Nebraskan
Thursday, August 12,1993
Akts®Entertainment
burgeon wrongly convicted goes
on run in suspense-filled ‘Fugitive’
“The Fugitive”
By Gerry Bettz
Staff Reporter
“The Fugitive” (Stuart, East Park
3) will likely be this summer’s run
away hit.
It has tons of action, lots of sus
pense, oodles of drama and just enough
comedy to make it an all-around en
joyable film.
More importantly, however, it stars
both Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee
Jones, two of Hollywood's holiest
pieces of cinematic property today.
The story revolves around Dr. Ri
chard Kimble (Ford), a distinguished
Chicago surgeon that is accused of
brutally murdering his wife Helen
(Sela Ward, from the television series
“Sisters”). Kimble tells police of the
one-armed man that was at the scene,
but he is wrongly convicted of the
crime and sentenced to death.
Chi his way to the prison, however,
other prisoners on Kimble'sbus botch
a bloody escape attempt. The bus rolls
onto a set of railroad tracks, and
Kimble narrowly escapes the colli
sion between an oncoming train and
the prone bus.
He goes on the run, simul tancously
trying to catch his wife's killer while
avoiding the relentless manhunt head
ed by U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard
(Jones).
Jones is the gem of the movie. His
on-screen time is absolutely hypnot
ic, and his character — although ob
sessive — has an humorously egotis
tical streak to it After examining
Kimble’s activities since the escape,
Gerard eventually gets caught between
his increasing self-doubt that he is
hunting an innocent man and his re
lentless desire to catch Ford.
A rollercoaster ride of a film, with
very few slow spots, “The Fugitive” is
definitely worth running to.
Cheap Trick singer releases hit
“Robin Zander”
Robin Zander
Interscope Records
By Jill O’Brien
Staff Reporter
“Robin Zander” is one of the best
new releases of the summer.
On Zander’s self-lillcd debut, the
soloing lead singer of Cheap Trick
combines emotive vocals and gentle
guitar runs to evoke a wide range of
passionate musical moods.
As a veteran of the rock scene,
Zander has acquired a knack for mix
ing the right ratio of heart-throbbing
lyrics with instrumental accompani
ment and dynamic vocals. The result
is 12 tracks of memorable mainstream
ballads.
A group of handpicked, fine-tuned
musicians back Zander on every
groove. The line-up features Cheap
Trick’s bassist Tom Peterson and
songwriter Rick Nielsen, Hcartbrcak
ers’ Mike Campbell, ex-Eagle Don
Felder, Eurythmics’ guitarist Dave
Stewart and drummer Mick
Fleetwood. Even pianist Dr. John was
recruited to pound out Slonc-likc
rhythm and blues on “Emily.”
Besides the catchy croons and love
songs, the man of one thousand voices
really excels on ducts with leading
rock ladies.
On the opening track, “Reaction
ary Girl, his vocals arc pared with the
spunky swing or Maria McKcc and
again wilh McKcc on the melt-down
intimacy of her composition, “Show
Me Heaven.”
The husky whisper of Stevie Nicks
backs Zander’s aural passion on “Se
cret” while high-pitched Christina
Amphlctt of the Divinyls duels with
Zander on the snappy track of “Boy
(I’m So in Love With You).”
Other songs include the covers, “I
Believe in You” (Neil Young) and the
disco-paced “Jump Into The Fire”
(Harry Nilsson). BulZandcr originals
“I’ve Always Got You” and “Tell It
To The World,” both co-pcnncd by
J.D. Souther, testify to singer’s prow
ess as songwriter.
Although Zander’s theme never
strays from romantic k)vc, each song
could hold its own on the Billboard
charts.
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AIDS benefit to be performed
From Staff Reports
The Lincoln Community Play
house will perform “Healing Arts,”
Aug. 21 as a benefit for the Nebras
ka AIDS project The variety show
will be performed with the support
of the Nebraska Arts Council.
Tickets for the 8:00 p.m. per
formance are $6 and are available
through Aug. 20 at the Nebraska
Bookstore, The Way Home
Records and Tapes and the Indian
Hills Shopping Cento*. Tickets are
also available at the playhouse box
office through showtime.
Comedian Juli Burney, the Shim
Sham dancers and the UNL Uni
versity Singers are among the fea
tured acts.
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