ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS _ July 12, 1987 Castlégar LICENCED DINING ROOM IN. 4 P.M. DAILY WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS ACCEPTED — AIR CONDITIONED Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located one mile south of Weigh Scales in Ootischenia. By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Applauded for everything from its humor to its scenic beauty, comedian Steve Martin's new summer hit Roxanne, now playing in Castlegar, seems flawless in the ooo eyes of North America’s leading film critics. This Week in from such newspapers and as the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, the Vancouver D » X T 3 Rr Ss 4 U B Sun and Maclean's, are all singing the praises of the film (which also stars big sereen beauty Daryl Hannah) MON. THRU SAT. Two Weeks July 13-25 calling Martin's role as fire chief C.D. Bales a cross between the physical humor of Buster Keaton and the eo Chris Burton Of The ie Roadies dance floor fluidity of Fred Astaire. A Very Popular Vancouver Group Maclean's magazine movie critic Lawrence O'Toole, who examines films with the clinical detail of a surgeon and the emotional detachment of an undertaker, was unmitigated in his praise of the film. “Like all truly great comedy,” writes O'Toole in the June 29 issue of Maclean’ ‘Roxanne never strays far from sadness or disaster.” O'Toole compares Martin's ability to the “balletic grace of Buster Keaton” combined with “the gallantry of Charlie Chaplin.” “At the core of Martin's comic genious is his ability to remain absolutely deadpan in the most absurd circum- stances,” he writes. = 4 an O'Toole summates his review with a play on words DOWN] = ge t regarding C.D. Bales’ lifelong torment, a proboscis that SU N T RE E 8 N N equals that of his theatrical rival, Cyrano de Bergerac, Film critics love Roxanne “Always pointedly funny,” writes O'Toole, “Roxanne has a nose for pure pleasure.” (In fact, the firechief's initials, C.D. stands for Cyrano de Bergerac.) The film critics have also fallen prey to the astounding visual beauty of the film's locale — Nelson. New Yorker magazine reviewer Pauline Kael, groping for words to describe the lakeside city, writes, “. .. nestled against the mountains, it seems a dream-built town...” Again, she writes: “Schepisi (the director) uses the town of Nelson as if it were the firefighters’ playpen. It's a safehold, a haven for lovers. As the director uses it and as Ian Baker (the cinematographer) shoots it, this other-worldly, lost-in-a-trance locale is a major contribu- tor to the films mellow, dotty charm. “You want to go to the town; you want to go back to the movie.” : Sheila Benson of the L.A. Times is equally enamored by Nelson. “They have been put into a dream of a setting,” she writes, “a hilly, old-fashioned ski town whose wooden houses and broad porches speak of another time; of neighborliness and small-town values that may actually be as dead as Rostand but make a deeply comforting ambiance.” (Edmond Rostand wrote the original play Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897. It too is the story of a gallant and dashing swordsman in love with a woman but stricken with the same imposing physical affliction.) The critics don't stop there. Director Fred Schepisi (pronounced Skepsee) is also lauded for his seemingly effortless transition from dramatic films to stylish comedy. Kael writes of the “unabashed ingenuousness of the film” and the the i develops in the “verve of the director.” J She calls Schepisi a “fluid yet right-on-the-button director” and says his “control probably helps to account for the warmth and likeableness of Daryl Hannah's performance. Not surprisingly, Roxanne is now a certifiable box office hit, Schepisi’s first in North America. Schepisi became hot property after his Australian hit almost a decade ago called The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. But in North America his first three films, Barbarosa, starring Willie Nelson, Iceman, starring Timothy Hutton, and Plenty, starring Mery! Streep, all met with cool critical reception and scanty box office returns. Of course, Schepisi and Roxanne’s other stars have moved on to other projects but it seems Nelson's place in the sun is not about to cloud over yet. Scottish director Bill Forsyth's movie Housekeeping, which was filmed entirely in Nelson last fall, is not only expected to be a critical success, but also a film festival heavy weight and a contender at the Oscars. And this summer Nelson has made the location short-list for a third film. 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