
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, November 5, 1994                   TAG: 9411210001
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: C-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: KATHERINE REED STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

COSTNER PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF `THE WAR'

More than one or two things are familiar about `The War," a new film directed by Jon Avnet of "Fried Green Tomatoes" fame. The Spanish moss and live oak - sheltering the wild dreams of a couple of kids trying to understand their father - evoke "The Great Santini." The ragtag hang hanging out near the junkyard conjures up "Stand by Me."

And though what this film has to say is quite simple and not entirely new, it packs a surprising wallop.

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