Wednesday, February 17, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Count's concert airs
on NETV
The sights and sounds of Hill "Count" Basic's return to
Kansas City with his orchestra to celebrate his 75th birth
day arc captured on Swinxin' the lilues, airing tonight at
7 pjn. on the Nebraska Educational Television Network.
Recorded on-location at Kansas City's Uptown Thea
ter, the 30-minute program includes musical segments
from that concert as well as a special interview of Basie by
scries host Billy Taylor.
The series is a co-production of NETV and the Mid
America Arts Alliance.
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Sprinter Eric Liddcll, played by Ian Charleson, collapses after finishing a race in the film Chariots of Fire.
'Chariots of Fire' bums despite hype
By Pat Miggins
Chariots of Fire is a pretty good, maybe even an in
spiring movie. However, from all the ballyhoo concerning
Chariots of Fire the reality is a bit of a letdown. Possibly
because it does show some intelligence and care, it
stunned people as being superior to the vast amount of
dross around. At least it is better than average, to give
Chariots of Fire its due.
Chariots of Fire is a British production that is classy
in the sense that Masterpiece Theater is, as it is visually
Movie
Review
The long anticipated confrontation between Liddcll
and Abrahams doesn't come off at the Paris Olympics
due to a religious conflict that Liddell can't handle.
Both run in separate races, though. One drawback is that
these guys don't run like Olympic level sprinters so they
show the races in slow motion to fake out the audience.
Various members of the English establishment then
pop up, including the Prince of Wales, to add snob appeal.
If one is an Anglophile believing that everything
English is culturally superior then Chariots of Fire is
definitely for you. If not, Chariots of Fire is good, but not
quite great.
impressive, and the soundtrack is rather stirring, and the
acting is quite good.
Thz movie is based on the true story of the 1924
Olympics, with the chief emphasis on two rival runners;
Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Eric Liddell (Ian
Charleson) who are considered the premiere sprinters in
Great Britian and possibly the world.
Both characters are running to prove themselves but
in different ways. Abrahams has to face the genteel anti
Semitism of the English ruling class while he is enrolled
at Cambridge. His goal is to show the condescending
bigots that a Jew can be a true Briton. On the other hand,
Liddcll is from a family of Scottish missionaries and he is
running for Jesus. He has several rationalizing monologues
explaining that he is running as part of God's will, which
could pass for a lot of modern day born again athletes'
rhetoric. Personally, I prefer the Kenny (the Snake)
Stabler's attitude towards sports.
The bit characters are all uniformly excellent. Sir John
Gielgud as the oh so correct don of Cambridge and Ian
Holm as Abrahams' coach are particularly fine.
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UNDER MILK WOOD, A Play for Voices
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Thursday, February 18 at 8pm Kimball Hall
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A dramatic reading written by one of the "greatest lyric
poets of the younger generation" telling of one day in the
life of a small Welsh coast town.
SHAKESPEARE LADY:
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Friday, February 19 at 8pmSheldon Gallery Aud.
$5.00 Regular Admission $2.50 UNL Student
A fully-costumed event based on the letters, diaries, and
many of the leading Shakespearean roles played by one
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LOVE, LOVE, NOTHING BUT LOVE
Saturday, February 20 at 8pm Kimball Hall
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An evening of scenes focusing on the theme of love from
some of Shakespeare's best known plays. Included in the
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