1977-The Michigan Daily
appenings
events and entertainment
for the week of oct.
21-27
ll week
COMMERCIAL CINEMA
Three Women (Campus) Publicized
a "dream" film, Robert Altman's
digmatic journey through a world of
sionary matriarchy is a chilling,
eeting work, that alternates between
ear reality and impressionistic illu-
on. Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek
ar, and give the film a kooky sense of
fe. Three Women left many confused
e first timle around, and a second
ewing might prove more illuminat-
g. ***,;
You Light up My Life (State) Joseph
rooks, the writer-director, is best
sown for the Pepsi jingle "You'vebgot
lot to live. . ." This film lands on
ughly the same artistic level. *
RHolling Thunder (Michigan) This
im was co-scripted by Paul Schrae-
er, the author of Taxi Driver. Judging
om the stills mounted outside the
heatre, we suggest that you approach
'ith extreme caution.
Valentino (Fifth Forum) Sensation-
lism fans will lap this film up, for it
lows with surreal, inventive imagery.
he film nevertheless meanders from
pisode to episode, giving no insight in-
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to the legendary screen star. Starring
Rusolf Nureyev in the title role, with
Michelle Phillips and Leslie Caron. **
A Piece of the Action (Fox Village)
Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones and
Bill Cosby star, in a film yet unseen by
these reviewers.
Star Wars (Briarwood) Be the first
kid on your floor to see it twenty-five
times!! Kean acting, neato special ef-
fects, and gushy romance. Nifty! ****
The Late Show (Briarwood) Art Car-
ney portrays Ira Wells, an aging
Private-eye, with Lily Tomlin as his
half-crazed side-kick. Not the most
thrilling detective movie ever made,
but refreshingly off-beat. **1/2
Oh God! (Briarwood) Rocky Moun-
tain High meets Vaudeville. The result?
About what you'd expect. *1/2
The Lincoln Conspiracy (Briarwood)
Conspire to miss this God-awful heap.
"Aside from that, how'd you like the
play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
October 21
CINEMA
The Tall Blond Man With One Black
Shoe (MLB 3, 7:00 and 10:15) Pierre
Richard stars as a fuzzy-haired concert
violinist who is unknowingly used as a
decoy by a group of political agents.
The opposing faction falls for the bait
and keeps him under constant surveil-
lance, turning his life into a flurry of
bizarre comic incidents. A hilarious
and marvelously inventive comedy.
Don't miss. ****
Quackser Fortune Has Counsin in the
Bronx (MLB 3, 8:35 only) This rather
off-beat and often touching comedy
stars Gene Wilder as a Dublin manure
salesman. Althoughthe film doesn't
abount in belly-laughs it finds its own
unique comic tone, and Wilder's wacky
performance is -one of his best. With
Margot Kidder. "1/z
Silent Running (Old A & D, 7:00 and
9:05) Directed by Douglas Trumball,
the technical wizard of 2001, this
ecological space saga has a great deal
of simple-minded charm. Bruce Dern,
alone throughout most of the film ex-
cept for three space robots named
Hughie, Dewey and Louie, gives an in-
tense performance as custodian of the
last forest in the solar system. Music by
Joan Baez. Bring your Hyponex. ***
Lost Horizon (Angell Aud A, 7:00 and
9:15) Frank Capra directed this version
of the legendary Shangri-La-story, and
it overflows with typically gushing sen-
tonight:
Jazz saxaphonist Dexter Gordon plays
Power tonight at 8 p.m., compliments of
Eclipse. If you don't already have tick-
ets, however, forget it. Gordon has sold
out.
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timentality. Fine if you can get yourself
into that old-movie spirit, but not
recommended for diabetics. **1/2
A Boy and His Dog (Nat Sci Aud, 7:30
and 9:15) Science fiction with a satiri-
cal bite. A boy and his telepathically
talking dog live by their wits in the
desolate post holacost world. This film
is an ammoral little fable which eventu-
ally becomes a nightmarish adventure
in a society much like that of The Music
Man. Sometimes awful, sometimes
quite on the mark. With Jason Robards.
Check it out. ** /
EVENTSI
Eclipse Jazz, Dexter Gordon: Power
Center, 8:00.
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October 22
" CINEMA
All the President's Men (MLB 3, 7:00
and 9:15) A neat romanticization of the
Woodward-Bernstein saga. The
dynamic duo, portrayed here by Hoff-
man and Redford, go scampering
around a nicely photographed Washing-
ton, D.C. in search of THE TRUTH. Ex-
cellent, tight direction and fine support-
ing performances by Jason Robards
and others make this film a taut thrill-
er. ***%/
Leadbelly (Old A & D, 7:00 and 9:15)
Huddy Leadbetter, better known as
Leadbelly, was a folk virtuoso, but he
also had a violent temper and was any-
thing but a saint. As with many films of
this ilk, Leadbelly fells obligated to
justify the toughness of its subject, and
endsup portraying a man a shade too
good to be real. Still, this film doesn't go
hogwild with sentimentality, and in the
end, is a moderately successful biog-
raphy. **/z
The Paper Chase (Nat Sci Aud, 7:30
and 9:30) Students love this film, as it
portrays the lives of Harvard Law Stu-
dents in a battle against the rigors of
academia. Although a bit too slick for
comfort - anyone who's been there
knows the whole business isn't quite so
awesome - The Paper Chase never-
theless strikes a chord in every
student's heart. Starring Timothy Bot-
toms and Lindsay "Bionic" Wagner,
with a fine performance by John House-
man. B r
EVENTS
Football -.Michigan vs. Minnesota:
WUOM 91.7 FM, 2:15.
Musical.Society - The Hoofers: Pow-
er Center, 8:00.
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sunday
October 23
CINEMA
Sunset Boulevard (Old -A& D, 7:00
and 9:05) Billy Wilder's torchy story of
decadence in Hollywood stars Gloria
Swanson as an aging movie actress who
enters into a sordid affair with a young
screenwriter (William Holden): Wilder
injects the film with glittering visual
motifs, while Holden gives what is per-
haps his best performance. Highly rec-
ommended. ***%/2
Jezebel (Angell Aud A, 7:00 only) The
atmosphere of pre-civil war New Or-
leans and Bette Davis' perversely idio-
syncratic Ju'lie make this film a success
in spite of its datedness. The script is
uneven, but portions are excellent. With
Henry Fonda. ***
Humoresque (Angell Aud A, 9:0
only) John Garfield and Joan Crawfor
as a struggling musician and a wealth
alcoholic socialite. A classic romanc
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