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Bull Durham **¥2 (Orion) Rated R (at the Granville, Oakridge, West
Van, Westminister, Scott 72, Coquitlam and Clearbreok Cinemas).

Actually, I don’t know
why this film was called Bull
Durham. It’s about a minor
league team called the
Durham Bulls. I guess the
filmmakers thought Durham
Bulls would sound like it
was about animal husband-
ry. Of course, now it sounds
like it’s about a wrestler.

But the title isn’t the only
unusual aspect of this movie.
There’s no Jast second tie-breaker;
no tragic end to a great player. In
fact, for a movie about baseball,

there is more action in bed than on
the diamond. : obsessed friend (Anthony Rapp)

Annie (Susan Sarandon) teaches —_and his younger sister (Maia
poetry part-time and what sensual Brewton) who has a comic book
romantic could resist a game that hero fixation.
uses such ear-catching phrases as When the car breaks down on
“dying quails” to describe a pitch? the freeway and a mysterious
Annie’s enthusiasm, however, one-handed stranger helps them,
leaps beyond being a mere spec- the rollercoaster is set in motion
tator. for a bizarre and wild evening.

Fun, excitement and some gentle
TIM romance are delightfully blended
by director Chris Columbus.
—
BELL
film reviewer

ELISABETH Shue stars as
babysitter Chris Parker in Adven-
tures in Babysitting.

Every year, she chooses the most
promising newcomer to the
Durham Bulls. Her mixture of
Walt Whitman recitations,
technica] advice and mattress ses-
sions must be effective because, as
she drawls, ‘‘Every one of them
has enjoyed the best season of his
career.’”

This year, Annie has a choice —
“Nuke’’ or “‘Crash’’.

““Nuke”’ (Tim Robbins) is a
rookie with a pitch like lightning
— fast, but aimless. He is as likely
to hit the team mascot as put it in
the catcher’s mitt.

To tame those wild pitches, the
coach brings in “Crash” (Kevin
Costner), a 10-year vet of the
minors. If these two click, the
team might be able to pull out of
its long slump.

Their first encounter turns into a
fist fight over Annie, and,
although Nuke ends up under An-
nie’s offbeat tutelage, it is Crash
she calls in the throes of passion.
Will this fove-triangle sort itself
out? | bet you can call it.

The main problem with Bull
Durham is that it never quite
makes it to third. It’s a leisurely
paced character study that is kept
moving with snappy dialogue and

fine acting. Sarandon’s fakey
groupie is sultry and funny and her
scenes with Costner churn out a lot
of heat.

But despite the heavy breathing,
the film tends to drag. There is no
single plot focus and the climax
sputters out. For a film with this
much sex, that seems a bit ironic.

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