B—The Daily Collegian Monday, August 11 Commoner to be put on November ballot By LYNDA ROBINSON Daily Collegian Staff Writer A delegation including the Consumer Party candidate for the 23rd Congressional District seat recently submitted petitions in Harrisburg to place Barry Commoner’s name on the state ballot as a presidential candidate in November. Doug Mason, local Consumer Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, and other party of ficials presented over 76,000 signatures to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Elections, according to a party statement. Mason was accompanied to Harrisburg by Jeff Goldsmith, co chairman of the Consumer Party in Centre County. There they met with a group of the party’s state officials who pledged to support Mason’s campaign, Mason said. “We received a re-affirmation, in very concrete terms, that the party will support my candidacy 100 percent,’’ he said. State Campaign Chairwoman Susan Markus stressed the importance of Mason’s campaign to the party officials at the state level. “The 23rd Congressional District in which Doug is running is one of the largest in the state. A strong campaign by Doug would greatly increase our chances for state-wide ballot access,” she said. However, despite interest in Mason’s campaign there has been no promise of direct financial aid, Mason said. Commoner’s presidential campaign is not expected to have much beneficial effect on Mason’s bid for congress, Mason said. “Except for State College, I don’t think Commoner is going to help me as much as I’m going to help him,” he said. Mason predicted Commoner would receive 5 percent of the state vote. “It seems pretty evident based on the effort we are putting out in the state, and plan to put out in the future, that Com moner will get 5 percent in Penn sylvania,” he said. 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Yet, there is the incomparable Peter Sellers; the film offers nothing, more than that, and perhaps, that’s enough. “Fu Manchu” ’s plot, if. you have already managed to guess by the title, is centered around the evil doings of Dr. Fu Manchu. The film opens with Fu Man chu’s 168 brithday party, and one of the movie’s few moments of humor: Fu Manchu’s henchmen singing a chorus of “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Fu, happy birthday to you.” The film’s level of comedy continually progresses downhill from this already low start. During the birthday party, one of the henchmen spills the last bottle of Fu Manchu’s life-giving elixer. As the story struggles forward, we follow Fu Manchu and his gang, as they attempt to assemble all the ingredients of the Doctor’s secret formula of longevity. The film’s script is totally lacking in terms of cleverness, and devoid of originality. The vast majority of'the jokes fail terribly and the only saving grate is Sellers. He is capable of turning the poorest of lines into laughs. The film’s directing is rather second rate as well. The actors do nothing more than take up space on the screen; instead of moving with any thoughtful direction. Once again, it is Sellers who manages to rise above the mediocrity, and give a meaningful performance. Sellers gives ai good performance, although it is nowhere near his best. In “Fu Manchu,” as in many of his films, Sellers plays more than one role. Here, he plays both the evil Fu Manchu and Fu’s foe, retired Scottland Yard detective Nayland Smith. Smith, who is the better of the two roles, is a half senile, very odd man, with a strange fixation with his lawnmower. Although neither of the roles has much potenial, Sellers makes them work as well as any actor possibly could. There is only one good reason to see “The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu,” and that is, of course, to see Peter Sellers in his final role. It is tragic that such a brillant career must end with such a poor film. But fortunately, Sellers will be remembered, and remembered well, for his roles in such great films as. “Dr. Strangelove,” “Being There,” and as the unforgettable Inspector Clouseau. And Peter Sellers will undoubtably be remembered along side Keaton, Chaplin, and W.C. Fields, as one of the truly great comic performers in the history of the cinema. By STUART AUSTIN Daily Collegian Staff Writer “The Blues Brothers Movie” is a movie which asks a question. The question is not “can a blue man sing the whites?” but rather “can a mission from God justify the destruction of hundreds of cars, two comics’ credibility and the audien ces’ sensibilities?” The first question is one which the movie considers, and answers with the the unsatisfying conclusion, “sometimes.” John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, repeat their first album’s message, now on the silver screen. The message is that two white boys can dig the blues and even sing the blues. But for some reason, they just don’t have that bluesy feeling. In the movie, however, we are treated to some (unfortunately brief) real lean, clean and bluesy footage from famous blues performers, white and black. James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Blues Brothers Band which appeared on Saturday Night Live all give honest, fiery performances. By comparison, our two white boys in dark suits come off as just that: a humorous gag from two TV show comics. As a good audience, we are willing to suspend our disbelief about this. After all, we came to see the Blues Brothers knowing exactly who they are. No problem here; plenty of light hearted humor and a dose of some decent vibes. The brothers’ “mission from God” is to save a ghetto dwelling orphanage and its mystical, masochistic nun and soulful caretaker from extinction due to tax debts. The plan is to use the blues to raise the dues. Complicating things are Jake’s forsaken lover, hell-bent on destruction; the Illinois state police, 11:30® ABC CAPTIONED NEWS ffl)©® CAMPAIGN '80: DEMOCRATIC NA (B THE TONIGHT SHOW ‘Boat Ol Carson’ TlONALCONVENTlONTheexactatartingtime Guests: Liberaca, David Lettorm an, Linda Ho- and length olconvention coverage is subject to ■on in uupatmpp Wfini n kins. (Rapaat; 00 mins.) (Due to convention change. .00 yy WEATHER WORLD coverage,theatartlngtlmeolTheTonlghtShow 0 NEWS nfws jasublect to change.) 7:68 ffl NEWSBRIEF who QD ® ® NEWS 8:00 ® NOVA ’The Williamsburg File’ Williamsburg m nnnrniioi p OMOVIE-(SUSPENSE) wa s a small, rundown Virginia town until the e .on PS BCMAuinoai npvoi iitiom Noon” 1950 Barry Jones,OliveSloan.Aaclen- 1920’s,whenthecltywasreconstructedintho CS imup tipv tlst threatens to explode an atomic bomb in lmageofltshistoriclBth-centurypredecesBor. fin Mnnupwc London II his demands are not met. (2 hrs.) Chief archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume shows how (T) appmeuic 9 PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H the restoration was effected. (Closed Cap tip tap nni irsw 12:00® BARNEY MILLER tloned)(oOmlns.) fiffiffllWcßSNHWS ©ODD COUPLE 0 PM MAGAZINE fB nwSna CBS LATE MOVIE'ODE TO DYING ® 108ODEMOCRATICNATIONALCONVEN 7-nn PS uapneii i pupcDnpprißT LOVE ’ 1972 S,ars: Jamo ® Walnwright, Chris- TlONTheexactstartingtlmeandlengthofcon- CB si iim thp psljii v • tine Belford. A missing-persons Investigator ventlon coverage is subject to change, fin (in n aii v hiURPn look® for a highway patrol officer who disap- ® THE 'BO VOTE: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 0 FACE THE MUSIC peared while trying to infiltrate an auto theft CONVENTION The exact starting time and fffit tip tap noiißM ring. length of convention coverage is subject to ni UADDvnAvn apaim 12:30 0 COMEDYSHOP change. 20-20 may be broadcast as part of the SS paupawn A PENNSYLVANIA 1:00 ® TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. 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ABCpolitlcalcorrespondentsSanderVanocur, Sam Donaldson and Lynn Sherrwlll report from the floor of the convention. (The exact starting time and length of convention coverage is suj bect to change.) 8 HOLLYWOOD ‘End of an Era’ MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) *• “Poseidon Ad venture" 1972 Gene Hackman, Ernest Borg nlne. On New Year's Eve, a luxury cruise ship is capsized by a tidal wave, leaving a small band of survivors to make their way to the top of the ship and hopefully escape. (2 hrs.) 8:30 © THE MADWOMAN OF CENTRAL PARK WEST Phyllis Newman stars in a one woman show about a wife, mother and career woman who frantically attemptsto keep her life running smoothly. (90 mins.) 9:00 CD WILLIAM FAULKNER: A LIFE ON PAPER Raymondßurrnarratesthisdocumentary which examines the life, work and inspiration of the Nobel Prize-winning author. (2 hrs.) ©MOVIE-(COMEDY) ••** “Some Like It Hot” 1959 Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Two musicians fleeing from gangsters, pose as membersofanall-glrlband.headlngforMiamiin 1929. (2 hrs., 30 mins.) 10:00© NEWS 10:30 Q INDEPENDENT NEWS 11:00 GO MACNEIL-LEHRER REPORT ©MOVIE-WESTERN)*** "FistfulolDol- lars” 1966 Clint Eastwood, Klaus Kinski. A 7:30 cynicalatrangerinawestorntownismanlpulat ingandmanipulatedbytworlvalfainilles.(2hrs., 6 mins.) NEWS ing to get the blues Belushi and Ackroyd again 6:00 g 6:30 6:58® 7:00® hell-bent on suspension of Elwood’s driver’s licence; and a handful of good old boys and Nazis hell-bent on vengeance and apprehension of the brothers. What starts' as exciting close-call escapes eventually end up as an insultingly absurd chase scene, combining “Bullit,” Keystone Kops and “Casino Royale” schticks and reducing them to wanton destruction of cars, cops and the remaining fragments of the audiences’ credulity. Of course, the senselessness of the destruction matches the sen selessness of the whole film. The plot is as fascinating as the dry white toast which Elwood survives on throughout the film. So why see it? Da blues, of course. Since Belushi and Ackroyd know humor, and not documentary techniques, the film is their way of cinematically showcasing the music they tried to “preserve from ex tinction” with “Briefcase Full of CENTRE SPORTS 120 E. College Ave. 9:30-5 237-5981 TENNIS SPECIAL ALL RACKETS 15 - 40% OFF Converse Classic Tennis Shoe $25.00 PLUS: Ladies' Speedos $10.99 Men's Speedos $8.99 2:06 §9 RAT PATROL 10:30 NINE ON NEW JERSEY 2:36 O GONG SHOW ID IDEPENDENT NEWS 2:45 3® NEWS 11:00® MACNEIL-LEHRER REPORT 3:00 O MOVIE -{COMEDY) •* “Carry on Nurao” 69 MOVIE -(WESTERN-DRAMA) •••“Fora 1960 Kenneth Connor, Wilfred Hyde-White. FowDollarsMore”l967 CllntEastwood.Lee What happens when a man's ward in an English Van Cleef. A band of cutthroats terrorizing the hospital goes to war with the nurses and hospi- Southwest has a sadiatlc leader who is being tat staff. (2 hrs.) pursued by two bounty hunters. (2 hrs., 46 3:06 ff BEST OF MIDDAY mins.) 3:15 US) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY GB W NEWS 4:00 CD BIOGRAPHY Q AFTER BENNY 4:30 BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW 11:30® ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 5:00 O NEWS ® THE TONIGHT SHOW 'Best Ot Carson’ (P LIFE OF RILEY Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Fowler, Charles 5:25 Q MOVIE-(COMEDY) •• “The Ship thatDlsd Nelson Reilly. (Repeat; 90 mins.) (Due to con- Of Shame” 1956 Richard Attenborough, ventioncoverage.theatartingtlmeofTheTon- Virginia McKenna. Ex-Army cohorts use a rusty joht Show is subject to change.) old ship to get rich quick, via smuggling. (86 ® $5(2) NEWS Blns.)8 Ins.) 69 MOVIE -(SUSPENSE-MYSTERY) ••Vx * NEWS "Night Must Fall” 1964 Albert Finney, Sheila Hancock. Remake ol Emlyn William's suspen seful play of a girl slowly learning the identity of amyaterlousbrutalkillerterrorizingthecountry side. (2 hra.) 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I HAPPY DAYS AGAIN ffl TWILIGHT ZONE 9 MATCH GAME I=oo QD TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Guest: J NEWLYWED GAME Rodney Dangerfield. (60 mins.) 0 P.M. MAGAZINE 1:30 Q LIFE OF RILEY D DICK CAVETT SHOW W NEWS D DANCE FEVER 1:49 Q HOGAN'S HEROES D TIC TAC DOUGH 2:00 §9 JOE FRANKLIN SHOW 9 BASEBALL New York Mets vs Pittsburgh ® NEWS Urates IBMOVIE-(HORROR)“Konga”I96I Michael Gough, Margo Johns. ) Tuesday Evening Watch out for bikes! The Daily Collegian Monday, August 11, 1980—! Blues.” So it doesn’t matter about the inconsistency with accepted con ventions of good film-making, the wasting of a couple fleets of police cars, or the risk of making film cogniscenti and intelligensia rush for the nearest copy of TV Guide for some stimulation. As mostly mindless entertainment, the film will either amuse or offend, depending on your tastes. If you enjoy funky song-and-dance routines delivered by a sea of lithe young bodies and two mechanical, middle aged white boys; if you enjoy seeing the police portrayed as mindless, violent animals easily outwitted by two middle-aged white boys; and if you enjoy seeing talented blues performers downstaged by two middle-aged white boys; you will hail “The Blues Brothers Movie.” If not, your best bet is to stay home and listen to Sam and Dave’s Greatest Hits with a bottle of Thunderbird. ■1
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