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the examiner Saturday Feb 10 1979 Dan Hill wistful romanflclsm sensitive yearn lngs FAIOUS PLAVIIS mam fortho but in MOVIE entertainment jun toikiens RilliA TIIEATRES Eras MAM Idahi0 ox 4x thebna sigma SAUL ZAENTZ PRODUCTION RALPH BAKSHI FILM Iolklens THE LORI OF THE RINGS Music by LEONARD ROSIiNMAN Screenplay by CHRIS CONKLING and PETER BEAGLE Based on the nirvth of TOLKIEN Produtrd DV SAUL ZAENTZ Dincred by RALPH BAKSHI They couldnt have celebrated happie anniversaries if they were married to each other AM Eltonhaunt Ellen Alan Burstyn Aida if Mxt car imvetsal IIt too Inc him till Vl¢nhg Long Inay be ot tertn to In pupil spell of awe and wonder of magical innocence overcoming evil of simple courage conquering fear JRR Tolkien triumphed with the perception that single dream is more KaineTime Dan Hill the kid next door offers the audience his soul By SIEIHE GAUER If The Examiner When the Dan Hill concert at Georgian oilege Theatre end ed Thursday night the aur dience promptly stood up and gave the Toronto singer songwriter standing ovation Ilill came back onstage and an iioiiiiced that he would sing two encores lie sang them Then the audience gave him another standingovation lian Hill is very polite very wellmannered performer And he attracts the kind of an dienee mostly young people with scattering of older couples and middieiaged women thats very polite and well mannered too Hills music is very personal he writes songs about love affairs his family lite on the road and the problems of grow mg up but he doesnt try to dazzle an an thence instead he comes across as relaxed and likable ixrfornier who has an appealineg ironic sense of humor and gift for making an audience feel com forlahle and an intimate part of liis music ilills songs rarely challenge an audience his fans want to be reassured and bask in the coy warmth of his emotions hiil tiiey do draw you into his world of wistful romanticism and sensitne tilllilliflx iIII IHIIINIIII iiiiring the two hour concert iIlli lift line acctimpaiiiiiieiil by pianist John Sheard covered good cross section of material lie sang most of the songs from iroen In The Night his latest alhiiiii as well as newer songs lllltll in tiie past six months and few older songs like Mctarthy ilays and Sometimes When We Touch lliil is the kind of songwriter hose work seems strangely consistent all the songs are written in the same style and explore similar moods and emotions The ex ception lhursday night was very early song that Iliil never recorded satiric jab at record coirpanies that displayed sense of humor missing from most of llills later work ilill doesnt pitt much humor into his songs tic saves the jokes and witty comments for the stories he tells between numbers Sometimes those stories have the awkward ap peal of art inexperienced come dians monologue iiut sometimes llill tells story as though hes reciting lines hes already said too often the result is as stilted and mechanical as memorized speech nd often liill tries to torte the poiiil that hes Just the kid nct door who grew tip in the suburbs lion Mills to he precisei and dreamt of career as singer little more sen sitive and aware than the rest of its perhaps but still able to avoid the phony sophistication and money grabbing attitudes of show business and when he tries to push that image ot iioiiesty loo tar ilill breaks the illusion that his music tries so hard to sustain tttVllt IHIIIHS tiltillllt llill peitorin you get the impression hes ttlll hie ol eotiltathelioiis still to be sorted out hei1 he sits on his small chair hunched over guitar hes relaxed and com fortahle ltul when he stands lit front of iiiiciophone he becomes eiiibaiiissiiigi awkward twisting his arms to the arms like cautious Joe ockei and jamming his hands into the pockets of his iiaiis lheres iiograce lo theway iiill MURRAY McLAUCHLAN In Concert GEORGIAN COLLEGE THEATRE Thursday March 8th Two Show pm and I0 pni Mots $600 In advance $700 at the door Availbloat Sams Ionic Tho Bandstand Md Music World Georgian Mal Salnr OrIIIIa man cast lingering gave us the legend that will live forever in our minds powerful than thousand realities Come to Middleearth world beyond the furthest reaches of your imagination IMPERIAL CINEMA CENTRE 7283440 marvel of stupendous filmmaking movie extravaganza This one will outgross them all This enchanting film will sweep you away into world moves onstage he wont allow himself to be polished the way nightclub singer is but he ill sists vm exposing his vulnerability no matter how awkward it looks There are pieiity of contradie tioiis in his music as well Iiills songs are mostly quiet and iii trospective biil his voice can be so rough and harsh that it works against the effect hes trying to create Ilili cant sing loudly without showing the strain of an untrained voice and that narrows his range trcmeir doust Oh Lord dont let this crazy world turn me into jukebox diet the songs flow natural and strong when llill sings lines like those you can understand the fear that prompted them but you also wonder how long iiill can continue to sing them convincingly Few other per formers make the act of writing songs play sticli prominent role in their music its as though iltll wants us to accept him as something more than performer lies offering liniiself in strangely naive yet calculated way and it thats what the audience really wants fitie Ihe surprising thing about Iiaii Hill is that you walk away trom his concert without any strong feelings about what youve just heard ilills music can hold you for two hours but it Just doesnt stay with you Georgian College Music Theatre presents THE vW ou BARRIE available at of unparalleled entertainment n5x REED DAILY NEWS Its bird its plane its film thats fun for everyone SUPERMAN will be smash March I979 pm Sat Matinee March at pm Georgian College Theatre Hwy 400 at Duckworth St Tickets $350 each Sam The Record Man Music World Georgian Mall Bandstand Baytield Mall Georgian College At the door if available or call Bob Miller 4363721 enteinent Holocaust drama shakes the Germans NEW YORK AP In the Bavarian village of berani mergau the townspeople were reported in mood of shaken bewilderment in the wake of the German television showing of Holocaust drama of the Nazi slaughter of Jews There is feeling of shock throughout much of berani nicrgau ilans Schwaighofer said He is director of pro posed changed text for the vil lages woridrremowned Passion Play whose past versions have been widely criticized as anti Semitic iiis comment was among re actions gathered from West German sources by the Ameri can Jewish oiiiiiiitlte which says the Nlitinade TV film eventually has pioductxl an earthquake in the German soul its turning point says Itahhi Marc ii lanenliaum the committees inlerreiigioiis at fairs director Nothing since the Second World War has so permeated the mentality of the German people lie says extensive telephone checks liil German ilfltlttis and other coiiuiitmity leaders indicate the impact has been far greater than press accounts have indicated opening ehan yloosIoncacaococoooocon6 PICK UP YOUR FREE COPY OF MARQUEE MAGAZINE courtesy at tho Winoit mass entertainment of high class and energy major teat in tilmmaking JACK KROLL NEWSWEEK SUPERMAN is hit the sort of entertainment that can be enjoyed Pure tun fancy and adventure TIME MAGAZINE Em Entortahnnont The story ofa girl who refused to forget she was once champion over and over again cant wait to see it again RONA BARRETTABC TV SHOW TIMES SAT SUN I00 400 645 930 Adult Student SJ 00 acts for widened interreligious dialogue and affecting the Ger man political climate IINtiIIIOPINIONS For instance he says West German polls found that the proportion of people favoring extension of time for Nazi war crimes trials heyoiid its sehed ulcd expiration this year tripled from only 14 per cent before the TV showing to 17 per ceiil afterr ward As result of the new open Hi All Militll ness on the issue the American Jewish Committee is organizing study in depth by German social scientists of the shows impact among German Protestants and Catholics and the implications for the future its an unprecedented op portunity to teal with Nazism in Germany in cooperative way that was never possible he tore he says Among German Jews now numbering 27001 in West Ger tithe Wellington flautel IS PROUD TO PRESENT IN CONCERT DOC SAVAGE ON THURS FRI SAT ROCK ROLL ALSO SHOWING ON OUR FT SCREEN IN THE SPORTSMANS lOUNGE NHL vs RUSSIA tithe Wellington flannel at the Points Barrie 7282445 many remnant of the Storm in prowar Germany lair enhauni says indications were that the film brought sense of historic development in the national climate lannenhaum says checks gave particular attention to re actions in the village of libe traimnergau where the Passion May has been produced each decade for more than cen tury attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists CINEMAS 7269944 EVENINGS AT PM small or find 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