The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

derstanding of these characters is thorough, and throughout, Diner is ~"ich in atmosphere and detail. One is able to develâ€" MOVIE REVIEW Most are reluctant to leave behind the aliâ€" ready seemingly "good pld days‘‘ of their teens, especially as their earliest forays into fullâ€"fledged indeâ€" pendence and all its related responsibilities bave not been too heartening. Levinson‘s feeling for this period and unâ€" The guys still hang around the local diner (the setting here is Baltimore) as they did in their high school days, but now they are either married, about to be, at college or working at jobs which may or may not develâ€" op into careers. Screenwriter Barry Levinson, here making his directing debut as well, follows a format that, on the surface anyway, may seem to resemble an American Graffiti. We see the times through the eyes and experiences of a group of young people â€" predominantly males â€" who are in various stages of tranâ€" sition between adolesâ€" cence and adulthood. Diner tells it much more like it really was for the majority of Americans (and Canaâ€" dians) then in their late teens and early 20s. In this sense, the mood of the movie is not so much nostalgic â€" and not in the least mythiâ€" cal â€" as it is introspecâ€" tive. VICTOR STANTON The late ‘50s and early ‘60s have been popular times to reflect upon in movies made in the ‘70s and ‘80s, but few of these movies have reflected what those times were really like. Ellen Barkin as Beth and Daniel Stern as Shrevie in the movie Diner, a comedyâ€" drama about five friends making the difficult transition into manhood. Diner telis it like it really was C A movie of quality in every sense, Diner is pleasurable viewing, although probably not actionful enough to apâ€" peal to massâ€"audience tastes. Some language may be found offenâ€" sive. The showiest role, that of a character named Boogie, belongs to Mickey Rourke, but Levinson never allows him to become exagâ€" gerated or dominate the action unduly. Few of the performâ€" ers are likely to be recognizable by name to the general movieâ€" going public, but withâ€" out exception their work in this picture is exemplary and should go a long way in furâ€" thering all of their caâ€" What plot there is consists of incidents â€" some humorous, others highly dramatic â€" that surround the activities of that week: one guy‘s marriage, another‘s homecoming and the shared anticipation of an upcoming champiâ€" onship football match. Levinson the writer has created very real situations and trueâ€"toâ€" life characters, and Leâ€" vinson the director elicits totally believeâ€" able and always subtle performances from the entire cast. The picture is basiâ€" cally a character study, with the focus shifting from one charâ€" acter to another over a period of a single week, the final week in fact of 1959. op a strong sense of identity with almost every one of the picâ€" ture‘s main characâ€" ters, and with a numâ€" ber of the subsidiary ones as well. Even sevâ€" eral very minor charâ€" acters are fleshed out sufficiently to come across as thoroughly distinctive and often quite memorable. SUGGESTED LIST) PRICE IS THE USUAL, REGULAR, PRESENT OR FORMER SELLING PRICE. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT A SAVING WILL BE REALIZED EQUAL TO THE OIFFERENCE BETWEEN M.S.L. AND audio base e MSL NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY M.S.L. (MANUFACTURERS "‘*:ow *209°° MSL $279.00 s 1 69 * NOW " A STOR REG. $99.00 NOW @sanvo | ir‘"*‘ "1.:- n ‘que C sA 4 * i «mss( Or it e Stereo Cassette Deck e Dolby C + B t# Amss (\::s'?c‘;:?:ct Searca) MSL $159.95 DELUXE STAND e Stereo Cass. Deck e Metai e Soft Touch Metal Soft Touch 40‘" Wide 29" High 200 Record Capacity Double Gilass Doors e Belt Drive _ e Semi Automatic e Straight Arm e Lowâ€"Mass Arm e Cartridge Included Dâ€"E25 CRASHER 39900 34 900 e Stand Optional e Cassette Deck Optional 38900 AM/FM STEREO INDASKH CASSETTE 40 Watt Amplifier 2 x 5%4 Full Range 3995 Speakers Now 3 ftor *1 4* ypppo Noise MSL $7.98 Now 2 for *6*"* BASF _ BASF FECRIHI 90 crsil 90 Fi $349900 3 LEFT e AM/FM Receiver e 66 Watts Output & Power Meters e Signal Strength e Beit Drive Turntable e Semiâ€"Automatic e Straight Arm e Low Mass Arm e 3 Way Speakers e Including Stands FUJI F11 10 ftor ;3 7*° MSL $9.95 DW O‘”