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THE GAMECOCK E ntertainment December 7, 1984 ? Page 23
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Rating movies is a very dangerous
business.
Discussions of film, if they run unchecked,
inevitably disintegrate into
verbal brawls. One man's favorite
movie is, to another, the most noxious
drivel ever vomited forth from
Hollywood. And so on.
Nevertheless, the fact that USC's
Cinematic Arts committee is nearing
the end of its fall movie schedule
presents an irresistable opportunity.
Safe from any brickbats or custard
pies, far from any vengeful Clint
Last wood tans in tne audience, we 01fer
this alphabetical list of the 11 best
movies shown in the Russell House
Theatre this semester.
Number One: "The Bridge on the
River Kwai." Director David Lean's
spectacular 1957 account of life, death
and duty in a Japanese prisoner-of-war
camp during World War II is engrossn
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William Holden is great as a cynical
prisoner who escapes only to return to
;he jungle on a suicidal commando
Area trave
By Andy Duncan
I he semester s biggest road t
proaching, and area travel agencie:
to help USC students become par
The Gator Bowl is Dec. 28 in Ja
Fla., and Gamecock fans ar
mobilizing for the invasion.
If your old clunker won't make
county line, or if you doubt youi
navigate unfamiliar territory, or if
rather relax and let someone else d
ing, a number of tour packages a
you.
Robinson Travel Service on T
Road is sponsoring a package th;
round-trip bus transport, two i
comodations at the Hilton on jet
Ga., three meals and bowl ticket
per person, double occupancy, $1
son, triple occupancy, and SI55 \
quadruple occupancy. The bus 1
umbia the morning of Dec. 27 a
Dec. 29. Transportation to and
game is also included.
Awful traffii
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I Jacksonville stinks.
When I was asked to write a story o
city and the fun activities one coi
waiting for the "big" game to be
laughing ? in hysteria.
Look, I live in Florida. The bigges
tie between Gainesville and Jacksonvi
connection between cities that end w
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skyscrapers and, of course, the infam
countered while traveling over one o
bridges.
With its lovely glass exterior, the bi
skirts of a rather filthy, dirty town, f
up his life to look at those pretty gh
The only things in the town that a
gas stations. Driving five hours from
ter's finest
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mission; Sessue Hayakawa is also fine
as the camp commander. But the real
standout is Alec Guinness as a captured
British colonel whose devotion
to duty leads him to collaborate with
the enemy. The movie's final line,
"Madness. Madness," sums up war as
astutely as any movie can.
NUMBER TWO: "Double Indemnity."
This hardboiled 1944 mystery
thriller opens with Fred MacMurray
dictating a confession into a tape
recorder: "Yes, I killed him. 1 killed
him for money and for a woman. 1
didn't get the money, and I didn't get
the woman. Pretty, isn't it?" Barbara
Stanwyck is the woman, and Edward
G. Robinson is the suspicious insurance
agent in this classic yarn, written
by Billy Wilder and Raymond
Chandler and directed by Wilder.
Number Three: "Dumbo." Walt
Disney's 1941 cartoon feature gets the
sentimental vote hands down. This
story of the elephant whose enormous
ears bring ridicule and the gift of flight
is classic Americana. Admit it...how
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to do so either. It
ground. I can only
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life, and I have no
just suffered thro
highway.
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lid indulge in while It seems like the c
gin, I found myself every turn of the 1
the town, the moi
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ith "ville." banks that tower i
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nique city are the pleasant attitude
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many college students cried like |
children during this one? Personally, ||
we like the singing crows.
Number Four: "The Grapes of
Wrath.'' hew works 01 literature nave
survived the transition to film as well i
as John Steinbeck's novel about the
victims of the Depression-era Dust |
Bowl. John Ford directed a fine cast 1
led by Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell
in this 1940 movie.
Number Five: "It's a Mad, Mad, 1
Mad, Mad World." This 1963 comedy |
epic isn't the funniest movie ever made
by a long shot, but it is one of the most |
joyful. All the performers seem to be
enjoying inein;>eives iremciiuuuMy,
and the fun is contagious. The plot, f
such as it is, concerns a cross-country f
chase for a cache of buried money. |
Spencer Tracy leads the revelry, with J
able support from almost every come- |
dian alive in 1963, including Terry- |
Thomas and Jonathan Winters to |
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The two and a half hours of car chases, |
brawls, stunts, one-liners and sight w
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offer tips fi
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ne you'll need gas. But don't stop for
; dangerous.
le traffic, give it up.
any time is worse than a Carolina footi
hour in both New York and Miami put
; ever had the pleasure of driving through
11 understand. It's almost suicidal. You
have eyes in the back of your head, but
t sits above your car's dashboard.
e never had the experience of flying into
11 again, it's never been a dream of mine
's bad enough when the traffic is on the
' venture to imagine what it would be like
* some foolish reason, I've always loved
intense need to die anytime soon, so I've
ugh the hour it takes to get back to the
long a lot of extra change. You'll need it.
onsensus in Jacksonville is to put tolls at
lighway. But the more you drive through
rc u glows un yuu.
>nly do you get the lovely view of glass
over the city and the stench of whatever it
that smells so bad, but you also get the
of some toll-taker who yells at you when
u have in your wallet is a $20 bill.
iville has a lot to offer when you get
c. If you're still interested and not having
lown by then, the town's everything and
e swift move.
larm and appeal of New York City on the
le new polish of Columbia on the inside,
hnt I'H call a hUtorir ritv. Rut tWen aeain.
tions atfegfbr three nights in Daytona Beach. Smith said s!|||g
thought it was the
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There is no limit large or small on the number of people
who can sign up Smith said. "If we have 10 people Sgned
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Drive and in St. Andrews Square, offers
three separate options. The discount package
offers only round-trip bus transport the day
of the game for $40 per person. A second
package includes only two nights at Howard
Johnson's in Jacksonville (Dec. 28-29) star
ting at $210 per room, double occupancy.
The combination package, bus transport and
hotel room, is $165 per person, double
occupancy.
Lesiure Tours on Broad River Road offers
round-trip bus fare and one night's accomodations
for $75 per person, double occupancy.
The bus will leave Columbia 7 a.m.
Dec. 28 and leave Jacksonville at 10 a.m.
Dec. 29. The rooms are at the Roadway Inn
in Jacksonville, ana transport to ana irom
the game is included.
Space- prohibits listing the packages of
every agency in Columbia, but interested
students can check the Yellow Pages listings
for travel agencies and bureaus.
And you rampant individualists who simply
must go it alone, drive carefully. We want
you oacK nexi semester.
n Jacksonville
most people go to St. Augustine for history. It's not a commercial
town either. The only reason you go to Jacksonville
at all is because you need gas, you have friends or relatives
there, or better yet, you want to see the Gator Bowl, And
that's basically what this is all about, isn't it?
I can't imagine Jacksonville without the Gator Bowl.
And I'm sure the toll-takers wouldn't exactly enjoy it
either. After all, on a regular weekday, the traffic is interesting
enough. Must be a whole hell of a lot of fun durinor
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With all the money they make on their highways, you'd
think the city of Jacksonville would spend some of it trying
to get rid of the stench that comes from wherever it comes
from.
Also, as far as traffic is concerned, you'd better be a fantastic
driver, and you'd better be fast. The highway
through Jacksonville is sheer hell when you drive less then
75 miles an hour. Not too recently, I had the most in
teresting experience driving home. A policeman. The man
pulls up beside the car as we are cruising along at 85, smiles
and drives on. Uniquely Jacksonville.
But watch out. It's no place for a nervous driver. The cement
walls that line the bridges and highways are unpleasant.
If you haven't had the experience of driving on a narrow
road with two very deep canals on either side, in the
rain no less, I'll make a suggestion right now ? take a taxi.
Yes, Jacksonville is a tine town, oooa southern people
live there. Good Southern atmosphere ? if you can get
through the smell. A few palm trees and if you go out far
enough, a beach or two ? but I'm not sure you want to be
there long enough to visit those. From what I've told you,
you may not want to visit there at all.
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having a winning team should get you over the rough spots
and other unfortunate incidents you may encounter.
And try not to get a ticket.
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