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     'I’ne UPEI Sun; Thursday,  17, 1977-, page .27 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ C E g .. . .. . ‘Wvo°,d~ ,, 
     
     If there is a Canadian the Teacher? is absolutely amend thatiyou 90 to see ’. hope filrafller bleak _ ' 
     
     mOVle to date‘that has been and mequvocably a Canadian it. ‘ It) be‘ sure: AFtOO Demo “adiani‘  the 
     
    
   
   
    
     film, dealing with life in 
     
     that setting, the rise of 
     
    

    
     the @nadian socialist party ' 
     
     in the west, the frustra- 
     
     tions of rural life,  _ .. 
     
     perseverance necesSary fust 
     
     for day to day existence 
     
     there.- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Barbra Streisand, and Rob— . 
     
     ert Redford have nothing 
     
    
   
   
    
     F’mOSt it is  
     
     Lwhile   
     
    

    
     to fear from it, but as an film to’date‘; ijlf. it isn't; ._ 
     
     entertaining film it is playing as   ,ii 
     
     hard togeat. . 5:10;:  "it will probably  
     
     powerful in any way, and I broadcast by the CBC soon 
     
     it's still a bit amateurish anyway. Try it. You'll 
     
     in a lot of ways, but at like it. A . v ' 
     
     the least it is a‘ ray of V _ _7_,' 
     
    
   
   
    
     worth seeing, Why Shoot the 
     
     Teacher? must be it. ter 
     
     years of despairing for the 
     
     Canadian movie industry and 
     
     its feeble efforts, charac— 
     
     terized by such  as 
     
     Paperback Hero, Going Down 
     
     the mad, 'Ihe Rowdyman, and 
     
     a host of others unworthy 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     of mention, we can now begin - 
     
    
   
   
    
     to feel sane genuine hope. ‘ 
     
     Why Shoot the lIleacher? is - 
     
     remarkable mainly in that 
     
     it succeeds in being an 
     
     enjoyable and funny film 
     
     while retaining a distincly 
     
     Canadian flavour at the same 
     
     time. Particularly strong 
     
     performances by Bud Cort 
     
     (the teacher) and Samantha 
     
     Eggar also go far to make 
     
     this film truly mrthwhile. 
     
     The Canadian quality of 
     
     the movie is, for once, a 
     
     positive trait. Set on the 
     
     Saskatchewan prairie during 
     
     the depression, Why Shoot 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     V The movie is also full of 
     
     feeling without being over- 
     
     ly sloppy and sentinental. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Humour abOunds, although the . 
     
    
   
   
    
     primary focus here is on the 
     
     Serious business of lifesas 
     
     a teacher, farmer, farmer's 
     
     wife, etc., in such a blat— 
     
     antly backwoods milieu as 
     
     the Saskatchewan prairie in 
     
     1934. Without grandiose 
     
     special effects or casting 
     
     tricks, this film still hits 
     
     the spot exactly as it was 
     
     intended to. 
     
    

    
     If Why Shoot the '1\eacher? 
     
     is still playing when this 
     
     is published, I would rec— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     So he left. 
     
    
   
   
    
     - to the radio. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Christ came into my room 
     
     and stood there ' 
     
     and I was bored to death. 
     
     I had work to do. 
     
     I wouldn't have minded 
     
     if he's crippled 
     
     or something — I do well 
     
    

    
     ' with cripples — but he 
     
     just stood there, all face 
     
     and with that dammed guitar. 
     
     I didn't ask him to sit down: 
     
     he'd have stayed all day. 
     
     (let's be honest. 
     
     can be crucified just so often; 
     
     then you've had it. 
     
     uou're useless; no good 
     
     to God, let alone 
     
     to anybody else.) 
     
     to him after a while - 
     
     Well, what's up? What do you want? 
     
     And he laughed, stupid, " 
     
     said he was just passing-by 
     
     and thought he'd say hello. ‘ 
     
     Great, I said, hello. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     So I said 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     And I was so damned mad 
     
     I couldn't even listen * 
     
     I went 
     
    

    
     andgot some coffee. 
     
    

    
     The trouble with Christ is 
     
    

    
     he always comes at the wrong time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     it. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Wendy, Pebbles and Poacher 
     
     Kennedy are pleased to an- 
     
     nounce the arrival of their 
     
     sister, Amy Leigh, on Nov. v 
     
     13, 1977 at the P.E.I. Hos- 
     
     pital. Her proud papa has 
     
     informed us that she weighed 
     
     in at 6 lbs., and 8 oz. 
     
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