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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3 1993 THE MIAMI HERALD 3E Fund-raising Ebony Fashion Fair is spectacular again Xj 1 1 tation containing 156 names think organizers of the annual Polonaise Ball could rest on their laurels But no On Saturday at the Fontainebleau Hilton they hosted not only favorite Hollywood star Loretta Swit and new Calumet Farms thoroughbred owner Henryk de Kwiat-kowski (who landed on the beach via helicopter) but also representatives of Indians 1956 when I came to this country studied the poems they write their love of nature and said Blanka Rosen-stiel founder of the American Institute of Polish Culture on North 79th Street Causeway has had division for centuries these people were also So at the gala she had representatives of the Sioux Mohawks Choctaws Cherokees and Miccosukees At $150 and $200 per person 400 guests raised $15000 to $20000 after expenses for the Institute Rosensticl estimated The Ebony Fashion Fair always a spectacular show attracted 1750 guests to downtown Miami's Knight Center Saturday generating before expenses $24000 Proceeds go to several causes: four-year college scholarships for four young women sickle cell anemia American Cancer Society the NAACP the United Negro College Fund and Florida Memorial College For the children Singing dancing and raising more than 1 00000 for the Linda Ray Children's Center 700 guests paying 1 50 to $250 per person squeezed into the Radisson Centre Saturday to salute Selecta magazine president Nora Bulnes Among the guests: Cristina Saralegui former US Senator Paula Hawkins and business people Fausto and Remedios Diaz-Oliver Polonaise Ball After creating a 10-page four-color invi I jT YC Jf: Jt DANIEL PORTNOY Miami Herald HIGH FASHION: Barbara Buchanan left and from left Genette Floyd Shondi Davis and Shavon Ebrhart attended the Ebony Fashion Fair 7X i f-H id 1 1 -fAM GAIL MEADOWS A fund-raiser coming up? Tell us in uniting two weeks in advance the date time ticket prices and a contact's day and evening phone numbers Mail notices to Howard Cohen Miami Herald Xewsroom I Herald Plaza Miami Hill If coverage is planned he will alert you srveral days in advance Cohen is available Mondays at 376-3632 Detailed messages for Gail Meadows may be left at 376-1622 Our fax: (900) 9SS-4329 ($2 per call) JHH IN TUNE: James' performs at the Radisson Center AT THE RADISSON: Nora Bulnes and Linda Ray attended the fund-raiser for Center AT THE POLONAISE BALL: Robert Dziublowski Bobbi Berkman Loretta Swit Steven Berkman and Antonio Mora above Gina Jainga far left Maria Sas and Francis Skrobiszewskl FOR CENTER: Fran Reyes left Roland Baker and Addie Baker at the Radisson Center Sniper is off target despite good tricky scenes MOVIE REVIEW r-k: SNIPER (R) It 1 ly iff I A ff i Wjl! AT a on a Marine helicopter where the bullets rip through the bottom of the chopper to horrifying effect and a scene which a character sees a bullet coming straight for him through his viewfinder But most of Sniper is a bore The details of their assignment are never spelled out the middle of the film sags and in any case hard to work up much enthusiasm for these snipers heroic though their mission may be In the movies heroes must be larger than life just not much excitement watching two guys hide in a bush waiting for a clear shot around the dogtags of all his former partners the other is a cocky inexperienced rookie (Billy Zane) who has yet to make his first kill The two are assigned to assassinate a rebel leader and a Colombian drug lord working together in the Panamanian jungle As expected they argue (about lack of experience and lack of a personal life) eventually come to blows even exchange gunfire But by the end of course they will have bonded Director Luis Llosa pulls off a couple of creatively executed sequences especially an attack Cast: Tom Berenger Billy Zane JT Walsh Aden Young Ken Radley Director: Luis Llosa Producer: Robert Rosen Screenwriters: Michael Frost Beck-ner Crash Leyland Cinematographer Bill Butler Music: Gary Chang A TriStar release Running time: 98 minutes Vulgar language violence gore Playing at: area theaters The story centers on two marksmen: One is a cynical expert (Tom Berenger) who carts By RENE RODRIGUEZ Herald Staff Writer The best thing about Sniper the only thing really the movie will be remembered for is its plentiful use of point-of-view shots that put the viewer on the head of a bullet speeding toward its target neat to watch and never fail to get a reaction from the audience Of course the been used before notably in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves though in keeping with that medipval setting the bullet was replaced by an arrow But that bit of cinematic plagiarism fits in with the rest of Sniper which doggedly follows the conventions of the buddyac-tion film genre gives us a few shootouts and sends us home MARKSMEN: Tom Berenger left and Billy Zane are assigned to the Panamanian jungle in Sniper BEEPER SALE SiVltlgrH Wall Mirrors For Spring TROPICAL GLASS Harold Rosenstein Pres CGC 01059 7933 NW 7 Ave Dade 757-0651 Br 462-371 1 On Saturday February 6th 100 OF GRAND PRIX TICKET SAI FR will be donated to CAMILLUS HEALTH CONCERN To care for homeless women and children SUNSHINE 305-441-2110 Offers expire February 6 1993 TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF MIA I Steam Carpet Cleaning Toyota Grand Prix of Miami! 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