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Arts & Entertainment Courtesy of Orion Pictures Oscar nominee Jodie Foster makes her directorial debut with “Little Man Tate,” coming in November. Milestone for Jodie Foster November offers 4 dramas By Anne Steyer Staff Reporter On Friday Sept. 20, we previewed a few of the fall’s most promising movies, including upcoming films starring A1 Pacino, Anjelica Huston and Demi Moore. This week we wrap up the preview with some of Novem ber’s best bets. “Beauty and the Beast”: The Walt Disney company returns this season with an animated adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Disney reunited the animators that made “The Little Mermaid” so popu lar and enlisted the songwriting tal ents of Oscar-winners Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman. The story is a tear-jerker in print. On the big screen, accompanied by a lush and romantic Menken-Ashman score, this film should requirea hanky or two. Angela Lansbury, better known as Jessica Fletcher on television’s “Murder, She Wrote,” provides the voice of the singing, advice-giving teapot. The collaborative efforts of Disney rarely disappoint and this film should be no different. The only question: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Danny Aiello and Anthony LaPaglia co-star in “29th Street,” a drama-comedy about luck and the lottery. n_n.Li_n_i___•_•_^ • .... Can Robby Benson be a convincing Beast? “Little Man Tate”: Jodie Foster (“The Accused”) makes her directo rial debut with this movie, a comirig of-age drama about a child prodigy. Foster also stars as Dede Tate, a blue collar mother trying to raise her son. Newcomer Adam Hann-Byrd is Fred Tate, the title character. Fred tries to strike a comfortable balance between his relationship with his mother and his psychologist. Dianne Wiest (“Hannah And Her Sisters ” “Parenthood”)is Dr, Jane Grierson, a psychologist who was a child prodigy herself! Singer Harry Connick Jr. also is, featured. Foster could be poised for more Oscar nominations. The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences love her, as well they should. “My Girl”: Young superstar Macauley Culkin (“Home Alone”) returns to the big screen with a dra matic family Film from Columbia Pictures. - See F ALLon 10 Classic love stories 'i *• .uvui a\o.v,r>? *jaan<m •. If • • • , f- •. ir.. , -t, • * among video releases By Anne Steyer Staff Reporter Video releases this week are slim, but still better than last week. “The Doors” (R) Director Ol iver Stone seems obsessed with the ’60s. This time it’s not war-tom visions, but psychedelia that bombards viewers. Slone turns to the music scene of the late ’60s. In the forefront is poet and singer Jim Morrison, the leader of the band The Doors. Stone is a master at eliciting sirong performances from his cast members. Val Kilmer(“TopGun”) as the Lizard King is no exception. He captures the essence of the on stage persona of Morrison perfectly, although the inspection of his pri vate life leaves the viewer a little empty. Kilmer does an outstanding job of capturing Morrison’s style (he did most of the vocals himself), with Morrison’s singing used as little as possible and only as an undercurrent. i Meg Ryan (“When Harry Met Sally”) is Mom son’s girlfriend, “his muse.” She is not bad in the rote, there just isn’t a lot for her to do. The part seems to be a step down from “Joe Versus the Volcano” which wasn’t exactly an upward movement frofh “When Harry Met Sally.” Band members Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Kri eger are played with flair by Kyle Mac Lachlan, Kevin Dillon and Prank Whaley respectively. Mac Lachlan is understated as al ways, but equally as wonderful. Stone’s visuals are spectacular, taking the viewer on a kind of celluloid acid trip, unfortunately, it gets tedious after the first hour. As is usually the case, Stone is heavy-handed in his dispensing of philosophy and judgements atom nis favorite era. He also needs to hire a continuity director to get his facts and his scenes belter in sync with the times. His films always seem to be full of period errors. (At one point, Morrison reads a took not published until the late ’70s.) “The Doors” is worth a viewing for Kilmer's stage performances alone. Just don’t take all of Stone’s interpretations as truth. (9/26) “Nothing But Trouble” (PG 13) The now very unfunny Dan Aykroyd makes his directorial debut with this clunker. He is joined by the less and less funny Chevy Chase, the still remotely funny John Candy and the yet to be seen funny Demi Moore. a « a «... .a _ ..... .. ?_ /*y*ruyu 15 uie mau juug^ in fictional Valkenvania, N.YT He doesn’t let misdemeanor offenders off with a fine, he traps them in his castle. New York City yuppie Chase gels caught in one such trap, along with his wife played by Moore. The arresting officer is Candy, who also plays Judge Aykroyd’s not so lovely daughter. The premise is preuy ridicu lous, but the script is even worse. Aykroyd penned the screenplay also. He should stick to his new discov ery of dramatic roles, because he wasn’t half-bad in “Driving Miss Daisy.” (9/25) ‘The Thornbirds” (NR) This adaptation of Colleen MeCollough’s best selling novel is coming to home video. “The Thornbirds,” first broad cast in 1983, is one of the highest rated and most popular mini-series in the history of prime-time televi sion. The story begins in 1920s Aus See VIDEOS on 10 Texas blues masters Mike Morgan & the Crawl will perform tonight at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14. Blues paying the bills Band to Crawl into Lincoln By Robert Richardson Senior Reporter Six years ago Mike Morgan had a sales job. He played guitar only in his spare time. Then he had an accident. “I just kind of accidentally stumbled into this,” Morgan said. “It was com pletely unintentional, I had guitars, I . was a living room guitar player. I’d sit around and strum a little bit.” Morgan is now a full-time blues musician and the driving force be hind the Dal las-based band Mike Morgan and the Crawl. The band will play Thursday night at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. Morgan said Stevie Ray Vaughan in particular helped turn his passive playing into a career. “Initially, it was Stevie," Morgan said. “Stevie Ray’s first record kind of got me interested in playing. I just started listening to his stuff and started listening to the old traditional blues, which is pretty much all I ever hear anymore. Even the music that Morgan pfays now is traditional, patterned after blues from the beginning. , “No gimmicks really, it’s just pretty straight-ahead, just real greasy,” Morgan said. “Kind of a cross be tween a Chicago style and a Louisi ana style ofblues.kindof what Texas blues is.” Morgan said he did not think the blues changes that much. “Basically blues stays pretty much the same or it’s not blues anymore,” Morgan said. “That’s one thing about blues, it’s a roots music. It’s a simple, pretty bare-bones kind of music. And if you gel too far away from it, it’s not the blues anymore.” But blues musicians are constantly writing new songs. Morgan said his songs were similar to what s been done before, with some colorful addi tions. “You can put a new twist on an old idea and still keep it within the realms, which is what makes music so great,” Morgan said. “There’s a million dif ferent ways to do 12-bar blues.” Morgan might not play 12-bar blues a million different ways Thursday night, but he will be playing a lot of cuts off his recently released album “Mighty Fine Dancing.” He said he enjoys what he does but wishes he had more lime to play. But as long as his job pays the bills, Morgan isn’t complaining. “You’ve got to love it, because probably 99 percent of the musicians sure aren’t getting rich,” Morgan said. “And it is enjoyable but if you’re out touring and traveling on the road, it’s pretty grueling sometimes.” Mike Morgan and the Crawl’s show starts at 9 p.m. The cover is $4.