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Subject: the brother from another planet
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 19:00:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 19:00:06 1984
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I saw the movie "The Brother from Another Planet" last Tuesday night in
NYC at a theater around 73rd and Amsterdam.  I forget the name of the
theater, but there was no air conditioning in it.  What there was in
it, was lots of people, and a fantastic movie.

TBfAP features Joe Morton (?) as a black alien who lands on earth and
ends up going to Harlem.  I don't want to give any more away, but the
movie is wonderful: charming, intelligent, hilarious, suspenseful,
novel.  The movie is directed and written by John Sayles, who plays one
of the "men in black" (don't ask, just go see it).

By the way, before this movie, there was a political advertisement
which turned out to be a hoax, the audience booed and hissed first,
and laughed quite a bit when we finally realized what was going on.
The premise was a typical waspy looking politician promoting himself,
in an ad that turned into something out of a men's fashion magazine.
I forgot what it was called, "Political Advertisement" or something.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274