Film Dictionary: 09/01/1983

September 9, 1983

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi (1983) ***

All The Right Moves (1983) ***

The Pirates Of Penzance (1983) ***

Kevin Kline gives an outstanding performance as the Pirate King in this entertaining adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's immortal operetta. Songs include:

"Apprentice To A Pirate" **
"I Am A Pirate King" ***
"Faithless Woman" **
"Climbing Over Rocky Mountains" ***
"If You Will Cast Your Eyes On Me" **
"Poor Wandering One" **
"I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" ***
"A Regular Terrible Story" *
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" **
"A Paradox" *
"So It Really Doesn't Matter" *
"He Loves Thee" *
"Here's Love" *
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" (reprise) *
"A Policeman Lot Is Not A Happy One" *
"With Cat-like Tread Upon Our Prey We Steal" ***
"We Love Our Queen" *
"Poor Wandering One" (reprise) **

Tender Mercies (1983) ***

Nice, simple film about a former country music singer (Robert Duvall).

Up To A Point (1983) ***

A film about machismo. Director Tomas Gutierrez Alea elaborates on a theme often raised in Cuban films (like "Retrato de Teresa" and the third episode of "Lucia").

Le Bal (1983) ***

An Algerian film about France, directed by an Italian. The concept is brilliant: 50 years of French history told through dancing in the same ballroom. With the dancers (always played by the same actors) changing characters, the film travels through time, from 1930 until 1980.