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MADELEINE STOWE (left, as Cora) and Jadhi May (Alice) flea for their lives as Hurons battle with
British soldiers in The Last of the Mohicans.

Last of the romantics

Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe siar in
Michael (Miami Vice) Mann’s epic adventure

’ The Last of the Mohicans * *% * (20th Century Fox} Rated 14 years

(at the Park & Tilford, Granville, Oakridge, Scott, Station Square,

Clearbrook, Harris Road and Coquitlam cinemas)

IKE A knight in shining buckskin, Nathaniel
“Hawkeye” Poe (Daniel Day-Lewis) runs, leaps and
makes with flintlock to save damsels in distress.

And goed thing tao for the
English Munroe women. After all,
it's 1757 in the war-torn American
colonies. Hoping for an adventure
during their visit (and they get it),
sisters Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and
Alice (odhi May) make prime
rescue bait as the English, the
French and the occasional indian
war party go at it hammers and
tomahawks over who owns what.

Of course, Hawkeye can’t fight
them all on his own. His adoptive
father, Ckingachgook (Russell
Means) throws a mean axe, while
brother Uncas (Eric Schweig) takes
the fragile Alice under his brawny
wing.

A stiff British officer, Duncan
Heywood (Steven Waddington),
daesn’t take tco kindly to this
fraternizing with the ‘‘com-
moners,”’ even if the dynamic trio
saved their scalps from: Huron at-
tacks.

But the major is a minor prob-
fem compared with Magua (Wes
Studi).

The embittered Indian scout
hates the Munroes thanks to their
father’s actions on the battlefield.
Like all serious A-types, when he

voclaims, “I will eat his heart,”’
it’s not just an idle menu selection.

Historically accurate? Sure, but
director/co-writer Michael Mann
seems more concerned in making
a soaring romantic adventure.

Cinematographer Dante Spinotti
captures the majestic forest’s
splendor while Trevor Jones and
Randy Edelman complement the
film’s unabashed iove story with a
lush score.

And just to keep it from getting
too Harlequin-y, there’s a fair bit
of violence. Well-acted, good-
looking entertainment.

Mr. Saturday Night « » (Col-
umbia) Rated Mature (at the Park
& Tilford, Granville, Oakridge,
Scott, Station Square and Clear-
brook cinemas)

Billy Crystal’s first hat trick asa
wtiter/director/star is a mediocre
drama with a lot of funny iines.

He plays brash Buddy Young Jr.,
a $0-so stand-up who takes five
decades to warm up into a decent

Tim Beil
FILM REVIEW

human being. Until then, he
dumps on everyone — except his
wife Elaine (ulie Warner).

Offstage, the prime targets of his
insult humor are his loving
brother, Stan (David Paymer), and
his daughter (Mary Mara).

As for his career, he doesn’t just
burn his bridges behind him, he
burns the ones beneath him and in
front of him. Still, he’s a pretty
funny guy.

Nice period details in the early
vaudeville and Catskill years are
more authentic than the aging

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make-up (especially on julie
Warner).

Look fast for the film’s co-writers
Babaloo Mandrell and Lowell
Ganz as the two TV writers fired
by Buddy.

And it’s a nice touch calling
their sad-faced, red-haired com-
panion “Woody” (who actuaily

“did write for Sid Caesar in the ear-

ly days). Still, the heavily
underlined schmialtz is a major li-
ability.

The Comic * & & (RCA-Columbia
Home Video/Image Laserdisc)
Rated Mature

This touching and funny Car}
Reiner rnovie, rnade 20-odd years
ago, makes a striking comparison
to Crystal's film.

The story spans a half-century in
the self-destructive career of fun-
ny-man Billy Bright (superbly
played by Dick Van Dyke), as he
toboggans from silent movie peaks
to TV commercial valley.

Despite his being an alcoholic,
self-centred skirt-chaser, Van Dyke
still makes us feel genuine pathos,
especially in the final close-up of
his aged face as he watches one of
his “comedy classics’ on the
late, late, late show.

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Cineplex Odeon .......... 687-1515

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