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Fruffalft's O SEPTEMBER 7TH SEPTEMBER 21ST More Entertaining Alice IS September Films Than Humanly Possible! 35, She has a Something for Everyone 12-year- old kid. Comedy, drama and suspense describe ki. -s of films to be Together shown t -lonth in Lipinsky they're Auditorium. Alice D oesn’t Live H ere runmg Anymore” will be presented on away Sunday, September 7th. This 1974 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, from home. stars Kris Kristofferson and Ellen Burstyn. Miss Burstyn won the Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of Alice, a widow with a 12-year-old son, as she strug­ SIR LEW GRADE and MARTIN STARCiER prcwni A JIM HENSON PRCJtJtX-'TION gles to build a new life. The film has ■IHEMUPFETMOVIE ELLEN BURSTYN Executive Producer MARTIN STARCjER ■ Prtxiuced by JIM HENSON Written by JERRY JUHL & JACK BURNS • rjirecied by JAMES ERAWI.EY been described as, "One of the best Music & Lyrics by F¥\UL WILLIAMS and KENNY ASCHER KRIS KR!SrOFFERSON,N/4UCE Co-produced by OAVID LAZER and most poignant motion pictures Starring The Muppet Performers JIM HENSON • FRANK OZ • JERRY NELSON RICHARD HUNT - DAVE COE12 CX)ESNTUVEHERE ever made about a woman.” Co.5tarring CHARLES DURNING and AUSTIN PENDLETON Special Guest Stars EDGAR BERGEN • MILTON BERLE • MEL BROCJKS On September 14th, a film by JAMES COBURN • DOM DeLUISE ■ ELLIOTT GOULI:) • BOB HOPE /1NYMORE MADEUNE KAHN • CAROL KANE • CLORIS LEACHMAN • STEVE MARTIN director Francois Truffaut will be RICHARD PRYOR • TELLY SAVALAS • ORSON WELLES • PAUL WILLIAMS Soundtradi m i M iIi on AUm kk R«cor4i and l>p*s Moww Book A OAVDSUSSKIND PRODUCTION ■ , shown. “Day for Night” was nam­ f ¥ l(oaL»»wg«Mr ALFRED UJTTER HARVEY KEITEL ?s Ben'axj OANE LADD as Fto ed Best Foreign Film of 1973. It is in W ntten by ROBERT GETCHELL Produced by DAVID SUSSKINO and AUDREY MAAS [Vecied by MARTIN SCORSESE G IG fltfH*11 A t AUbtENC■ ~| l^ FWwWftRtfRRfiiyQAWRNFRfDMMUNOTONSCOMfWY lECHfCaOR' ' English and stars Jaqueline Bissett, Jean-Pierre Leaud and Valentina Cortese. The film is about the mo­ tion picture industry, including the problems of high-strung, temperamental cast and crew of a film in production. The picture pro­ vides a slyly comic and bittersweet SEPTEMBER 28TH look into the scene behind the SEPTEMBER 14TH scene and the actors behind the ac­ tors. ‘T he Muppet Movie” a film for the whole family, will be presented on Sunday, September 21st, This Today* only 1979 film conibines comedy, drama FRUFFALfT'S a of people know and suspense with songs by the Mup­ China Syndrome** pet gang. Starring Kermit the Frog Soon you will know. and Miss Piggy with cameo ap­ pearances by Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, and others. On September 28th, “ The China Syndrome, ’ ’ starring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas will be shown. All films in the series will be shown on Sunday evenings at 6:30 O and 9:00 p.m. in the Lipinsky Auditorium. UNC-A students with a full-time ID card are admitted FREE. All others, including the general pubic areadnitted fora $1 charge. A pamphlet listing films to be STAIWINQ AEL shown throughout the year can be JACQUELINE BISSET JEANPIERRE AUMONT obtained from the Office of Student VALENTINA CORTESE JEAN CHAMPION UGLAS Activities and other places around campus. The Sunday Film Series is DANI JEAN PIERRE LEAUD co-sponsored by Student Govern­ ALEXANDRA S T tm R T FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT ment and the Special Events Com­ mittee. ACADEMY AWARD AMfCMAEtl>DU<SUS }F€FtLHSPR.OtlfCT»H A)AHESBRtDGES FItH ]ACKlEMHON ?AN£F0NI>A HICHAEI DOUGUS WINKER THE CHINA SYNDROME BESTHJREffiN mirn^by HIKEGRAY ei T.SXOOK aiid }AMESfiRIDGE$ Associateft'oditcer JAMES hi£l$ON < Ejceairiveft'odiKec BRUCE QL8ERT LANGUAGE HLM Prodwedhy HfCHAEl DOUGiAS * Dtreaedby JAMES BRIDGES STEPHEN fflSC)P-flPCi I ^ ::§SS'¥S:;^ (DUBBED IN ENGISH) 5.
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