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A generous helping of John Huston's The Man Who
Would Be King, playing at the Douglas 4, 1300 P St., will
satisfy a hunger for fantasy, adventure and escapism.
Director Huston and Gladys Hill scripted the movie
from the novel by Rudyard Kipling.
Sean Connery and Michael Caine offer adept perfor
mances as British con artists Danny and Peachy. The cun
ning duo plots to conquer the barbaric land of Kafiristaa,
a region of eastern Afghanistan once ruled by Alexander
the Great. Their conquest is facilitated when they find
British-trained soldier BUlyflsh (Saeed Jaffrey) working
for one of the land's tribes.
By enlisting BiHyfish'g help, Danny and Peachy find the
conquest almost too easy. Danny soon is seated es the
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PtMtB by Kevin HSflhry
This is just a sampling of the pottery the Shel
don Memorial Art Gallery art shop is exhibiting
and selling una! Feb. 22. The pottery is the
work of Jerome Horning, Creighton University
assistant professor of fine arts.
Gallery artshop
showing, selling
teacher's pottery
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery art shop now is
featuring pottery by Jerome Horning, Creighton Uni
versity assistant professor of fine arts.
Page Spence, art shop manager, said Homing's
works will be on exhibit and for sale until Feb. 22.
The pottery includes various large stonewares in
cluding sarnie vases nearly three-feet tall. Considering
that all the works were thrown (formed) on a wheel,
Spence said, the size of many pieces is exceptional.
Although they are most appropriate as decorative
pieces or planters, Spence said ths works are func
tional and can be used to serve food and drinks.
Other pieces of pottery include smaller vases,
bowls, pots, tea pots and lidded boxes.
Several bowls are coated with a special "luster
glaze", giving them a shiny metallic look which
complements the designs on the sides, lids and in
sides, Spence noted.
Before Horning joined the Creighton faculty in
1972, he was awarded the National Merit Award and
was honored at a showing at Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.
Horning has displayed his works at galleries
throughout the country, including the Centennial
House Gallery in Deer Isle, Maine, the Haymarket
Gallery in Lincoln and the Craftsmen's Guild in
Omaha.
His wife, Mary Jo, also an artist, recently displayed
her weaving at the Haymarket Gallery.
sovereign power of Kafiristan, and the population
mistakes him for the son of Alexander the Great .
Power happy
Danny enjoys his power so much that he begins to view
himself fulfilling a great destiny. This self-implanted
notion results from his reading significance into a few
coincidental happendings. Belief in his "destiny" causes
his eventual downfall.
Huston's deft direction effortlessly unfolds the finely
crafted story onto the sceen.
Huston's main interest seems to be the simple visual
production of Kipling's novel, indicating his obvious re
spect for Kipling's work; He does not distort the original
story with heavy-handed direction.
Special moments lack the build-up or telegraphing that
other films use so much today.
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Connery and Caine are the film's only stars.
Christopher Plummer offers a brief but tasteful perfor
mance as Kipling. The remaining cast of literally thou
sands are Kafiristan natives.
Of the two leads, Connery's performance is more note
worthy. His role is more substaniaJly written in that it
allows greater character development. Accepting that, the
true merit of Connery's performance is his total absorpt
ion in his character.
He attacks the role of Danny with zest and obviously
enjoys it, proving beyond doubt he is a fine actor and de
serves to be remembered as being more than the original
James Bond.
Caine 's performance is equally as faultless. He develops
Ids character, the smarter of the duo, to the fullest while
exercising admirable constraint in letting Connery run off
with the film.
The movie is difficult to catergorize. While it has light
hearted moments, it is not a comedy. Though it has
serious overtones, it is far from being a drama. The film's
obvious qualities of fantasy and adventure hardly rate its
classification as one or the other. The Man Who Would Be
King is entertainment, and I'm for more movies like it.
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