an evil The characters, in addition t< was overrated do a good deal of self-analysis vels of James M. control video recorder always o haracters were all cissistic investigations. But, deploring their material succes; Jig Chill" is its mitted an unpardonable sin by paring the film to /The soundtrack consists of Seven." The two i from the '60s, including the R ho shared a closei tions. The songs perhaps offei :ekend and, in the, auuici tragically ^ Mary Kay Place is! |S5^^H|sSlC^6Si lover and JoBeth ous, lively, joyous ?ht conversation. 9?N0 * Hare alist is particularly Eight talented performers compi r.) JoBeth Williams, Jeff Goldblur inmenT parse Spur a By Doug Keith It The Dread Beat keDt the Golden Spur w crowd dancing for three hours Wednesday night. w The White Animals created the Dread w Beat. "Dread" is the frenzy caused by a live tl band, and the Spur crowd was in a dancing, G screaming frenzy over the White Animals. G From the time they stepped on the stage, it b was obvious that the band would be enter- s< taining. They opened their first set with "Girls," a song from their first LP, "Lost tl Weekend."The audience clapped to the b uptempo beat of the song that is in produc- U tion for the next White Animals video. " N THE FIRST set has an incredible variety a of musical styles and sound, as did each of b the three sets. After "Girls," the Nashville- u based band went on to play tunes ranging from the Monkees' "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" to their own humorous version of the C Batman theme. a Throughout the show, the band mixed r< their interpretations of popular songs with B White Animals originals. Rich Parks whizzed tl through Eddie Van Halen-style leads on the a classic "Tobacco Road" and "I Need V Somebody to Love Me," both from the 1) white Animals LP, "Nashville Babylon. a The biggest crowd-pleaser of^the night, r however, was the 1960s classic,'"Gloria." Lead singer Kevin Gray kept this extended version lively by adjusting some lyrics, and as Gray sang, "My girl...from USC," the Spur crowd screamed its approval. ALTHOUGH THE audience for the show was disappointingly small, the White Animals didn't lose any enthusiasm. After the show Gray said, "We like to play. We've played for 10 people before." As the night went on, the excitement generated by the band never let down. Most of the audience was on the dance floor the entire show, moving to music from the Kinks and the Beatles to Devo and the B-52's. One crowd member said, "They're a great group. > but has no deei iction in those scenes wherein reference for idei s on those angst-ridden occa- jections to spur c i to get down to the serious ue to the departed comrade's THOUGH IT epth"of the film is supposedly comment on the sadly, these scenes are forced, shot in Beaufort assing. 1982. Though it! 3 interacting with one another, than as a pictur ? exemplified by the remote- from Michigan, n hand to aid them in their nar- and should give irritatingly, they all end up Though the c? sfulness ? as if they had com- Kasdan fails to r forsaking their '60s radicalism. friendship, life a at least two dozen dod songs cruel world that oiling Stones and the Tempta- pleasing on a su r viewers in their 30s a deeper look. frMBBWMMCTWBflHHMHWBBBBMWBBI * tfSWBTIHMWMf YMMM HMMMBaiawawaBiBW vji' rise the cast of Columbia Pictures' new comedy, "The E n, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berenger, William Hurt, Meg T udience 's surprising, though, that the turnout asn't better. The band uses no set play list, but plays hatever the audience wants. Yet, the sound as always clean and professional, thanks to le talent of sound engineer Tim Coats, who rray refers to as "the fifth band member." Iray said, "We don't want you to hear the and. We want you to hear the band's 3una. Along with previously recorded material, le band also played several songs that will e on their next album, set to be released iter this year. Two of the new originals, You Started Something" and "This Girl Is line," are excellent rock/new wave songs, nd they could prove quite successful for the and,although the White Animals'style falls nder 110 single category. THE WHITE Animals have appeared in Columbia several times, and the audience has lways been impressed. The band's two :cords, "Lost Weekend" and "Nashville labylon," capture the band's powerful, enlusiastic style and have received much irplay on alternative stations such as /USC. Wednesday's night performance onr reinforces the fact that the White Animals re headed for success. n s ZTT i ueiecuves raiu Golden Spur From Staff Reports The Detectives will be booked tonight in the Golden Spur. After playing the group's rock'n'roll last night, the Detectives round out its stand at the Spur tonight. The first set is scheduled for 9 p.m. Admission is free. Miller pitchers will be the special from 8 to 10 p.m., costing $1.50. >er effect itification, but are used too insistently as insxcitement. carries no critical weight, I feel obliged to film's locale. Much of "The Big Chill" was S.C. ? the rest in Atlanta ? in the fall of serves no particular function in the film other esque paradise for the affluent expatriates the low country scenery is splendidly filmed natives of the area a proud thrill. ist is talented, intelligent and even dazzling, nake the profound statement about time and ind death, love and camaraderie in the cold he intended. Like "Body Heat," the film is rface level, but diminishes with each deeper lig Chill/' directed by Lawrence Kasdan. (I. to illy, Glenn Close and Kevin Kline.