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PAGE 16 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. 1985 Coral Andrews Chronicle Special "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." _ This is the advice Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) gives to his young allâ€"Americanâ€"nerd father (Crispin Glover) when he travels back to the ‘50s, in Back To The Future, now playing at the Odeon. This statement is inventor/proâ€" ducer Steven Spieiberg‘s lifetime maotto and he has accomplished everything he ever dreamed up on film from Poltergeist, E.T. (which is being reâ€"released this summer) Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The Goonies. Back to the Future easily makes this classic list, and is currently the hit of the summer, filled. with doubleâ€"entendres, Spielberg‘s usual nonâ€"conformist characters, and oneâ€" liners that never cease. ~ Movie review â€" Back to the Future laughâ€"aâ€"minute riot for Spielberg fans It‘s the type of movic you have to see twice due to the earthquake of laughter which drowns out all the best lines the first time around. Michael J. Fox is Marty McFly, a regular guy and budding singer/guiâ€" tarist who just happens to hang around with absentâ€"minded profesâ€" sOFS. Doctor EmmettBrown (Chris topher Lloyd resembling a 20th century Merlin the magician) and dogEinstein (what else?) hay discovered the secret of time travel This concept would make Dr. Who sick. Brown has actually fashioned a De Lorean car into a time machine which runs on plutonium. A nuclear time capsule. When guinea pig, or dog Einstein in this case, arrives back from another time era and the De Lorean is covered in ‘snow, you know Future writers Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis (who also directed the movie) are on a winning streak with the laugh odds overwhelmingly stacked in their favor. By fateful fluke, Fox suddenly finds himself back in 1955, the year it all ~began for rock and roll, television, American culture and the age of ‘cool. Based on the ancient theory of Oedipus (where is Freud when you need him?), Fox unwittingly ends up in the arms of a ravishing Chronicle Special To a packed Ontario St. Legion audience The Nighthawks jammed together in three tight sets of solid music, packed with rhythm, spirit, and good old smokin‘ rock and roll. It was the ‘Hot Spot‘ to be. When lead guitarist Jim Thackery doffed his wellâ€"worn wideâ€"brimmed Fedora, the crowd instinctively knew this 10â€"year veteran player was anticipating serious blues involvement with his Flyingâ€"V Telecaster guitar. The Southern Ontario Blues Association finished its first season with another bang, recently featuring Washingtonâ€" based blues band The Nighthawks. â€" o The fiveâ€"member combo showcased prime cuts from their latest release on Varrick records aptly entitled Hot Spot. The concert highlight included the Muddy Waters blues classic I‘m the Man or Mannish Boy, with the band adding their special blues spice and knowâ€"how to this universal standard, a fine and fitting tribute to the late great Muddy Nighthawks wrap great blues year 17â€"yearâ€"oldâ€"girl, who will someday be his mother!!!! p He must detour this love at first sight crush to the world‘s biggest square George McFly, or little Marty McFly will never exist. In short, ‘"mummy has the hots for her son." Pepsiâ€"Free in ‘85 is a diet libation. Pepsiâ€"Free in ‘55 is small claims theft. And so on. While Orgy Ameriâ€" can Style plays in ‘85, a Ronald Reagan western plays in ©55, and Doctor Brown is most astonished when the denimâ€"clad time traveller informs him this mediocre Holâ€" lywood actor will someday be presiâ€" dent of the U.S.A. The pastâ€"andâ€"present witticisms are endless, and this is Future‘s prime success factor. The movie‘s funniest moment stems from Spielberg satire, as Fox forces his wimp of a father to ask his future mother for a date. Dressed as an alien, Fox calls himself Darth Vader, tortures Daddy‘s ears with maximum Van Halen, and says he‘s from the Starship Enterprise... Fox, who hails from hit TV sitâ€"com Family Ties, also has the ultimate gall to do Chuck Berry stint complete with heavyâ€"metal guitar riff in an allâ€"black combo band. The results are hilarious. *I ss you guys aren‘t ready for this, .t your kids are gonna love it‘ says Fox to a stricken dumb dance floor. Fox, an angel of merey with tarnished halo, should gain super star status with this timely come dy. Lea Thompson as Lorraine McFly, Crispin Glover as George McFly and Christopher Lloyd as the nuttiest professorâ€" make a fine supporting cast, providing a wealth of amusement and_ off the cuff puns. Producer Spielberg has done it again. Not only does he. have another blockbuster on his hands, but he‘s given the youth of America something to think about. Yes, parents are just like kids They drink, they smoke and they even break rules Despite the facts, they are human But the question remains Earth]l ings, Is Steven Spielberg? ?? s B _ «e (Continued on page 20) Coral Andrews Chronicle Special William Shakespeare‘s tragedy of King Lear is one of the most intense and gut wrenching studies of human frailty ever conceived One cannot truly define the intricate textures of Shakespeare‘s ill fated cast in King Lear King Lear is simply a tale of ultimate woe and rejection, endured by a father, The King of Britain, who seeks his daughters‘ love and is thrice rejected It‘s now playing at Stratford‘s Festival Theatre Lear. nearing old age and senility. has decided to divide his realm among his three daughters. Goneril, Regan and the youngest, Cordelia As any father would, Lear asks his daughters to demonstrate their affection for him. But Goneril, wed to the meek Albany. and Regan. betrothed to the ruthless Cornwall, seek only material gain. Both unscrupulously lie, gushing skilful false sentiment Cordelia sees through her sisters‘ shallow policy, and has nothing to do with this sibling treachery. Naturally, Cordelia is then disowned by her father, who leaves her no dowry Lear also banishes the Earl of Kent for coming to Cordelia‘s defence. and gives her share to the other two sisters As fate would have it, Lear soon regrets his generosity to Goneril and Regan, as much as his wrongful cruelty toward Cordelia. He brings robust reality to the greatest dramatic role an actor can undertake. This is Campbell‘s second time as Lear, having played the mad king a decade ago in England. Cordelia marries the King of France, penni less and flees her father‘s anger Stratford veteran Douglas Campbell as the ill fated monarch is nothing short of magnificent in the role of Lear He is part of the powerful Lear roster which includes Sirs John Gielgud and Michae! Redâ€" Intense King Lear truly forceful study A scene from the Stratford Festival Theatre production of King Lear. Stratford production Sputtering tage and regal stage presence, Campbell at 63. taps on his intellectual and mental capacities, giving his Lear fearful depth and frightening vulnerability It is no surprise that Stratford‘s Nicholas Pennellâ€"plays Fool in King Lear. and this jokester is deemed the most accessible of all Shakespeare‘s jesters with finely measured wit grave,. Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov and Wilham Hutt Both Pennell and Campbell worked in the Toronto version of the Dresser several years ago, with Pennell as Norman the dresser and Campbell as the invincible Sir: Both actors strongly believe the Dresser to be a modern day rendition of King Lear The Fool is the wisest and truest prophet in King Lear. telling the saddened king ‘that he is old before his time, rather than wise before his time .‘ Pennell, with staggering facial expressions. is adept as Fool breathing dark wisdom through his bleak humor, the play‘s only comic reliefâ€" Seanna McKenna as Cordelia is integral to the plot, but minimal in appearance. As Lear‘s youngest offspring, The Festival‘s leading lady conceives another moving portrayal This particular adaptation, directed by John Hirsch, has an earthy, nomad essence to it, with characters layered in thick leathers and wan dering the ravaged wartorn countryside with no real purpose or intention This Lear is a barren Netherworld filled with madness, uncertainty and betrayal. The play‘s reveredstorm scene is merely a physical illustration of Lear‘s monumental anger and de spair. King Lear today remains one of Shakespeare‘s forémost masterpieces, with its shattering intensity, that not only forces viewers and readers to reâ€"examine relationships and family bond, but to honestly search inside oneself e