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dailu I X X ! fir r3 3 o 0 o o ).: . Bang the Drum sad but corny Th?r 1 are some movies that are so nice, so harm less and often so well receiv?d by the public that a person can nuts trying to say something critically intelligent about them. B-jog the Drum Slowly is one of these rroviei. It is the story of a big '.''i'3:J3 b.tsel).i!l catcher who is dying of Movigkin's Urease. It is obviously so rphtc vvith tenderness, sadness, rifcart'jriks, -jtc, that it would be cri:-;.t for tno reviewer to give detailed '-lot i-.i,T.-viry and finish by calling it "a t2u:hi.i-; charming little jewel.. R-V'j ():? Drwv i; certainly more !;tert. thj i Lo'.v Story, and dl though ;-: -np. n't a:, noviny as television's Dn.::i's Song, it is a better cinematic '.tcnLvcm L,k.; it., prjj.ji'ce'sors, the tragedy of t:,e ,;it.iHion is emotionally portrayed through j clos? f, i?nd left behind. The victim is Bruce Pearson ((;..! Kit De Niiroj, a backward country Doy wno greases his hair in a pompadour and is constantly chawing and spitting tobacco. His faithful friend Henry Wiggins, (Michael Moriarty) is a tall, handsome stud. " greg ukow key grip At the start of the baseball season, Pearson is a laughed-at and heckled third-string catcher. But after the team finds out about his sickness, he becomes a starter and miraculously the team pulls together and makes it to the World Series. Because of its well-handled and humorous look at the world inside the dugout, Bang the Drum Slowly is a better baseball story than a tear jeikor. 1 I; of CHAAIPLIN AND TEN WHEEL DRIVE In Concert 8:00 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH Music for multi-dimensional singing is the theme of a concert by the Gregg Smith Singers tonight at 8 in Kimball Recital Hall. The chorale will sing from several spots in the auditorium. Tickets are $1 at the Nebraska Union, Westbrook Music Blclq. 113 or at the door. The Gentle Creature py Robert Bresson is this week's foreign film, showing ai Sheldon Gallery at 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Dominique S.mda stars as a young wife who has committed suicide, whose married life is explored through flashbacks. Bresson, whose previous works include Au Hasard Balthasar and Mouchette, tells his stories in a reflective style, usually characterized as "austere." Soprano Margaret Eaves will sing Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Faure and Satie in a free faculty recital at 8 p.m. in Kimball Recital Auditorium Music Hell iffc&efs On Soe 4f Auditorium Box Office $4.50 in advance $5.50 at the door frnfc Box Office Open Daily From 10am to 6pm. CLIP&SA VE he Candidate ! 12&13 Straw Dogs 1 9&20 j S3aughferhouse-5 j 26&27 Frenzy ! Union Weekend Films 7 & 9 Friday & Saturday Henzlik Hall I 380 Seats 75( admission with student ID j 1 Tuesday Hall. K Art classes a n d a multi-media .-irt show are some of the activities starting this month at Haymarket Gallery, 110 South 9th St. Courses in painting, sculpture, silkscreen, macrame, glassblowiny, weaving and other skills are beginning in late October. Interested people can call 432-7373. The "Best in Western Art" show will be open to the public Oct. 4-29. Guides wanted Students interested in serving as guides for high school Senior Information Days, Oct. 6, 13, 27, and Nov. 17, should call 432-4139. 1 MM 0 immmn Sill Today: 7: 10 & 9:30 ! AAV rilCUSDA j IbttilmwMYili I ' (7 I J I J ' I I I ri I ft3 Iff ' b i i f Ti r. The Unrtfersity of Nebraska Ski Club in coofjeration Mh norm? Airlines is sponsoring a bus f rip fo the Omaha Hitfon for lie biggest ski show in the west. The latest fashions, equipment , mcries, and eifery major ski area wii! be there. The bus will leave the flebraslta Union at 6:00 p.m. October 3 and arrive back in Lincoln at 11:00 p.m. The cost is 2.50 vfiich includes admission to the show. Buy tickets at Union South Desk 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or contact Pat Scanlon, 472-2458. at O O O WALKING TALL i R t MIMHWmilBII.. 1 III,,,., 31 OF WIT & COMEDY IN ONE OF HIS GREAT ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooi 2 daily rH;i)rfic.kciri w. c. FIELDS -PLUS- W.C. FIELDS in "Million Dollar tes rnondjy, October 1, 1973