UNCOUM.NE. JOURNAL with sex, love Piano' peals ONE REVIEW 12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, JT? Jr-'" fin )fj (If make Ada an uncommonly powerful romantic heroine. Keitel, who never gives a bad performance, was a perfect casting choice for Baines, The mood set by the dark photography and the rough settlement surroundings is as important as the With its erotic theme, "The Piano" has several nude scenes, including another full frontal shot for KeiteL But the sex is far from exploitive and, like the rest of the movie, has a female spin that sets it apart from the norm. In a departure from its normal Thursday-through-Sunday operations, "The Piano" will screen nightly at the Ross Film Theater through Jaa 19 with matinees on weekends. adopted the ways of the local Maori tribe, including the tattooed face markings.
A rough but sensitive man, Baines swaps Stewart some land for the piano and hauls it through the dense bush to his shack. The piano brings Ada to Baines and he sets up an "Indecent bargain with her: She will allow him to do one thing to her for each of the black keys. But Baines becomes troubled by the arrangement and cuts it off, sending the story in a new, unchartered direction and setting up the powerful ending. Hunter proves to be the perfect partner for Campion, conveying a full range of emotions with her gaze and using her youthful study of piano to BY KENT WOLGAMOTT Journal Reviewer Pencil in Holly Hunter's name for the best-actress Oscar and list "The Piano" as the most ambitious, captivating screen love story of the "90s. Frankly erotic, quirky and unpredictable, writer-director Jane Campion's film deals with sex and romance from a fully thought-out, distinctly female point-of-view, providing a stark contrast with most similar movies.
Hunter plays Ada, a 19th century Scottish woman forced to move to New Zealand as part of an arranged marriage with settler Stewart (Sam Neill). Mute, Ada communicates with her young daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) The Piano Written and directed by Jane Campion. Rated R- Ross Film Theater. CAST Ada Holy Hunter 6aaies Harvey Keital Sam Nei Paquin in sign language, but expresses herself most fully by playing her piano. Stewart, however, refuses to move the heavy instrument from the beach where his new bride lands, cutting Ada off from the thing that means the most to her.
Enter Baines (Harvey Keitel), an illiterate European neighbor who has MIRAMAX Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin star in "The Sting, Billy Joel get most Grammy nominations NEW YORK (AP) Enduring pop music star Sting, who has experimented with rock, jazz and fusion, picked up six Grammy nominations today, including record, song and album of the year. Billy Joel, who also was nominated in those categories, received four, as did' R.E.M. and Whitney Houston, whose single "I Will Always Love You" set a record for the number of weeks on the chart as No. 1. Songwriter Alan Mencken and producer David Foster, whose credits include "The Bodyguard," received five nominations.
Nominated for record of the year were "A Whole New World," the theme from the Disney movie "Aladdin," by Peabo Bryson and Regena Belle; Houston's "I Will Always Love Joel's "River of "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" by Sting; and "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young. Cabin Fever Antique Show Thirteen Years of Quality Shows Sat. January 8 9 AM -6 PM Sun. January 9 10 AM -5 PM State Fair Grounds Exposition Building Lincoln, NE Admission $1 .50 FOR TODAY'S SHOWTIMES ONLYI DEMOLITION1 m(R) BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (PS) MALICE (R) USHTmnE BEf03 C3iSTMAS (P613) JURASSIC PARK (PC 13) jjggffg COOL RUXMIMGS (PG) ff0 SLEEPLESS III SEATTLE (PG) IH THE LIKE OF FIRE (R) THE FIRM (R) 2:30 Jff The song of the year nominees were Young's "Harvest Td Do Anything for Love," performed by Meat Loaf and written by Jim Stein-man; "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" by Sting; Joel's "River of and the "Aladdin" theme, "A Whole New World." Nominees for album of the year were "Kanakiriad" by Donald fa*gen; the soundtrack from the movie "The Bodyguard," most of which is performed by Houston; Joel's "River of "Automatic for the People" by R.E.M.; and Sting's "Ten Summon-er's Tales." The record of the year category recognizes performers. Song of the year recognizes writers.
Album of the year recognizes both the artist and the producer. Nominees for best new artist are Blind Melon, Toni Braxton, Digable Planets, Belly and SWV (Sisters With Voices). The nominations were decided by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts Sciences. Winners are then chosen in a final balloting of the 6,500 voting members. Winners will be announced March 1 at the 36th annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
To be eligible, the recordings had to be released between Oct 1,1992, and Sept. 30, 1993. The ceremony, hosted by Gary Shandling, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall by CBS. "A HEART-STOPPING, SPINE-CHILLING, ADRENALINE-PIMPING. RIM0R-Y0UR-LIFE THRILLER!" raColjinnH.TV Pelican brief KIELSEN BATIKGS HOLLYWOOD (AP) Prime-time ratings as compiled by the A.C.
Nielsen Co. for Dec. 27-Jan. 2. Listings include the week's ranking, season ranking and the rating.
Each ratings point represents 942,000 1. (1) Home Improvement ABC 21.4 2. (2) 60 Minutes CBS 20.6 3. (11) Jane House CBS 19.5 4. (9) Murder.
She Wrote. CBS 17.9 5. (X) Orange Bowl Game NBC 17.8 6. (3) Rosearme ABC 17.7 7. (6) Grace Under Fire ABC 17.6 8.
(4) Seinfeld NBC. 16.7 ABC 15.7 10. (5) ABC 15.4 11- Viper NBC 15.3 12(14)PrimeTimeLive ABC 14.1 12. Unsolved Mysteries NBC 14.1 14. (6) Frasier NBC 139 14.
(10) Murphy Brown CBS 13 9 16. Dr. QimnMedone Woman CBS 134 17. Rescue: 911 CBS 12 9 18. (18) Full House ABC 12 6 19.
(18) Wings NBC 125 20. (X) For the Love of Aaron CBS 12.4 BOX OFFICE HOLLYWOOD (AP) Here are the top films for New Year's weekend as tallied by Exhibitor Relations with weekend gross, total gross and number of weeks in release (all dollar figures are in millions except where otherwise noted): 1. Mrs. Doubtflre S16.3 S122.S 6 2. The Pelican $13.1 $61.1 3 3.
$8.7 $23.2 2 4. Sister Act 2 $8.2 $41.2 4 5. Beethoven's 2nd $7.6 S31.9 3 6. Grumpy Old Men $7.5 $17 2 7. Wayne's World 2 $4 $40.1 4 8.
The Piano $2.4 $17.2 8 9. Geronimo $2 $15.1 4 10. Ghost in the Machine $1.9 $2.4 lVi 11. Schindler's List $1.4 $6.2 3 12. The Three Musketeers $1.5 $49 8 13.
Batman $1.4 $4.4 2 14. A Perfect World $1.1 $29.1 6 15. Cool Runnings $1.1 $61.8 14 16. Addams Family $1.09 $45.1 7 17. Jurassic Park $.821 $339.5 30 18.
Remains of the Day $.805 $16.8 9 19. Carlito's Way $.571 $34.6 20. Heaven 81 $.563 $1.42 PG-i3ga r13 NOW 1 3th no P7 PH: 476-1 465 SHOWING! S6th wr SWY. 2 421-3330 LEARN TO DANCE' Join the fun Jrj Dance to the music and relax! Start Now! 4 lessons $-J5oo (new students only) BEST BEATS i 5 10. "Music Box" Mariah Carey National albums 1.
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"Bat Out of Hell II Meat Loaf 7. "Jflnot" VIBEO RELEASES Ratings and comments on the latest vkteocas-sette releases available in stores this weekend are by Kent Wokjamott, Journal reviewer. True Romance. Rated R. Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette star in the tale of a comic book store clerk and first-time hooker who fall in love, steal a suitcase full of cocaine and head from Detroit to Los Angeles.
Sleek, violent, funny and filled with great supporting roles Gary Old-man as a Detroit drug dealer, Dennis Hopper as Slater's security guard father, Brad Pitt as an LA pothead "True Romance" was one of 1993's most satisfying action films. Hocus Pocus. Rated PG. Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker star as 17th century Salem witches brought back to life by some adventurous kids in this rather disappointing attempt at a scary comedy. While Midler looks hideous, there's nothing too frightening about the movie and there are only about three laughs in the entire 90 minutes.
Hot Shots! Part Deux. Rated PG-11 This hilarious sequel is the funniest scatter-shot satire since "The Naked Gun," sending up the the "Rambo" movies, "Lady and the Tramp," "Casablanca" and "Basic Instinct." Charlie Sheen shines as the dim pilot Topper and Richard Crenna reprises his "Rambo" role to add to the laugh fest. A giant step above the original, "Hot Shots! Part Deux" was one of 1993's flat-out funniest films. Top sales: 1. Aladdin; 2.
Free Willy; 3. Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Dian Parkinson; 4. Dennis the Menace; 5. The Muppet Christmas Carol; 6. The Bodyguard; 7.
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