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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.
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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
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" 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
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remembering seeing them when
; they were younger, usually enjoy
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years ago, it was lambasted by the
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to it until the '60s.
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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. Stekowski
remains throughout to introduce
each of the movie's six
segments. As he begins each piece,
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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.
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