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Alec Baldwin stars as Peter in “Prelude to a Kiss”, an enchanting fable about the
immortality of true love.
‘Prelude to a Kiss’ lacks class
By JACKIE COOPER
HHJ Entertainment Writer
"Prelude To A Kiss" should have
been a movie of mystical happen
ings and chill inspiring love. In
stead it is one of endless conversa
tions and laughable relationships.
Alec Baldwin makes a Herculean ef
fort to give the film some class but
it remains pedestrian due to a
sophomoric script and heavy handed
direction.
To imbue Craig Lucas' story
with any possibility' of enjoyment,
the movie had to make audiences
suspend belief in the traditional
limits of life and move into a fairy
tale atmosphere where souls can be
exchanged. The only way to do that
was to make the love story so
compelling they would follow it
anywhere. As presented, this movie
couldn't drag an audience around the
corner much less into never never
land.
Part of the blame has to be laid at
the feet of Meg Ryan who plays
plain but perky Rita. This character
has to make such a positive impact
in the first half of the film that you
will grieve for her totally during the
second half. But during the time
that Peter (Baldwin) and the audi
ence arc trying to get to know Rita
she is only a wisp of a person, not
someone who lingers in the mind
of the audience after her soul has
been transferred.
This transference of souls occurs
on the day of Peter and Rita's wed
ding. An elderly man (Sydney
Walker) crashes the wedding and
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then asks to kiss the bride. Rita
agrees and when they kiss their
souls exchange bodies. Peter ends
up married to a woman who doesn't
seem to be the person he dated, and
Rita ends up trapped inside the body
of a dying man.
Os the three leads - Baldwin,
Ryan and Walker - only Baldwin
appears to believe in what is hap
pening. He makes an emotional
commitment to his character while
Ryan and Walker just have a case of
the cutes as they try to be Siamese
soulmates.
The supporting cast is composed
of strong actors who have little to
do with the story. It is amazing that
anyone could convince Kathy Bates,
Ned Beatty and Patty Duke to take
insignificant roles in this non-in
Increase, from ia
added his responsibilities further in
volve managing domestic tranquil
ity, happiness and opportunity.
“There is so much a family can do
on the grounds at the Agricentcr.
The majority of the people who
come here are in a family unit.
With seven acres of lakes and areas
for walking and recreation, this is a
good place to come and visit,” he
said.
Froehlich explained he is inter
ested in wanting to promote happi
ness.
“This is really the most important
thing,” he said. “We also want to
show people the opportunities we
have for them here. This is a place
spiring movie.
The film is rated PG-13 for pro
fanity and sexual innuendoes.
The very title of the movie,
"Prelude To A Kiss," conjures up a
vision of passion that will defy
time and place. Audiences arc in
vited to embark on a romantic ad
venture where the motto is "If you
can’t believe your eyes, trust your
heart."
My response is, if you can't be
lieve the advertising, trust your lo
cal critic. "Prelude To A Kiss" is
one of the major disappointments
of the summer. "Far and Away"
promised much in the way of ro
mance and delivered little but it was
far and away better than this.
I scored "Prelude To A Kiss" a
misplayed 4 out of 10.
to learn many different things. We
want people to be aware of the edu
cational importance of the Agriccn
ler,” Froehlich said.
Foster Rhodes, member of Perry
Kiwanis and the Georgia Agricul
tural Exposition Authority, intro
duced Froehlich as the man the au-
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Chaplain unfolds hope to inmates
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Having served the county’s in
mates for over two years now, two
men have shared their faith to their
fellow man through jail ministry.
Houston County Correctional In
stitute has had jail ministry for
about eight years now, but Rev.
Norman Wilson, chief of Chaplain
Services, and Rick Whipple feci
they have given encouragement to
many who have gone down the
wrong path of life.
Wilson was recently awarded the
Professional Services Award by the
Georgia Jail Association for his
volunteer contributions to the jail
system.
“We are committed to them
(inmates who seek them out) once
they get out. For the guys that care,
we want to be there for them and
minister to the whole person,” Wil
son said.
As a civilian service provider,
Wilson contributes to quality of
care and the overall mission of the
detention facilities.
Wilson and his staff provide per
sonal counseling, religious services
and crisis support for county in
mates. They also make themselves
available for post release support.
An associate pastor at Evergreen
Baptist Church in Warner Robins,
Wilson preaches prevention.
“If someone has no job, no
clothes and no place to live or if he
is on probation... and if he doesn’t
find something and finds himself in
jail... that’s what we want to pre
vent,” Wilson said.
He is planning, along with others
in Warner Robins, a non-profit or
ganization called His House which
is designed to prevent people from
finding their way to jail and helping
the down and out.
“We want to provide an incentive
for the guys. A lot of the guys in
jail are creative and talented, and to
want that’s Christ,” Wilson
said.
“As a society, we have a bad pic
ture of inmates. They’re not bad
people. They just haven’t had the
want to care about themselves,” he
said.
“Here, we provide that stop gap.
We still keep encouraging our needs
to be supported by churches and
business. We always need Bibles
and tapes,” Wilson said.
“We always work to steer them in
the right direction and we’re not go
ing to leave them,” Wilson added.
“It takes everybody. We’ve got to
be supported by the community.”
Whipple, a former inmate who
came through the program, now
speaks to inmates. While he speaks
outside, Wilson uses a barracks
like, un-airconditioned room that
has many distractions for his ser
vices.
Now, the jail will have a new
building designed for the use of re
ligious services, guidance and sup
port programs, along with the con
venience of air-conditioning.
thority found after trying “to locate
the the best person in the country.
“Six years ago we attended the
major fairs in the United States. We
visited a lot of staffs. Unbeknownst
to us, did we know the man in
Columbus (Ohio) would be our
man,” Rhodes said.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1992
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Norman Wilson and Rick Whipple stand outside Second
Memorial Baptist after their first baptismal of two inmates.
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“This building will have a multi
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