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Tj||| *FB? Jmm/K^ jjm m / .xjaggH B The Connells will be performing at I Charactt By ERIC GLENN Staff Writer Love. Death. Attempted Suicide. The homeless. The Holy Grail. Any of these would make a good movie of the week, but put them together and it's a mess unless you have a director who can sift through and find a plot. Terry Gilliam, who directed such spectacles as Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, succeeded in getting everything in place in The Fisher King. The movie starts with an egotistical cynic, Jack Lucas, played convincingly by Jeff Bridges, a shock jock in New York who inadvertently triggers an incident that sends his life into a downward spiral into the world he always criticized. When he hits bottom and is about to end it all, he meets an unlikely savior . . . Parry. Parry is portrayed by Robin Williams, who gives the homeless vagrant a comic exterior but a pained, childlike interior. 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Together, they embark Styles, is a h< on a quest for true love and the w^? *s Holy Grail. Jack- He Fro Parry is a knight, or at least he is in his psychosis, and his mission is to woe his maiden, comically played by Amanda Plummer, who is almost as repressed and shy as Parry. Jack in turn feels that by helping Parry, he will be redeemed. ^ Hr, Some of the most memorable scenes occur in Parry and Lydia's first date when he woos her by singing "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" and his talk with her as he walks her home. One of the most hilarious moments is when Parry does a nude dance in Central Park in the middle of the night, which sets up the ending that hints that he may be cured. -i < - ? * uiniam aoes a 101 or nis usual tricks, which include flamboyant costumes, characters and plot. There are red knights on horseback with flame-throwing helmets and a Robin Willi* R FASHION Beauty I \ ? , GREGORY J >C Students 1 you ask for? ? I-^osterc llT^ FRIDAY: It's the Annual Cocki \ featuring The Bedrocke \ Party Before and After the Gam he ConneUs attract cotte nd remains ' CA TALWANI )llege campuses nationwide, The Connells T-shirts have t>er-increasing site. The group itself will be on site in Columv night at B.L. Roosters. ells lure a large following of a wide variety of people - the om college students. om Raleigh, N.C., The Connells began playing music in guitarist Mike Connell asked his younger brother David, a to help him start a band. Lead vocalist Doug MacMillian in and Peele Wimberly, former drummer from Raleigh punk r Quest, soon followed. Finally joining in on guitar, keyvocals was George Huntly. Since then, The Connells have >ne of the South's favorite rock bands. of 1985, The Connells had already landed their first single, rs." In 1986, the band's first LP Darker Days was released in Demon Records, which is co-owned by Elvis Costello. llowing the album's release in the U.K., critical praise came :ause of it's popular demand, The Connells and their friend started their own label, Black Dark Records, and released s in the U.S. It was co-produced by Don Dixon, who has ith The Smithereens and REM. Dixon introduced what The 1 "new stream" music to an excited audience. eir lirst U.S. tour, The Connells caught the attention ot proe in modern fi with 1,000 extras lief and a slap of reality later in the Irand Central Station. film when Jack gets too icter, played by Mi- comfortable, vho currently co-stars All in all, this is a good film. Shade as Herman The only real problem is that we Dmeless cabaret singer are never really sure if Parry is iended by Parry and cured. Other than that, I think this vides some comic re- movie has a lot to offer. It shows mm Kimpprt M ams (left) and Jeff Bridges become unlikely friends in Th J ll wk i CH PJ Y Free ATM card w Just for people 25 and under a ? in the historic Palmetto test Party ? _ _ , South 252-6013 2 ?1991 SouthTru Corporation > 'ge crowd down to earth' ducer Mitch Easter, who offered to produce Boylan Heights, The Connells' second LP, released in the fall of 1987. Quickly becoming a college radio favorite, Boylan Heights reached number four on The Gavin Report, Rolling Stone's National Alternative chart and remained in the top 10 for two months. The album also received praise from Musician magazine. They hired producer Gary Smith, who has produced The Pixies and The Throwing Muses, to produce their third album Fun & Games. Relased on TVT records in April 1989, The Connells were in the top 10 in every modern rock chart in existence and sales kept Fun & Games on Billboard's top LP chart for three months. The Connells' most recent relase, One Simple Word, was produced by Hugh Jones at Rockfield Studios in Wales. It features 12 new Connells' originals ranging from the passionate and emotional "Stone Cold Yesterday" to the acoustic brilliance of "Waiting By Turn." The album explores new boundaries for The Connells and exemplifies the band's diversity. According to the band's publicist, the location of their studio in Wales has made a big difference in terms of setting, "There were no distractions, so it was a more concentrated effort," she said. "What is unique about the band is that they do not need to fall back on any image conjured up by a record company. They are a down to earth band and thev do what thev want to do." ^ Doors at B.L.Roosters will open at 8 p.m. and the opening band, Mary on the Dash, will play at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. ziry tale HEH that love is blind and sometimes a illlll^ true romantic is insane. 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