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     THE SUNMRWY $57722 1977 page 72 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     By now just about everyone 
     
     knows something about SEEL 
     
     Wars, the box-office success 
     
     hit directed by George Lucas, 
     
     the man who gave us American 
     
     Graffiti a while back. Star‘ 
     
     Wars has been touted as the 
     
     best movie of the year by 
     
     virtually every publication 
     
     from Family Circle to Time, 
     
     and ith sure to win a 
     
     truckload of 0scars.at the 
     
     Academy Awards banquet next 
     
     spring. This film is all the 
     
     rage. Magazines have devoted 
     
     lavish full-colour articles 
     
     to Star Wars, there is al- 1 
     
     ready a sequel in the works, 
     
     a television show about how 
     
     the movie was made has been 
     
     aired in the U.S. and Canada, 
     
     and the ABC network is read- 
     
     ying a television series 
     
     based on the movie. Why? 
     
     Simply because'Star Wars 
     
     is such a good movie, and 
     
     a refreshing change from the 
     
     standard science-fiction 
     
     fare. 
     
    

    
     At the big American cin- 
     
     ema where I saw Star Wars, , 
     
     members of the audience 
     
     cheered and applauded vi- 
     
     gorously and enthusiastic- 
     
     ally throughout the film. 
     
     This in itself is an in- 
     
     dication that we have an 
     
     unusual hit on our hands, 
     
     for movie theatre crowds 
     
     do not expect to have any 
     
     reason to communicate with 
     
     the screen; as a rule, the 
     
     only communication happen- 
     
     ing in a cinema is one-way, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “from the screen into the 
     
     . heads of the viewers. Not so 
     
    
   
   
    
     with Star Wars. Here we have 
     
    

    
     a rather lack-lustre, hack- 
     
     neyed plot line, with bla- 
     
     tantly melodramatic over-' 
     
     tones, complete with a dam- 
     
     sel in distress and a hand- 
     
     some hero who saves her, ‘ 
     
     transformed on the screen into 
     
     a gripping and intelligent ad- 
     
     venture tale. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dave'loed 
     
    
   
   
    
     Star Wars-is, aboVe all else, 
     
     good clean fun. Although the 
     
     viewer cannot help but become' 
     
     involved with the characters/ 
     
     and their predicaments, the 
     
     whole thing is so fantastic 
     
     that he realizes the whole 
     
     time that it is a fantasy 
     
     that he is watching. But 
     
     what a fantasy it is! Thefe 
     
     is absolutely no sex involved 
     
    
   
   
    
     and we almost never see any- 
     
    
   
   
    
     one including the arch-vil-' 
     
     lain, actually die on screen. 
     
     Even though we know that Luke 
     
     Skywalker and his co-hero Hans 
     
     Solo will, with the help of 
     
     the two "droids" (robots) 
     
     Artoo Detoo and Threepio, res- 
     
     cue Princess Leia from the 
     
    
   
   
    
     -clutches of Darth Vader and 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Grand Hoff Tarkin, as well 
     
     as put an end to the destruct‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ive activity of Vader's ' ‘ 
     
     “Death Star“, we are still ap- 
     
     plauding and cheering when it 
     
     does happen. Perhaps this is 
     
     because it is all so light- 
     
     hearted Zs the movie has no 
     
     heavy moral or political 
     
     message, it's just straight- 
     
     forward science fiction fan- 
     
     tasy. 
     
    

    
     So there it is. Star'Wars 
     
     gives you more entertainment 
     
     for your money than any _.w 
     
     other movie I've seen this,3 
     
     year. No, it's not perfect, 
     
     but it manages to be both 
     
     fun and moving to watch. 
     
    

    
     Not the greatest thing since 
     
     sliced bread, as some of 
     
    

    
     the advance publicity and 
     
     hyperbole might have you 
     
     believe, but certainly a 
     
     solid two hours of film 
     
     entertainment. No doubt the 
     
     sequel will be a let-down, 
     
     the theme music will be 
     
     played ad nauseum by radio 
     
     stations, and the television 
     
     show will likely be pure 
     
     drivel (like most ABC pro- 
     
     ductions). But for now, . 
     
     Star Wars is a fine piece of 
     
     entertainment. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ALEC 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thierunday 
     
    
   
   
    
     WINNER 0F 27 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS,..7 ACADEMY AWARDS! 
     
    
   
   
    
     mmmsleUIAM HUlDEN 
     
    
   
   
    
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     in the Duffy Amphitheater, the 
     
     Student Union Presents the 
     
     award-winning film: 
     
     THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 
     
     ‘ ALL-STAR CAST ' 
     
     Admission: $l.50 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
          
     
          
     
       
     
             
     
         
     
             
     
    
   
   
    
     GUINNESS 'JACK HAWKINS 
     
    
   
   
    
     A SAM SHEBEL PRODUCllON 
     
    
   
   
    
     .161 M.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     at 8:00 p.m.