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COURIER-JOURNAL Wednesday; Novectiber13?1974 At Home With the Movies CONQUEST OF THE PLANET • THE STALKING MOON [1969J' Ure against what must be half the OfLTHEAPESfl97iJ Friday, Nov. 15 „• f German -army ensconced in a Thursday, Nov. 14 t castle literally, inaccessible ex­ Salvaje; an Apache feared for cept by cable car. The purpose of-^ his cruelty, follows the trail of the mission comes clear- orjly This is the fourth twist of the those who have taken his young gradually (and undoubtedly for monkey's tail and it shows the son and leaves his own path of "some viewers, not at all), the fatal deterioration of going once dead settlers ^am'Varner, former discovery of the names of-the too often to the cage. Cone is_the Army scoot who has taken the agents who have infiltrated the refreshing touch of humor that boy and his mother to his New British Intelligence Service saved Escape from the Planet of Mexico ranch, waits for the the! Apes, and in its place is * inevitable showdown with his Alistair MacLean wrote" the' pretentious social significance , elusive pursuer who strikes script (and later the -novel) and Mission without even being seen. Brian Hutton directs this iri--. 'terminable,- totally implausible Connie Gorton, Cathy^ Stone, Noel Knille, members of the All the apes on earth are abject This Western has the usual series of killings, escapes and amount of physical violence, but pyrotechnic displays." The Mercy-Mission Organization finalize plans for the annual slaves to their "cruel masters until Mission Weekend at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Nov. 15 a new Moses swings forth, the its cat-and-mouse story is plotted - Panavisioh production is massive, and 16. The event is slated for 8:30 to 11 p.m. each evening. tiny chimp , thought killed in almost totally for its suspense the performace by all concerned is minimal. ESCAPE Now grown and played - potentral. Gregory Peck is ex­ Proceeds will be used for both the Blossom Road school and by ' Roddy McDowall", he gets cellent as Varner, and Nathaniel for the missions. sorne help from the only good Narcisco has the proper menace as the^stalking Apache-But it is human around, a black man (Han TM Rhodes) who remembers his own Penf Feld's Robert Forster as a half- stave ongfns. The apes' pon­ breed scout who comes up with derous rebellion against the;film's mo&t 'memorable THE GODFATHER [1972] Special Attention vociferous governor DOR Murray- performance, in a throw-away . Saturday, Nov. 16 [I] goes on forever, mosfly repeating role at that.-. ~ -- " Monday, Nov. 18 [II] MEDICATED SKIN CLEANSER the same awkward not footage. s M This is it, you all, possibly the 1 biggest media event of the year For a very limited time, you can obtain a very expensive (aside from Evel Knevel's th- medicatettskin cleanser for a very small price, p0«. This Director J. Lee Thompson -warted flight, that is). The 50$ value is substantially lower than the retail price allows rather .too much violence WHERE EAGLES DARE [4969] Godfather -muscles into your -planned for this product. For the present time, this prod­ for the eight-year-olds who might Saturday, Nov. 16 livingroom via prime-time TV otherwise buy this stale stu'ff and uct may be purchased only through the mail. rather too few peanuts to satisfy - A spy-counter-spy melodrama Who doesn't know'that this SPECIAL ATTENTION Medicated Skin Cleanser anyone else. set in the Bavarian Alps during one is the blockbuster movie deep-cleans oily skin and helps clear blackheads, enlarged World War II, Eagles pits Richard based on the Mario Puzo best pores, pimples, and afcne. Take advantage of this limited A-lll Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary seller, starring Marlon Brando.as ' introductory offer-. the aging but indomitable Don Vito Corleone, head of the fic­ critic refers ~to one of them for tionalized Mafia family?/James Please forward one bottle of SPECIAL ATTENTION Medicated purposes of comparison Caan plays the hot-headed Sonny, f Skin Cleanser to: ' AS I SEE IT -and Al Pacino is the young, ' /" Name. But, as far'as plain enjoyment serious, and-for a while hesitant goes, experiencing the emotions I Michael. Street. was meant to by virtue of the . sustained build-up ,or possessing The movie follows the book's City,- the insight the director meant for complex but, always forward- _ me the viewer to attain — forget moving plot lines, but co-s State. Zip Code. ft . ' screenwriters Puzo and Francis Send coupon and 50« irr coin to Ford Coppola (who also directed),, The sad facts are what the wisely removed many of the side Vick Manufacturing movie people have been trying to track characters_and incidents P.O. Box H Hatbororo. , Pa. 190419040 I tell us for a long'time. That an What is left is the solid core artistic effort which is-edited for story of a mob's rise, near-fall," Pat-Costa television", abbreviated to fit X and resurgence in the murderous number of minutes, perforated in world of New York racketeering. an unconscionable way to insert The movie is beautifully played BUT AT WHOLESALE v y" In the last week I have seen messages about bad breath, body by a. fine cast, arid Coppola's three major motion pictures of odor and 50,000-mile warranties direction, right down to the use of AID SHE $$$ ON THESE other years.. is in no way related to what the an antique tint to give a proper artists Involved set out to do Forties ambience, is a study In All were seen for the first time control and pacing Even in a AS TRADED SPECIALS on the home screen rather than at Character development in all somewhat sanitized TV edition, a movie house because by the three movies was mutilated. the film is for'adults, and the non- 65 Cadillac Full Motivation was nearly nil. When squeamish at that — the murders 73 Vega 4 Speed \ time we figure out the cost of Power Factory Air, the movie, the sitter and George C. Scott as the retired cop are plentiful and gruesome, and Small dent in door 1 New tires needs paint sometimes even parking plus in- "The" New Centurions" sat very little is spared in detailing . Runs perfect 36,000 miles finished arguing over the' choice, down and pointed the j$un at his - the intricacies of mob life $2W of an adventure film versus a own head I" had to ask "Why?"- r romance, epic such trips just When Gene Hackmas as the A-lil " 74 Torino i ' didn't seem_ worthwhile. minister with* a -messianic complex let himself slip to his 2 Door hard top 8 cyl. Thus it was that I thrilled to death Jn "The Poseidon Ad­ 73 Plymouth Suburban Wagon Automatic Radio 48,000 miles venture"' my puzzlement grew. "The Poseidon Adventure," "The HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER [1973] ' 9 Passenger 8 cyl. Automatic some small scratches And when Jon Vbight, whole in " Sunday, Nov. 17 New Centurions" and "Midnight Power Sfeering Doll it yourself • -' $2499 Cowboy" from the vantage point body if not in spirit, tended with and relative comfort of our family -•care and gentleness and ailing Clint Eastwood's film in which $1699 room couch all within an eight- , Ratso who had earlier ripped him he stars and directs is at best ,a - off my consternation was pretentious and at worst a per­ day period." • t complete. verse, continuation of his " ' Well,, maybe ^thrilled" is a little ideological commitment to the 72 Vega CT strong for what I experienced. Obviously I had missed concept of sadistic vengeance "4 Speed Radio 38,000 miles How about "endured"? something. Lots of somethings. „, applied outside the law by the * Small.rip in seat / Granted there is a solution We individual. Eastwood here tells a "1 had looked forward to seeing should have budgeted 10 bucksj pompous tale of how. a stranger 1 M1» . these movies if for no other, and gone to the theater.* with no name destroys a town 1 » reason than to be familiar with whose cowardly populace their characters, the storylines But that same week we had willingly collaborated .in the and actors' abilities when others turned to Channel 21 to catch murder-by-whipping of a" high- brought the subjects' up. " "Sergeant York1' in its entirety, a minded marshal who opposed the - TO/MM BACK WINTER W/FU matter of two hours and 10 locals-mining company's in- I Having seen them, I probably minutes. Not cut up to serve fringement on federal property. could enter into a discussion or television's purposes, the Gary understand a review in which a Cooper, film provides more Eastwood's; ludicrous "jux-" pleasure than the other three taposition of clicbed metaphor — * movies put together. the stranger materializes out of the heat haze of the desert, NO W IS THE TIME TO MOONEY PLAYERS To suggest that commercial appoints a midget «s town mayor INSULA TE YOUR HOME television should - provide and sheriff, insists that the town . Under Milk Wood, a play ,by sponsor-less movies is be painted inferno red, ad­ Dylan Thomas about the ridiculous. But there has to be, ministers justice with,a bullwhip inhabitants of a Welsh seaside a better way to present them — -against a fiery background — and - town, will be presented at &15 particularly when the network the conventional realistic plotx BLOWN-IN CELLULOSE p.m' Friday, Nov, 22f at Cardinal feels it has a valuable property as devices of the Western would be Mooney High School, 800 Maiden in "The Poseidon Adventure" or utterly dismissible if it were not 'INSULATION ' Lane. the upcoming "Gone With the for the .film's repeated visual Koop your home' Wind" and "The- Godfather." brutalities and its sexistuattitudes Lumping the sponsors" messages toward women. Brother Michael CPalko, CSC, together at the beginning, the end directing the Mooney Players, or even at one-intermission would _ -Eastwood's general debauching described the plotless drama as a risk no loss of viewers. of the town includes the quaint ' fern •stiiqvtw. "play for voices," because it On the other hand it would do male fantasy that women .(here involves 16 players in. many roles much to sustain- the mood and-" VAEGER ELECTRIC and^changes of voice. Two Mariana Hill-and Verna Bloom) feeling necessary to appreciate a cannot, after all, fail to respond narrators, Rick Alexander and quality filnv ~ Ontario, . Rita Astrella, describe the cir­ to.rape when instigated by the . .Even if television did this it likes otClfnt Eastwood, in short, 71B472-4470 71*671290* cumstances of the various an utterly despicable film -., characters as their experiences," wouldrt't'be enough. But, it would thoughts and dreams unfold. be a good start B -1 ^<-