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This week's new releases include an enormous amount of viewing
options. Heading the list is A Good Man in Africa *** an engaging
comedy/drama starring Colin Friels as a womanizing British diplomat
who gets caught in bed with the wife of a presidential candidate. Also
thrown into the mix are an honest, no nonsense doctor (Sean Connery), a
stuffy Ambassador (John Lithgow) and his lusty wife (Diana Rigg). This
is an enjoyable way to kill 90 minutes. (Rated R)
If you're a fan of MTV VT Pauly Shore then you will no doubt like his
latest movie In The Army Now ** (Hollywood), a mildly accusing comedy
that follows two half wits as they enlist in the army reserves. The story
follows the well worn plots of previous movie comedy teams like Laurel
and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and Martin and Lewis who all made
service comedies much like this one. In The Army Now offers a few laughs
despite a rather threadbare script. (Rated PG)
Schlock meister Roger Corman acts as executive producer of Carnosaur
2 *1/2 (C/FP), a cross between Aliens and Jurassic Park. The plot features
all the standards stereotype characters running around a mining facility
that looks suspiciously like an abandoned warehouse infested by cheezy
rubber dinosaurs. (Rated R)
The special effects are better in Timecop *1/2 (MCA/Universal) but,
that's all this ultra violent, thoroughly nasty and horribly acted Jean
Claude VanDamme movie has to offer. (Rated R for language and
violence)
Among the week's other new and unpreviewed releases are The Little
Rascals (MCA/Universal) - $26.95 or less), an updating of the popular
Hal Roach comedies of the 1920s and 30s. (Rated PG)
Families may also like Little Giants (Warner - $26.95 or less), a
comedy featuring Rick Moranis as a football coach who throws together a
group of rejects to challenge his jock brother's team to a showdown.
(Rated PG)
Daymon Wayans (Hollywood Shuffle) stars in the slapstick comedy
Blankman (ColumbiafTristar), the story of an inventor who arms himself
with an arsenal of homemade gizmos to fight crime. (Rated PG-13)
Pat Morita returns for another sequel to the popular Karate Kid series.
This time the film is called The Next Karate Kid (Columbia/Tristar) and
newest protege is a 17-year-old girl who is struggling to overcome a gang
of school toughs that arc harrassing her. (Rated PG)
The alleged 1947 discovery in the New Mexico desert of the charred
remains of a UFO is the subject of Roswell (C/FP) which purports to tell
the truth about these mysterious events. (Rated PG-13)
Patti Davis, the outspoken, controversial daughter of former U.S.
President Reagan is the subject of the latest Celebrity Video Centrefold
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1995. PAGE 19.
Writer, musician workshop season opener
LYGEUM AT
Phone 357-1630 for 24 hour movie information
By Bonnie Gropp
Rollicking music with an east
coast flavour highlights the season
opening play, presently being
workshopped at the Blyth Festival.
Playwright Laurie Fyffe and
musician Beth Bartley have been
collaborating for the past year on
Ms Fyffe's newest script, Ballad for
a Rum Runner's Daughter, which
Artistic Director Janet Amos has
selected to open the 1995 season.
Until recently, however, that col-
laboration has been predominantly
by phone. "We spent a lot of time
humming to each other over the
telephone," says Laurie.
Two weeks ago, they got togeth-
er in Blyth for what has essentially
been an opportunity to go over the
script and do some fine tuning.
This is Laurie's fifth production,
the third to premiere in Blyth. Like
her most recent Blyth Festival pre-
miere (Field of Flowers in 1990)
Ballad is set in the 1930s. This
time though, the locale has changed
from rural Ontario to Nova Scotia.
The story is about a young girl
who gets involved in her father's
rum running trade and with an
RCMP officer. "There's a dilemma
there," she laughs, ''law or love."
Laurie says she approacn( • Jane ,
with the idea of the musical alter
which they spoke to Beth. ' She was
my first and only choice to do the
music," Laurie says.
For many years Beth lived in
Nova Scotia so, she says, "There is
a lot of that flavour in my music."
A classically trained violinist, who
also plays piano and fiddle, Beth
has developed diverse musical
experience having played with
many different bands over the
years, most recently in Vox Violins
with her husband Mark Clifford.
The duo is currently working on
their newest CD Playing with Pol-
lywogs in the River of Life.
While Beth and Laurie have
worked together before, they met in
St. Catharines while working with
Duncan McGregor, a Blyth Festival
board member, who was then artis-
tic director of the Carousel Players,
this musical is the first time their
association has been as writer and
musician.
The biggest step in getting Ballad
onto the Blyth stage occurred when
a first draft of the play was present-
ed to Janet last November after
which "Janet really expressed her
interest," said Laurie.
The play, she says, has come
together rather quickly. "We've
always seemed to have a sense of
where it's going," she said, adding
that as Janet is going to be directing
it, working with her the past two
weeks has helped them to envision
the end result even more clearly.
"It has put us that much further
ahead," said Laurie.
Though there is no definite cast
list, they do, Laurie says, have a
"wish list".
"We're not really worried about it
as there are so many quality actors
who like to work at Blyth. We have
a lot of choices," says Laurie.
Country crooner
at Blyth
It's time for great country music
when "The Terry Sumsion Show"
takes the stage at Blyth Festival on
Sunday, Mar. 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Country lovers won't want to miss
this one day only performance by
one of Canada's rising stars.
With three hit albums and
numerous awards to his credit,
Terry Sumsion has had sold-out
shows throughout North America
and overseas in England, Scotland,
and Ireland. His musical talent and
sense of humour have secured his
position as both a crowd favourite,
and a respected member of the
music industry.
Mr. Sumsion's versatile career
has included many television, radio
and live performances with such
country legends as Tanya Tucker,
George Jones, Janie Fricke, and
Conway Twitty.
Here are just a few of the things
that have been said about Mr.
Sumsion's appearances:
"Sumsion delivers much more
than songs." - Tribune
"Sumsion left many in the
audience wishing they could
hear more." - Calgary Sun
"Terry Sumsion has hit the
Country Music Biz like a Mack
Truck, infinitely more
pleasurable but with equal
force!" - Trucking Canada
Reserved tickets for "The Terry
Sumsion Show" are $15 each and
available by calling the Blyth
Festival Box office at 519-523-
9300. For more information call
Rick Fedorick, Assistant Develop-
ment Co-ordinator, at 519-523-
4345. (Tickets are also available at
the following ticket outlets: Camp-
bell's Photography in Goderich
524-7532, Crossroads Gifts in
Clinton 482-5855, Bluewater
Office Equipment in Wingham
357-1554, and in Exeter at
Something Special 235-1252.)
Starts Friday
February 17, 1995
Little Women
Friday & Saturday
7:00 & 9:15 p.m.
Sunday - Thursday
8:00 p.m.
Warming up?
Laurie Fyffe, left and Beth Bartley have some fun in the
winter air while taking a break from their workshopping of
Ms Fyffe's new play Ballad of a Rum Runner's Daughter,
which is opening this Festival season.
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