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Private eyes Al Hickey (Bill Cosby) and Frank Boggs (Robert Culp) go after $400,000 of missing loot in Hickeyand Boggs. lorry kubert 'I Spies' return as down-and-out detectives With a name like Hickey and Boggs and starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, a movie has to be tongue-in-cheek. But nothing could be farther from the truth. In Hickey and Boggs, Culp and Cosby are together for the first time since their successful television series, Spy, left the air. Understandably, one's first impression is that they will pick up where they left off, as a pair of happy-go-lucky superspies traipsing all around the world. Nope. Al Hickey (Cosby) and Frank Boggs (Culp) are a couple of down-and-out Los Angeles private detectives who can barely scrape up enough cash to pay their telephone bill, let alone live high off the hog. Their clothes look like Robert Hall rejects. And instead of driving fancy cars, they're stuck with beat-up lemons. They carry humongous forty-four magnums rolled up in newspapers and turkish towels because they're too big for holsters. When it to firina the auns. thev hold on withoth ifTd ?hoft until they hlf fonethfYig. Opi8tii4g 'just on the outskirts of the law, Hickey and Boggs get involved in trying to locate a missing woman. It turns out that somehow she's involved with 'The Organization's" missing $400,000. The Organization wants its money back and hires torpedoes to hunt her down. Hickey and Boggs innocently stumble onto this and decide to cut themselves in on the race by recovering the missing loot for the reward money. Naturally, this doesn't make The Organization or the hit men too happy, so they go gunning for Hickey and Boggs. In the process they kill Hickey's estranged wife. Culp makes his debut as a director in this film. Unfortunately, the film is plagued by unrelated short scenes at its beginning, forcing the audience to pay close attention to the cc fusing plot However, after ths initial toe-stubbing, Culp and the film take off with enough action and violence to make the movie entertaining and interesting. Cosby and Culp give solid performances, with good backup performances by the lesser characters. Footage of the L.A. Dodger Stadium and Rams Coliseum is c olorfuf and well handled. Culp as Boggs keeps asking Hickey, "How we gonna explain this one?" everytime they come up with a dead body. No need to, Bob-Hickey and Z 1 "'j .,. Boggs may not win any Academy Awards, but it ain't a half bad adventure flick. Last week the Pershing Auditorium board reopened consideration of obtaining a liquor license for the auditorium. With the board giving its approval, the proposal now will be presented to the Lincoln City Council. According to Ike Hoig, auditorium manager, the main reason for serving liquor in the auditorium would be to encourage more civic and cultural events for Lincoln, not to make more money. Hoig said that if the measure was approved, liquor would not be available for all auditorium events. Rather, cocktails or champagne would be available only for special events such as conventions, company Christmas parties, wedding receptions, private club dances, etc. Beer would not be served at rock concerts. In addition, people could not bring liquor into the auditorium. It seems to me that the city council should exhibit an extreme case of "momism" if they do not approve this proposal. It is customary, even common practice, in the East to have alcoholic beverages available during a cultural event. Lincoln is growing up. With more and more big business moving into Lincoln and more cultural events coming to the city, it is time the council realizes that Lincoln is a big boy now. The Council is going to have to start treating Lincoln's population like adults. In fact, if the city council doesn't permit the auditorium to obtain a liquor license, it's the council members and Mayor Sam Schwartzkopf who are exhibiting their immaturity. ' The Nebraska Union Weekend films i? showing1 Man Called Horse plus the Buck Rogers serial this weekend, Friday and Saturday in the Union Small Auditorium and on Sunday in the East Campus Union. Howell Theatre opens it's season with The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, directed by Orlan Larson on Friday. The comedy combines journalism and politics as it shows "the people's marshall cleans up the town's baddies with a typewriter instead of a trusty six-shooter." The show will except on Sunday. run through Saturday, Oct. 28, Season tickets for Howell also are on sale with quite a reduction for students. Other shows of the year are Caucasian Chalk Circle, Abelard and Heloise aand The Memorandum. Comedian Shelley Berman will star in the musical version of Noah and the Ark when Lincoln Broadway League opens its season with Two By Two on Monday at Pershing Auditorium. :pmry n " ' t It. i I w y i t Hit in The Front Page ' V, Making up ... backstage with the cast of the UNL production of The Front Page. The comic revival is concerned with yellow journalism and dirty politics during the early 1900s. The production begins its run of eight performances at Howell Theatre on Friday. page 10 daily nebraskan friday, October 20, 1972
