20 - Fridsy, August 19, 1988 ~- North Shore News

Midnight Run tate “(Uaiversad Rated 414 years (at the Granville,
Oakridge,’ West. Van, : ‘Westminster, Coquitlam, Clearbrook and

Dolphin theatres)

WHO SAYS accountants
_aren’t popular?

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BELL

-film reviewer.

: - Jack’s conscience olet bla go

with heavy draina, firms In as
fanny and tough portrayal as th :
cbain-smoking bounty. hunter,”
Hie has several fine serious mo-
“ments, particularly. ing toaching.

2 ~vreanlon with the teenage daugh-.

“becomes the focas of ap intense
‘FBU manhunt and several bungl-
ed Sorento. bits. He is also the

“Nhe Duke takes an interest fi in

henag his keeper, chiding hia
“for smoking and leaving skimpy
"tips. He pries into Jack’s past.
oud poards him into séeing his
estranged family. When he finds
out that they share a common
enemy in Sorento, he plays'on

VS

Barber of Seville overture by
Rossini, the Romeo and Juliet
overture by Tchaikovsky and the
Blue Danube by Strauss.

Symphony at the Seashore
begins at 4 p.m. with local artists
displaying their works and the
Gleneagles Scottish Country
Dancers showing their skills.

Street performers will be per-
forming throughout the park, and
the North Vancouver Alumni Band
will play a host of show tunes from
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The VSO plays at 8 p.m., with a
stage set up at the beach’s east
end.

Families and music lovers are
encouraged to bring a picnic and
make an evening of the free fun;
parking is available at Park Royal
south, a short walk away.

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In other local park events,
Waterfront Park in North Van-

to play

THE VANCOUVER Symphony
Orchestra will be the highlight of
West Vancouver's Symphony at
the Seashore event at Ambleside
Park the evening of Aug. 21.
Included on the VSO slate is the

ter he Hiasn’t seer in nine years...
“The guilt, embarrassment and ©.
love are eloquently expressed Ir in
his face'aa he asks mundane:

*DeNiro's excellence is matched

” py Charles Grodin.: ‘An utider:

tated actor, Grodin is. delightful
‘as the talkative fugitive who acts
asa ‘¢atalyst to DeNiro. The best
scenes are simply, when he.
analyzes his captor, asking him”
“why. be eats food lie kaots bad
tor him, why did be leave the
police force and what happened
to bis marriage. All the time he’s
asking these questions, he’s keep-
ing an eye open for a getaway.

“The least interesting parts of
the film‘sre the loud and stax.
dard chas¢t scenes which director
Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Con)
lets drag-out too long. :

- Fortunately, the terrific odd
couple ‘team and the bfend of:
hamor and tenderness make
Midnight Raa. a good n nin for
your money. °° o>

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couver will host the Canadian XK
Jaguar Registered Car Club’s day-
long car show on Aug. 20.

The local Village Square
Dancers take to the park’s stage
for a 2Y%-hour session of square
dancing fun and frolics Aug. 21

Cross My: Heart +1) (MCA,
Home Video) ‘Rated 'R. - :
Martin Short and Annette

~ O'Toole pair up for this pleasant

trifle about a nervous couple on

’ their crucial third date. Each,

wanting to impress the other,
covers up shortcomings with lies
and emissions. A series of

- disasters, mostiy of their own

making, threaten their romance,
but doggedly they persevere. |
The point of the flim of being”
yourself is not exactly crisp and a
couple of-incidents stretch credi- |
bility (o the breaking point. —
However, Short and O’Toole

 Imake an attractive pair and there
are sonte fanny observations

about sex and love in the anxious

"es.

Brief Encounter see (Para-
1aount Home Video). Unrated

A chance meeting between two
ordinary middle-aged people at a
train station rapidly develops into
passionate romance. The lies to
their respective spouses begin to
take their toll as guilt Sours the ;
pair's happiness. :

Noe] Coward's sensitive script
is beautifully handled by David:
Leau and the two Jeads, Trevor.”
Koward and Celia Johnsen, both
keep stiff upper lips as they try to
deny theic desires for the sake of
thelr families: One of the mest
bittersweet love stories, and 43°
years haven't dimmed its power.

«eke — Excellent
w4* _ Very Good
x* — Average

* - Poor

iV park

from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Also Aug. 21 is another show in
Lonsdale Quay’s Sounds of Sum-
mer Series, this time featuring The
Cuddle Johnson Trio Plus One sw-
ing group at 2 p.m.

Heavyweights,, |
make a®splagt”

MORE THAN 10 weighty com-
petitors will try to make the biggest
splash possidle in the North
American Bellyflop Champion-
ships at the Coach House Inn
Sunday.

Returning super heavyweight
champion Dale ‘The Incredible
Bulk’? Henderson will launch his
700-pound frame off the specially
reinforced one-metre diving board
in an attempt to wow the judges
and take the title for 1988.

Coach House bartender and
1987 heavyweight champion Bobby
“Bad Boy’’ Stiles will not be com-
peting this year, so the field is
open for a new champion.

‘Judging is on the splash, the
technique — how they get their
arms back — and the crowd

response,”*
general

Petraroia.
~For the first time this year, a
woman — 165-pound Tina
Leischner of Nanaimo — will be
competing in the heavyweight cat-
egory of these championships.

Thought the lightest of the
competitors, Leischner might have
a chance at the $1,000 grand prize
-- “she might get the crowd
behind her,”’ said Petraroia.

Using a specially reinforced and
designed board, the competitors
launch themselves into the North
Vancouver inn’s pool and try to
make a big splash.

Doors open at noon, with the
competition starting at about 2
p.m.

explained Coach House
manager Dominic

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