Photo Liam Daniel

ARTHUR Winslow (Nigel Hawthorne) and wife Grace (Gemma Jones) receive the bad news that their young
son has been expelled from schooi on an accusation of theft.

A question of family hon

“The Winslow Boy kkk
(out ef 5) ; ;
Starring Nigel Hawthorne,
Jeremy Northam, Rebecca
Pidgeon and Gemma Jones.
Directed by David Mamet.

Julie Crawford
Film Reviews

WHO would have :
thought that a 13-year-
old boy and the theft
of a five-shilling postal
note could rock the
British justice system?
Based on a true story and
adapted from Terrence
Rattigan’s play, David
Mamet’s film chronicles the
quest of the Winslow family
to clear young Ronnie's
name after he is expelled
from the Naval College for
supposedly stealing a

postal nore.

The case became the O.J.
Simpson-trial of its day, with
editorials, cartoons and “save
the Winslow Bay” memora-
bilia aplenty. As with most
sensational trials, this one
too came at great personal
expense to the Winslow fam-
ily. .
Arthur Winslow (Nigel
Hawthorne, The Madness of
King George) is slightly
ahead of his time, for a father
in 1912 England. He

‘indulges his daughter

Catherine’s (Rebecca
Pidgcon) work with the
fledgling suffrage movement;
he discourages Catherine, at
the perilous age of 30, from
making an advantagevus but
loveless marriage; and he
needs only his son’s word to
be convinced of his inno-

-cence.

ON ew ee ee oe ee 2 oy

Winsiow appeals co Sir
Robert Morton (Jeremy
Northam, Ewaia), celebrated
attorney of the day, to plead
his case, Morton, sensing the
publicity such an attack on
the Admiralty might cause,
takes the case: more to fur-
ther his own reputation than
to clear the boy’s name.

The tithe may be The
Winslow Boy, but at the heart
of the film ts Catherine. Her
quest for the equality of
women parallels the family’s
struggle to restore Ronnie’s
honour. After her future
father-in-law decides that the
publicity of their case is caus-
ing too much scandal,
Catherine sacrifices what she
believes is true love to con-
tinue her young brorher’s
fight.
All highly passionate
issues, but Pidgeon (also

ur

Mamet’s wife, seen in The
Spanish Prisoner) shows too
much restraint in her deliv-
ery of the role. Catherine
would be entirely believabie
if che audience was allawed
to see a crack or two in her
emotional armour.

Northam, on the other
hand, is superb. He is self=
promoting and manipulative
yer we see moments Of awk-
wardness, humour and barely
contained jubilation.

The Winslow Boy tells a
small but historically impor-
tant story. High-calibre act-
ing and a realistic dose of
suspense supersedes the need
for over-the-top courtroom
action, unnecessary romantic
entanglements or tush,
Merchant-Ivory type vistas.
A refreshing break from the
adrenalin flicks currently in
theatres.

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Hideous Kinky (PG) — 7:05, 9:10 p.m.

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Extreme — 1:15, 3:30, 9 p.m. and EP? p.m. on Friday and
Saturday evenings only.

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Island of the Sharks — 2:15, 4:45, 7, 10 p.m.

Special screenings of T-Rex: Back ta the Cretaceous in IMAX 3D
are set for June 12, 20 and 27 at 11 a.m.

@ Fifth Ave. Cinemtas 2110 Burrard at 5th, Vancouver (734-8700)
Limbo (PG) — 6:55, 9:40 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:30, 4:10 p.nit.
and Tue 4:30 p.m.

Hideous Kinky (PG) — 7:10, 9:20 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:45, 4
p.m. and Tue 4 p.m. (no 7:10 p.m. show Mon, June 14 and
Thu, June 17)

The Winslow Boy (subject to classification) — 7:20, 9:35 p.m.
plus Sat/Sun 2, 4:40 p.m. and Tue 4:40 p.m.

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4:20 p.m. and Tue 4:20 p.m. (no 7 p.m. show Wed, June 16)
Besieged (PG) — 7:05, 9:25 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:40, 4:30 p.m.
and Tue 4:30 p.m. with Mark Sawers’ Shoes Off!

@ Park Theatre 3440 Cambie ar 18th, Vancouver (876-2747)
Notting Hill (PG) — 7, 9:30 p.m., Sat/Sun 1:30, 4 p.m.

B Varsity Theatre 4375 West 10th at Trimble, Vancouver
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Three Seasons (PG) —7, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 2:30, 4 p.m.

* &@ Hollywood Theatre 3123 West Broadway, Vancouver

(738-3211)
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@ Pacific Cinematheque 113) Mowe St., Vancouver (684-3456)
Chinese Filn Festival: For Fun (China 1992) — Fri, June 11, 7
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Double Happiness (Canada 1994) — Sat, June 12, 4 p.m.,
Tropical Fish (Taiwan 1995) — Sat, June 12, 7 p.m. Yellow
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