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Athens music scene
still alive over break
‘The Insider’ deserving of an Oscar
Director Michael Mann creates interesting and controversial new film
Even though The Taco
Stand and Rocky’s Pizza won’t
be serving turkey on Thursday,
it doesn’t mean you can’t find
something to do in Athens
when the student body leaves
for Thanksgiving break
As far as music goes, Athens
will continue to provide live
entertainment downtown
throughout the week.
Tonight the duo Clay &
Casey will play at Lunch Paper
and bluegrass/jazz group the F-
Holes will play at Prince
Avenue’s Allen's Hamburgers.
On a smaller stage, DT’s
Down Under will feature its
weekly Underground Open Mic
Night tonight, and The Winery
will have live jazz.
Tomorrow night, Chris
Hampton and Friends will play
Embers Lounge starting at 8:30
and Tinsley Ellis will start at
Chip’s at 9.
If you’d rather stay inside,
the season’s movie selection is
one of the best of the year.
The latest Tim Burton movie
“Sleepy Hollow" opened last
week and is being shown at
multiple theaters in Athens.
This week’s biggest box-
office draw is expected to be
Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest
film, “End of Days.” The movie
opens tomorrow.
Other popular movies still
playing in town Include the
Kevin Spacey vehicle
“American Beauty,” the latest
James Bond installment “The
World Is Not Enough" and
Kevin Smith’s “Dogma.”
If you’d like to join the rest
of the American male popula
tion on the couch on Turkey
Day, there’s plenty of football
to watch.
SEC and in state rivals
Mississippi State and Ole Miss
will face off on Thursday at 8
p.m.
In the NFL, the Dallas
Cowboys, an annual
Thanksgiving Day team, will
play the Miami Dolphins at 4:15
p.m.
For those of you who have
been living underneath a rock
at Lake Herrick, the Bulldogs
will face off with Georgia Tech
at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Bobby
Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.
— Will Kiser
By STEWART MCALPINE
Tim Red * Buck
In what is sure to be an
Oscar-nominated performance,
Russell Crowe plays the role of
Jeffrey Wigand, a former chemist
for the Phillip Morris cigarette .
company.
The film deals with true-life
events surrounding the former
“insider” in the cigarette indus
try and the resulting events after
he tells “60 Minutes" producer
Lowell Bergman (A1 Pacino)
about the corrupt goings-on of
Phillip Morris.
, In the process of doing the
right thing, he receives death
threats, the normal slate of ter
rorizations, his wife leaves him
and "60 Minutes" drops the story
due to mounting corporate pres
sure.
Director Michael Mann
("Heat") has crafted a complex
film that holds the audience fair
ly well considering the more
than two-and-a-half hour run
ning time of the film. At times it
lags, but all in all, with such an
interesting storyline, the film
Every Tuesday: R&B CD Reviews
“Light It lip*’ soundtrack
Various Artists
Grade: D ... The only reasons to buy
the CD are DMX and OutKast.
Have you ever seen a movie just because
Matthew McConaughey or Elizabeth Hurley was in
it? Have you ever eaten at a bad restaurant just
because one of the servers there was hot?
Then you know what it’s like to buy a CD like
the “Light It Up” soundtrack.
On one hand you have some of the best hip-hop
artists in the world (DMX, OutKast) on the album
and on the other you have ’N Sync.
DMX is Elizabeth Hurley (don’t tell him I said
that) and OutKast is McConaughey. Yes, I'm actu
ally going somewhere with this — they’re the only
reason to listen to this soundtrack.
DMX’s “Catz Don’t Know” is nothing different
for the hard-core New Yorker. The beats are about
the same, strong but background, peppered with
X’s random, harsh rhymes.
OutKast gets funky with “High Schoolin’," a
club-friendly jam featuring Slimm Cutta-Calhoun.
But OutKast is not the problem. It’s the polar
opposite of the ATLiens, that’s the problem. Like
white slow-jam boy Jon B. doing a Bob Marley
cover. Someone in Jamaica just fainted.
Ja Rule, the Bizarro copy-cat cousin of DMX
who puts on his best X impression on “24-7,” has
gotten big airplay for his “How Many Wanna” video,
which opens the album.
The movie "Light It Up" stars R&B singer
Usher, whose best movie to date is the God-awful
"The Faculty." The question is, even with the terri
ble songs from Beverly and ‘N Sync, will the movie
be even worse?
— Will Kiser
‘Scrapple’ movie preview at Theatre
over Thanksgiving beginning tonight
Film’s writer/producer
will atte7id the preview
In a daring move, The Georgia Theatre has invit
ed a pig, a drug dealer looking to score some dough
off of a shipment of Nepalese Temple Balls and
some ski-bums to the screen as the featured bill for
the week of Thanksgiving.
The independent movie “Scrapple’’ will hit the
screen at the The Georgia Theatre in a special
three day screening.
The movie was written and directed by brothers
Christopher Hanson and Geoffrey Hanson, the lat
ter starring in the lead role as A1 Dean.
The year is 1978, and the story takes place in the
fictional ski-town of Ajax, Colo. The story is told
through the eyes of an unsuspecting pig, Scrapple,
who is thrown into the life of three local residents
who win him in a contest. But Scrapple's fate is
cooked — the residents plan on beefing him up for
an annual pig roast
One of the local residents, A1 Dean, is a small
time drug dealer looking to raise enough money to
get his brother out of a VA hospital. The story
unfolds as Dean’s plans meet trouble from a local
sheriff, a shady real estate agent, his his best friend
Tom Sullivan (Buck Simmons) and a loveable pig.
“Scrapple" first premiered in January at the
Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colo. It was fea
tured this past October in the Park City, Utah’s
Slamdance Festival.
Along with the twisted plot line, “Scrapple” fea
tures a musical score from jazz greats Taj Mahal
and a soundtrack featuring Widespread Panic and
J.J. Cale.
Writer/producer/star Geoffrey Hanson will be in
attendance answering questions from audience
members.
“Scrapple" will run tonight at 7 and 10, and again
SPECIAL | Thi Rid a Black
A The independent film's writer/producer,
Geoff Hanson, will be at tonight’s preview.
next Monday. Tickets are $3. Call 549-9918 for more
information.
— Craig S. Phillips
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couldn’t lose.
With films that are based on
true stories, it is always interest
ing to see how much truth is
actually in the film — did this
celebrity really say that? Did
these events all really occur?
Despite such worries from the
audience, Mann seems to have
made a honest film.
As is often the case with sto
ries dealing with real-life recent
events, the events surrounding
the film are almost more inter
esting than the film.
THE INSIDER
Starring: Russell Crowe and Al Pacino
Playing at: Camtike 12
Grade:B
Tlw lowdown: A good, interesting film
that takes real-life events surrounding
the tobacco industry and turns them into
an Oscar-caliber movie.
Just as Phillip Morris threat
ened to sue CBS over running
the story, the makers of the film
are now the ones being sued by
the cigarette company.
Mike Wallace is taking pot
shots at the film for his portrayal
(which is silly because he is por
trayed as being pretty cool) and
sneering at the fact that it isn’t
doing well at the box-office.
His anticipation of it fading
Into oblivion will hopefully be
thwarted when Oscar nomina
tions come out. Don’t be sur
prised to see nominations for
Russell Crowe for Best Actor
and awards in the category for
best original screenplay.
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