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Movie review fSting IV pleasant comedy T V l a c k s f s o u l 9 "The Sting II". A Jennings Lang a delightful role as the Production from Universal Pictures. problematic racketeer, a Jackie Gleason ...... Gondorff performance that is quality Mac D avis...... Hooker By FR. PETER material. Oliver Reed possesses Karl M a ld en ...... Macalinski HORTON the knack of. a real villain, but is By JAMES BREIG Then there is the case of "The Scarlet and the Teri G arr...... Veronica not quite as crafty in the role of Black,” a three-hour, TV-moviestarringGregory Oliver R ee d ...... Lonnegan Lonnegan as was the late Robert It has been m y frequent contention in this Peck and Christopher Plummer. Based on a true Written by Davis S. Ward, music by Shaw. column that the only real taboo on television is the story, it told of an Irish monsignor (Peck) who Lalo Schifrln, directed by Jeremy Teri Garr is superb as Veronica, h u m a n soul. The one thing you will never see on worked at the Vatican during World Wa r II when Paul Kagan. Rated PG for offensive a girl wh o loves to out "con" the T V is a drama about the human soul and its R o m e was occupied by Nazi forces (commanded language and violent situations. cons especially when they are redemption. by Plummer). men. Her performance is witty, That opinion wavered a bit when PBS The priest, Msgr. Hugh O'Flaherty, aided By FR. PETER HORTON complex, but which is also easily warm, controlled and intelligent. broadcast “Brideshead Revisited," which did thousands of escaped Allied prisoners of war by perceptible in its light merry tone. She is the real star of the film, and exactly what I have been asking TV to do. So my hiding them, and finding ways for them to reach In 1973, Robert Shaw, Paul As Marvin Hamlisch did for the this should guarantee leading "never" has to be deleted, but perhaps I can save safe territory. To do so, he used disguises, guile, Newman and Robert Redford original with adapting the music roles in her future.. . this and the m y absolute by putting it this w ay: The three wit, a network of laity and Religious, and the conned their way to sweet box of Scott Joplin, Lalo Schifrin does fact that she is an Oscar nominee commercial networks will never broadcast a safety of the Vatican's neutrality. office success and multiple a good job of adapting the music of for "Tootsie". She is so good here d r a m a about the hu m a n soul. SS Col. Herbert Kappler (Plummer) soon found academy awards, under the hand 1940 into his lovely score. that she could walk aw a y with the T w o recent examples, wh e n the networks could out that the priest was behind the efforts and set of George Roy Hill. Yes, they There are some minor flaws as whole movie if she decided to do have done so but did not, reinforce m y opinion. out to capture the POWs. He even tried to m a d e it right up there to the top: the boxing sequence is slighty too so. Yet, she acts in a w a y that They are "The Scarlet and the Black" (seen on assassinate the priest to put an end to the mercy best picture of the year. The "con" vivid and violent to be the comic accents the rest of the talented C B S earlier this month) and "Grace Kelly" (seen work. It was typical of Kappler (remember: this was on and on target: it worked m o m e n t it was meant to be. There ensemble gathered here. on A B C this week). js a true story), w h o had been cited by Nazi beautifully as audiences are sequences which fall into pure In the latter instance, the religion of the title G e r m a n y for his atrocities elsewhere and would everywhere would readily slapstick, and are a bit too drawn. "The Sting II" is not the character was ignored. Recently, I interviewed later be sentenced to life in prison for killing confess. Yet, on the whole, “The Sting II" original, but it has no need to be. the co-executive producer of this two-hour movie. hundreds of Italian citizens. Well, the "con" is on again as is a fine comedy, a perfect Yes, Redford and N e w m a n are W e talked about m a n y things, such as the The film was exciting enough, I suppose, and the advertisements claim. This antidote for those late winter gone... yes, Sh a w is no longer with legitimacy of fictionalized biography and the would not have caught my attention were it not for time the setting is the early 1940's. blahs. us..., but the sting, the "con" will rights of celebrities to their ow n life stories. what happened after the film ended (with the The goal is revenge. The team is Jackie Gleason and Ma c Davis always be with us. "The Sting II" W e also talked about religion, but only briefly. I liberation of Rome). In real life, O'Flaherty Gondorff and Hooker, but not have a great chemistry between is an enjoyable peek at some funny did not report the producer’s comments in that became Kappler's only visitor in prison, keeping Redlord and Ne w m a n . This time them, a vital element of their individuals at their mischievous column, but I will do so here. monthly appointments faithfully. around, M a c Davis and Jackie believability and style. Karl best. So good are they.. .they have I asked something like this: “Grace Kelly ma d e A n d faithfully is the word because Kappler, the Gleason have the Redford and Malden returns to the big screen in conned us once again. no secret of her Catholicism. She was proud of her Nazi, the murderer, the villain of the piece, was N e w m a n roles respectively. This religion. In fact, the last film she appeared in was eventually converted and baptized by the very time, we know the "con" is on in a Movie ratings a religious movie for Father Patrick Peyton. Is m a n he had sought to kill. delightful new sequel, "The Sting M y God, what a story! That a priest saves religion mentioned in your special?" II” . The classifications for the Dragonslayer, A-III The producer, Michael Weisbarth, said, "No.” thousands of lives is one thing, but that he saves "The Sting II” follows the moral suitability of films are Heartland, A-II (Recom­ one h u m a n soul is quite another. What a dra m a This did not surprise me. * ‘We don’t deal with that original by about 10 years, but is determined by the United States mended) that would have been! What must the two have at all," he continued. close in providing the same Catholic Conference's Depart­ I Ought to be in Pictures, A- said to each other during those meetings? What " W e tried very hard to be detailed and correct leisurely entertainment as its ment of Communications. II on the wedding (which concludes the film), but leads a m a n from cold-blooded evil to embrace predecessor. No, the film is not as Movies at area theaters: Making Love, O that's the only religious contact in the film." the Go d he had ridiculed, the Go d whose followers good as the first "Sting" but it is a Best Friends, A-III Nighthawks, A-III In other words, religion is the trappings of a he had persecuted? worthwhile, fully entertaining O n the Right Track, A-III marriage ceremony. Get them right and you've movie. Caligula, O It is that story which should have been told. But The Chosen, A-II Quest for Fire, O done your job. Never mind the years of religious T V will not tell it, not so m u c h because it Basically, Gondorff and Hooker Raggedy Man, A-III formation Miss Kelly had received as a child, the reunite to gain revenge on The Dark Crystal, A-I deliberately avoids doing so but because it E.T., The Extra-Terrest­ The Seduction, A-III hours spent in prayer, the questions she must Lonnegan (Oliver Reed). Their Sharkey's Machine. A-III doesn't think to do so. Grace Kelly is Hollywood rial, A-I have asked her parents and teachers, the and Monaco to such people: she is not Catholic attempted con is only complicated Shoot the Moon, A-III relationship she felt with God. Don't ask by Macalinski (Karl Malden), a 48 Hrs., and religious. Kappler is Nazism, not a h u m a n Kiss M e Goodbye, A-III A Stranger is Watching. A- questions like "Did she ever waver in her faith soul crying for salvation. shifty racketeer, and Veronica III while a movie star?” or "What role did her (Teri Garr), an attractive little Gandhi, A-II T V understands the body only too well. It shows Thief, A-III religious background play in her decision to elect chameleon who changes names The Lords of Discipline, A- marriage and a ho m e over a film career?” hints of understanding psychology (thus all the and personalities faster than the III I asked Weisbarth ho w mu c h discussion went dramas on alcoholism) and sociology (all the scenes change. What follows is one Lovesick, A-III * A-I, General Patronage. on am o n g the producers and writer before it was ones on herpes) and the mind (the dramas on "con" after another, a humorous An Officer and a Gentle­ * A-II, Adults and Adoles­ decided that no mention would be m a d e of the multiple personalities). But it has no grasp of the series of comic twists and turns man, O cen ts main character's faith. You can guess the soul. that keep the audience guessing Sophie's Choice, A-III * A-III, Adults. answer: "Not much." A n d that is wh y TV bothers m e so much. and laughing all the wa y to the end Tootsie, A-III * A-IV, Adults with reserva­ titles. The Toy, A-III tions. An A-IV classification is Jeremy Paul Kagan, the The Verdict, A-II given to certain films while not T V review talented director of last year's Without a Trace, A-II morally offensive in themselves "The Chosen”, shows quite a Movies on Home Box Office: require caution and some capable hand at come d y here. Due Arthur, A-III analysis and explanation as a to a fast paced and understand­ Bustin' Loose, A-II protection to the uninformed fNew Federalism9 to air Chariots of Fire, A-I against wrong interpretations able screenplay by DavidS. Ward, By HENRY HERX government groups during the a real estate salesman who K a g a n has given us a pleasant (Recommended) and false conclusions. past year, a modified version of “ develops a life-threatening drug little comedy which is craftily Dirty Tricks, A-III * O, Morally offensive. N E W Y O R K (NC) — In his 1982 the proposal was again presented habit in a television movie co- State of the Union address in the president's 1983 State of the starring Karen Grassle. President Reagan proposed a Union address. 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