Althoff Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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1 2 3 4 and Kelly McGillis make a great couple (well, some don ' t think so) and the sound track is terrific. The story about four young boys set in the 1950 ' s who go out in search of a dead body and learn more about themselves, life and each other, STAND BY ME was a pow¬ erful movie, it brought back all those childhood memories. My next pick for a successful movie will probably offend some, but I thought, THE FLY was an excellent movie, if not in plot, then in make-up. At least the Academy of Mo¬ tion Pictures agreed with me as they awarded it an Oscar for make-up. Many movies cannot stir strong emo¬ tions and still be a box office hit, but, one movie did. PLATOON, is the com¬ pelling story that probes the psyches of the young soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War, their camaraderie, and their struggle for survival amid the terri¬ fying violence and madness of combat. PLATOON gave us what no other war movie has, it showed us the grueling in¬ sanity of war through letters to a sol¬ dier ' s grandma. Charlie Sheen played the young soldier, Tom Berenger and William DaFoe portrayed the sergeants in the platoon. PLATOON was director CONT. of pg 198 8 9 -- 1. BAC Ritz is located on E. Main in downtown Belleville. 2. BAC Quad is on N. Belt West. 3. Skyview is the only drive- in in town. 4 Lincoln Theatre is right on the square. 5. VCR ' s are extremely pop¬ ular, and video rentals have sprung up all over 7 K-SHE sponsored the Van Halen concert last year. 10. Shopping, especially at the mall in Fairview Heights, is always a popular pastime.

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THAT ' S ENTERTAINMENT! Hey dude, let ' s party! Yeah, man, let ' s get the guys together and we ' ll hang out tonight and cruise the town, grab some girls and party all night! Sounds good dude. Let ' s go! Ok, Ok, maybe the above scenario is a bit extreme and it probably only hap¬ pens in Southern California, but, it all centers on the basic idea of this article, you got it, ENTERTAINMENT! Even though you may not enjoy all forms of entertainment, most people enjoy the movies. After all, where would you take that first date, and what would a night out with the friends be, without a movie? You can thank Hollywood for the excellent array of movies it put on the big screen in 1986-87. How could we ever forget Ferris Bueller and his crazy actions as he thrilled the teen crowd and took the day off school in FERRIS BUEHLER ' S DAY OFF? Who could resist cute Matthew Broderick while, his prin¬ cipal, Ed Rooney, excellently played by Jeffrey Jones, tried to trap Ferris ' ingen¬ ious actions. FERRIS BUEHLER ' S DAY OFF was the quest for one man to take it easy, but, that one man definitely was not John Hughes, the famous director of teen movies. Along with Ferris Buehler, John Hughes also showed us that first loves are not all that bad in SIXTEEN CANDLES, starring teen queen of the movies, Molly Ringwald. Hughes also caught the feelings of a lot of teens in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, and showed us the agony of the prom in another one featuring Ringwald, PRETTY IN PINK. Hughes tells us that teenage life is not all that bad; at least not in the movies. The movies were an escape for every¬ one. A chance to go to a far away coun¬ try in OUT OF AFRICA, with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford which cap¬ tured a handful of Oscars, or as in BACK TO THE FUTURE with Michael J. Fox and the special car designed to travel back in time. You could also help solve the painting theft in LEGAL EAGLES with Debra Winger, Robert Redford and Daryl Hannah. What would be a successful Hollywood movie season without sequels? Remem¬ ber FRIDAY THE 13TH, STAR TREK, PO¬ LICE ACADEMY, KARATE KID, BEVER¬ LY HILLS COP, and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET? All these movies debuted a few years ago, and they all have at least one sequel to the original movie. 1987 saw the return of Jason in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 6: KILL OR BE KILLED, isn ' t it quite amazing what a thirst for life Jason has? STAR TREK has four movies to satisfy all the Trekkies. They rejoiced as the crew of the Enterprise came back for just one more in STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. POLICE ACADEMY is now POLICE ACADEMY III. THE KARA¬ TE KID went to the Orient in KARATE KID PART II. Axel Foley, the famous black Detroit cop couldn ' t stay in De¬ troit for long, so he came back in BEVER¬ LY HILLS COP II. Despite the first two movies, Elm Street is still a popular place to live in NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART 3: DREAM WARRIORS. The only good things sequels have going for them is that the original movie had to be a success for movie goers to come back a 2nd time, and it must work because FRIDAY THE 13TH fans have come back a sixth time. Maybe we all have a bit of Jason in us?! Although some se¬ quels are really too much and the plots are plain stupid, some are successes. One such movie and sequel is BEVERLY HILLS COP and PART 2. Who could re¬ sist that Detroit cop Axel Foley in his Mumford P.E. shirt? Eddie Murphy, one of America ' s favorite comedians, did a great job as Axel Foley. Murphy showed movie goers in THE GOLDEN CHILD that comedians can make the transition from on the stage to behind the camera with ease. Whoopi Goldberg did the same in THE COLOR PURPLE as she touched our hearts in the heartwarming story of Cec¬ il. Then she showed us the comical side of her as she made us laugh in JUMPIN ' JACK FLASH. But, Whoopi and Eddie have to take a back seat to the famous comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who claims he gets no respect. Dangerfield dazzled audiences in the 1986 summer smash BACK TO SCHOOL as a middle- aged millionaire who goes back to col¬ lege with his son to earn a college de¬ gree. After this movie, which was in the top five for July, 1986, one can under¬ stand why Dangerfield gets no respect. With the royalties from this successful movie, Dangerfield could buy his much needed respect. Other stage comedians who lit up the big screen were Billy Crystal, who teamed up with tap dancer Gregory Hines in the action comedy, RUNNING SCARED, and Chevy Chase, Martin Short, and Dan Ackroyd who helped make our Christmas holidays more mer¬ ry in the comedy THREE AMIGOS Now don ' t you wish you would have paid more attention in Spanish class? Bette Midler made us laugh with Danny DeVito in RUTHLESS PEOPLE. She helped make 1987 very successful for herself with RUTHLESS PEOPLE in July of 1986 and one of the best of her career in February 1987. OUTRAGEOUS FOR¬ TUNE, doing just that, making a fortune at the box office. She helped to make Beverly Hills known for more than their cops as Midler and Richard Dreyfuss opened their posh Beverly Hills home to Nick Nolte who played a bum giving up on life in DOWN OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS. Who can forget Dreyfuss running through the house yelling 91 1, call 91 1 ... , after witnessing a bum falling in his swimming pool. Midler helped to make this a hit, and put Mike the dog on the list of actors for possible Oscar awards. Some of this year ' s biggest losers at the box office were ARMED AND DANGER¬ OUS, TEEN WOLF, OVER THE TOP, PSYCHO III, MANHUNTER, HAUNTED HONEYMOON, CLUB PARADISE, A FINE MESS, and another depressing se¬ quel, ROCKY IV. The Rocky producers really did it this time. For the fourth Rocky movie, who else is there to fight, but a Russian. The best scene was the last one, as the two boxers made up (in the ring, of course) and the whole Polit¬ buro stands up and cheers. I ' M SO SURE! Playing critic, I will give my list of 1987 ' s best movies. Headlining the list of suc¬ cessful movies are the two movies that remind us we are Christians, A STATE OF EMERGENCY and THE MISSION. Two very good movies that surprised me that they made it to Hollywood. But nonetheless, two very good and recom¬ mended movies. Others include the sto¬ ry about the hot shot pilots who go to study at where else, TOP GUN. The aeri¬ al scenes are spectacular. Tom Cruise 28

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It ' s definitely trendy to be American. This article was tough for me to write since I am not the most trendy guy in the world. For example, I wear tube socks with dress pants. But anyway, I decided to try and employed some of my best friends (who I considered trendy) to help me. The sign of any good trend is that it ' s something that be¬ comes popular and everyone wants to do, but everyone can ' t. If they do, the trend obviously loses steam and dies. With this in mind, going out with 2 cheerleader pom pon girls or 2 football players was definitely trendy if you could pull it off. and I made Tuesday night an evening of rest so we could tune in and see if David and Mattie would finally get together (no wonder we all did so horrible on those tests on Wednesdays). As far as automotive trends go, the cars gracing the parking lot at Althoff were of many makes and models. Those that could afford to be trendy took advantage of it. Besides the old standbys of restored Mustangs and Camaros, there were many new sports cars with an occasional Corvette, Trans-Am or MR-s. Convertibles continued to be popular and loud cars without mufflers like mine stayed unpopular. School spirit was a trend too. People were proud to say they were from Althoff. Being from East, West, Collinsville or O ' Fal- lon naturally was out (unless of course you went to Althoff and accidentally lived in Collinsville or O ' Fallon). With this school spirit, the colors blue and gold were in, and blue and gold days were extremely popular (I have two pair of yellow pants to prove it). For the upperclassmen, planning on going to college re¬ mained the in thing to do. Even more trendy was choosing a college and then going up to guidance to meet with a repre¬ sentative from some obscure place in West Virginia just to get out of class. Also for upperclassmen, receiving a score in double digits on the ACT was always welcome. (Needless to say, the most trendy thing underclassmen could do was to know upperclassmen). At night, when all the homework was done (of course), televi¬ sion came into view. Some shows were definitely in. Pat Sajak and the Wheel of Fortune made us all ponder if anyone ever bought a vowel other than an E. Family Ties and the Cosby Show were the trendiest sitcoms and Moonlight¬ ing was probably the trendiest show of the year. My friends In the food scene, fast food restaurants battled for their share of our high school dollars. McDonald ' s won out again, but Burger King with its free refills on soda and 24 hour service (which meant the bathrooms were always open) gained ground. Hardee ' s, because of its proximity to Althoff, re¬ mained in the pack, and an occasional Taco Bell run was still considered in. (I consider Taco Bell food right up there with a belief in God and seeing the Kentucky Derby live at least once as requirements for a man ' s life to be fulfilled.) And as the year came to a close, the most ironic trend, if that is what is was, developed. People started being themselves and not following any particular trends. Cliques and the like almost disappeared. Unlikely couples were seen in the halls. Students spontaneously combusted while walking to classes (OK, I ' m kidding about this one). There was a change though. We all realized that we are here for just a short time and that trends only serve to help find out who we are, and when we do, we do not need them anymore (so who cares if I wear tube socks with dress pants?) The End — By Ray Martinez and technical advice from Greg Bedell