r ALL THE NEWS H ::I 0 0 USBULK POSTAGE RATE m ....... r~'nC . PAID THATSFIT TO PITCH .. ~ g ~ERMIT. NO. 2419 ....... z KCMO o~ FREE ~~ ~ FREE Issue 24 ?;g rwspapei Dec::ember1982 Ho-Ho-Hum Christmas M Inside: KC's Rot 'N: Roll ...... p. 4 Reviewing the Reviewers ........ p. 14 Decaffeinated Kitty .. p. 20 Fresh Alre Asphyxiated ......... p. 18 Boob Tube Dude ..... p. 20 GrClss Man Goes to Burbank ..... p. 21 ing Nick Nolte and SaturdayN,ight Live's Ed­ at a private screening in New York). The . In Best FriendS, Burt Reynolds and the die Murphy. Opens Dec. 8. <;Titles are gQing out on a limb and prOclaim­ gifted and appea1iOO Goldie Hawn play suc­ .~. /:~~e interesting side trips into the ing this performance by Paul Newman his cessful screenWriters who work together and ~l~~tic Jesse James legend with The Long Riders best to date. He plays a washed up, alcoholic live together. They decide to get married America's largest an­ and a thrUler set in the Louisiana swamps lawyer who sees a malPJllCtice suit as the and, as Jewlson insightfully observes, "Her $pending spree, Hollywood moguls with Southern Comfort, one of HoIIywood's perfect opportunity to bri!\g hi . mother is' now his mother-in-law." That's ~n the .same vtsions. The holiday' at­ more intelligent directors returns his atten­ the limelight. Newman is su when the hilarity-and-tears begin. m~ere makes the week .right after tion to the city, with this offbeat cops-and­ fine actors as Warren Oates, J~k Studio hype is comparing this ChriStmas a terrific one for the movie in­ robbers film. 48 Hours takes place in one and James Mason, Reynolds/Hawn pairing to Tracy and Hep­ dustry, but not necessarily for the public. weekend in San Francisco. Nick Nolte is a burn. Pay $3.50 and find out for sure. Althovgh this year's selection is slightly im­ police officer who has been ordered to stay Stin of the Night, directed by Robert Ben­ proved over last year's barrage, it a off the case, but, nonetheless, he sets Qut on ton and starring Roy Scheider and Meryl The TO" directed by Frances Veber and that Hollywood is once again banking the trail of a man who killed two fellow of­ Streep.Opens Dec. 17. starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. dkd:es being too snockered with egg~to ficers with the aid of Nolte's own surrendered Writer-director Robert Benton's first film Opens Dec. 10. notice that, for the most pa.rt:¥ t~~~satne gun. Along the way, he's joined by a young since Kramer Vs. Kramer doesn't have any The Writer who gave us La Cage aux old faces to the same hacl\rie~ea st4f§ lines. black ~ng member who has his own reasons cute little kicls sneaking into the freezer for ice Foiles now directs this tale of a millionaire "The Fourth of July is very good, but that for stalking the killer. The two men develop a cream. However, there was life before who tells his son he can have anything in the week between December 25th a!)d 31st will mutual respect. Kramer, and Benton's earlier films The Late store he wants. The boy picks janitor Richard ~n be the best of the whole year," says A sneak preview filled an 1,100-seat Show and Bad Company depict as seamy a Pryor. Remake of early 70s French version, Jock PoessIger, president Of the y~ed Mo­ theater and Initial audience reaction has world as his new suspense thriller, Still of the which starred Pierre Richard. tion Picture Association, cpubJicity director of been excellent. It's "damn good," according Night. (continued on page 22) Commonwealth Theatres and host of the to one report. Roy Scheider plays a psychiatrist who KV-I02 show "Jock Goes to the Movies," finds .blmself attracted to gallery worker "It's.a tradition, They bundle them up and Tootsle. directed by Sydney Pollack and Meryl Streep, although he suspects her of ~ th;em at the public all at once, Starring Dustin Hoffman. Opens Dec. 17. murdering one of his patients. Variety Sometimes gOod films get lost in the crowd Pollack Is an uneven director, c1aimjng reports that Still of the Night has some and are pulled after only aJ'{eek." both the stark, unco!Opromising They S~: serious plot flaws, but Is "literate, well acted, The worst I!8a5On is right.· Labor Day Horses, Don't 17feJ,i and the shallow The and beautifully made." and the first three weeks iri'~ are - Electric Horseman to his credit. Last year "terrible, because everybody's ~ frahtic Pollack gave us Absence of Malice, a AIrplane U-the Sequel. directed by Ken ~ut ChriStmas." Despite the fact'that early thought-provokioo film with some dynamite Finkleman and starring Robert Hays, Peier December Is a bad time for the business, performances and some believability prob­ Graves, Chuck Conners, Sonny Bono, many c()mpanles release ·films then, hoping lems. William Shatner, Lloyd Bridges and,Julie to build audience excitement, All roads lead to Rome and everyone Is Haggerty. Opens Dec. 10, . "You can do that If you have a quality saying Tootsie wiD be the hit of the season. The same kind of madnesswe saw the first . product," Poessiger said, "If it can buUd The plot concerns a starving New York actor time around, this time concerning the first through word of mouth, If the film 'has (Dustin Hoffman) who notices that the only commercial space flight. legs.''' avaUable roles are for women, so he dresses Apparently the Betty Grable of this season up like a woman. Sounds pretty dynamic. Best Friends. directed by Norman Jewlson Is 48 Hours, direcior Walter HiD's first film in and starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie ah urban settiOO since The Warriors, It opens The Verclict, directed by Sidney Lumet and Hawn. Opens Dec. 17. first, on December 8. starring Paul Newman. Opens Dec. 17. "Love and laughter" - that's what the Here's a rundown on what to expect this Sidney Lumet's directing talent is un­ people want to see, director Norman Jewis season: disputed after last year's powerful Prince of was ql,l9ted on as saying in a studio press the City (which Japanese director Akira release. His claims of fame include Fiddler 48 Hours, directed by Walter HiD and starr- KUFosawa loved, by the way, when he saw it on the Roof and In the Heat of the Night. Page 2 kC PITCH December 1982 -------------------------------------KC PITCI1 4128 Broadway KalUfas:City, Missouri 64111 816-561-2744 PUBLISHER. ......:fialBrody KC PITCH Is hot responsible for unsolicited EDITOR .. Donna Trussell manuscripts, although they are welcomed. ASSISTANTS ... .. John Yuelkenbeck KC PITCH is not liable in respect to any Bleys Rose claims made as a result of errors in advertis­ ART ... Brookes DeSoto ing copy and do not necesSarily endorse any ADVERTISING. ..... 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Feather Wait. o $3 P $5 enclosed Hollywood's Gold Mine Replies Even in my young career,l'vetUtd hun­ dreds of interviews, ~andt1etJel: 'ha~ '~nyone come close to expressing themslflliiesqnd me with as much pure honesty as you did. You are a wonderful writer.' . I enjoyed the intervikw as much as you said you did. so we'll have to do ~La~in a few films down the roail Bythe:.• ~y, this C one is going real well-might ~vensurprise you and L of in- Self Portrait &om Paris terest in the upcoming James Bond film star· 1-~~~_~~~~~..~~ri~ng::::~~. r~:: The Who with Nadine Wanono, a French an­ thropologist who specializes in Mali. Mozam­ at the CeJllent Palace bique aM the Dogan tribes. Dateline Seattle. There are so many films and film festivals. you would go crazy. I saw ~_s Greetings from the Emerald City. It· has Secret of Veronika Voss. The music scene is been four days sinCe The Clash aml The difficult to enter. although I have my foot in Who concert and I'm still not over that sad-­ the door and a radio show here in Paris on night in the history of rock and roll. It was Wednesdays. Much theater and dance here pitiful-as bland and impersoO'aI a show as I too. Tomorrow I see traditional Indian have ever seen. The boring event took place music. at a cement pala~e known as the Kin-gdome· Rev. Dwight Frizzell and the crowd numbered close to fifty thou­ Paris, France sand. The highlight of the evening was when the crowd flicked their Bics and one large flamethrower in ~ expectation of brilliance to What's Up North (Hal) follow. However, my date fell asleep doring This is your on the spot reporter north of The Who's second song.