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210 S. 5th; 761-9700
BROADWAY DANNY ROSE
Woody Allen is back with Mia Farrow, New York,
Insecurities, and even some loosely organized
crime; who would ask for more?
FANNY AND ALEXANDER
Bergman claims Fanny and Alex to be his final
film. If it is, he has ended his stellar career in an
unusually optimistic spirit.
LIQUID SKY
When you're looking for dinner in the Big Apple,
you probably don't think of heroin and orgasms.
You're not an alien in a barbeque, though. This
negative approach to post-punk cinema, seriously, is
THE DRESSER
A critically appealing
of actors wrestling to internret Shakesneare. Oc-
casionally very intense, drama turns around a pair
FOOTLOOSE
A modern cultural thing viviantly expressing
American youth's predilection for freedom. A
possible successor to Flashdance.
HARRY AND SON
Paul Newman (girls sigh) returns to star in,
direct, co-produce, and co-write this potentially ap-
pealing melodrama. Robby Benson co-stars.
REUBEN'REUBEN
Tom Conti cuts an erotic swath through the college
lecture curcuit as a philandering poet just trying to
earn a buck. Co-eds, housewives, and the east-coast
atmosphere combine to stimulate his creativity.
SILKWOOD
Karen Silkwood discovers disturbing things about
her plutonium plant. When she attempts to expose
them, she mysteriously dies in a car accident.
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS
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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
A widow (Shirley MacLaine), tries to settle some
of the confusing points of a mother/daughter
relationship- with her daughter (Debra Winger).
GORKY PARK
Can a jaded Russian agent detective save Russia
and the girl he loves from an international smuggling
scheme? '
ICE PIRATES
Star Wars may have had seven good years, but it
seems that its luck has run out. It's called a "space
comedy," but parody may be closer to the mark.
RETURN OF THE JEDI
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MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry
Gillian and Terry Jones, 1975)
Another of the permanent film attractions. The
British comedy troupe looks at Camelot and friends,
and while this film is not their funniest, it is still fun-
ny and worth seeing. (Classic Film Theatre;
Michigan Theatre, 5:15, 9:00)
JABBERWOCKY (Terry Gilliam, 1977)
A subset of Monty Python takes another look at the
Arthurian legends. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan
Theater, 7:10, 10:50)
CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, 1943)
Three campus favorites in one night will probably
leave a lot of confused moviegoers. Humphrey
Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in love and intrigue
along the popular refugee route in WWI. A lot of fun
to see or see again. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill,
8:00,10:00)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos
Forman, 1975)
A big winner on Oscar night and deservedly so.
Jack Nicholson tries to escape prison by getting him-
self committed to a mental hospital. His plan works a
little too well. Excellent supporting cast, too, in an
excellent film. (Mediatrics; Nat. Sci. Aud., 7:00,
9:30)
THE WEAVERS: WASN'T*THAT A TIME (Jim
Brown, 1982)
BrAnother excellent movie on a night that has too
many of them. A reunion of the '50s folksingers is
chronicled. The movie is so full of love and good
vibes it's contagious. You can't leave without a
warm feeling inside. (Alternative Action; MLB 4,
7:30,9:00)
to find out. Serbo-Croatian with subtitles. (Ann Arbor
Film Coop; MLB 4, 8:30)
GUYS AND DOLLS (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955)
Frank Sinatra and Marion Brando star in an adap-
tation of the Broadway musical. Many of the songs
are classics, and this is as good a chance as any to
practice humming along. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 6:45)
THE MERRY WIDOW (Erich von Stroheim, 1925)
An adaptation of the opera, lacking sound. To
make up for it, there will be a live piano accom-
paniment during the film, just like the old days.
(Cinema 2, Aud. A, 9:30)
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THE SEA WOLF (Michael Curtiz, 1941)
From the story by Jack London comes a sea cap-
tain who tries to cover up his developing physical
deficiencies through maniacal actions. From the
director of Casablanca. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall,
7:00)
KEY LARGO (John Huston, 1948)
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall," Lionel
Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, and Claire
Trevor, who won an Oscar. A gangster holds
hostages to get passage out of the country. (Cinema
Guild; Lorch Hall, 9:00)
SOPHIE'SCHOICE (AlanJ. Pakula,1982)
A highly acclaimed performance by Meryl Streep
is the centerpiece of a film about a Catholic survivor
of a Nazi concentration camp. (Ann Arbor Film
Coop; MLB 3, 6:30, 9:15)
A THOUSAND CLOWNS (Fred Coe, 1966)
Jason Robards feels the heat from neighbors who
don't think he is giving his nephew the proper up-
bringing and want him to go out and get a job.
(Alternative Action; Nat. Sci. Aud. 7:00, 9:15)
THE STATE OF THINGS (Wim Wenders, 1983)
Another in a vast number of Ann Arbor premieres,
The State of Things is a fictionalized account of what
the director did when a producer left him without
promised funding. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7:00,9:15)
MANHATTAN (Woody Allen, 1979)
Nicely photographed, and the last really hilarious
film by Allen who plays a man trying to get a new
relationship going while his former wife is going to
write a book about his prior one. Well worth seeing.
(Mediatrics; MLB 4,7:00, 9:00)
UTAMARO & HIS FIVE WOMAN (Kenji Mizoguchi,
1946)
The Japanese film festival presents a look at
Utamaro, an 18th century Japanese printmaker. As
can be seen by the title, printmaking was probably
not his only interest. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall,
7:00, FREE)
VIDAS SECAS (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963)
The title, translated, is "Barren Lives," and the
film shows that this is the type of life people lead as
they try to live in the Northeast portion of Brazil,
Portuguese with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop
and a host of University departments; MLB 1, 8:00,
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicholas Roeg,
1976)
David Bowie stars in a film which never seems to
come too often for Ann Arborites. He plays an alien
looking for water who finds himself overwhelmed by
society. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7:00,9:30)- ..
LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bernardo Bertolucci,
1972)
MarIon Brando in a film which lifted a few
eyebrows when it first opened. Brando attempts to
use a Parisian woman to cleanse himself of all his
troubles. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00,9:15)
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman,
1983)
Bergman's last theatrical film looks at life through
young Alexander, part'of a very large family which
gives Bergman a lot to examine. Swedish with sub-
titles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 3,4:00,7:30)
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry
Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)
See Saturday's listing. (Classic Film Theatre;
Michigan Theater, 5:15,9:00)
JABBERWOCKY (Terry Gilliam, 1977)
See Saturday's listing. (Classic Film Theatre;
Michigan Theater, 7:10)
KAZABLAN (Menahem Golan, 1973)
A musical traipse through Old Jaffa and
Jerusalem in Israel. Can a veteran keep his neigh-
borhood from being torn down? (Hill Street Cinema;
1429 Hill, 7:00, 9:00)
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (George Cukor,1932)
John Barrymore is a man confined to a mental in-
stitution for many years. Katharine Hepburn makes
her screen debut as his daughter, and She debates
whether or not she should marry and risk passing on
the illness. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00)
CHRISTOPHER STRONG (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)
Hepburn again, this time in her first really big
part. She gets pregnant, but the father will not leave
his wife, and Hepburn has to decide what to do.
(Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 8:30)
W.R.i THE MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM
(Dusan Makavajev, 1971)
Is sex the key to liberation? Makavajev seeks to
answer this oft-asked question ins apolitical comedy.
Serbo-Croatian with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film
Coop; MLB 4,7:00, 9:45)
LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR (Dusan Makavajev,
1967)
What does an affiar of a switchboard operator and
a rat exterminator have to do with an autopsy on a
murdered woman? This movie is perfect opportunity
ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM SERIES
More in a weekly series of things anthropological.
This week brings "The Spirit Possession of Alegan-
dro Mamani" and "Eduardo the Healer." (An-
thropology Department; MLB 2,7:00, FREE)
WOMEN'S STUDIES FILM SERIES
"The Role of Women in the Movies" looks at just
that during the depression. "St. Louis Blues" stars
Bessie Smith in a movie constructed around her
songs. (Women's Studies Department; MLB 2, 12:00
noon, FREE)
SONG OF THE CANARY (J. Hanig and D. Davis,
1979)
The growing dangers in the U.S. workplace get the
documentary trestment. )Schools of Social Work and
Public Health; 4068 Frieze Building, 12:15, FREE)
FUNNY GIRL (William Wyler, 1968)
Barbra Streisand is Fanny Brice. She won an
*Oscar for her role in the musical biography of the
singer. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 8:00)
WORD, SOUND, AND POWER (Jerry Stein, 1980)
Reggae, reggae, and more reggae with The Soul
Syndicate, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and a whole
bunch more. A short and a Flash Gordon episode will
also be shown. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan
Theater, 7:30)
THE HARDER THEY COME (Perry Henzell, 1973)
And still more reggae. Jimmy Cliff stars as a
singer who is exploited by his producer. The record
climbs the charts as fast as he climbs the Most-
Wanted list. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan
Theater, 9:00)
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