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- 1 yplllll fcy--W \ \ [ 1 A $tp^l [PEOPLE PLAC humans in Ihe news JgK|H|H?> s Hf / :?! I i JMk JUl* , H S'jMtn Sarandon stars with Sam Sh< Pasta go.' Sarandon crusados for do Sarandon, Bal aren't drmkinj NEW YORK (AP) ? Susan Sarandon he and a couple of fellow New Yorkers, al Christopher Reeve and Alec Baldwin, showed up at a crowded public hear- . ing to oppose changes in state water treatment rules. ^ The three, joined by environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., said a plan ? aimed at keeping disease-causing par- a asites out of the city's tap water doesn't go far enough. There's no reason to have sewage in our drinking water," Sarandon said LI Monday. of The plan was proposed by the city co Department of Environmental Protec- ai tion to avoid the need for a costly fil- T1 tration plant. The proposal would control development, fanning and sewage ge treatment in and around upstate reser- T voirs. I Sarandon, Reeve and Baldwin said the proposal still allows more than 100 H sewage treatment plants to discharge ^ into the region. A decision on the plan is expected ^ in the spring. s< ^ T wen goiiy, tne liver s goon tc HONOLULU (AP) - Jim Nabors is fattened up and ready for the stage, a q year after a lifesaving liver transplant, d He's scheduled to sing twice next 0f month ? a telethon in St. Louis and a d; concert in Phoenix. He also plans to 0f perform at Constitution Hall in Wash- m ington in April. The "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." star had the transplant because hepatitis had destroyed his liver. Nabors, 64, said he has regained the 50 pounds he lost to illness. He said he's back up to 200 pounds and "get- v< ting kind of fat." ^ Last May, a few months after the ^ operation, he sang at the Indianapolis a 500. ? "You want to feel like a viable person," Nabors said from his beachfront B IMPROVE YOUR NIGHT LIFE. A k I Many accidents are caused by car drivers who didn't see the cyclists, Wear reflective gear and bright clothing. And keep your \ z / evening from being ruined.X? / MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION ES WHATNOT] m/L Naw Urn CI nam a ipard In hw latest movie'Safe aner water In New York City. dwin, Reeve I the water >me. "You can't sit looking at the ocean 1 day." cvett makes clean break ANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Lyle Lovett broke his collarbone in motorcycle accident over the weekid and postponed three concerts in anada. Perry scope Concert Productions L -1 _ r Y T 1 J J _ A * 1 . :q. oi Vancouver reieasea no aetans the accident but said shows in Vanuver Saturday, Edmonton March 6 id Winnipeg March 9 were canceled, tiey will be held in May. A Lovett spokeswoman in Los Andes didn't immediately return a call uesday. ome run king Aaron gets oyal treatment TLANTA (AP) ? Hank Aaron was ;arstruck at the Trumpet Awards, urner Broadcasting's annual salute i black achievement. "Lets see, Billy Dee Williams, Phylia Rashad, Dick Gregory, Carl Rowan, enzel Washington," he said, ticking f the names of some attending Monay night's ceremony. "I've met most 'them. But they may not remember le." Aaron, baseball's home run king, as among those honored at the event, hich will be televised March 18 on le TBS Superstation. Awnrris fllsn want tn rViilrlron'o arL jcate Marian Wright Edelman, actor Williams, actresses Rashad and Diaann Carroll, columnist Rowan and nti-apartheid activist Randall Robin>n. California Assembly Speaker Willie rown Jr. received a special award. ATTENT GAMEC FAMS! ( * Here's your last chance to c program from the historic 1 Programs are available for! postage & handling). Supp delay. | Name j Address |City/State/Zip I Amount enclosed I I Mail Coupon with Chec RAYCO 915 Middle Rive: Ft. Lauderdale i Woody Allb I Anc i AT I / %l I I Woody Men ] LIGHTSC AH Eft ARE ACTION STEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer I BULLETS OVER BROADWAY -kit** (out of four stars) As David and Helen, the main characters in Woody Allen's comedy "Bullets Over Broadway," drink to a world without compromise, deep inside they know they will have to sell out for a sellout performance. Allen puts intellectual and artistic pretensions aside for a send-up of 1920s show business in a film | that is appealing as deep satire, physical comedy or I just a plain laugh riot. Riling the screen with witty characters, Allen celebrates his ongoing ode to love | and New York City. The screenplay, by Allen and Douglas McGrath, is a zany glimpse at the sacrifices an artist makes to bring a show to theater's world I stage. "Bullets" succeeds triumphantly because of a winning story, brilliant acting and smooth direction. John Cusack ("Say Anything...") plays the play* wright David, a neurotic Woody Jr., with "a blood sugar situation" and a phobia that the world is out _ to get him. Insisting on directing his own play; he tries to live without compromise but falls victim to mounting pressures that force him to make conces sions. He can't grasp the nuances that will color his Great White Way, such as toddlers with fingerpaint on a deluxe canvas. Jennifer Tilly ("The Getaway") is Olive, the show's sole backer, who gets a small part in the play. Her I shrill, high-pitched voice and feather boa are matched I by stupifying ignorance ("They expect me to memorize all these lines."). Convinced she's an actress be cause she was once featured in a musical revue called | "Leave a Specimen," she hopes to spruce up this "sad," I ; 5 Savar I b| When you're forced by | fli straints of time and prep to USC after spring break Bam want to think about taldi gany form. Yet, reconsid Patrick's day is no less tli and even if you aren't Iris brate, and where else I | M Howtogetttwre: Like last week, when we went to Georc I this is the third week in a row we've gor | Peach State.), take Interstate 26 to Chi , and then take 1-95 into Savannah. I HHP What to do: | IflHH Visit the Historic District: Savannah j the largest urban historic landmark distri | country with green squares (straight f I S9H8 mind of James Oglethorpe), living hist Oseums (like you'll visit those), antique sY your mom) and entertainment. | After you've checked out the above, go t front Plaza, located on the aptly nan River Street. This features a nine- bl I planade facing the Savannah River dec | fountains, benches, plantings, museum W restaurants, boutiques and shops. All are in old cotton warehouses that border th i l 1 mm U hon i :ock CdRQUESTp >btain the official game 995 CARQUEST BOWL. 510 each (price includes lies are limited so don't , :k or Money Order To: M I r Drive, #120 ,FL 33304 si's 'Bullets Over Broadway' over . 5taiu bits the mark tragic play. Only her gangster boyfriend saves h( from dismissal. Her bodyguard, Cheech, is played by Cha2 Palminteri ("A Bronx Tale"). His tempestuous, poi sessive and misogynistic tendencies are his strongei character traits. He also has a flair for writing rea istic dialogue. As David struggles with control of tl: play, he must contend with Cheech, who insists c watching the rehearsals from the back of the theate Cheech becomes unofficial talent broker and won smith for the production, compulsive about the lint he writes and willing to spray bullets if actors g< their lines wrong. Palminteri is superb as the mol ster who discovers he is equally talented at killir and writing theater. Tracy Ullman plays an actress accompanied t an obnoxious baby Chihuahua, an animal so muc a part of her persona that she jokes about breas feeding him. The lead actor is a compulsive overeat* whose diet diminishes as he gobbles danishes bi tween scenes, eats chicken wings as foreplay, stasl es cake in his binder and even steals dog treats 1 feed his gluttonous habit. Dianne Wiest ("Edward Scissorhands") steals th show as Helen St. Clair, grand diva of the stage. Lik Norma Desmond of "Sunset Boulevard," Helen is lead actress of the highest order ("I do Lady Macbetl I'm still a star!"), but she is known within the innt circles as a drunkard and adulteress. She is playin the lead role in David's play, but the character is th miserable Sylvia Poston, a frumpy housewife wh gets dumped. Helen plans to modify the part to f her bravura standards. She makes it a habit neve to play frumps or virgins. In rehearsal, she gushes, "This old theater?th inah [N i the merciless conaid tuition to return l, you probably don't ig another trip ? in ler that option: St tan two weeks away, ?h, you still can celebut Savannah, Ga. It's an ideal place to S3V3HH3 i\i browse, shop and |ia (Yes, . ' * 77 , e to the People-watch (aka arteston free laughs). Don't / aneston forget to admire the / oh-so-beautiful Wav- / . ing Girl Statue, which ' ? salutes Florence boasts Martus, who greeted every ship that en id in the the port of Savannah from 1887 to 1931. rom the ory mu- Two blocks adjacent to the site of Savan iops (for famous old City Market have been rest capturing the atmosphere of the old mE place. Adaptive reuse in this area include 0 River- restoration of existing facades, colorful awr led Old and brick, slate and granite street and side lock es- paving (whoa, exciting!). Although smalle ked with ?^er festival marketplaces, Savannah' s, pubs, Market offers something for everyone. 1 housed ie plaza According to the Georgia tourism guide i. Shot xdm : with 'Bullets' ;r church ? so full of memories, so full of ghosts!" But mainly she is full of hot air. She and David go to a :z nearby speakeasy to get to know each other. She ors ders two martinis, very dry. He is surprised that she st knew what he wanted. "Oh, you want one, too?" she .1- said. le She hasn't had a drink since New Year's ? well, in Chinese New Year's. The vain Broadway legend, used r. to playing alluring characters, cons David into changi ing her part, using her seductive voice and piercin { js eyes. ' st Wiesfs characters in films such as "Parenthood" > and "Hannah and Her Sisters" have been loveless ig and neurotic. But as Helen, she becomes vividly sexual, blinding David with her glamour. This egocen>y trie, aging artist tops all of Wiesfs performances to :h date. t- Allen's gangster sequences contain cathedralir style shafts of light penetrating the gloomy under- e side of the city. Warm amber tones glow through i- most sequences, with vivid pop colors dominating the ;o set. Deco posters, glitzy marquees, sidewalk stores ana DacKgrouna musical numDers neip Duna tne le mood. ;e Allen's camera circles great conversations as he a explores guilt and claims that artists create their ti! own moral universe. Poking fun at art circles, one ;r character tells another, "You're a genius because inig tellectuals and mass audiences find your work comle pletely incoherent." 10 In "Bullets Over Broadway," Allen creates a winit ning comedy about life, art and compromise. His stelir lar cast of characters, a fast-paced story and highcaliber production values make this film a showis stopper. AilBIEaMMIM RYAN SIMS Th? CUMi*cocfc tered should make the Savannah Visitor Center a stop, but it really should be your last. It's located in an 1860s railroad station in the Historic nah's District. It's open 365 days a year and offers ored, free maps and information on all aspects of the irket- city via a slide film presentation and free parkss the ing (what a plus). The center, which offers comlings, plimentary telephone information and direct swalk reservations to hotels, motels and tour services, r than is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. regular busis City ness days. On weekends, it's open from 9 am. to 5 p.m. you _ Stephanie Sonnenfeld iw vv 9