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Wednesday, February 2, 1994
Renee Amman and China Kantner stai
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If you missed the sneak preview of
the "The Stoned Age" Monday night
at the Russell House Theater, consider
yourself lucky.
The movie, directed byjames
Melkonian, tries but fails in being a
comedy about youth in the '70s, and if
I hadn't volunteered to review it, I
would have left after the first 10 minutes.
Unknowns Michael Kopelow and
Bradford Tatum star as Joe and Hubbs,
respectively, two loser metal-heads in
search for drugs and chicks. By stroke
of luck, they manage to find and consequentially
scam Jill (China Kantner)
and Lanie (Renee Amman), who are
' Stoned'Kar
By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Carolina! Editor
China Kantner, daughter of Paul Kantner
and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane/Starship,
makes her feature film
debut in the James Melkonian motion
picture "The Stoned Age," which premiered
Monday at the Russell House
Theater.
More than 300 people tried out for
Kantncr's part, Jill ij
"I had a friend that cast me for a public
service announcement about three
years ago," Kantner said. "My friend,
who is a casting director assistant,
told me that thimpart would be perfect
for me and told me to send my picture
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Maybe it's not fair to Melkonian, whose debut feature film
compare the film to is "The Stoned Age," based the movie
classics such as on a short film that he did for the Amer"Wavne's
World" and ican Film Institute
"Dazed and Confused," "The '70s were very much a hedobut
there's a huge dif- nistic time," Melkonian said in a press
ference between these release. "The headbangers of the '70s
hits and "The Stoned are really the lost generation of modAge":
They're funny. ern times. From my point of view, the
Actually, the funniest film is extremely accurate in describing
part was in the mid- this sub-culture."
die of the movie, But the problem is, it's not. It's also
where for 20 minutes not comedic, the acting is bad, and the
i action are in reverse costumes don't represent the era at all.
upside down, and the The only way in which the movie
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n first feature flick
was physically knocked "At first, I was embarrassed by it
I really feel sorry for because I compared it with others,
ho lost their homes. 1 but I have grown to appreciate it,"
lire frame and a lamp, she said. "They are my best friends."
Kantncr said her role models are Al
es and aftershocks did Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close
i on the set of "Monty," and Jessica Lange. They're the actors
v in which Kantner stars she would most like to work with.
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was moving," Kantner When she isn't busy with her acting
the lights hanging over career, Kantner considers herself a
:y,' building inspectors "home body."
:i inspect the set before "I like listening to music, watching
vorking again." movies, reading, writing and normal
ife was "pretty normal" stuff like hanging out with my friends,"
i famous parents. she said.
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Community, USC promotes cooperation and fellowship
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Beta Alpha Psi, social at Major Leagi
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Recycling club, RH 327, 7 p.m.
Psi Chi, Walsh conference roor
Barnwell, 7 p.m. "Grad students tell it al
Young Democrats, RH 203, 7 p.m. i
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Mountaineering and Whitewati
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BGIA, Gambrell 402, 8 j>.m.
College Republicans, Gambrell 250,
p.m. Guest speaker will be Steve Hamr
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Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity, E
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Human Development Center, 777-5223
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Tuesday, "Experiential Group Therapy,"
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