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■ght. Mel Gibson stars in
is inriller about a battle be-
feen policemen and motor
ists for control of the high-
ys. Australian George Mil-
irected this well-made
h ‘em up vision of the fu-
ire Rated R.
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ill a fun movie. Rated R.
Foul Play:
■day. Chevy Chase and
soldie Hawn star in this com
ely about an airhead librarian
jndaSan Francisco police de
ed ve who uncover midgets,
ymphonies and a plot to assa-
inate the pope. Fast-action,
It humor at its best. Rated
Christopher Reeve takes Richard Pryor for a
ride in Superman III. The movie starts here
this weekend.
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rathon Man:
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Also stars Roy Scheider and
Martha Keller. Rated PG.
Stripes:
Wednesday. Bill Murray, at
his best, stars in this comedy
about a band of misfit soldiers
who accidently invade
Czechoslovakia and struggle
to get out. Also stars Warren
Oates, P.J. Soles and John
Candy of SCTV fame. Rated
R.
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Superman III:
On two screens. Christopher
Reeve returns as the man
from Metropolis, Superman.
This time, though, he is facing
something of a mid-life crisis
and has a new leading lady,
Lana Lang (played by Annette
O’Toole), the girl Superman
(er, Clark Kent) left behind in
his hometown, Smallville. Of
course, the usual array of vil-
lians is back to pester the man
of steel. Robert Vaughn plays
an evil tycoon and Richard
Pryor plays a computer whiz
who falls in with the bad guys.
With director Richard Lester
still at the helm, Number
Three promises to be just as
campy and fun as Number
Two was. Rated PG.
Homework:
Joan Collins stars in this story
(yet another) of an older
woman who falls for a school
boy. Rated R.
Manor East
Return of the Jedi:
Although “Jedi” is not as good
as “Star Wars” because of its
lack of novelty and its massive
pre-release publicity, it com
pensates with special effects,
bizarre aliens and a fast pace.
Creator George Lucas and di
rector Richard Marquand
make “Jedi” two hours that
seems like a four-minute rol
ler coaster ride. All the origin
al characters are back (and
played as competently as
usual) along with some new
villians and a race of loveable,
courageous teddy bears, the
Ewoks. Rated PG.
Man From Snowy
River:
See this one before it leaves.
Even if you don’t like West
erns or the usual “boy grows
to manhood” stories, this is
still an entertaining movie.
You’ve seen the plot before:
young man from the wrong
side of the tracks falls in love
with a rich man’s daughter
and must prove he is worthy
of her. It may not be a new
idea, but this movie does it is
as well as it can be done. Dire
ctor George Miller did an ex
cellent job of capturing the
beauty and ruggedness of the
Australian countryside. Kirk
Douglas is at his best in dual
roles as twin brothers and
Tom Burlinson, the star,
makes the story believable and
inspiring. The story, trite as it
may be, will melt even the har
dest of hearts. Rated PG.
Class 1990: The
Bronx Warrior:
A new movie, so new that no
one seems to know what it’s
about. Rated R.
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Blue Thunder:
Roy Scheider stars as a police
helicopter pilot assigned to
test an ultra-sophisticated sur
veillance and attack helicopter
in this fast-paced adventure.
The question is: will the good
guys get the copter or will the
bad guys get it? Also stars
Candy Clark, Malcom
McDowell and Warren Oates.
Directed by John Badham.
Rated R.
Flashdance:
Being hailed as the next
“Saturday Night Fever,” this
movie has lots of flash, lots of
hot music, lots of hot dancing,
but not much plot. Sort of like
MTV on the silver screen.
Jennifer Beals stars as the wel
der-by-day, dancer-by-night.
Rated R.
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Eddie Murphy makes
‘Trading Places' work
by Gary Barker
Battalion Staff
If Eddie Murphy was pre
viously mentioned only in con
nection with “Saturday Night
Live,” “Trading Places” con
firms his status as an outstand
ing comic movie star.
It’s not that the rest of the
cast, the plot or the directing in
“Trading Places” is that
mediocre —just that Murphy is
that good.
It’s easy to see from Murphy’s
performance in “Trading
Places” why the most recent epi
sodes of “Saturday Night Live”
have been more like “The Eddie
Murphy Show.” His delivery,
range and mastery of character
types make him one of the best
in the business.
So anyway, back to the movie.
“Trading Places” is the latest re
make of Mark Twain’s “The
Prince and the Pauper” tale.
Murphy plays the pauper (Billy
Ray Valentine), a hustler from
Philadelphia’s ghetto and a con
man extraordinaire. He mimics
a blind man with no legs to beg
for a living and pretends, con
vincingly, to be a martial arts ex
pert when threatened with
force.
Dan Aykroyd plays the prince
(Louis Winthorpe III), a prissy,
Ivy League-educated stock
broker who manages a presti
gious stock brokerage. The trad
ing places of the two men is
handled by the Duke brothers,
owners of the stock brokerage
which Winthorpe manages. The
Duke brothers (well played by
Ralph Bellamy and Don
Ameche) have a longstanding
debate about heredity versus en
vironment and, being the cal
loused tycoons that they are,
make a bet.
They wager on what would
happen if a poor black from the
ghetto is given the same chances
as Winthorpe. And, they won
der, what would happen to a
well-bred man like Winthorpe if
he is placed in the ghetto?
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Aykroyd is tossed out on the
street, framed for a crime and —
Gasp! — deprived of his credit
cards. Murphy is taken off the
streets and given Winthorpe’s
townhouse. his valet, his
after very little
townhouse, ma vdici, ma
limousine and, after very little
training, his position as manager
of the brokerage.
While Aykroyd’s portrayal of
the down-and-out Winthorpe is
funny and one of his better per
formances this year, Murphy’s
portrayal of Valentine’s trans
formation from street hustler to
stock broker is wonderful and
believable.
But which one is better at
managing the brokerage? The
movie makes sure that their
skills are equal: both Valentine
and Winthorpe are crackerjack
stock brokers who know enough
about human nature and con
games to make it.
But the joy of the movie com
es not from learning that a black
from the ghetto can manage a
brokerage house as well as any
blue blood, but in the revenge
that Valentine and Winthorpe
seek when they uncover the bet.
However, as sweet as the re
venge is and as wonderful as
Murphy is, director John Landis
seems to have been having a case
of indecision in this film. Some
times he couldn’t decide if he
wanted the movie to be silly or if
he wanted it to stay believable
and satirical.
If the movie had been silly
more often, it would have been
less annoying; as it is, the silly
moments are few and thus stand
out against the other more be
lievable moments.
Fortunately for moviegoers,
Aykroyd and Murhpy are both
talented enough to carry the
movie through silly and believ
able.
Tron:
Walt Disney’s story of a com
puter programmer who is
transported inside the com
puter where he must do battle
to save himself and his girl.
Lots of computer-enhanced
graphics, but a hokey plot:
sort of like visual candy. Rated
PG.
Schulman Six
WarGames:
Matthew Broderick stars as a
teenage computer whiz who
stumbles into the Pentagon’s
defense computer and almost
starts World War III in this
clever, high-tech film. Dire
ctor John Badham (“Blue
Thunder") wonderfully plays
on our fears of technology
and nuclear war. Rated PG.
Octopussy:
The usual James Bond stuff.
Roger Moore (not the real
thing) stars as 007 and Maud
Adams has the title (Can you
believe it?) role. The typical
Roger Moore Bond film, no
thing more, nothing less.
Rated PG.
Trading Places:
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Mur
phy star in this funny update
of the old “Prince and the
Pauper” story. Aykroyd stars
as a wealthy, preppy commod
ity broker and Murphy stars
as a street hustler who gets to
trade places with Aykroyd on
a bet. See review this page.
Rated R.
Psycho II:
Anthony Perkins returns as
Hitchcock’s classic schizo,
Norman Bates. Twenty-two
years later he returns to Bates
Motel. Norman is not happy
when he finds that the old
Bates Motel has been turned
into an “adult motel.” Also
stars Vera Miles. Rated R.
The Man With Two
Brains:
A Steve Martin/Carl Reiner
collaboration about a surgeon
who falls in love with Kathleen
Turner’s (“Body Heat“) body,
but has another brain in mind,
a disembodied one with whom
he talks telepathically. I ha
ven’t seen it, but I’ve been told
that it’s almost as bad as the
last Martin/Reiner bomb,
“Dead Men Don’t Wear
Plaid.” Rated R.
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