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Steamy 'Bolero' features Bp Derek
By YARDENA ARAR
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When is
an X-rated film not an X-rated
film? When it’s not rated at all, as is
the case with “Bolero,” an erotic
adventure from Bo and John Derek
that opens Friday in 1,022 U.S. and
Canadian theaters.
movie preview
“Bolero,” described in radio ads
as showing more of Ms. Derek than
AP Laserpholo
The vivacious Bo Derek is exposing a little more than just her acting in her latest film, “Bolero.”
Playboy magazine did, will not
have a rating from the Motion Pic
ture Association of America Classi
fication & Ratings Board.
Cannon Films, which produced
“Bolero,” decided not to seek the
rating because of unofficial word
that the film would earn an X a
classification that makes it difficult
to book a film into first-run theaters
and to promote it through ordinary
channels.
Cannon is not an MPAA signatory
and therefore has no obligation to
seek a rating.
“There are exhibitors and there
are radio and television stations
that have a firm policy against
advertising X-rated films,” said
Micky Hyman, Cannon’s chief oper
ating officer. “We wanted to ensure
the public has an opportunity to see
the movie, enjoy it and make their
own decisions on it.”
“The film is a love story, and
there’s lovemaking in the film,” he
added. “But we don’t think it’s a
dirty movie or a pornographic mov
ie.”
Cannon, which is also distributing
“Bolero!’ through its newly formed
Cannon Releasing Corp., already
has begun a massive print and
broadcast advertising campaign
for the $7 million, 110-minute film.
“Bolero” was written and di-
rected by Derek, and produced by
Ms. Derek, who stars as an adven
ture-seeking 1920 s heiress.
The film originally was to have
been distributed by MGM-UA,
which had a distribution deal with
Cannon until a few months ago. But
even before that arrangement
ended, MGM-UA had said it would
not release the film because of the
expected X-rating.
Newspaper ads billing the film as
“An Adventure in Ecstasy” show
Ms. Derek in a Lady Godiva-esque
pose on a horse, tresses tumbling
over her chest, superimposed
alongside a dreamy close-up of her
face.
Where the rating might ordinari
ly appear, the ads bear the small
boxed warning that “Due to the
adult nature of this motion picture,
no one under 17 will be admitted”
the same restriction that applies to
films rated X by the MPAA.
“We didn’t want to mislead the
public,” Hyman said. “There is
erotic love-making in the film.
We’re not trying to hide that.”
Among the publications that have
run the ads are the Los Angeles
Times and the New "York Times.
New York Times spokesman
Leonard Harris said the newspaper
places severe size and content re
strictions on advertising for most
X-rated films. When a film is un
rated, the newpaper’s Advertising
Acceptability Department reviews
the ad to make sure it contains
nothing objectionable.
However, Harris said large-for
mat ads for an unrated film will be
dropped if the newspaper’s film
critics determine the film to be
purely pornographic.
“If we discover we have made a
mistake in judgment we will apol
ogize to our readers and drop the
ad," he said.
Hyman acknowledged that the
publicity surrounding the film
hasn’t hurt its commercial pros
pects, but also predicted at least
partial critical success.
“I’m predicting that at least one
critic in the U.S. will say this is the
movie of the year,” he said, adding'
quickly: “I’m not saying which
one.”
“Bolero” has not yet been re
viewed because Cannon decided not
to hold press screenings.
“We decided there’s been so
much written and said about the
film that everyone should get to see
it at once,” Hyman said.
Billboard lists chart-toppers
By The Associated Press
The following are Billboard’s
hot record hits for the week ending
September 8 as they appear in
next week’s issue of Billboard
magazine. Copyright 1984, Bill
board Publications, Inc. Re
printed with permission.
HOT SINGLES:
I.“ What’s Love Got to Do With
It” Tina Turner (Capitol)-Gold
(More than one million singles
sold.)
2.“ Missing You” John Waite
(EMI-America)
3.“ She Bop” Cyndi Lauper (Por-
4. Ray Parker
Jr. (Arista)--Gold
5. “Stuck on You” Lionel Richie
(Motown)
6.“ Lets Go Crazy” Prince & The
Revolution (Warner Bros.)
7. This Is It” Huey Lewis &
The News (Chrysalis)
8. “The Warrior” Scandal fea
turing Patty Smyth (Columbia)
9. “Sunglasses at Night” Corey
Hart (EMI-America)
10. The Cars (Elektra)
11. “When Doves Cry” Prince
(Warner Bros.)--Platinum (More
than two million singles sold.)
12. Out” Peter Wolf
(EMI-America)
13. “The Glamorous Life” Sheila
E. (Warner Bros.)
14. “If Ever You’re In My Arms
Again” Peabo Bryson (Elektra)
15. Me Tonite” Billy
Squier (Capitol)
16. and Round” Ratt
(Atlantic)
17. “Cover Me’’ Bruce
Springsteen (Columbia)
18.“ Cruel Summer” Bananara
ma (London)
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Tina Turner doesn’t need any backing from Mick Jagger these days her
latest single is number one on the charts.
The Daily Collegian
Friday, Aug. 31, 1984
19. “All of You” Julio Iglesias &
Diana Ross (Columbia)
20.“ Dynamite” Jermaine Jack
son (Arista)
TOP LP’S:
1. “Purple Rain” Prince & The
Revolution (Warner Bros.)
2. “Born in the U.S.A.” Bruce
Springsteen (Columbia)--Plati
num (More than one million units
sold.)
3.“ Sports” Huey Lewis & The
News (Chrysalis)--Platinum
4. Dancer” Tina Turn
er (Capitol)-Platinum
5. “Heartbeat City” The Cars
(Elektra)--Platinum
6. Slow Down” Lionel
Richie (Motown)-Platinum
7. “Out of the Cellar” Ratt (At
lantic)-Platinum
8. Jacksons (Epic)
9. Soundtrack”
(Arista)-Platinum
10. “1100 Bel Air Place” Julio
Iglesias (Columbia)
11. of Life” Billy Squier
(Capitol)
12. Out” The Pointer Sis
ters (Planet)-Gold (More than
500,000 units sold.)
13. “She’s So Unusual” Cyndi
Lauper (Portrait)-Platinum
14. “No Brakes” John Waite
(EMI-America)
15.“1984” Van Halen (Warner
Bros.)-Platinum
16. “Stay Hungry” Twisted Sis
ter (Atlantic)
17. Yell” Billy Idol
(Chrysalis)-Platinum
18. “Midnight Madness” Night
Ranger (Camel-MCA)-Platinum
19.“ Madonna” Madonna (Sire)-
Platinum
20.“ Breaking .Hearts” Elton
John (Geffen)
The Last Laugh' combines art and humor
By ELIZABETH FRANK
Collegian Arts Writer
“The Last Laugh,” a travelling art
exhibit celebrating American humor
is currently being shown in Zoller
! Gallery from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. week
' days and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on
, weekends through Sept. 9.
; The show, which features artists
! from Ohio and is representative of all
the art forms in the original show, is
brought here by the Statewide Arts
Services Program of the Ohio Foun
dation on the Arts, according to the
exhibition catalog.
Artists from other states are also
represented including work by Chi-
cago artists Jim Nutt and Karl Wir-
sum from the Phyllis Kind Gallery
; who banded together to form “The
Hairy Who.”
Berry Matthews, assistant profes
sor of ceramics, said the Penn State
1 Institute for the Arts and Humanistic
; Studies and the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts gave the School of Visual
Arts the financial support to bring the
program “Should I Laugh?” here.
In conjunction with the exhibit
there is a guest lecture series that is
part of the program.
Duane Michals, a well-known pho
tographer from New York will give
the first lecture at 8 p.m. Sept. 27 in
! 112 Kern. On Sept. 28 Michals will
meet informally with students in the
photography department.
Clayton Bailey, a ceramics teacher
and sculptor from California whose
latest works are robots made out of
discarded objects, will speak on Oct.
11 in 112 Kern at 8 p.m. He will meet
with students in the ceramics depart
; ment for an informal discussion Oct.
12.
Lanny Sommese, who designed all
r the Arts Festival posters and is a
: graphic designer and University pro
fessor, will present a lecture in 112
Kern Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.
Anyone interested in the informal
discussions is welcome to attend.
More information about them can be
obtained from the photography de
partment and the ceramics depart
-1 ment at the School of Visual Arts at
865-0444. i
Matthews said she wanted to bring
guest artists to lecture at the Univer-
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‘Humor is serious, artists use it to point out
issues that we can’t really talk about.’
—Berry Matthews, assistant professor of ceramics
sity. “I wanted a topic that would be good subject,” she said,
accessible to everybody, not just peo- In the process of doing research
pie in art, and I thought humor was a about humor she learned from a
In the beginning.. .Well, this Isn’t the usual way to tell the story. But it is awfully life. The paintings on display are part of a collection featuring Ohio artists. If
catchy. This is one of the enjoyable works that are on exhibit in Zoller Gallery, you need a good laugh after a hard day of classes, stop by the Zoller Gallery and
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