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...Sizemores, there was no question where Old Red's remains should rest: they put him in a sack and bore him to the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, where the rich totemic significance of the breed has been celebrated since Sept. 4, 1937, the day Troop, a coon dog of towering integrity, breathed his last. Key Underwood, who owned Troop and loved him like a son, put the dog in a 6-ft.-long cotton-picker's sack and brought him out here to the piney woods in the northwestern corner of Alabama and buried him in a hole...
...exaggerated GQ-Cosmo style closeups, ST. ELMO'S FIRE (Sack Charles) overexposes itself as the vampire of the summer's lingering movie releases in two ways. For the obvious, whatever thoughts may lie within the well-posed actors' heads photograph as lamely as Dracula's own mug shot. Simply put, "Assume the Missionary Position," invites something other psychological speculation...
FRIGHT NIGHT (Sack 57) and YEAR OF THE DRAGON (Sack 57) are despite their opposite positions on the budget spectrum, equally affective failures. "You have to believe for that to work," the vampire-on-the-block says of the Cross held out before him. Double ditto, as Dewitt's kid brother says, for powerful horror and drama: you gotta believe...
...most surprising hit of the summer remains, thankfully, COCOON (Sack Copley Place). In a year where the average aged screen star probably wouldn't get served at the Metro, this touching movie shows, for a change, that not all that is heart-warming must fit on a toy shelf for Christmas shoppers. Even Dewitt gets his grandparents the old-fashioned way: he gets born with them. No plot line, no acting critique for this one, just see it yourself...
...Sack Theaters: Daily listings. Charles: Camb. St. near Gov't Ctr., 227-1330. Back to the Future: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10; St. Elmo's Fire: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Last Tango in Paris: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10; Cheri: Dalton opp. Sherton, Boston, 536-2870. Compromising Positions: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:45, 9:45; Creator: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Volunteers: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 10. Cinema 57: 200 Stuart St. near Park St., Boston, 482-1222. Fright Night...