The Michigan Daily, Friday, February3, 1978Page 7
Happenings Events and Entertainment
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All Week
COMMERCIAL CINEMA
Pardon Mon Affaire (Campus) A fine
French farce, made by the same guy
responsible for the absolutely hysteri-
cal Tall Blonde Man movies. Pardon
Mon Affaire doesn't quite achieve the
comis delirium of its predecessors, but
is quite a funny film in its own right.
The One and Only (State) Coming
right on the profitable heels of Heroes,
this is another in what promises to be
an extended barrage of Hank Winkler
flicks. But take heart, cynics: This
one's directed by Carl Reiner and
might just prove to have some redeem-
able moments.
High Anxiety (Michigan) Mel
Brooks' most recent old movie pastiche
is a send-up of the whole Hitchcock
mode and has gotton some (though by'
no means all) critical raves. Knowing
Brooks, there should be at least a few
gags worth the admission price.
Semi-Tough (Fifth Forum) This film
is to good comedy what fish sticks are
to lobster tail. A mildly amusing satire
that just never seems to go anyplace.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(Fox Village) Steven Spielberg's op-
timistic, wonderful, at times awesome
chronicle of a visit from irresistibly
cute extraterrestrial creatures who ride
around in a spaceship the size of Ann
Arbor. Makes Star Wars look like a TV
movie. ****
The Turning Point (Briarwood)
Having arrived here about three mon-
ths after opening (that's just fashion-
ably late for Ann Arbor), The Turning
Point reportedly has many fine dra-
matic moments and some exquisite
ballet sequences. With Anne Bancroft
and Mikhail Baryshnikov, directed by
Herbert Ross.
Saturday Night Fever (Briarwood)
Energetic direction, a surprisingly fine
performance from Kotterite John Tra-
volta, dynamite disco sequences and
,some very, very nice Bee Gees tunes all
combine to make this one of the year's
most entertaining. ***1/2
Kentucky Fried Movie (Briarwood)
A long series of sketches on television,
the movies and various other satirical
targets. Sometimes dumb, sometimes
offensive, sometimes quite funny.
The Goodbye Girl (Briarwood) Neil
Simon's script is his most human and
compelling yet, refreshingly free of the
stodginess and obsessive one-liners that
charcaterize so many of his others.
$ichard Dreyfuss steals the show. ***1/2
Fri day.
February 3
CINEMA
The Outlaw Josey Wales (Old A&D,
7:00 and 9:30) Clint Eastwood starred
in and directed this typically mindless
'tale of the Civil War West. With Chief
Dan George. **
Annie Hall (MLB 3, 7:00, 8:40 and
10:20) Woody Allen's latest flick pre
sents the master humorist at the height
of his comic and filmmaking powers.
Diane Keaton was never more appeal-
ing.**
The Deep (Nat Sci Aud, 7:00 and 9:30)
This pseudo-suspense thriller is a weak
attempt to recapture the water-crazy
Jaws audience. There's little of interest
beyond some superbly-photographed
underwater sequences, and it manages
to be simultaneously sexist and racist.
You might as well stay home and study.
*
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Angell
Aud A, 7:00 and 9:00) A thinly-disguised
vehicle for exposing Jane Russell and
Marilyn Monroe to the public. Most
notable for making Monroe a star.
Howard Hawks directed. **12
Saturday
February 4
CINEMA
Annie Hall (MLB 3, 7:00, 8:40 and
10:20) See listing for Friday.
Maitresse (Angell Aud A, 7:00 and
9:00) An Ann Arbor premiere from the
director who brought you Idi Amin
Dada. The sordid plot description on the
Co-op sheet indicates high probability
of dreksville, U.S.A.
Fellini's Casanova (Old A&D, 7:00
and 9:45) Fellini's latest extravaganza
is cold-blooded, visually chaotic, and
the simplistic, highly unoriginal theme
-- that love Casanova-style is sterile
and unfulfilling - is driven home as if
the whole thing were a great moralist
lecture. In light of the greatness of
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some of Fellini's other achievements,
Casanova is a sorry spectacle. *%
Planet of the Apes (Nat Sci Aud, 7:30
and 9:30) By far the best of the seem-
ingly endless series of Ape epics, Planet
of the Apes is an immensely funny and
enjoyable saga, made from a complete-
ly implausible'idea. Utterly ridiculous.
** *1/2
Sunday
February 5
CINEMA
Fantastic Planet (Angell Aud A, 7:00,
8:15 and 9:30) A brilliantly-animated
tale, which relates a battle between the
two races of the planet Ygam. ****
High School and Hospital (Old A&D,
7:00 and 9:15, respectively, free show-
ing) Two Fred Wiseman documen-
taries, the first of which is justifiably
Robert Altman. *****
Cousin, Cousine (Angell Aud A, 7:00,
8:40 and 10:20) This highly overrated
story of farcical adulterous relation-
ships is, nevertheless, an amusing and
reasonably enjoyable film.**
Thursday
February 9
CINEMA
Blow Up (Angell Aud A, 7:00 and
9:00) Michelangelo Antonioni tries to
show us how the superficial, indulgent
lives of the 60s children constitute some
sort of "non-reality," as opposed to the
"reality" of life's more traditional
values. Even if one rejects this theme
as convoluted crappola, Blow Up
remains an absolute masterpiece of
filmmaking, completely absorbing and
utterly gorgeous to look at. With David
Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and a
cameo by the voloptuous Veruschka.
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Niteri es.
Second Chance - Mellow rock of the
Eagles and other Top 40 groups done by
Sierra tonight and tomorrow night. The
poetess of punk Patti Smith and her
group appear in concert with the
Sonic's Rendezvous Band on Monday
and Tuesday. Mugsy rocks out on Wed-
nesday and then warms up the crowd
for former Spirit/Jo Jo Gunne member
Jay Ferguson on Thursday.
Abigail's - Salem Witchcraft rocks
with a lot of their own material and
covers the rock classics as well. Catch
them on a good night and they'll have
you dancing until last call.
The Roadhouse - Priority plays the
rock and roll this weekend.
The Blind Pig - John Mooney plays
the blues fuh ya this weekend. The
blues continues with the legendary
Boogie Woogie Red on Monday.
Mr. Flood's - The Tillson-Pearsa
Band plays some hot C&W tonight and
tomorrow. On Wednesday, The Tucker
Blues Band will jam those drivi.
Chicago blues.
The Ark - This weekend, Priscilla
Herdaman will perform songs from
Australia. On Monday and Tuesday,
folk artist Norman Blake will be fea-
tured.
Blue Frogge - In the midst of an
epidemic of "Saturday Night Fever
which is sweeping the nation, the Blue
Frogge offers sanctuary for local dan-'
cers suffering from this malady every
night except Sunday.
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This week's Happenings listings
were prepared by Owen Glieber-
man, Keith Tosolt and David Good-
man.
South's desegregation
called 'inadequate'
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-,--- 1..WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal
his most famous. Wiseman was able to yesterday told two South-
capture the spirit and ironic failings of government t
the American high school experience ern states, including President Carter's
with a probing insight that will ring true home state of Georgia, that their col-
for anyone who's been there. Well wor- lege desegregation plans are inade-
th your time. sr** quate and that they risk the loss of mil-
lions of dollars in federal aid.
The Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare rejected the plans
submitted by Virginia and Georgia. It
February 6 also rejected the desegregation plan
submitted by North Carolina for its uni-
CINEMA versities, but accepted the state's pro-
posals for its 57 community colleges.
Juvenile Court (Old A&D, 8:00 only, DESEGREGA TION plans by Arkan-
free showing) Another Wiseman docu D sas, Oklahoma and Florida were ac-
mentary. cepted. HEW Secretary Joseph Cali-
Out of the Past (Angell Aud A, 9:10 fano Jr. praised those states for making
only, free showing) Adouble-crossmg "a firm commitment to increase edu-
detective flick with Robert Mitchum cational opportunities for their black
and Kirk Douglas. In film-buff citizens."
language, this is a film noir classic. Those three states have agreed to in-
crease black enrollments at predomi-
nantly white universities, to bolster
71' u s d a their black institutions and to take
February other steps to eliminate any vestiges of
Fr 7discrimination in higher education.
CINEMA In all six states, segregation was once
the law for colleges. Each state still has
Hunger (Old A&D, 7:00 and 9:05) A one or more predominantly black
highly-acclaimed Swedish film. Direc- college or university, with dispropor-
ted by Henning Carlsen. tionately small numbers of blacks in
Wages of Fear (Angell Aud A, 7:00 what HEW called the "flagship" uni-
only) Four outcasts economically im- versity branches.
prisoned in a sleazy South American LAST APRIL 1, U.S. District Judge
village agree to carry several truck- John Pratt ordered the six states to sub-
loads of "hands-off" nitroglycerine 300 mit acceptable desegregation plans to
miles to gain their freedom. This is the HEW by Feb. 3. HEW had accused the
film on which William Friedkin's Sor- six states and Louisiana, Mississippi,
cerer was based, and unlike its remake, Pennsylvania and Maryland in 1969 of
Wages has humanistic elements as well violating the civil rights laws in their
as heart-stopping suspense. Directed colleges.
by Henri-Georges Clouzot. **** Louisiana, which never submitted a
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Oth- plan, and Mississippi, whose plan was
ers (Angell Aud A, 9:00 only) A 1976 rejected by HEW, currently are being
French film, dealing with three men prosecuted by the Department of Jus-
whose friendship "sustains them tice. The Maryland case is also in the
through a series of emotional crises. courts, while Pennsylvania is im-
Hopefully, this will have a little more plementing a 1974 plan still under HEW
warmth and substance than John Cas- review.
savetes' wretched Husbands. Ann Ar- Califano also announced that over the
bor premiere. next two years HEW's Office of Civil
Tout Va Bien (MLB 3, 7:00 and 9:00) Rights will review the college systems
One of Jean-Luc Godard's more inter- of eight states not under Pratt's oider,
esting creations, Tout Va Bien (All but which once segregated their col-
Goes Well) was inspired by the 1968 leges by law. The states are Texas,
French student uprising and stars Jane South Carolina, Alabama, Ohio,
Fonda and Yves Montand. *** Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and
* 1West Virginia.
31 ALIFANO expressed confidence
tht agreements would be reached with
February 8 Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina.
CINEMA But he said that if no acceptable plan is
Nashville (Old A&D, 7:00 and 9:30) submitted within 45 days, HEW will
Some call it a bitter, cynical, vindictive start proceedings that could lead to a
look at American society in the 70s. lfanoeals
Folks, let me assure you that it just hewCalno alsosaid atafterany new
ain't so. Nashville admittedly. indicts funds for these states' institutions "if
our frenetic culture for its many ob-fuhoe heefunds'dintibuten"i
vious imperfections, but it also abounds those new funds would contribute to
in moments of pure, moving humanity. continuing segregation." He said this
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Meanwhile, a civil rights lawyer who
has been involved in the case since 1970
went into court to seek a more immedi-
ate cutoff.
THE LAWYER, John Silard, asked
Judge Pratt to force HEW to suspend
all aid to the traditionally white uni-
versities in Virginia, Georgia and North
Carolina in 30 days unless they submit
acceptable plans.
Califano said 350 additional black stu-
dents will enroll in traditionally white
state colleges in Arkansas in the first
year of this plan; 550 more in Oklahoma
and 750 more in Florida.
He said the white-black student ratios
that are as high as,.19-to-1 at some of
these states' universities must change,
but he added that HEW has not set
enrollment goals for the black institu-
tions. It does want more white students
to attend these schools.
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Just for the
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Get moving, America!
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