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Capsule Reviews ’Innerspace' Has Charm, Fun NEW YORK (NC) - The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Communication. “Innerspace” (Warners) Martin Short is the victim of industrial espionage as he tries to safely return the miniaturized capsule floating through his body and piloted by Dennis Quaid to the lab which created it. Madcap comedy falls short of large laughs but has some gen uinely charming, albeit dumb, moments of clean fun. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Associa tion of America rating is PG — parental guidance suggested. “Full Metal Jacket” (Warners) Director Stanley Kubrick’s moody essay on the dehumanizing effects of basic train ing and combat during the Vietnam era traces the experiences of a typical Marine Corps recruit. Sexual come-ons by hookers, graphic bloodshed and excessive profanity provide the realistic texture for the expression of diminishing spiritual sensitivity and moral ambiguity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV — adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. “The Squeeze” (Tri-Star) A struggling set designer and com pulsive gambler (Michael Keaton) teams up with a process server (Rae Dawn Chong) to confound and foil a scam to defraud the New York lottery with a magnetic box he finds and then loses to corporate thugs. Mild-mannered comedy directed by Roger Young has little else save Keaton’s charm, which lessens the casual acceptance of his dangerously amoral behavior. Comic seduction scene and some violence is for the mature viewer. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned to pro vide special guidance for attendance of children under 13. PAGE 9 — The Georgia Bulletin, July 16,1987 INSIDE LOOK — A young woman from the Peruvian province of Ayacucho, 11,000 feet high in the Andes Mountains, sees television and herself on videotape — both for the first time — as the videotape recorder plays back through the camera viewfinder. The cameraman was visiting Peruvian parishes served by the St. James Missionary Society, volunteering his time to produce a program to help recruit diocesan priests for service in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. (NC photo by Gordon Lepingwell) GEORGE AND NANCY HENDERSON, played by John Lithgow and Melinda Dillon, realize they have an unexpected responsibility in taking a legendary creature into their home in “Harry and the Hendersons,” a Universal release. Despite a “somewhat silly plot” and a rather violent chase scene, the USCC calls this essentially a tame family film and classifies it A-II. (NC photo) TV Reviews AIDS, "Islam,” Baez Provide TV Fare NC NEWS SERVICE Tuesday, July 21, 8-9 p.m. EDT (CBS) Channel 5 “An Enemy Among Us.” Special program dealing with how a teen-ager and his family cope with AIDS is essentially a counseling session with Gladys Knight for the youngsters in the home audience about the psychological and social im plications of the disease. Some discussion of “responsible” sex may conflict with Christian moral principles. Wednesday, July 22, 9-10 p.m. EDT (PBS) Channel 8 “Islam.” The program explores the little-known or understood Judeo-Christian roots of Islam, the third great monotheistic world religion, and its phenomenal expansion and achievements in the centuries after the prophet Mohammed’s rise in the seventh century. Friday, July 24, 10:30-11 p.m. EDT (PBS) Channel 8 “Joan Baez.” Conversation with ballad singer Baez, now 45, about her family, career and continuing commitment to human rights advocacy and how her need for spiritual reflection impelled her return to the Quaker church in which she had been raised. Interspersed with photographs and concert footage of her most recent tour. In Gainesville Artists' Show Opens The 15th Annual Atlanta Artists Club Traveling Show will open Thursday, July 9 at Quinlan Art Center in Gainesville. The exhibit is representative of a wide variety of media, styles and subject matter, including handmade paper, etch ings, pastels, collage and sculpture. Juried by Robert Owens, professor of Fine Arts Department, North Georgia College, the exhibit includes 58 works by 47 artists. “Mountain Green,” pastel by Martha Bator, was judged “Best in Show.” Philip Bates, Lorraine King, Alice Lear, Juliette Turner, and Alan Lease received Merit awards for their works. The Atlanta Artists Club is one of the largest and most active organizations in the Southeast, with an ob jective of the promotion of art and art education. The club sponsors this juried exhibit annually, which tours colleges, galleries and museums through the state. The Atlanta Artists Club Traveling Show will run through Monday, July 27. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. Quinlan Art Center is located at 514 Green St., Gainesville, Ga. For more information, call Julia Lambert at (404)536-2575. Three Documentaries Of Moral Interest In connection with a photo exhibition, “W. Eugene Smith: Let Truth Be the Prejudice,” The High Museum is present ing a series of documentaries entitled “Risky Business: The Photojournalist’s Art” during July and August. The following three films deal with issues that have moral implications and might be of particular interest. All films will be shown in the Museum’s Hill Auditorium. General admission is $1. Museum members may attend free of charge. SUNDAY, JULY 19, 3:30 P.M. LIVING AT RISK (59 minutes, color, 1985). An absorbing film about life in Nicaragua — how the citizens find enter tainment, raise their families, do their jobs and live with daily dangers and pressures. It was made by Alfred Guzzette, Susan Meiselas and Richard Rogers. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 8 P.M. WE WERE SO BELOVED (2 hours, 25 minutes, 1986). Stories of valor, risk, cruelties and kindnesses punctuate this haunting documentary about Jews who fled Nazi Ger many in the days before the Holocaust. The film touches on the ironies of prejudice and reveals the evolving percep tions of parents and children who escaped the death camps. Film-maker Manfred Kirchheimer uses his family’s ex periences and reactions as the core of the film. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 3:30 P.M. HELLFIRE: A JOURNEY FROM HIROSHIMA (58 minutes, color, 1986). This eloquent and compelling film is about. Japanese artists Iri and Toshi Maruki who saw Hiroshima in the days following the atomic bomb. They have devoted more than 40 years to painting what to them lies at the 20th century heart of darkness. Hiroshima and its aftermath, victims poisoned with mercury and the Holocaust are the substance of their powerful paintings. Catholic TV SUNDAY, JULY 19 THE CATHOLIC MASS - The Mass will be celebrated at the following times: 8:30a.m. on WOR-TV (Channel 47 on Prime Cable). 9 a.m. on WGN-TV (Channel 42 on Prime Cable). 10 a.m. on WVEU-TV (Channel 69). WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 THE MASS — The Mass celebrated at the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in Decatur. 5 p.m. on AIB CABLE (Channel 8 on Prime Cable). Cannes Festival Religious Themes Win Recognition NEW YORK (NC) — Films of a religious nature have won top honors at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in France. Winning the Ecumenical Jury prize was a Russian entry, “Repentance” directed by Tengiz Abuladze. The film de nounces totalitarianism while affirming the primacy of human freedom and the need for each person to maintain cultural and spiritual values. Cannon will distribute the pic ture, touted as a surreal mix of black comedy and chilling horror, about a dictatorial mayor of a small town in Soviet Georgia. The jury, composed of delegates from Switzerland, Nor way, France and the United States, also gave honorable mention to “Yeelen” (The Light) a film from Mali by Souleymane Cisse for its insight into self-discovery via choices, crises and divine mysteries. Also honored was director Gabrie Axel’s “Babette’s Gaestebud” (Babette’s Party) a film from Denmark, a film which reveals the celebratory joy and sense of communion from a gift of a special meal. For the first time in 20 years, a French film, “Under the Sun of Satan” directed by Maurice Pialat won the Grand Prix or Golden Palm as best of the festival. Orion Classics will distribute the film, whose victory was greeted with loud jeers. The story, adapted from the Georges Bernanos novel, is about a simple country priest, played by Gerard Depar dieu, who struggles with self-doubt and, on one occasion, with the devil. Director Wim Wenders, not noted for films of positive spiritual substance, received praise for his romantic tale about angels in Berlin* “Wings of Desire.” Most talked-about films included Ettore Scola’s “Family”, a chronicle of 90 years in the life of an Italian family, and Barbet Schroeder’s “Barfly” starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway as alcoholics struggling to put their lives in order. Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg reappear in director Federico Fellini’s “Imer- vista.”
