REVIEWS
Cheap Seats & Sticky Floors
By Barbara Gertzen
Capital Times Assistant News Editor
Michael Jordan To The Max
Compressing the career of an excep
tional athlete like Michael Jordan into a
50-minute film seems a feat almost as
incredible as the accomplishments of this
larger-than-life basketball superstar. In the
IMAX film, Michael Jordan To The Max,
NBA Entertainment and Imax Corporation
team-up to produce such a film.
Michael Jordan To The Max follows
Jordan from the challenges he faced in his
early years on the court, his efforts leading.
the University of North Carolina Tarheels
to the 1982 NCAA championship and his
phenomenal success in 13 seasons playing
for the Chicago Bulls.
During his years with the Bulls,
Jordan came to personify the team's dom
inance and power on the basketball court,
and he spearheaded the team's efforts in
capturing an unprecedented six NBA
championships.
While the film focuses on the Bulls
sixth championship season in 1998 after
which Jordan would retire from profes
sional basketball it also records other
significant aspects and events of Jordan's
life: trials he faced dealing with his
celebrity status, the murder of his father in
1993, and the ignoble reviews of his per
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formance playing minor league baseball
during his brief hiatus from basketball in
1994-5.
You don't have to be an avid sports
fan to appreciate this film or Jordan's
extraordinary contribution to basketball. I
hadn't been a basketball devotee since I
was in high school when I caught the
"Jordan bug" in the '9os; a span so long
that I was unaware of the inception of
three-point shots! But it was Jordan, and
his mastery and enjoyment of his sport,
who captivated my attention and kept me
and many others like me watching.
One of the most meaningful aspects
of Michael Jordan To The Max is the pos
itive message the movie conveys. If you
live with or know of a budding young ath
lete or any competitive young person
male or female Michael Jordan To The
Max is a "must-see" film for them.
The importance of perseverance,
patience, belief in oneself and possession
of an intense work ethic permeates this
film.
It is appropriate that a film profiling a
huge talent such as Michael Jordan should
be shown in an MAX theater. Only a 6-
story-high, 8-story-wide screen seems
adequate to display the formidable power
and awesome capabilities of one of bas
ketball's greatest players.
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peg* living in Meade Heights: the
flomesicg and iti6 Alcoholics.
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home to spe an exciting weekend play
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Dukes. The Alcoholics start drinking
directly after (ir before, in some cases)
their Thursduand Friday classes and
wake up somMt Sunday evening.
Well, listen up. There is an event on
three upcoming Friday nights that will
make everyone happy: Beginning in mid-
February, The American
Studies/HumanitiesClub will be featuring
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three movies in a seties \entitled "Mean
Streets and Cowboy :Mdrality: Urban
Heroes in the 19705." ~
On February 23, the 'club will show
Dog Day Afternoon. On March 6, the orig
inal Shaft will be shown, and oh April 6,
you can catch Dirty Harry. Both bog Day
Afternoon and Dirty Harry will be played
in 16mm format.
even more film reviews
• Showtim for each movie is 8:00 p.m.
Ala novies will be briefly introduced by a
special speaker. The event is free, which is
perfect for our limited budgets, and
refreshments will be available at nominal
prices.
Taxidriver, the first movie of the series,
was shown this past Friday to an enthusi
astic audience of about 15 people. With
the quality of films the club is showing,
there should be a lot more than 15 people
showing up.
Men, this is a message for you.
CHICKS LOVE INTELLECTUAL
GUYS . . . so take a Friday night off from
the gym and go pick up a smart girl You
all know bar-fly girls get old after awhile
anyway. So, Homesickers, stick around
°tie weekend, you might like it. And to the
Alcoholics, start drinking a few hours later
so you 'can catch a good flick. The three
movies remaining in the series star Al
Pacino as a homosexual bank robber,
Richard Roundtree as that bad mother
("shut your mouth") Shaft, and Clint
Eastwood as Dirty Harry. So "make my
day, punks" and check them out.
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