A trip to Barcelona offers entertainment No plot to speak of, just vignettes and funny lines Barcelona x** (Alliance) Rated Mature (at the Granville and Varsity Cinemas) ENEATH HIS pinstriped suit, uptight salesman Ted (Taylor Nichols) wears leather underwear. At least that’s what cousin Fred (Chris Eigeman) tells new fernale acquaintances. It’s not malicious. Fred just figures that since Ted dances to Glenn Miller while reading the Bible, he could use a PR man. The fact that Spanish seforitas do respond and are uncovering his “secret” proves that fiction does sell. Fred would know. He’s turned lying into a second career. It’s a . dangerous occupation, but not as perifous as his paying job — a junior U.S. naval officer. This is a Tim Bell FILM REVIEW decade ago; a time when disco was hot and the war was cold. Anti-Americanism was full tilt in Barcelona, and even though jazz and American pop led the air waves, a U.S. uniform might as well have come with a target © painted on it. While there is a lot of talk, director Whit Stiliman’s latest film is amiable in the extreme with two excellent performances by Nichols and Eigeman. The cousins bicker endlessly over Fred's acting like the Ugly American, even with fellow Americans. He “borrows,” lies and obsesses about the correct shaving method. On the other hand, Ted frets over his job, his relationship, and getting rid of Fred. There is no plot to speak of; just little vignettes and funny lines as these two get involved with the locals while waiting for Fred’s fleet to arrive and Ted’s boss to drop the axe. A trip to Barcelona offers entertaining dia- logue, funny performances and some gorgeous scenery. 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It’s one of only A HEW several projects Davies and Frederick are currently undertak- ing. The two, who are always on the lookout for good Canadian sto- ties they can produce out of Vancouver, are busy at work on a film about the life and times of B.C. hockey legend Lester Patrick, founder of the New York Rangers. In case you haven't heard of Patrick, he made sports history when the Rangers’ goalie went down with an injury during the 1941 Stanley Cup finals. Patrick, then the New York coach, looked down his depleted bench fora backup, and, finding it sorely lack- ing, fearlessly donned a pair of knee pads (these were the days before goaltender’s masks), climbed over the hench and went on to lead his team to a stunning overtime win. Patrick’ s story isa pet project of Davies’, a rabid hockey fan and one he predicts will immortalize the man and do boffo box office. Malcolm MacRury (The Man Without a Face) has been commis- sioned to write the script, but the roles have yet to be cast. 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