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mst economist sunthe tribune thursday july 31 1997 p 17 economist sun arts entertainment usually reliable stars bomb in air force one screen scene stuart green its billed as one of the highest flying action spectaculars of the summer and by rights air force one with its solid cast accomplished director and humongous budget should be just that unfortunately for the moviegoing public its not instead its a corny jingoistic and paranoid piece of propaganda when communist terrorists from a former soviet republic led by perennial bad guy gary oldman hijack air force one its up to presi dent james marshall harrisorrford a decorat ed marine to rescue the hostages himself throughout the course of the twohour ordeal marshall is forced to struggle with not only the enemies but his feelings as a husband and father not to mention his presidential policies having just given a toughasnails speech on terrorism in russia hes not about to negotiate for the release of the hostages he must find another way however when the lives of his wife and daughter are threatened hes forced to rethink that position meanwhile on the ground the vicepresident glenn close and cabinet are working on alter nate ways to resolve the dilemma without giv- terror in the sky gary oldman left plays a vicious terrorist who hijacks harrison ford private jet in an attempt to have his leader released from prison in the presidents air force one ing in to the terrorists demands that an imprisoned communist dictator be re leased air force one contains most of the ingredients needed for a great summer action film but fails to deliver on a num ber of fronts the performances of the usually reliable ford and close are so bombastic and rid dled with outrageous patriotism its often hard to know whether we should be laugh ing or standing on our chairs saluting these great american heroes similarly the evil oldman delivers an overthetop performance that is the embodiment of every commie bad guy previously captured on film their performances are made even more unbelievable by andrew marlowes script which director wolfgang petersen das boot enemy mine apparently did nothing to try and make more palatable this kind of blatantly proamerican tripe may wash with our friends south of the border but not with me about the only thing afo has going for it are its terrific special effects but audi ences cannot live on special effects alone air force one is the kind of film along with this summers other airborne disas ter con air that gives action movies a bad name deadlines for tuesday monday 12 pm for thursday wednesday 12 pm for saturday friday 12 pm economist suntribune ci m 1 lassmed verti to advertise call markham 2944331 fax 2941538 stouffville 6402874 uxbridge 8529741 fax 8524355 social announcements 615 kemp bruce jackie nicholas and alexandra are proud to announce the arrival of benjamin michael kemp born july 17 1997 at 1053pm weighing 91bs at markham stouffville hospital special thanks to dr colette pysselman and nurse barb for their excellent coaching and delivery skills to dr george arnold for his prenatal care and nurse sue for taking special care of mom and baby 690 birthdays j if you see v brooke maddock v friday august 1st wish her a happy 17th birthday lots of love mom dad paige mo1son x y 660 card of thanks f we would like to sincerely thank all of our family friends and neighbours- who attended our shower at the millers on july 20 it was very thoughtful of you all to pull together and help us out in the start of our new life together the lazy boy is perfect it definite ly will be enjoyed your kindness is very much appre ciated it is those like yourselves who make the community such a wonderful home n brian lewis leeanne barton 680 coming events attention drummers pipers stouffville district pipe band has openings for drummers and pipers grade four competition level tuesday evening practices call pipe major jimmie anderson at 7053247106 or qm bill payne at 9056404336 or stouffville legion at 9056401714 in honour of the 60th wedding anniversary for alvin ida whittakcr you are invited to a celebration tea sat aug 2 1997 24 pm at the heritage centre anna russell way unionville behind union villa s you are invited to attend the 50th anniversary open house in honour of elmer and doris farthing on saturday august 2nd 1997 200 to 400 pm atthe silver jubilee club main street stouflville best wishes only please port perry craft gift show august 9th 10th 10 am r 5 pm scugog arena 1655 reach road 60 qualilty vendors coming events markham a week full of fun monday night trivia tuesday night 25 wings wednesday night push thursday night karaoke friday night syd simpkins saturday night live entertainment sunday on the patio dixie land jazz with the dixie cats 430 pm to 830 pm sunday aug 3rd 10 am fa charity sheild manchester united vs chelsea premier league socccer every weekend call for details 9052943181 685 personals personal prayer to the holy spirit holy spirit thou make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal you who give the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me i in this short dialogue want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that i never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desire may be i want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory amen person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating ones wish after the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be promise to publish this as soon as your favour has been granted l p our mother of perpetual help