THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 13, 1995 TAG: 9501120147
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 63 lines
THURSDAY
WITH A $120-million take, ``The Mask'' smoked at the box office. But wait until it arrives on video Thursday. Tagged at $19.98, it's sure to move faster than the bank clerk-turned-superhero played by Jim Carrey. It's a simple story: Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) finds an ancient mask that transforms him into a Tex Avery character on too much black coffee. As The Mask, who goes about cleaning up Edge City, he's a hoot, a tribute as much to the skills of the rubber-faced comic as the imagination of the FX crew.
- Craig Shapiro
WEEKEND
TWO SEASONS ago, local audiences discovered a serious side to Doc Severinsen. He appeared with the Virginia Symphony in a classical concerto written especially for him.
He has returned with a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The ``American Concerto,'' which premiered in California in September, is an instantly likeable piece that fits a lot of expansive feeling into just 15 minutes.
The program also includes Rimsky-Korsakov's beloved ``Scheherazade,'' and opens with the Symphony No. 1 of American composer Jerome Moross, who is best known for scores to such films as ``Big Country.''
Performances are today and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Norfolk's Chrysler Hall. Tickets are $15-$34. To order call 623-2310 or 671-8100.
- Mark Mobley
WEEKEND
SONGSTRESS Barbara Kessler has been unleashed from her native Boston and is on tour promoting her recently released CD, ``Stranger To This Land.'' Kessler packs a talented blend of strong vocals, stylish acoustic guitarwork and thought-provoking lyrics. You might catch her as one of the new artists on MTV. Better yet, she'll be on stage tonight and Saturday at Abbey Road in Virginia Beach.
- Roy A. Bahls
TONIGHT
AN EPIC Western that goes from the Montana mountains to World War I and beyond is the new, make or break, starring vehicle for Brad Pitt. He gets top billing, above Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn in ``Legends of the Fall,'' based on the novella by Jim Harrison. It's the story of three sons and their father and the effect fate, and one woman, have on them. Pitt plays Tristan, the wild son, while Quinn is the sturdy, reliable one. Henry Thomas, the grown-up version of the kid in ``E.T.,'' is the younger brother. New star Julia Ormond is the charmer from back East who makes the West wild. The music score, by James Horner, and the majestic scenery, photographed near Calgary, Canada, help make it epic in scope.
- Mal Vincent ILLUSTRATION: Photo
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