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Nickelodeon
Truffaut, Hit
By Andy Duncan
April audiences at the Nickelodeon will see
films from France, Poland and Turkey, as
well as two of (his year's Oscar nominees,
three movies by Francois Truffaut and two
by Truffaut's inspiration, Alfred Hitchcock.
Tonight's show is "Vol," named best film
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chronicle of oppression in modern Turkey
was the work of dissident turkish filmmaker
Yilma/ Ciurney. who smuggled his screenplay
and directorial instructions out ol his prison
cell.
"Small Change." Irulfaut's accalimod
!<>"(> vomedy about childhood in a ims
I iciii.li limn, will he shown I uosda\ and
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\ MORI-', ollbeii I tench film, "I o Hal."
condenses 50 uah of I touch history into a
ballroom musical with no dialogue. 1 ho
soundtiack includes c llcnn Miller, I-dith I'ial
and I bis I'roslcN. I Ins 1984 movie, directed
by i d ore Scola. will bo shown April 4-6.
One of the funniest movies of the 1930s,
aiy .mtin viouirey, win oc snown /\prn
7-8. Carole Lombard plays an heiress who
acquires a hum (William Powell) on a
scavengei hunt and employs him as a butler
to her insane family. Eugene Pallette plays
the father who mutters to his children, "I've
just been going over last month's bills, and 1
find that you people have confused me with
the treasury department."
w rtter-uirector isarrv l.evmson s "IJincr
is a 1982 movie about a group of friends in
1959 Baltimore who discuss life and love over
trench fries and milkshakes. Starring Steve
(iuttenherg, Daniel Stern and Mickey
Rourke, the film is scheduled for April 9-10.
"The Pope ol Greenwich Village," Stuart
Rosenberg's version ol Yinceni Patrick's
Jason and the
By Art Boerke
Rock musicians have a saying: A band has
its first record and a year to follow it up.
Small wonder so many bands fail the seco
the gate, no matter how auspicious their deb
Fortunately, Jason and the Scorchers fall it
Their new album, "I.ost and Found," not on
called sophomore jinx, but also takes them or
ward as the principal performers and son
country-rock genre.
THIS LP is hot. In fact, it's occasional
vocalist Jason Ringenberg, a mad hybrid of
and lggy F'op, at the helm.
The Scorchers are Warner Hodges on guit;
on bass and Perry Baggs on drums. The I;
writing talents on this disc.
Side one opens with a veritable explosu
Around" rocks hard with a mindboggling, h<
ty guaranteed to bring the listener back. It's t
mouieu to the pens of all tour members.
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novel, will be shown April 11-13. Mickey
Rourke and lirie Roberts play two smalltimers
who get in trouble with the Mafia; the
cast includes Geraldinc Page, one of this
year's Best Supporting Actress nominees.
JOHN FORD'S 1940 version of John
Steinbeck's "The Cirapes of Wrath" will be
shown April 14-15. |( boasts powerful performances
from henry Fonda, Jane Harwell
and John C'arradine; Ford and Darwell won
()scars.
I ruffaul's 1972 comedy "Day for Night"
is about a movie diieetor with a host of problems
on his hands. I nilfaul himself nlavs
the diicctor, ami Jacquclinc Hisscl is otic of
his problems in i his allectionatc satire,
scheduled lot April 16 P.
Polish directot Aiultc/cj Wajda made the
I9S4 film "A I ovc in Germany." to be
shown Apiil IS 20. Manna Schyjnilla and
Pyotr l.ysak play a (ierman shopkeepet and
a Polish prisoner ol war whose romance is
complicated by the spectei ol Na/ism.
John Steinbeck wrote "Viva Zapata.,"
but Marlon Brando steals the show as the
Mexican revolutionary leader in the l4)S2
movie directed by Hia Ka/un and scheduled
for April 21-22. Anthony Quinti, as Zapata's
brother, won an Oscar.
ONi: OF the more daring movies of the
early 70s, "Carnal Knowledge," will be
shown April 23-24. Jack Nicholson and Art
Oarfunkel play college students who share a
room and Candice Hergcn in this 1971 film,
directed by Mike Nichols from cartoonist
lulcs lei Iter's screenplay.
An Allied Hitchcock double feature will
be shown April 25 27. "The I rouble with
Harry," one ol the master's rare comedies, is
Scorchers' secoi
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ily eludes the so money talks I wish it'd speak to
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ly scalding with To Know," a tunc similar to il
Hank Williams as a staple of coverability, is tli
the LP. The band carries their
ir, Jeff Johnson "Blanket of Sorrow" slow
itter also shows Jason sings of an unrequited I
The song acts as a balance to t
The side concludes in a sinuki
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Wifford Brimley, Sam Shepard, Levi Knebel and J
tornado in "Country." a film about a contempora
to be shown at the Nickelodeon April zu - 19.
a 1955 movie about an annoying corpse that
keeps turning up, to the dismay of John l orsylhe
ami Shirley Mel aine. "Rope," starring
James Stewart, is Hitchcock's 1948 ex
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apparent continuous take; the plot concerns
two murderous intellectuals who hold dinnci
party in the very room where their vie
(mi s IhhI\ is hidden.
Jessica I ange won an oscar nomination
ihis year loi hei role as .1 tough latin wile in
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rs meeting lyrics such as. "II The next cut.
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bridge highlight
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ove in his best Alfalfa croon. patented Scorch
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us. live.
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ry farm family struggling to keep their land.
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Richard I'carcc's "Couniry," to he shown
April zn-zv. ?>ain rsneparu co-stars.
Truffaut's "The Story of Adele H."
rounds out the month on Api il 30-May I It's
a dark-humored tale of a woman's obsession
with a man who doesn't love her. Isabelle
Adjani stars in this 1975 film.
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like to join the Columbia I ilm Societv ?
which entitles members to discount Nickelodeon
tickets a net otltet perks call the
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with talent
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most noticeable feature in tlie slo\s ballad
unbiued \suh an extra warbly vocal track, the
s the listener into the song without beating him
epression.
"Broken Whiskey Cilass," is a prime can
ollow-up single. Album rock stations should
with its honky-tonk piano and a great choral
ing the song.
le Band show up on "I ar Behind." It's a
ied piece showcasing guest violinist Kenny
t tor fiddling around. ?
I winds up \miIi still another hopper. "Change
vents Jason's vocal call roping with some
er guitar ritts. The track's last notes seem to
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y quenches a desire (o see this talented band
mind" is an excellent record. With it, the
quartet proves their I I'was no fluke. I his is a
up to its name.
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