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Movie Review: Hackers
EMI Recording artist Najee becomes the filling in a instrumental sandwich as he takes time out from
recording his new album, Songs In The Key of Life. The talented saxophonist is flanked by bass players
Stanley Clarke (left) and George Duke (who is the producer of this project). Najee's interpretation of
Stevie Wonder's 70s classic LP will be released, Fall ‘95.
(Left to right) Lord Nikon (Laurence Mason), Joey (Jesse Bradford), Phatom Phreak (Renoly Santiag),
Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard), Kate (Angelina Jolie) and Dade (Jonny Lee Miller) are renegade
computer geniuses in United Artists' fast-paced cyberpunk thriller Hackers.
Photo by Mark Tlllie
B \ L am i a D i KE
In the data banks o f films about
computers the new movie “Hackers”
remains on a disk all its own.
Where the movie “Tron” left off
and where “The Net” tried to go-
"Hackers” arrives!
In “Hackers" a young band o f
co m p u te r h ack ers ro lle rb la d e
throughout the movie with a cyber-
mod fashion sense combined with
fighting a frame-up by computer se­
curity expect known as The Plague
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Chart-Topping Sensation: Columbia recording artist Peabo Bryson proved, once again, why he was
the first artist in history to have separate records atop four different charts as his song styling's moved
the crowd, body & soul, at the 25th Annual Indiana Black Expo kick-off party, sponsored by Sony
Music Entertainment Inc. and The House of Seagram. Pictured (L to R): LeBaron Taylor, Sr Vice
President of Corporate Affairs, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Isisara Bey, Director of Corporate
Affairs, Sony Music Entertainment Ind., Peabo Bryson, and Clyde Allen. Director of Trade Marketing,
The House of Seagram.
Spike Lee Recieves Standing Ovation
Continued from Front
A special screening of Oregon’s
own Gus Van Sant’s film, staring
Nicole Kidman, “To Die For” will
benefit ArtAIDS, Oct. 5 at the Broad­
way Metroplex.
The film and video fundraiser
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A workshop on Spike Lee’s new
release “d o c k e rs” held the audience
on the edge of their seats. The clips
shown, confirmed his de­
served popularity.
His response to my ques­
tion, how is the nation re­
sponding to Clockers?,” he
stated simply, “They seem to
like it.”
He was awarded a stand­
ing ovation.
The final confrontation with evil
His next movie project
will be the life o f Jackie
Robinson. The story of break­
ing the color barrier in base­
ball, hopefully, will decrease
the negative interest in film­
ing gang-related movies and
present a positive black life
experience, Lee said.
Saturday night’s closing
events, featured a preview of
Patrick Sw azye’s “Three
Wishes” a lightweight but en­
tertaining film, followed by a
wrap party.
The conference con­
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workshops and seminars for
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Secret Service and right on the heels
o f “The Plague.”
“Hackers” take you inside the
computer and remains true to the
technology. Watching this movie is
as much fun as playing a video game.
The plot is believable, well-paced
and shows young people as cool,
irrelevant, intelligence and having
fun.
G R E A T N E W M U S IC
A T A G R E A T L O W P R IC E !
A d v e r t i s e In
HALL
Join In
Celebrating
(Fisher Stevens).
“Hackers” begins on a wry note
with a federal S.W.A.T. team invad­
ing the house of an II year old boy
(Dade) who is responsible for 1,507
computer systems crashing in one day.
Arriving in New York Dade falls
in with a group o f computer friends
called “Elites” and the sterotype o f a
hacker as a nerd is dispelled. In fact,
it is wonderful to see this multi-racial
cast using heir brains instead oftheir
brawn to stay one step ahead o f the
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