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Arts & Entertainment Jack Nicholson has Trouble with film “Man Trouble” By Gerry Beltz Staff Reporter Even diehard Jack Nicholson fans will probably find thal“Man Trouble” (Lincoln 3, 12th and P streets) just isn’t worth the trouble. In one ofhisfirstattcmpts in acting in a straight romantic-comedy, Nicholson portrays Harry Bliss, a guard dog trainer who is up to his neck in marital problems and overdue bills, just waiting for that “big break.” Enter Ellen Barkin (“Switch”) as the “big break.” She plays a recently divorced op era singer, named Joan, whose home recently has been burglarized. Joan moves into the home of her sclf-ccntcrcd sister Andy (Beverly D’Angelo), but is still frightened. She remembers an advertisement for Bliss’ service, she calls him and POOF! It is love at first sight for Harry. From there, the movie becomes very difficult to describe in terms of plot and character development be cause director Bob Rafcison (who previously directed Nicholson in “Five Easy Pieces”) never really decides which way he wants to take the storyline. Sometimes the viewer follows a plot involving a book Andy has writ ten about a former boyfriend (who is also a gangster). Other times the viewer briefly sees the changing lives of Harry and Joan. See TROUBLEon 9 Films to compete for awards during I Sheldons Great Plains Film Festival I oy <jerry Benz Staff Reporter The first annual Great Plains Film Festival will open at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Mary Ricpma Ross Film The ater located in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Featured during the festival arc 34 competition finalists, who will com pete for nearly S10,000 in cash awards, and a special posthumous tribute to Academy Award winning actress Sandy Dennis. The festival will run through Aug. 2, screening the finalists in feature length (more than 30 minutes) dra mas, feature-length documentaries, short (less than 30 minutes) films and videos and films and videos by Native American artists. To qualify for the festival, entries had to be received by June 30th and were required to originate from the central United States or the Canadian Great Plains Region. The awards ceremony will be held on Aug. 1 in the Sheldon Gallery, and all winners will be screened for the public Aug. 2. A tribute and special award given to honor the late Sandy Dennis, who won an Academy Award for her per formance in “Who’s Afraid Of Vir ginia Woolf?” will also be a part of the festival award ceremonies on Aug. 1. Dennis was bom and raised in Ne braska. Competitors will compete for five awards: grand prize (given to the film or video that best reflects the ethnic heritage of the region); best film or video by a Native American; best dramatic feature film or video; best documentary feature film or video; and best short film or video. The festival had an impressive start with the regional premiere of “Gas Food Lodging,” directed by finalist judge Allison Anders about the heart and strength of three women in the New Mexico desert. “Gas Food Lodging” tells the story of Nora (Brooke Adams), a divorced, working-class mother who is trying to raise her two teenage daughters Trudi (lone Skye) and Shade (Fairuza Balk). Trudi isa lough-talking monument to teenage rebellion, doing everything her mother tells her not to do. She attempts to hide her true tcenngs ana dark past with her language and pro miscuous behavior, but her real feel ings eventually surface when she meets and falls for a nice guy named Hank. Nora, a waitress at a local truck stop, is always wanting the best for her daughters but is frustrated by Trudi’s disobedience. Shade, the film’s narrator, is an adolescent girl who spends much of her time at the local theater watching black-and-white Spanish movies, and wants to find the same romantic love that she constantly sees on the screen. - Complete schedules for the festi val arc available at the Ross theater. Festival passes, which arc good for admission to all screenings and spe cial events including the awards cer emony, arc $25 and available at the theater. Individual tickets for the screen ings will also be available at the door. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for UNL students and $3 for senior citi zens, children and members of the Friends of the Ross Film Theater. SAN0MAN. SEASON or MISTS In Person . . . Tue1a/ P^y 28 Hol Cf&vtt+Ai* Writer of SANDMAN. QOOO OMENS. BOOKS OF MAGIC, and the new SANDMAN oodecBon SEASON OF MISTS Jilt 7 Artist on SANDMAN and WONDER WOMAN # ,v Cosmic Comics MegaStore Edgawood Plaza 56th & Hwy. 2 - 423-2584 'far and ohm* the matI tmenHie and matt human comic nf the decade ' Samuel It. IVIany '(Unman hut IniVHlni. out of whole doth, a mythtdagj Mot just nf the camlet, hut of t lory letting i tudf ' Frank McConnell COMMOWEAl MAGAZINE 18 and Older Night at The Royal Grove Lincoln's Rock Palace Thursday Nights 8:30 pm - 1 am $2 Drink Minimum Official I.D. Required 340 W. Cornhusker Hwy. _477-2026