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The Battalion
Tuesday, March 22 1994
‘The Ref
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Chasseurs’ upscale, suburban
home where Gus tracks down his
crime partner. While Murray
finds a way out of the city, Gus
referees the obnoxious couple’s
abuse of one another while
dodging a search party and a
curfew enforced by the
stereotypical, doltish police
squad.
It doesn’t take long for Gus to
decide that Hell and prison don’t
look so bad compared to the
intolerable ranting and raving of
the Chasseurs.
Their corrupt teen-age son,
Jesse (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.),
returns home for the holidays
from a military school and
appears to be well on his way to
becoming his parents. The
hellion has been blackmailing
one of his superiors at the school
and plans to run away with his
earnings.
- A holiday visit from their
stuffy Boston relatives further
complicates the evening. The
entertaining holiday reunion is
far worse than any family
Christmas gathering could ever
be. Gus is right — this family
needs a mute button.
Gus creatively handles the
holiday hostages with amusing
results. However unlikely it may
seem, he becomes marriage
counselor to the Chasseurs
during Christmas Eve dinner —
one of the film’s funnier scenes
— and gives advice to the
extortionist’s son.
As the family Christmas
gathering wears on inside, the
search heats up outside.
Exceptional performances by
Leary and Davis carry the film.
Rapid-fire, comedic insults
pepper the film’s dialogue and
partially redeem the predictable
plot. Unfortunately, the
weakness of the plot makes “The
Ref” drag from time to time.
“The Ref’s” lively dialogue saves
it from being too reminiscent of
any number of “marriage on the
rocks” films.
Viewers hoping to see Leary
as the loud, foul-mouthed,
chain-smoking comedian, won’t
be disappointed. And as far as
comedies about crumbling
marriages go, “The Ref” features
better acting, better writing and
louder screaming than most.
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teresting. In fact, songwriting is a
philosophy for Beck.
He explains it this way: “I
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comes to mind — their couch,-
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songs.
“There should be so many
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into one big sound and we can
put the whole thing into a pickup
truck and let it roll off the edge of
the Grand Canyon.”
And write about just anything
that comes to mind is exactly
what Beck does.
Songs such as “F—in with My
Head,’ “Soul Suckin Jerk” and
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stood trembling and shaking after being handed her
statuette, then rushed through a series of thank
you.” She is the youngest Oscar winner since 1 0-year-
old Tatum O’Neal won in the same category for “Pa
per Moon” 20 years ago.
The favorites for supporting actress this year had
been Winona Ryder (“The Age of Innocence ) and
Rosie Perez (“Fearless”).
Jones, his head shiny and his face ebullient, came
to the stage and cracked, “The only thing I can say at
a time like this is that I’m not really bald. I’m happy
to be working.” He had shaved his head for a movie
role as baseball great Ty Cobb.
Among those Jones defeated was Ralph Fiennes,
the brutal concentration camp commander in
Schindler’s List.”
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be near his children, won for best makeup. "The Age
of Innocence” was cited for costume design.
Spain's “Belle Epoque,” a sexy romp in the 1931
pre-Franco era, was an underdog winner as best for
eign language film,.
The ceremonies were held at the Dorothy Chandler
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apparent damage.
Host Whoopi Goldberg, succeeding Billy Crystal
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remarks with raunchy humor that drew laughter and
some gasps from the star-studded audience.
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three hours. There haven’t been so many show busi
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woman since Heidi Fleiss,” Goldberg said in her
opening monologue, referring to the alleged Holly
wood madam who claimed to have a book of movie
executive and celebrities who were her clients.
Oscar presenters included past winners Anthony
Hopkins, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood,
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