“Educating Rita” makes grade on actors’ talents A movie review by Don Strausburger When you put together the talents of Michael Caine and Julie Harris and give them a script worthy of their talents, what would you expect? In the case of Educating Rita, the spectators get nothing less than should be expected. The film stars Michael Caine as Paul, the alcoholic professor, who is tutoring a young uneducated English woman, played by Julie Harris. The woman wants desperately to find herself through her education while gain ing vast knowledge in the subject of literature. The professor, although unwilling, tutors the woman through the early segments of her education, wat ching her go from having no understanding of how to write a paper without just showing her emotions, to the point where she can write an essay which will not be jeered at by any other pro fessor. When she gets to the point that this can be done, she leaves the tutor to start school. She ad- data systems lenth Data Systems has established a university account marketing program all PSU campuses. Now you can obtain the best computing equipment available at a phenominally low price! Zenith Data Systems Model ZT-1 Personal Information Terminal AND... OUR COMPUTER 50% off ret r i. pheral urpii e o n ai i fi :■!< --K :t- >!■; -K jK I Q \:s kit r D irr, rn i j"*|pp SUPF'L. IE! & PERIPHERAI. UPON PROOF ! YOUR COMPUTER STORE 2? S. 10th St. Harr i. -.sburg , PA 17-233 ####*## STORE has all the suoplies and accessories you ’11 ever ail on all Zenith software, 25% off retail on all Zenith I. s, Z 125 printers, and ex pan si on upgrades) and 1.5% off other peripherals (paper, disks, printers, modems, etc. ~r itu rial , ACCESSORIES EQUIPMENT PSU E 1... I SIBI|. 17101 -5060 vances quickly through her educa tion, and her knowledge of literature grows equally fast. In the meantime, the professor is unsuccessfully trying to fight off alcoholism, giving the film an interesting subtone. We begin to wonder if once intelligence is ac quired, there is nothing left to gain. The student, whose life is sim ple, goes though life without any problems other than her studies, while on the other hand, the pro fessor drinks to the point that he is uncontrollable several times during the film. In watching this film, I was continually impressed with the technical aspects of filmmaking it presented. The most impressive of these aspects is the settings used. The professor’s office is ideal for the character’s personality, including a deep-shelved bookcase which allows him to hide bottles of alcohol behind books. The student’s home is the ideal display of simplicity but also shows how home can quickly turn from a place to hide to a place from which to hide. As she 100 FEATURES: J.2SK RAM 3 Z< 16 bit microprocessors 320 K 5-1/4" disk drives 3" disk drive cap ability Expandable to 763 K RAM Z--DQS (MS-DOS) S-; CP/M operating systems Graphics Hi-res monitor (color and/or Amb e r mon it. or s av a i lable al <3o. Pro f essi onal wor d pr ocessi ng, spreadsheet, Pascal j Far tr an, Basic, database, and an: oun ti n g so f t ware. AND DON’T MISS OUR PSU OPEN HOUSE COMING SOON* STOP IN OR CALL FOR AN EARLY PREVIEW. ITY* Just think of us as... YOUR COMPUTER STORE! 29 S. 10th St. • NEWS FLASH * Har risbur q, PA 1 7 10 i 717--233-5640 becomes more intelligent, her sim ple hometown becomes too simple for her new life-style and she finds that she must get away. Dialogue is also one of the strong features of this film. The student in the beginning is typically educated in her dialogue but advances to being quite well-spoken. The professor does the exact opposite, being very well-spoken except when he is drunk,at which time his speech becomes very General Repair Service on Domestic and Popular Foreign Cars Vastine’s Auto Service 231 Oak Hill Drive (Off Vine St.) Middletown, PA Hours: 8-6 Mon.-Fri. 9-12 Saturday Don Vastine 944-7154 green phosphor) hard to understand and his dic tion regresses to the point that h< sounds worse than the student sounded at the beginning of the film. Educating Rita is one of the best films of the fall season. It if witty and cleverly contrived in it! development and deserves much praise in its plot development. If you’re in the mood to see a good movie, look into the film Educating Rita. low Profile Sib Gemini 10 «* Dot Matrix Printer $379 • 9x9 Dot Matrix Printer • High speed—up to 100 C.RS, • 10 inch cartridge • Prints upper and lower case characters- -true descenders • Bi-Directional printing • Graphics capable • 180 day parts & labor warranty • Also available as G-15 with a IS inch carriage pric ed at only V>49 • Inlet tar f with most popular computers and software packages
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