SIXTY CUPS OF COFFEE

The James Dean style star (Jerry Broome) of Sixty Cups of Coffee says in a voice-over that he once heard that drinking the aforementioned amount of java would "stop your heart like a tight-wound watch". So, the film's protagonist hits a local coffee shop to see if his number is up. As he chokes down cupafter- cup of the nasty brew, a couple of beefy trucker types bet on whether he can do it. Undaunted, this rebel without a coffeemaker keeps firing down the caffeine cocktails - and the crowd grows increasingly tense as he nears his ominous goal. Let's just say that the startling finale is well worth seeing. Sixty Cups of Coffee is a clever, well-made film that takes an offbeat idea and really makes it work. Filmmaker David Ward really delivers the goods.