Opportunity Knocks *% (Univer-
sal) Rated Mature (at the Gran-
ville, Park & Tilford, Oakridge,
Coquitlam, Scott and Station
Square Cinemas)

he train is about to pull out when the woman sud-

denly announces to her lover that she’s changed her

mind. His enthusiasm for their trip dissolves into
bewilderment. She leaves the car. He is despondent, asking
himself why she left. Was it something he said? Didn't say?

Should have said?

(At this point, the audience
discovers the reason. It’s simply
that she wanted to trade her Diet
7-Up for a Diet Sprite.)

The train starts to pull away.
What follows is her frantic bid to
get back on board. She clings to
the outside, crawls over the top
and dives, just in time, to avoid a

low tunnel. Meanwhile, her
boyfriend is too busy berating
himself to notice her legs dangling
outside his window.

l usually hate commercials be-
fore a film; however, | want to see
this one again. It made its point,
sold its product and entertained --
and in a succinct 60 seconds.

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film review

Unforwnately, we weren't so
lucky with the feature presenta-
tion, Opportunity Knocks.

Eddie Farrell (Saturday Night
Live regular Dana Carvey) stum-
bles into a golden opportunity that

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promises to elevate his two-bit
hustling into some serious money.
The boyish con man is mistaken
for a talented Harvard grad.
Without going into boring detail,
bathroom fixture industrialist Milt
Malkin (Robert Loggia) accepts
Eddie as the engaging young turk
who can boost his sales figures.
Eddie uses Milt’s daughter (julia
Campbell) to get to his cash, but
(surprise) he falls in love. Vengeful
gangsters add to the cliches.
Carvey’s cartoon accents border
on being racist, and like many TV
actors, his appeal isn’t amplified
by a larger screen. Fans of his TV

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characters (The Church Lady,
Franz the body-builder, etc.) will
be disappointed by this
wearisome, loud and utterly un-
funny film.

tf opportunity knocks, you know
what to do.

Twelve Angry Men **** (MGM/
UA Home Video) Unrated

Screen size doesn’t limit this
high-powered drama. It sprang
trom the golden age of television
to the big screen, featuring Henry
Fonda and eleven great character
actors (including a young Jack
Klugman, Ed Begley and E.G.
Marshall). They are jury members
deliberating a seemingly open-
and-shut murder case. Fonda’s
solitary vote of not guilty turns up
the heat on what is already the
hottest day of the year.

Every aspect of the film adds to
the tension — the claustrophobic
room, the brewing storm outside,
the growing sweat stains on their
shirts. Fonda also produced the
film under gruelling conditions
and a miniscule budget. Although
it ranked with Grapes of Wrath
and Ox-Bow Incident as his per-
sonal favorites, it failed at the
American box-office. For the rest
of his career, he remained in front
of the camera.

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Lord of the Flies, Born on the
Fourth of July.

Park Royal: Ernest Goes to Jail,
Driving Miss Daisy, Pretty Woman.

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