The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 134

22 TICKET THE SACRAMENTO BEE FINAL El September 25 1992 ANEW 17 22 TICKET THE SACRAMENTO BEE FINAL El September 25 1992 I IMOVIESI Modern truths in old talet'l 'Mohicans': i4 i urban sensibility Mann who previously directed the exceptional "Manhunter" and was the auteur of TV's "Miami Vice" series has made a relatively modern film staging Cooper's story as a kind of political thriller but without losing touch with the very definite time and place portrayed in the book He's balanced a respect for the material with a compelling narrative aimed at contemporary mainstream audiences However it's his fidelity to history (even if it meant making changes in the Cooper book) that's impressive Mann zeroes in on the ambition and venal qualities of his assorted characters British and French colonialists and members of the Northern Woodland American Indian tribes who aligned themselves with the soldiers associating them with modern man "Just because they wore fancy uniforms or body paint" Mann By Joe Bottake Bee Movie Critic 0 ames Fenimore Cooper's antique novel about honor and loyalty "The Last of the Mohicans" has been transformed into a veritable tone poem for the screen a brooding bruised visual feast designed by Michael Mann Written in 1826 Cooper's rural material somehow lends itself naturally to Mann's largely 10 4 A -i 41' -1 's :4 p- '4' 4 1 "4 et 's0-' ''''x xlir nd Scale of 1 to 10 This OfteGetstd 13 it 4 A 1 I 41W tek 1) 1 "INTOXICATING! -11 A Vibrant and xf Memorable I-' Film" 'let Alt' 1' -ItEchael Wilmington LOS ANGFM TIMES lityk ismk '1) "A MUST do-11 SEE! A4r7 4 0 4 i ie --e9: 9' 1 10' This is a 441t AT fiCtt i'i This is a 11 '40kkiebr Jr '91 'T Xi 0 '1' 17 At 1 1 4'iiiir etv14t Jet '1) "INTOXICATING! --Ict die Aill IR (f ijj 11Mr411711 I il "gal I I cl'I'721 1 al ORK NNW a MA 1 44 lEd 11EMME IMUMM illiMP kurt martin 1 russell short The only thing 4 4441444 ''''''''''rtYt'''' 44 s40 -r4T A4I li i Martin wanted was i'' vt' N'ti a nice quiet '''''1' family vacation 1 Instead he got CO34' 1 19 0 1 -1 0 ThrN--I -7q -4 -14 04Qc)i 11 '7- il7-- -13111Y1 oi i Dliribtatclby tat Vilts Piciwoillsitit'ut 11'' Ar'P----- --1C :01 0 Touchstone Poctlites 4 NOW PLAYING NERAI CINEMA i 4 'SACRAMENTO LINEDOME STATE ACRAMENTO INN THEATRE THEATRE DRIVE-IN Alen WayI-80 925-4449 Greenback In 3381982 6511PFIel or Ctr 3915500 Hwy 5Braysywy3638573 NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT TICKETS ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENTSEE DIRECTORY FOR SHOWTIMES (C One of the best '1''' 4 films of the year i Slashingly futulythis is clearly the year of Tim Travers ROILING STONE i' i-- 40J': "Phenomenally funny a gloriously relevant 74 It could be the best i'- film of the year" 4 -Lawrence Frascelia US Ilihrious!" -Richard CorlissILME 'At last we have an a American movie that rattles our cage Now that's (' Entertainment' i 't -David Ansen NEM'SWEEK i N' 71r lir 0 t4) ODEDIS 7' 4P 4 VOTE FIRST i'l t' 47 4 ASK QUESTIONS e'l ii: I LATER iiiie: Hqiiiiiig fikt 111 HI vvJ i --H- 1174 a ARDEN ETHAN WAY NOW UNITED ARTISTS i CE1ITURY THE MOVIES COMPLEXP92247044 IA i ATV 'GREENBACK 123-9011 PLAYING 1- SEE DIRECTORY FOR SHOWTIMES SPECIAL EN6Acemyn'-wpAssEs i 1 1 1 4 I 41 4 4 1 i i I 4 c' 6 1 i 4 1 1 4 i i 4 i at i 1 1 1 II i 1 4 1 i 1 1 i )' Iv ::1 '1: Powerful 0 Powerful Film" -Joel Siegel ABC-TV NEW YORK --t--44 ft 4-- )Y a 34 i 1' '''4ikk A -4 i r1 -t -14 -0 '40 1 re-- 4t4 l'i'i NC I Amboo's' 0 k1 T-- i--- 4 "VIBRANT! A Forceful Mixture of Celebration and Fury" -Janet Mash NEW YORK TIMES xture 1 and Fury (RES "UPLIFTING! is a Stirring Emotional Powerful 10: -Susan Granger WICCAMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS GI is a Stirring )werful 10 1L1 Whoopi Goldberg Leleti Khumalo humalo 1 SARAFINA! 01 1 Vtelk dik a "'Ae i '41114t 4 I 0' 4 The Sound of Freedom P6-13IPAMENTS STRONGLY cAuTiompro VISTA PICTURES DISTRIBUTOR NC Some hletortal Nay Be Inappropriate fot Chtldren Under 13 STARTS TODAY I CAPITOL THEATRE 2842 Watt Ave 971-3423 IMOVIES UNITED ARTISTS MOVIES GREENBACK 7229 Greenback Lane 23-9011 0-Np duA I 'r ---r 1 1 10p0 tlirtt tit (713111 ----nQ PAsks'pR paorr Tick cTs AapT IO cp FOR DIRCCRTIPI $tpicimri! 1111)LI F414441 )14 VIKLL(LIN ILA( lorikgefilAtrt fir( (3)11 a I 1 A74 1 44 io 4 44 4 ot 5 45 I- 4 4 4 ku 4 4 4 4 4 't vIr Atonr(1Nowsktripx7101r4Nolki olmopmamiet- -u---o.