The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 5, Ed. 1, Friday, September 2, 2005 Page: 5 of 8

                                
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Figures for the week-
end ol August 26-28 In
millions. Total grosses in
parenthesis.
7. The40-Year-Old
V?bd-$16.3($48.6)
2. The Brothers
Grfmm-$15.1 (new)
3. fiedye-$10 3 '
($32.6)
4. Four Brothers-US
($55.4)
5. TheCave-$6.1
(new)
6. Wedding Crashers -$6.1
($187.5)
7. March of the Pen-0uns-$4.7($559)
8. The Skeleton
Key-$4.5($38.1)
9. Vaanr-$35($11.7)
10. The Dukes of Haz-zarrf-$3.1
($74 5)
77ie Constant Gar-
dener (R)-starring Ralph
Rennes Rachel Welsz
Danny Huston; directed
by Fernando Melrelles.
Justin Quayle (Fiennes)
is a low-level British
diplomat with a radical
wife (Welsz). Once his
wife is mysteriously killed
Quayle begins to invest!-
t gate and finds himself in
the middle of a danger-
ous conspiracy.
Underclassman
(PG-1 3) -starring Nick
Cannon Roselyn San-
chez; directed by Marcos
Slega
In what appears to be a
fairly unnecessary movie
Tracy "Tre" Stokes (Can-
non) is a streetwise LA
cop who goes undercover
at an elite private school
after one of the students
is murdered.
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One 'Grand' musical revue
By SARAH CARLSON
Axis tinmi
A Grand Night for Singing a
revue of more than 30 of Rodg-
crs and Hammcrstein's classic
musical numbers Is enjoyable
and lightweight entertainment
designed with the musical lov-
er in mind.
Ten actors Juliette Miller
Ben Jeffre)  Annlka Johansson
Heather Ketchersld Lara Seib-
crt Sunday Ibok Ryan Masslc
Ryan ronvllle Jason Kennedy
and Jessica Patterson shift
through scenes changing roles
and singing partners smiling
broad enough to challenge
many a Sing Song face and
cooing over the wondcrfulncss
of love. The set up takes the
viewer through the various
emotions and stages of love
whether it be puppy unre-
quited married or the love for
a child.
A problem that comes with
a musical revue Is that It's Just
that a revue. Hits from Rodg-
ers and Hammcrstein's pleth-
ora of musicals dating back
Death Cab
By MITCH HOLT
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Death Cab for Cutie
Plans
Atlantic Records
77100 (Good worth buying)
Death Cab for Cutie has cov-
ered so much musical ground
In its five album career but has
nev er v entured far enough aw ay
from the indie pop rock that Its
fans love to love for them to
establish skeptics among these
listeners.
The band's fifth album
Plans had me curious before I
even listened to it. The quasi-
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to the 1930s and 1960s arc
spliced throughout meaning
there's no dialogue and essen-
tially no plot. The play deals in
abstracts and merely brushes
over the themes of love and
personally hearing songs I
grew up with out of context
was distracting. When I hear
Oh Miat a Beautiful Morn-
ing I picture Gordon MacRae
riding a horse through a com
field or I envision nuns sing-
ing in a court) ard when Maria
is sung.
Ntv ertheress I found my self
tapping my foot and smiling at
parts along with the actors and
the audience which was made
up of every age group. 77ie
Sound of Music Oklahoma'
South Pacific Cinderella Carou-
sel State rair and Tlie King and
I arc the main musicals from
which the numbers are pulled.
If you enjoy watching old mu-
sicals or Just happened to be
in show choir in high school
you'll recognize most of the
songs and be entertained at the
company's performances.
Honey Bun from South Pa-
signs with
veteran musicians after four
small label releases were re-
leasing the new album on At-
lantic. Had Gibbard and gang
finally decided that they were
sick of "mediocrity?" Why af-
ter all these years of indepen-
dence were they signing with
Atlantic?
Plans lyrically hints at loss
and death carrying a nostalgic
aura throughout the 11 track
album that is a solid listening
experience no matter how you
feel. Much of the music holds
an upbeat musicality that would
lead one to believe the song is
a happy one but beneath the
happy guitar melodies and
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ciflc was the best number
performed by the cast but
headlined by Jeffrey and Ibok.
All 10 actors have Impressive
voices which unfortunately
were sometimes drowned out
by the musical accompani-
ment. Still they provided the
energy needed to present more
than 30 songs In two acts with
plenty of choreography and no
dialogue.
The Fall Dinner Theatre is
a pleasant and carefree night
out and enjoyable for the en-
tire family.
Atlantic makes financial 'Plans'
poppy drum beats lie lyrics that
speak of the aforementioned
loss Inadequacy and death.
Crooked Teeth track 1 1  por-
trays this description perfectly.
Ben Gibbard the band's lyri-
cal brains docs nothing short
of palm lyrical pictures with
his melodies carrying each
lyric with a picturesque delica-
cy that in the pop rock world
only he can do.
The lyrics that grabbed my
attention instantly are the ones
that decorate What Sarah Said
track nine. Much of the song Is
spent in a hospital ICU waiting
while a lov ed one is being treat-
ed and eventually passes away.
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Lara Seibert senior theatre major from Grapevine and Sunday look senior
theatre major from Irving perform in the opening number of A and Night for
Singing the fall dinner theatre which runs Sept 2-3 9-1 0 In the Fulks Theatre.
The lyrics read "And I rationed
my breaths as I said to myself
that I'd already taken too much
today as each descending peak
of the LCD took you a little far-
ther away from me."
Brutal honesty like this is
what makes Gibbard's lyrics so
grabbing and chilling. The song
ends "And I'm thinking of w hat
Sarah said that love is watching
someone die so who's going to
watch you die?"
By far my favorite track on
the album and definitely on my
list of favorite Death Cab for
Curie songs.
Plans has been much antici-
pated since the 2003 release
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of Transatlanttcism which re-
sounded heavily among indie-
loving kids and adults alike
around the world. With an al-
bum as anticipated as this one
it usually has to grow on me.
But Plans instantly liked It.
The album may sound Joy-
ful but is In reality one of the
most mournful reminiscent
and bittersweet musical works
I've ever heard. This 11-song
compilation is chilling musical-
ly and lyrically gratifying and
one of the best Indie albums to
come out this year.