Pope and His Vatican

Page 12 — Pittsburgh Catholic. Friday. April 1, 1983 Entertainment Movie review TV review ’Pope and His Vatican’ 'Outsiders’ impressive By MICHAEL GALLAGHER NEW YORK (NC) — ABC News provides some interesting and unusual coverage of Pope John Paul II in "The Pope and His Vatican." an hour- long documentary to be broadcast Easter "The Outsiders," a Francis Ford Yet love and friendship know no There is such honesty and evening, April 3, from 7-8 p.m. Coppola Film such boundaries or barriers. integrity in the film. There are no Making use of unprecedented permission to Matt Dillon ________________ Dallas When two gangs, the affluent “ eome-ons" here. The characters take its cameras behind the scenes in the Vatican, C. Thomas H o w e ll Pony boy Soshes and the lower-class are totally real figures, so real ABC covers a single day in the life of the pope, that they are easily recognizable Patrick Swayze ___________ Darrel Greasers, intermingle the results from his 7 a.m. period of prayer in his private as people we know. The ensemble Ralph Macchio____________Johnny are much like taking a flame to a chapel until the closing of the gates of the Vatican Rob L o w e _____________ Soda Pop tank of gasoline. When Cherry, a cast, under the gentle hand of at night. Diane L a n e _______________ Cherry Sosh debutante, becomes involved Coppola's direction, gives a Emilio Estevez___________ Two-Bit with Greaser Ponyboy, who realistically solid performance. Reported by correspondent Bill Blakemore, the Leif Qarrett__________________ Bob simply wants to belong, the This is stunning work. documentary provides some fascinating Tom Cruise_________________Steve building eruption explodes. The excellent screenplay by glimpses of papal routine, though Blakemore's Based on the novel by S. E. S.E. Hinton's classic novel. Kathleen Knutsen Rowell moves narration is much too busy. Thus when the Hinton, produced by Fred Roos and The Outsiders." trimmed to a quickly if a bit shakily. At times, camera zooms on the pope praying at his prie- Qray Frederickson, directed by basic outline, is a fine film the connections are not readily dieu before Mass and shows him pressing his Francis Ford Coppola, released by production, an honest look at the drawn from the action unless you knuckles to his eyes, Blakemore duly reports that Warner Brothers, rated PQ for troubled emotions of youth, young have prior knowledge from the this indeed is what the pontiff is doing, and he language and violent sequences. people seeking heroes and a sense novel. Still the script is a gem, speculates that he is doing it to shut out all that’s of belonging Bound by the gang with the right poignancy and force By FR. PE TE R HORTON around him, something that we could probably loyalty, each one is a remarkable, when needed. The scenes of guess if left to our own resources. Growing up in Tulsa in the '60s struggling individual striving to violent activity are subtle and well could be tough for a teenager. leave a mark on the world. produced without the over-hyped Then, too, we see a dozen or so papal noblemen Seeking approval and peer So young yet so desperate in blood and gore. in swallow-tail coats accompanying a new support Usually ended in an their attempts to be mature, they This is a solid work from ambassador on the way to present his credentials affiliation with a gang, butone had live in a complex web of feelings. beginning to end, an end that to the pope, and Blakemore solemnly notes that to be carelul to slick with his own The novel by Hinton is a popular arrives much too quickly. From their function is "largely ceremonial," leading kind. No crossing the tracks or literary classic, and the film by the opening sequence to the one to wonder what a dozen men in swallow-tail social strata was allowed. You Francis Ford Coppola ("The entrapment of Ponyboy and coats might possibly do that wouldn't have been stayed where you belonged and Godfather" sagas) is destined to Johnny by the Soshes, from the largely ceremonial. that was that. be the same. pivotal death to the denouement, this is a moving look at the pains of Oddly enough, only the first half is taken up growing up. with the pope's day, the second part being an In the tradition of excellence unexceptional, necessarily sketchy documentary Movie ratings that Copppola established in such that attempts to give a general assessment of the films as "The Godfather," "The pontiff and his reign thus far. Movies at area theaters: Conan the Barbarian, 0 An inside look at Pope John Paul 11 and the Conversation" and "The Black Evil Under the Sun, A-II Some of the conclusions in this latter half, workings of the Vatican will be presented in an Caligula. O Stallion," he has produced a Exicalibur, 0 especially anonymous ones attributed to ABC News special, “ The Pope and the Vatican,” The Cat People, 0 remarkable motion picture in The Dark Crystal. A-I The Four Seasons, A-III “ veteran Vatican watchers" and the like, are to be aired on Easter Sunday , April 3, at 7 p.m. on today's market. Appealing not either pedestrian ("the problems of abortion and WTAE-TV, Channel 4. 48 Hrs., 0 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, only to youth with sensibility and Frances, A-IV A-III birth control just won't go away") or open to good taste (instead of the usual question. Gandhi, A-II La Cage aux Folles II, A-IV cheap violence and immature incredible demands made upon the time and High Road to China, A-II A Little Sex. O sexuality), he has constructed a One "veteran Vatican watcher," for example, energies of the vicar of Christ, not only by the The Lords ol Discipline, A-I 11 The Looney, Looney, Looney fine project that will appeal to is quoted as saying that this is the first pope he's burden of paperwork and ceremonial duties, but Lovesick, A-II I Bugs Bunny Movie, A-I adults as well. seen "who didn't seem to be made of plastic." also by the unending stream of people and My Favorite Year, A-I 11 Rich and Famous. 0 "The Outsiders" is an excellent An Officer and a Gentleman, Soup lor One, O John X X III and Paul VI made of plastic? organizations with whom he must make personal motion picture, based on a However different they were, the humanity of the O Star Trek II: The Wrath of and ellective contact in the course of each day. powerful novel, both of which are man in the papal robes was quite evident in both Sophie’s Choice, A-II I Khan, A-II recommended for adolescents and The Sting II, A-III Wolfen, A-III cases. adults. "The Outsiders" is one of TV PROGRAMS OF NOTE Table for Five. A-III Then, too, the casual viewer might get the the finest films on youth ever Sunday, April 3, 2 p.m. (PBS) “ Henry VI — Tootsie, A-III impression that Vatican II was some sort of made, and it deserves high praise Part One-B.” Joan of Arc is condemned to the Trenchcoat, A-II catastrophe from which the church is still • A-I, General patronage. and great success. “ The stake while the dauphin makes peace with the The Verdict, A-II striving to recover — since the pope is described • A-II, Adults and adoles Outsiders," like last year's new English king in the second installment (the Victor/Victoria, A-IV cents. as having been elected in the wake of "the chaos excellent "Tex," is tough, last half of the play "Henry VI — Part One") of Without a Trace, A-II of Vatican II." • A-III. Adults. powerful, poignant and warm: it Shakespeare's history cycle about the struggle A Year ol Living Dangerous • A-IV, Adults with reserva is a good effort from a superb cast ly, A-III For all its failings, however, "The Pope and His between rival claimants for the crown of tions. An A-IV classification is and crew. England. Movies on Home Box Office: given to certain films while not Vatican" is well worth seeing. Its treatment of A John Paul II is extremely favorable, despite the Saturday, April 16. 11 p.m., (PBS) “ TheKlan: Absence of Malice, A-II morally offensive in themselves A Legacy of Hate in America.” Narrated by Playwright estate inclusion of some critical references. An American Werewolf in require caution and some James Whitmore, this documentary presents a London.O analysis and explanation as Its greatest virtue is its skillful use of the history of the Ku Klux Klan from 1865 to the Beyond the Reef, A-Ifl protection to the uninformed worth $10 million immediacy that is television's forte and its ability present, using still photographs, newsreel Carbon Copy. A-III against wrong interpretation to convey something that most of us have known footage and films taken at Klan meetings and Cheech and Chong's Nice and false conclusions. SEWANEE, Tenn (NC) — but never perhaps realized fully enough: the activities. Dreams, 0 • O, Morally offensive. Pulitzer Prize-winning play wright Tennessee Williams, Who Local TV, radio died Feb. 25 in New York City, TELEVISION PROGRAMS willed the bulk of his estate, estimated to be worth $10 million, DUOUESNE UNIVERSITY TAMBURITZANS Directions 6:30 a.m. Sunday Channel 4 to Sewanee’s University of the INSTITUTE OF FOLK ARTS 6 a.m.Sunday WALTER W.

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