Movie quenches romantic thirst
rv Elizabeth Gambia
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Although a cross between “Pretty
Woman” and “Sleepless in Seattle,”
“Milk Money” delivers a refreshing
script. “Milk Money” is the first pro
duced screenplay by writer John
Mattson and despite the recycled plot,
Mattson manages to find a unique
angle.
Melanie Griffith (“Born Yester
day”) is slimmer and more attractive
as the star of “Milk Money.” and her
dumb blond voice actually seems fit
ting rather than annoying in this mov
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Melanie Griffith stars as V and Michael Patrick Carter stars as
Frank in “Milk Money.”
ic.
Griffith plays V, a soft-hearted pros
titute trying to fit into the suburbs. V is
the typical movie prostitute who ran
away from home too early and wants
true love and a normal life. The only
problem with her character is that the
audience can never really believe that
she has been a prostitute for years or
that she is in any real danger from her
mean pimp.
The title of the movie comes from
the mound of change that three pre
pubesccnt boys compile to buy a look
at V naked. Michael Patrick Carter
plays Frank, one of the boys who
befriends V and decides he wants her
to be his mother.
Frank encourages his father to Jail
for V without revealing her true pro
fession. This is Carter’s first starring
role and he is believable and likeable.
Frank’s dad, played by Ed Harris, is
a trusting, caring and very accepting
man. Dad has lived as a widower since
the birth of his son, absorbed in his
passion for nature — a love that V
shares, oddly enough.
There is a good on-screen chemis
try between Griffith and Harris. Their
characters’ blossoming romance is
sweet and seemingly natural.
The film’s best quality is its ability
to capture the transition from child
hood to puberty. Through Frank and
his friends, the film takes a charming
look into the awakening of sexual
awareness, a fleeting time of curiosity
and innocence.
The music, by composer Michael
Convcrtino, is another good point. The
soundtrack is unique and carefree,
adding to the film’s refreshing feel.
The film has many truthful mo
ments and is a charming look back at
adolescence. Go sec “Milk Money”
for a lighthearted romance that will
make you laugh.
Quik Facts
Movie: “Milk Money”
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris,
Michael Patrick Carter
Director: Richard Benjamin
Grade: B+
Five words: Refreshing comedy
and lighthearted romance
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Stoltz changes
earlier image
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aclor
Eric Stoltz isn’t the sweet, vulnera
ble, tender lad from “Mask” and
“Some Kind of Wonderful” after
all.
“That’s a lovely persona I have,
but it’s not something that I’m aware
of or try ing to develop,” said Stol tz,
who has recently been hanging out
with the natural-bom-killcrs crowd
on screen,
“In fact, in my real life. I’m
really tough. I’m a killer! It’s the
nice stuff that’s all an act. Actually,
I’m not trying lode velop any perso
na. I think that might he limiting,”
he said in a recent interview.
Stoltz plays a just-plain-nuts
safecracker pulling a bank heist in
the just-released movie “Killing
Zoe” and he was in the Cannes Film
Festival’s best picture “Pulp Fic
tion.” He recommends the films to
those who “enjoy a certain amount
of violence and darkness in mov
ies.”
Food takes toll
on tennis star
NEW YORK (AP) —Eighteen
months after she was stabbed at a
tennis tournament, Monica Seles
has packed on almost 30 pounds by
hinging on junk food, according to
the New York Post.
The 20-ycar-old, once a top
ranked tennis star, was seen this
week in Monte Carlo at the Weight
Watchcrs Celebrity Sports Fest ival,
the Post reported Tuesday.
She has not played a professional
match since she was stabbed in the
shoulder by a deranged fan in Ger
many last year. The wound has
healed, but Seles has declined to
give a date for a comeback.
A friend of the athlete told the
Post that the tennis player turned to
food to comfort herself after the
attack. The result: ancxtra28 pounds
on the oncc-sveltc frame, according
to the friend, who requested ano
nymity.
The Post published a photo of
Seles in a loose, dark dress that
betrays a bulky figure.
Inflation forces
Carroll to trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Diahann
Carroll’s legal tussle over her nine
room apartment on Manhattan’s
Upper West Side is headed for trial.
Carroll signed an agreement with
a neighbor in thebuilding, Lawrence
R. Eno, when she moved in 29 years
ago. The agreement says Eno, who
held Carroll’s lease, retained the
right to buy the apartment when she
left.
The snag is that the agreement
says Eno on I y has to pay w hat Carrol I
paid when the building went coop
erative in 1968.
She paid $32,180 — not even
enough to buy an Upper West Side
studio apartment today, let alone a
four-bathroom beauty overlooking
the Hudson River.
Eno sought to enforce the agree
ment last year when he learned that
Carroll wanted to sell the apart
ment.
Carroll, whose principal resi
dence is in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
says she has spent $200,000 im
proving the apartment.
A judge refused to nullify the
agreement and said it can go to trial,
according to a ruling made public
Monday.
Actor’s talent
includes music
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy
Garcia has more on his mind than
movies.
The Cuban-born actor has turned
his hand to producing for an album
by bassist Israel Lope/., known to
music lovers as “Cachao.”
“In the music world, he was a
legend,” Garcia says. “In terms of
the pop world or the commercial
world, he’s unknown.”
Not for long. The Garcia-pro
duced “Cachao Master Sessions,
Volume I” has already reached No.
5 on Billboard’s tropical salsa chart
and No. 23 on its Latin 50 album
chart.
Cachao. who also plays piano,
trumpet and bongos, found a kin
dred spirit in Garcia.
“He knew all about Cuban mu
sic,” said Cachao, 75. “1 think of
him as a second son.”
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Candles also appeal because of the
fragrances they give off. Lynch said.
“A person at a drugstore called us
and said he was sick of the smell of
medicine,” she said, “and he wanted
some candles to cover it up.”
But Lynch doesn’t expect to cover
up her candle-making skills. After a
candle craze in the 1960s and 1970s,
demand dropped off sharply. But the
1990s brought a return to that trend.
“Now, everybody and his uncle is
doing it,” she said.
Thespian festival picks Lincoln
From Staff Reports
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln will play host to the International
Thespian Festival, beginning in 1995.
The festival, staged by the Educa
tional Theatre Association of Cincin
nati, had a home in Muncic, Ind., for
the last 22 years. Next year, it will
begin a five-year run in Lincoln.
RUGBY
Practice Begins
Tuesday
and
Thursday
at 5:30 p.m.
Harper Schramm Smith.
No Experience Necessary
New players encouraged.
An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 aspir
ing high school actors will come to the
festival for workshops and performanc
es. Some of the presentations will even
take place at the Lied Center for Per
forming Arts.
Many factors played into the deci
sion to move the festival, according to
Nancy Brown, the festival’s chair, but
the decisive factor was the availability
of the Lied Center to the festival.
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