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)ucl stone Pictures’ comedy, 10 Things I Hate About You, stars Larisa Oleynik (center) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
ight, as two love torn teenages trying to set up Julia Stiles (left), for the prom.
JEWEL
10 Things I Hate About You
Starring Laura Oleynik and Julia Stiles
Directed by Gil Junger
Playing at Hollywood 1 6
I Finally, a teen flick in which the cast actually looks
kethey belong in high school!
I 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern day version
^■akespeare's classic “Taming of the Shrew,” tells
lelale of Kat and Bianca Stratford, two teen sisters
their way through high school.
| Popular Bianca (Oleynik) is not allowed to date un-
older, beautiful but tempestuous sistei Kat
pltiles) does.
^When Bianca’s latest admirer plots to fix Kat up
fith the local outcast, the trouble begins.
Stiles and Oleynik bring a measure of emotional
pth to their sisterly relationship, an unusual element
Ipsiich a teen flick and Joseph Gordon-Levitt does an
cellent job playing Bianca’s love-struck suitor, as
ell as actually looking 17-years-old.
The best thing about 10 Things I Hate About You is
cast’s ability to take themselves too seriously, mak-
glthem inherently believable as a group of high
:hoolers.
©f the three teen flicks in the past three months in-
)l|ing some type of bet or payment to date or mate
lelundatable girl, this is undoubtedly the funniest,
irector Gil Junger does an excellent job of bring-
hakespeare to high school, and although some
cts of the movie lack realism, for example, Pradua
ligfi is apparently a Renaissance castle located in the
pile suburbs, 10 Things I Hate About You retains a
; wicked attitude that will keep audiences snick-
iring to the end. (Grade: B +)
— Susan Overcash
The Out-of-Tow tiers
Starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
Directed by Sam Weisman
Playing at Hollywood 16
and College Park 6
Somewhere in the update of The Out-of-Towners,
originally filmed in 1970 with a screenplay by Neil Si
mon, the story became unfunny. There is nothing par
ticularly wrong with the film other than this. Too bad
it is a comedy.
Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn reprise the roles of
Henry and Nancy Clark, originally played by Jack
Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. The Clarks are stereotypi
cal Midwesterners, from Ohio to be precise, an area of
the country where life is easier and less taxing, or so
movies tell us. The Clark’s children have recently left
home and Henry lost his job, something his wife does
not know, so he must go to a job interview in New
York. Unfortunately, New York City is not nice to the
Clarks.
The hi-jinks of the movie are designed to let Martin
and Hawn exude their comedic talents. However, the
screenwriter apparently did not exude talent his own.
One pratfall follows the next and all Martin and Hawn
do is wave their arms and attempt to make slapstick
funny. It does not work.
At least John Cleese is amusing as the hotel manag
er where the Clarks are trying to stay. Cleese, the for
mer ringleader of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers,
takes condescension to a new level. His role is basical
ly a reprisal of Basil Fawlty, although he is much
meaner in this latest incarnation. It is not his fault the
rest of the film fails. (Grade: D)
— Jeff Schmidt
Woodstock ’99
performances
aim to appeal
to new crowd
NEW YORK (AP) — Wood-
stock ’99 will be busting with
bands appealing to an audience
that was not even born when
the original concert took place
30 years ago.
The Dave Matthews Band,
Jewel, Metallica and Alanis
Morissette are among those ap
pearing at the three-day Wood-
stock ’99 festival.
Organizers expect about
250,000 people.
“Three more days of mud,
noise and logistical night
mares?” said Metallica drum
mer Lars Ulrich. “Wouldn’t
miss it for the
world.”
The festival
is scheduled
for July 23-25
at Griffiss
Park, an aban
doned Air
Force base
about 50 miles
west of Al
bany. Ticket sales begin April
18.
The show will also feature
Korn, Limp Bizkit, Fatboy Slim,
Sugar Ray, Creed, Counting
Crows, Rage Against the Ma
chine, Rusted Root, the Brian
Setzer Orchestra, George Clin
ton and Willie Nelson.
None of the acts that played
the original Woodstock, held in
Bethel in 1969, were among the
performers for
the latest
show.
Six acts that
played the 25-
year anniver
sary concert,
which drew an
estimated
350,000 people
to Saugerties,
N.Y., are coming back: Metalli
ca, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Live and
Collective Soul.
Organizers also promise bet
ter security than at the first two
Woodstocks, which were over
run by gatecrashers.
“This place is a fortress,”
said promoter John Scher of
Metropolitan Entertainment.
“It’s about as hard to get
into as it is to get out of a
prison.”
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