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~° its stage debut at the Mount Pleas-

oor Castile

HE REAL estate market has hit rock bottom in Castle
*’ Rock, Maine, thanks to Stephen King. Single-handed-
ly, the prolific writer has bedeviled the tiny New
England town with mad St. Bernards and diabotical clowns,
and.now Satan himself sets up a home-based business.

And what's the first rule of
. business?. That's right — find a
need and fill it. And Leland Gaunt
(Max Von Sydow) can fulfill the
most difficult order.
A classic autographed baseball
_ card, a cherished, long-lost high
school jacket, relief from the
'. agony of arthritis — whatever will
make you happy, the antiques

* shop “Needful.Things’ has it in Tim Bell
stock, ;
“2 Only the price is a little steep, FILAA REVIEW

For your treat, you must trick a
: neighbor. And the pranks escalate
until unstable citizens are tearing:
“at each other’s throats. ;
“The trouble is the residents are a

pretty unlikable jot.
Dan ‘Buster’ Keaton (.T.

forthe crime.

° From page 26.

7 Dealing .. with: schizophrenia,
‘Tabata has loosely based his play
"» ona Toronto couple he met while
* living in his car.
; In ‘The Ownership. of. Women,
,. Mounted ‘by - Windsor - House
“| Theatre . Company, ” 14-year-old
' “Alys Howe gives. a-glimpse of the’.
wv life of Sahailah Tabrizi,, who. was

- see, for. couples who have. experi-
enced the pain and frustration of
“infertility. Sheila longs to have a
‘ «child, even if it means exploring all”
, the technology modern medicine
can provide,'When a whale swims .
~ into her life, she finds the courage

: North ‘Shore actors Donna Lea
Ford, Heidi Kurz and Marion Pog-
“gemiller. star in the. Q ' Theatre

‘Collective production of Impasse,

* acplay about choices. Four women

“struggle to preserve their identity.
Aging. and obligations, however,
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result. in’ devestating conse-

- Quences, a

'. Finally,” ‘retired North Shore
oo psychiatrist -Tom Millar's) award-
"winning play The Contract makes

ant Community Centre. . Millar's
one-act play will interest anyone
married, contemplating marriage,
_or desperately avoiding it. ,

The Fringe runs Sept. 9-19. Tick-
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you a colourful display all Spring.

Walsh) is a wife-abusing, foul-
mouthed big shot who parks in the
handicap zone.

Nettie (Amanda Plummer, an actor
always willing to play unhinged
characters) harbors a murderous
past and a twitchy disposition.

With the town drunk in tow, ‘it’s
the night of the walking cliches.

Ed Harris doesn’t get much to do
but play Castle Rock's honest
sheriff and sole voice of wisdom.

J.T. Walsh, realizing there's no
“top” to worry about going over
in this type of nonsense, plays to
the rafters, enjoying himself
shamelessly.

It's no surprise that Max Von
Sydow walks away with the film.

The great actor gets the best
lines (‘I’m not the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost, t‘m just one .
lonely guy.” — from Akron, Ohio,

failed for the crime of being born - be found. _— Vy .
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no less), Nicely underplaying, he
conjures a suave sexiness as Toby.

Now although this is a comedy,
there is one terrifying moment
(after all, this is Stephen King). A
broken jukebox plays Billy Ray
Cyrus’ Achy Breaky Heart over
and over — now that’s scary!

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t must be in Michael Palin’s
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in each film (this one is no excep-
tion). But that’s not his only asset
(or greatest). re

He wrote and stars in this period
story from his own family tree
reminiscent of Howard's Endand
Enchanted April.
’ Ona hiking vacation in.
Switzerland in the mid-19th cen-

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tury, Rev. Fransic Ashby (Palin) {it-
erally falls for two visiting Ameri-
cans, Caroline Hartley (Connie
Booth) and her “niece” Elinor
Hartley (Trini Alvarado).

His apparently unstoppable elec-
tion to the presidency of Oxford
University hits a major snag when
Caroline and Elinor show up in the
‘exclusively male school. ../...

Although the relationships are all
very proper, even a lady’s han-_
dkerchief jeft in a man‘s chambers
could spell disaster in the inflexi-
ble hallowed halts.

Subily written, beautifully .
photographed and expertly acted,
this British treasure is well worth
seeking out. .

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