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Disney's w Class Movie Review Film Grades A+ Extraordinary; Masterpiece A Very Good B Entertaining; Worth the Money C Flawed; Lots of Reservations D Seiiousiy Flawed; Not Recommended F Horrific; Disgustingly Bad By BRIAN SHELTON Staff Writer Folks, I love children, and 1 hope to have a whole heap of then one day, but I think they should b< banned from all movie theaters. First, kids don't go to watch the movie. They are there because their mommies and daddies gave them a choice of either catching a flick or going shopping. Second, they have seen this movie 57 times already and are only there tc wreak havoc. Anyone who gets ir their way is a dead man. They start off with a round o] "Throwing Edible Objects.' f. ! BUY C I ' LIZAF O CORNELL Al 0. => buy ONE meal and < ? ; 0 < 1 I 01 I F ! Expires 10/21/90 I ... Hurled missies of popcorn anc i BB , * Wjf , Pie in your eye Pat Cheely, a business sop olina Carnival. m _ DC CHI( O txcusts .?'' ^ -Jmmm - - I y I orld sic carto< half-eaten candy fly through the stratosphere, stopping only when they meet stationary objects such as movie screens or assorted human beings. Other activities follow, such as tliA "Qproominnr Crv T /"*nr\ TKof A 11 j uiv uw^uuiig uw i^uuu iiiai nil ' Dialogue Is Inaudible" game or "Running Up and Down the Aisles Like Spastic, Decapitated Chickens." There are many more, but I'm sure you get my point. When I walked into Fantasia, Disney's latest release, I knew there were going to be kids there in truckloads so I equipped myself with protective gear. The catcher's mask would come in handy in case a flying milkdud came my way and the stun gun would suffice in - case they got really nasty. Fortunately, I didn't need them 1 because many of the youngsters " had parents in tow. What separates a Disney movie, such as Fantasia, from many other animated features is that one really never outgrows it. Most of them have been around t for decades and children's parents, remembering seeing them when ; they were younger, usually enjoy ) experiencing them again. i When Fantasia debuted 50 years ago, it was lambasted by the f critics and was one of the few Disney films to bomb at the box of1 fice. The complexities of the film homore, gets hit with a pie during the (r HIT rifem wi%eh U I. DON-1 SAVE IIVES. OOP DOCS )NE. GET ONE Please bring this coupon to ID'S THICKET, 921 SUMTER S RMS BUILDING (across from t get SECOND meal of equal or [Does not include beverages or dessert! FFER GOOD EVERYDAY 4PM-10P OR EAT-IN ONLY. NO CARRY-OUT m back were way ahead of the times, and the audience didn't really catch up to it until the '60s. In 1969, the psychadelic generation embraced the images of the c:i 1 c ~ ci * *u~ 11X111 ailU 1UI U1C HIoL U111C, UIC uiuvie began turning a profit. Since then, it has been heralded as a classic, constantly being restored and updated to appeal to generation after generation. To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, the movie has been upgraded again. The picture's visuals have been sharpened and the sound quality has been drastically improved to meet the demands of today's finicky audience. In this sense, it succeeds. The visuals look stunning and, at times, the audio actually makes the theater shake. With its technological advances, it has a look and sound that will surely carry it into the future. Orchestra conductor Leopold Stekowski begins the movie by expressing its dominating theme: "Behind every pretty sound is a pretty picture." In Fantasia, an orchestra plays while animated skits represent interpretations of the music. 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S I O & V I D I 5SIS3EE R COLUMBIA Dutch Square Mall IOLUMBIA Harden St., Five Points 779-6046, .Richland F So you say there's nothing to do . . . This is a listing of the events open to the public in the Columbia area tor tne weekend ot Uct. 12-14 The Cockpit ? 922 Main St. On Friday, Public Ayes will perform at 10 p.m. On Saturday, Vision Blue will perform. Cover charge is $5 for under 21, $3 for 21 and over. Drayton Hall ? On Friday, the USC Dance Company will perform "A Hot Night of Jazz and Contemporary Dance." Tickets are $5 for the public, $4 for faculty and staff, and $3 for students. Tickets are available at the Longstreet Theatre box office and Carolina Coliseum. Fox-n-Hare ? 101 Harden St. On Friday, acoustical guitarist Gene Moncer will play at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, acoustical guitarist Jerry Hayes will play at 8 p.m. There is no cover charge. Gambrell Hall ? The play "Sikelel' iAfrika" will be performed in the auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday. Gibbes Planetarium ? Local astronomers will be on hand to help amateurs view the sun from, lp.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Golden Spur - Russell House. At Club Spur, it s Dance Party USC" Friday night from 8 p.m. to midnight. No cover charge. Greenstreets ? 1101 Harden St. On Friday, The Blue Traveller will perform for a cover charge of $5. Colonel Bruce Hampton will open Friday. On Saturday, Phish will play for a $4 cover charge. All shows start at 9:30 p.m. Homecoming ? Cockfest will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Williams-Brice Stadium. Tickets are $2 for students, $3 for nonstudents. The alumni dance will also be Friday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Carolina Coliseum. Tickets will be $5. On Saturday at 12:10 p.m., USC will play East Carolina for the Homecoming football game. Nostudent tickets are $16. The Tea Dance will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on Bluff Road. Tickets will be $15. Koger Center for the Arts ? On Saturday at 8 p.m., the USC Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz and Antonin Dvorak. Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for children and senior citizens. Tickets are available at Carolina Coliseum and all SCAT outlets. # McKissick Museum ? On Saturday, Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category, a film about the early union organizing of coal miners in West Virginia will start at 3 p.m. There is no charge. See SO YOU SAY . . . page 5 I5l A ftivlp 1 Ly' ? I 15 uu uding: j Cassette 4 Nail Watershed a 1 2 3/World Falls " | f"! 11" tV m. " ^ V * _ ' fl f 1^T~ / ON SALE ft jLi THROUGH OCTOBER 31 ST TM c ashion Mall |