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Tuesday, February 16,1994
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‘Getaway’ strains
loyalty, marriage
The Getaway
Primarily an action-thriller, “The Getaway”
also deals with some heavy issues like loyalty
in marriage and honor among thieves.
Master thief Doc McCoy (Alec Baldwin)
gets caught aiding a convict’s escape and is
imprisoned in Mexico. His wife and partner in
crime, Carol (Kim Basinger), appeals to power
broker Jack Benyon (James Woods) for help in
obtaining her husband’s release.
Carol does whatever it takes to free her
husband, including some of Benyon’s extra
marital demands, putting great strain on the
McCoys’ trust-based relationship.
Doc is required to perform a major robbery
for Benyon as part of his release deal. Betrayed
by nearly everyone. Doc and Carol take the
money and run.
The film has a great chase scene and some
realistic usage of “techy” equipment for the
vault break-in.
A modem version of the 1972 hit which
starred Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw, this
film adds more facets to the story. The charac
ter of Carol has been expanded and given a
much more involved part in the criminal activ
ities of her husband.
Kim Basinger is excellent as the wife who is
willing to do anything for her husband, includ
m
Courtesy of Largo Entertainment
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star as a master criminal and his partner-wife in “The Getaway.”
ing betraying his trust. Basinger captures the
twisted loyalties exceptionally well and shows
the change in Carol as she hardens from the cold
realities of iniquitous life.
Alec Baldwin again displays his myriad
acting talents as the honorable thief, Doc
McCoy. Doc must come to terms with the
sacrificing betrayal from his wife. It comes
close to shattering the island of trust that he uses
to shield himself from the deceit and dishonesty
of his work.
James Woods has a minor role as Jack
Benyon, but he manages to impose himself
throughout the picture.
A late appearance by Richard Farnsworth
really adds to the movie. He plays Slim, a
rebellious old man who relates to the troubled
couple and even gives them some marital ad
vice.
Above all, “The Getaway” is a superb crime
story that should be seen and enjoyed.
—Joel Strauch
taking tour to Zoo Bar
Concert
preview
— If
I prefer tongue
twisting language
where you
remember the
By B.J. Gifford
Staff Reporter_
Culture Vultures David Garza,
Joe Cocke, Clay Pendergrass and
Michael Hale will descend upon
the Zoo Bar tonight.
Dah-vced is the name the band
adopted after enduring the tradi
tional mispronunciation of Garza’s
first name.
“It isn’t a weird stage name,”
Garza said. “I t *s just my fust name ”
Garza is a Mexican American
from Austin, Texas, and a fat finger
points to him for the Latin-sound
ing movement to the music.
The music has been described as
resembling anything from the Talk
ing Heads to Los Lobos to Paul
Simon with a Latin beat... Brazil
ian pop music to be a little less
exact.
What he does not do is the “Baby
I love you” repetitive song — the
song that catches you temporarily
with its beat, but its words are
forgotten with the next song, Garza
sail
i preier tongue-twisting lan
guage where you remember the
words for the way they feel ...
rhythm as much as rhyme.”
Garza’s band has been criticized
as being too light and shallow.
“Critics say because it attracts a
younger audience, typically 18- to
23-year-olds, that it lacks staying
power,” Garza said.
“But that’s my age and who we
speak to. The energy of the band is
hyper and spontaneous. Older peo
ple see it as being out of control.”
The idea of a Culture Vulture
was of a vulture picking a guitar
light-years into the future, with the
guitar being a relic of a civilization
long dead, Garza said.
“‘Culture Vulture’ was the term
woras ror tne way
they feel.
— Garza
Dah-veed band member
-ff -
baby boomers were called when
they were our age. It was once used
affectionately. Now, somehow, it’s
been twisted. Those baby-boo me rs
Sown-up now use it against us,”
arza said.
Dah-veed’s latest compact disc,
“Culture Vulture,” offers the song
“Cold Samba.” The song is from
the viewpoint of a small child who
is aware of what is going on around
him.
“It’s about what would be amus
ing to the 5-year-old of everything
he sees. The language is far more
elaborate than what someone that
age would be capable of because I
was imagining—what if a 5-year
old had the vocabulary of a grown
person?” Garza said.
Garza prefers being on the road
to playing in one place, because he
said he could only play once in a
town before he started to stagnate.
“You see the same street, the
same people, the same Taco Bell’s
... Playing in a new place is like the
rebirth of the band every night,” he
saia.
But Garza said the downside of
touring was going without exer
cise.
“Maybe that’s why we move
around so much when we get to
gether onstage ... gig aerobics, I
guess you could call it,” he said.
Dah-veed will play at the 1994
South by Southwest Music & Me
dia Conference in Austin this
March. Only about 300 bands are
invited to play out of the 6,000 to
7,000 who compete for the chance.
Two true stinkers line the video
shelves this week: a terrible would-be
superhero story and impeccably bad
acting from Kim Basinger. Luckily,
there is Clint. The latest from
Eastwood would be a standout even if
the other videos weren’t clunkers.
“In the Line of Fire” Eastwood
returns, but this time he’s no cowboy.
He’s Frank Horrigan, a Secret Service
agent who was a few seconds too slow
in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, when
Kennedy was killed. Consumed by
guilt, Horrigan wants another oppor
tunity to prove himself. So he gets
himself assigned to the presidential
watch. Unluckily for him, he also has
a psycho former CIA special opera
tive (John Malkovich) on his back
who is aching to kill the president.
Eastwood, as always, is terrific.
He even tickles the ivories himself.
Malkovich’s performance as the
vengeful Mitch Leary is chilling to
watch. This one is an absolute must
“The Real McCoy” Then, of
course, there’s the latest from Kim
Basinger. Oh, Kim has plummeted
into the depths of bad cinema. She
should really get together with Rich
ard Gere. The two share the prize for
the worst stinker of the year.
She’s a cat burglar on parole and
trying desperately to go straight. But
her nasty boss blackmails her into
ust one last heist. How does
? He kidnaps her son. Ahh,
how touching. To make matters worse,
she’s got an admirer in Val Kilmer,
another burglar, but he’s got bad hair,
bad clothes and a bad accent.
This picture is so bad it’s almost
funny. Almost.
“The Meteor Man” The last Jbkc
of the week comes from Robert
Townsend. He made a terrific movie
years ago. It was called “Hollywood
Shuffle.” Since then he’s floundered,
and “Meteor Man” is no comeback.
Townsend stars as a ghettoized
Clark Kent who uses his superpowers
lo make the ‘hood a clean, good place
lo live. Nice idea, but Townsend is so
tongue-in-cheek he can’t sell it. The
only thing that sold worse was the
movie’s comic book spinoff.
Something to anticipate for next
week: the late River Phoenix’s last
[lick — a Peter Bogdonovich picture
where River plays a country singer.
— Anne Steyer
Feb. 20
Duffy's Tavern: House of Large Sizes with The Hidden
and Giants Chair
Movies
Cinema Twin-13th & P: Blink, Tombstone
Douglas 3-13th & P: Mrs. Doubtfire, I'll Do Anything,
Intersection
The Lincoln-12th & P: Ace Ventura, Philadelphia, In The
Name of the Father
Plaza 4-12th & P: Blank Check, My Father The Hero,
The Getaway, Grumpy Old Men, The Fugitive
Beyond Books - A guide to
this week** entertainment Bars
Feb. 15
Duffy1* Tavern-1421 O St: UNL La Cross benefit
Zoo Bar-136 N. 14th St: Dah-Veed
Feb. 16
Duffy's Tavern: Sideshow with Gregory
Zoo Bar Cooi-Riddum
Feb. 17
Zoo Bar Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers
Feb. 18
J. Ryan’s-1434 N. 27th St.: Stone Sundae
Knickerbockers-901 O St: The Return with
For Against
Zoo Ban Keri Leigh & The Blue Devils
Feb. 19
Cabana’s: Ue Awake
J. Ryan's: Stone Sundae
Knickerbockers: Blue Mountain with Hannah’s Porch
Zoo Bar Keri Leigh & The Blue Devils
Ross Rim Theatre-12th & R. The Long Day Closes,
Women and Words Series—The Yellow Wallpaper,
Master Smart Woman, A Word in Edgewise
Star Ship 9-13th & Q-Dazed and Confused, Joy Luck
Club, Kalifomia, My Life, Demolition Man, Beverly
Hillbillies, Malice, Jurassic Park, Cool Runnings
Coming Friday: Three Musketeers
The Stuart-13th & P: Schindler’s List
K
Theater/Dance/Muslc
Feb. 17: David Abbott, piano, Kimball. Free Admission.
Feb. 18-19: Porgy Bess-Lied Center 8 p.m.
Feb. 17-19: The Heidi Chronides-Howell Theater 8 p.m.
Feb. 20: Sandy Creek & High Calber-Pla-Mor Ballroom
Free Dance Lessons at 7 p.m.
EVENT OF THE WEEK: ONYX and BOSS with Peace
Nation—UNL City Campus-Student Union BaHroom Feb.
18,8 p.m.
—Compiled by Sean Me Carthy