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Uniquen By MELINDA WALDROP Staff Writer It hits you the minute you glimpse the dark red awning arching over the secluded front entrance. It grows stronger as you make your way down the brick walkway, bordered on both sides by lush green plants, that leads to the door. And you know it for a fact when you step over the threshold. Pnfr'c ic nnf i:??? ? "b ? w nv/i jvjui uiuiiiaijr uai. From the rickety cigarette machine in the foyer to the pencil-drawn portraits of former Carolina basketball greats, Pug's exudes the air of uniqueness that has set it apart from the rest of Five Points for the past 10 years. General manager Nate Anderson takes an obvious pride in the bar. After getting up to confirm that it is indeed Sterling Sharpe's Green Bay Packer jersey hanging on the wall, as well as Todd Ellis' and Joe Morrison's, Anderson sits down to explain what makes Pug's different "It's the atmosphere," Anderson said, explaining that Pug's is actually two clubs in one. Anderson describes the downstairs as "laid-back" and "casual." Its features include cozy booths and an authentic popcorn machine, providing a w~~m environment for intimate conversations over a couple of drinks. Upstairs, Pug's Too is a rocking Top 40 dance club, Cape F Movie By J. E. WILLIAMS Staff Writer Leering above a torn family picture are two demonic, Charles Manson-like eyes. Boating on serene waters above the eyes is a house boat, encircled in a halo of lightening. This is frightening. This is mesmerizing. This is the marquis poster for Cape Fear. Riding high on the success of last year's Oscar-winning Goodfellas, master director Martin Scorsese barrels into the remake of the 1962 Robert Mitchum ? Gregory Peck classic Cape Fear. While the title and basic plot of the '91 version are the same as the original, Scorsese ana scnpier Wesley Strick add another dimension of guilt, sufferance and redemption. Having spent 14 years in a Georgia prison for sexual assault, Max Cady is paroled. He wants his former defense attorney, Sam tiowaen, 10 sutler as ne nas suffered because Sam withheld evidence in Cady's trial that would have kept him out of prison. Cady moves to the small North Carolina town where Sam lives with his wife, Leigh, and daughter, Dani. Cady sees hurting those close to Sam as the perfect means of vengeance. He seduces and -brutally beats Sam's lover, but his ultimate goal is to rape Dani. Scorsese's favorite character actor, Robert De Niro, chillingly plays Cady as a born-again Christian psychopath. Cady conditioned himself in prison to become something more than human, a characTHIS I HW YEAR PUT ANEND70 YOUR DEADLY ?1A^ : ess defines. filled with energy and featuring a thinj live DJ Thursday, Friday and Sa- boas turday nights. ham Pug's also features well-known eigh entertainers, along with its share of as " celebrities. Rudy Blueshoes will be Alor appearing Friday and Saturday has nights, playing a variety of classic 15-o rock, blues and jazz. Pat Riley, day i former head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, has been known A to drop in, and last Wednesday such night distinguished author Alex Pug Hawkins held a book-signing ses- furte sion. Ex-pro football star George Sid Rnoprs ic annthp.r famnnc rpmilar WK! atMIIVUJ AV^UUUt People aren't the only famous serv Pug's has become a favorite hangout arr ear thriv teristic he shows in abundance by rents surviving a beating with lead pipes Cad} and being burned in the face. her,: De Niro's Cady is intelligent, typif ruthless and savvy, yet he brings critic with him a dark wit, which is most only welcome in this terribly intense reoty and suspenseful film. De Niro is, her h as usual, brilliant. an ui Nick Nolle plays the culpable she v Sam stoically, effectively showing ing \ the lawyer's digression from a sue- tors a cessful and collected man to a har- Th ried, animal-like fugitive. He gives agery a very strong performance as does He f Jessica Lange as his manic de- with pressive wife. Both Lange and perce Nolte are wonderful. Bibli< Most critics credit the "breakth- geanc rough" performance to Juliette at ha Lewis, who plays Dani. Her bur- a giai geoning sexuality bothers her pa- tice h Cape Fear stars (from left) Robert DeNir< Nolte. FRE THANKSGIVING From USC Campus to Columbia Me TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 2:00 p.m.From Columbia Metro Ai SUNDAY DECEM 2:00 p. "Shuttle stops: Russell House, Caps Shuttles will run every hour on th? Bring your Student I.D. "Will Stop At Bus/Train Stati Sign up in the Student G to assure your place < Sponsored by the Senate Comn Pug'sjF ;s featured at Pug's. Anderson ;ts of Pug's "world-famous burgers." He describes the t-ounce hand-pattied burgers Columbia's greatest secret." lg with the burgers, Pug's also nightly specials, such as ent shrimp and wings on Monnights. glance at the menu reveals tasty-sounding oddities as the Dog, a quarter-pound frankr smothered in chili, and the Sandwich, a turkey, ham, s and green pepper concoction ed on pumpernickel bread. HHHHR W*; Teddy Lepp/The Gamecock long college students. es on ;, as well it should. When f makes sexual advances on she heartily accepts. Instead of ying most 15-year- olds like s say she does, I found her to further the negative stepe of teenagers. She twists air, smacks on gum and gives unspired performance. Maybe vas too much in awe of workvith three of the greatest acind was holding back, e film is full of religious im', all of it centered on Cady. requently quotes the Bible evangelical fervor. About 50 nt of his body is tatooed with :al quotations, such as "Venis mine" and "My time is id." His back is covered with it cross with the scales of jusanging from both arms of the 'i: JLf" / ? > Jessica Lange and Nick SHUTTLE V-fri^V A 7IH-? /-VII^UII 9:00 pm. rport to USC Campus IBER 1 m. - 9:00 p.m. ' tone & Bates Area, e hour. on On Request Only. overnment Office on the shuttle. lunlcatlons Committee }ug's Too Other tempting entrees include cookies and cream pie and angel hair pasta topped with grilled chicken. Prices range from the $8.95 eight-ounce ribeye to the 50 cent french fries. Customer service is a priority at Pug's. The doormen and waitresses sport tuxedo shirts and pride themselves on their friendliness. "Customers always come first here," Anderson said. This attitude is exemplified in Pug's Too's private party service. Held upstairs, these parties range from bachelorette to birthday, and they can be catered. "Most people come in here to have a good time," Anderson said. The cheapest good time to be had is Happy Hour, from 4 to 7 p.m., when all liquor is a dollar off. Another main attraction is Pug himself, the owner. According to Anderson, "the infamous Pug Wallace" can be found at the bar most days and evenings, sometimes whipping up specialities in the kitchen. Anderson characterizes Pug as a man who knows everyone and is "willing to bend over back ^ l vtojvjo iiiitKc cusLumcrs nappy. Anderson contends there is "always something going on" at what he calls the "long-lasting tradition at Five Points." Pug's is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner from 6 until 9 p.m. Delivery is available, and a unique experience is guaranteed. intensi crucifix. He pronounces that "I am as big as God God is as small as me." He speaks in tongue. All of this imagery effectively furthers the theme of redemption. Scorsese is called by many the greatest director working today, and he proves that theory with this Film. Though not quite as good as Goodfellas, Cape Fear is nonetheiipi DON'T FO Register at any or a out your name, loca team you predict t( Clemson game on S name chosen with t at the game. T?7 - - - -1 i ne ^amecocK you the Papillon for ] Moe L He Jewelry Wai Southern Ex S< Cycle Cent Be Sunshine Cle Lc Columbia I Phillips. You May Re% The More Places Yc You need not be present to wir can be picked up. ONLY USC YOU MUST PRESENT A VALI GOC -i% I V ??t :?: 'p&ie&wt 6zCe$te*t& foi 4tccde*et v By STEPHEN BROWN '*; Staff Writer * ' Appearing tonight at 11 p.m. on WOLO-TV is Columbia's hottesj'" 1 new sensation, Aimee Cheves, who will make her television debut as the "Weatherperson For A Day." She taped her mock report last week, and her segment will air on ?y Channel 25's late broadcast . . . PKni/flO mmamkaro flka -* * - UTa viivibo 1VIIIUIIUS/1S UK/ inwiliviit ailC- UCC1UCU UJ CM LCI U1C CUIUC5>1. i?' * was 3:30 in the morning the night before the deadline for entries, andt my cousin convinced me to go for it We wrote out a Top Five List of.> ? why I'd like to do the weather, and we mailed it right then in the^ middle of the night I got my congratulations letter on Halloween." .;. . The experience of reporting the weather taught Cheves a lot about -J what television personalities have to endure. "I was nervous. You don't really have a map behind you," Cheves*; explained. "You have to look at the TV monitor and try to station; yourself so you're pointing in the right direction. For all I know, I wastalking about the Southeast and pointing to California!" ;* Mark Phfister, WOLO weatherman and initiator of the contest, said-' ' "nobody really pointed to the right place, but they had fun trying." Phfister got the idea for the contest in 1979 when a newscaster gave - -? him a similar opportunity. "He got me on TV and helped spark my interest in weather," Phfister said. "I just wanted to give people the chance to see the inside of " TV studio and have fun." ; 71 $ Phfister said more than 40 people, ranging from six to 73-years-old, showed up to tape. . - x Cheves, a psychology senior, said, "They gave me a hard time. I * was the only college student to be on the air. I tried to plug USC when I had a chance." Above all the educational benefits she received from working in the J TV studio, Cheves had an even more noble cause. "My roommate ; though' ,r Jiesota was a city rather than a state, so I made sure I pointed out Minnesota in particular on the map." ty, suspense * V ? less flawless and beautifully parts (Mitchum and Peck have ; filmed. The climactic final scene amusing cameos), Scorsese's Cape , on a houseboat drifting into raging Fear is destined to follow in the waters is the movie's best. The last ^00tstePs of the original and be-' 20 minutes are so intense that they come an instant classic. Scorsese are impossible to describe, suffice j!) *? ^in Oscar for this it tn cov that th?? film. In fact Oscars all the wav ?r. v h> auj mui uiw (UV UV111A/L * ' ~ ound for Cape Fear. With an A-list cast and strong performances even to the minor Grade: A+ RGET TO REGISTER!!! til of the participating sponsors by filling ; 1 address, local phone number and which ; 3 be ahead at half-time during the USC/: atv Nov. 23rd. The winner will be the first i he correct answer and will be announced . 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