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Introducing The River, another tale of nature and family conflict. Hopefully this is the end of the _tamily-farm struggle movie theme for Coral Andrews Chronicle Special The fastest moving thing in Robert Dillon's screenplay is, in fact, The River. Directed by Mark Rydell (0n Golden Pond) the soggy saga moves at a snail's pace, as the Country, with Jessica Lange and Sam She- pard, and Places In the Heart, with Sally Field, also tackled the theme of man or woman against the wilderness. And to date, Places In the Heart, scores maximum points. PAGE 16 - WATERLOO CHR9NOCLE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY MI - - I I Instead of the government and foreclosure. instead of fierce 'twisters' or tomados. this chain of pioneers trying to save their home- steads involves Tennessee's powerful Holston River and its ravaging effect upon the crops. Performances are at 8 p.m. both eve- nings with tickets $25.50 & $20.50. Palmer co-stars as Aunt Alicia. With numerous television, film, and stage roles to her credit. Palmer was a featured panelist on I've Got A Secret and To Tell The Truth. Fresh from her starring role on Broad- way in the Tony Award winning musical Nine, Taina Elg co-stars as Mamita. She may be most recognizable to television audiences as Olympia Buchanan in the daytime drama One Life To Live. New- comers Lisa Howard and Tom Hewitt top off the all-star lineup as the enchanting Gigi and the young man with whom she falls in love. Derived from one of the best known novels of the illustrious French author Colette, Gigi is, the story of a young girl trained from childhood to catch a man - but not in marriage. as she is the daughter of a long line of elegant and expensive 'courtespns', who are not the marrying kind. Stage and screen stars Louis Jourdan, Betsy Palmer and Taina Elg bring the color and gaiety of turn-of-the-century Paris to Centre in the Square Feb. 6-7 in Lerner and Loewe's French musical Gigi. Jourdan, who charmed audiences as Gaston in the I958 MGM film, stars as Honore, the role originated by Maurice Chevalier. A kaleidoscope of music and color. this Academy Award winning musi- cal features such memorable tunes as the title song Gigi, which won the Oscar for Best Song, as well as Thank Heaven For Little Girls, I Remember It Well, The Night They Invented Champagne, and I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore. Fri., Feb. " 8:00 pm, Humanities Theatre The UW Arts Centre IS pleased to present a special evening of musrc with Canada's own Murray McLauchtan. McLauchlan us us an eight-time Juno award wrnner and has lust recently released a new album. "HEROES' l $9.50 ($8.00 Stu/Sen.) McLauchlan IN CONCERT Murray The River snails pace farm family struggle Gay Paris highlighted in Gigi Movie review Mom, Feb. " 8 pm. Humanities Theatre Salome Bey is a world-class entertainer. Her tribute to Ethel Waters in SHlMY TIME was called "a musical triumph". Her performance in Indigo won the 1981 Dora Mavor Moore award tor Outstanding Performance in a Revue or Musical. On HUManities stage she sings the blues, jazz, and soul music backed by four musicians and two vocalists in a show that promises to be a very memorable event. "She was a knock-out!”Toronto Star $12.50 ($10.00 Stu/Sen.) Member of the Black Music Hall of Fame! Salome Bey Film star Louis Jourdan plays Honore to Taina Elg's Mamita in Gigi. cum Spock! Mel Gibson (Year of Living Dangerously, The Bounty) is Tom Garvey, a simple, hard working rural man, who will only leavechis farm 'in a pine box'. Garvey tale unfolds. Tom and Mae Garvey pursue a desperate struggle for survival despite all odds and omens from big bad Joe Wade (Scott Glenn). The River is not Gibson's ticket to the Oscars. He gets "beautifully" enraged, as only Gibson can, but Dillon's watery script makes his portrayal bland at the best of moments. Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter, Miss- ing) as Garvey's feisty spouse, Mae, gives this role her all. but again blase lines blight any vibrant acting pockets throughout the body of the film. "v Scott Glenn as Joe Wade makes an admirable tough SOB, a guy who will stop at nothing, with his ideals of uncaring progress as the' sky darkens and the heavens threaten rain. “THERE GOES THE BRIDE” Feb. 7,8,9,1 4,1 5,1 6 [EiIEErlSE Beat the February Blahs with Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre Licensed under the LLBO Victoria Park Pavilion - 8 p.m. For tickets: 578-1 sro A hilarious comedy by Cooney a. Chapman Thursdays: $6.50 Fridays a saturdays $7.50 k”? H l [ _ / "i, 8 p.m. Humanities Theatre Their radio Show "Frantic Times" Broke records at LE and their 1983 show on the HUMttnities stage got rave reviews from both the critics and audience alike. It's a wonderful collection of manic characters, hilarious sketches, and outrageous songs. An extraordinary performance not to be missed! "A guaranteed laugh. "Globe a. Mail $9.50 ($8.00 Stu./Sen.) Actra Award nominees for their show "Frantic Times" The Frantics preview of recent work by local artist Basia lrland. May, Jan. 31, s p.m. . lrland. associlte pro- lessor of Fine Arts at University of Waterloo, a multi-media artist Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery will host a " FA Exotic lrland display 4 KING ST. N. WATERLOO (KING AT ens) Stop in and have lunch, afternoon tea or dinner with us. We've been serving Waterloo County since 1840. Shopping in Waterloo? 6HUI‘EIQ WATERIII) Both Specials are served with pan fried garlic zucchini and your choice of potato. Dinner fry 2 4 oz. Fileis wrapped in bacon Lunch Special 1 4 oz. Filet wrapped in bacon iii')),');-,-,--,-,-:);)::': vL) L) Ly Former Butcher Shop us now the locum of the Gunmen-cl Gallery whoee work has been shown throughout Cur ode. the United States (Including The Metro. politan Museum of Art) and in Germany. Among the owners of her work are the " bright-Knox Art Gal- lery, fit."2t Muqeum of Glass, 1 Universi- Tues., Mar. 5 8 pm. Humanities Theatre "Please keep making records like this tor folks like me and the Milligan. and the Millions," so said Peter . Sellers of the Chieftains 4th outstanding album. Playing the flute, tin whistle, Uilleann pipes, fiddle, harp, Bodhren and bones, the Chieftains will bring the true spirit at the Irish to the HUManities stage. "Thank you so much for the Chieftains records." Susannah York The Chieftains International stars in the Irish Folk Music tradition $13.50 ($12.00 SILL/Son.) 6"IE4rC,iria1"s' 'il' 885 '4280 The conceptual tor- mat for the majority of lrland’s sculpture, per- formance an pieces, and poems derives from her life as an academic (enjoyment of books) and her love of nature. ty “Alberta. 7 ,