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I knew things had been
going too good. For the
past few weeks every
movie \ saw I really
liked. Then along came
this clinker that is bad
enough to set movie
making back ten years.
Its not just bad, it is bad
and boring. Nothing is
worse than that double
“B”.
I didn’t go to see the
movie expecting it to be
great, but with Lee
Marvin, Robert Shaw and
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Lee Marvin
....Starring In “Avalanche Express”
JACKIE K. COOPER
CAR T Good For Perry
CART week has come
and gone but the good it
did for our community
lingers on. Mitchell Korn
was our guest artist for a
week and he was kept
busy giving “in
formances” at different
areas of our community.
Many people were ex
posed to the man and his
music and got a glimpse
of a concert artist which
is usually not given.
Whether you thought
his music was good, bad
or indifferent, you have to
agree that the concept
behind the CART
program is a valid one.
And having this artist in
the community should
help speed up the process
to formulate a Perry Arts
Council. I hope it does.
What really impressed
me about the whole week
was the way that people
pitched in and gave of
their time and effort to
make the whole idea a
success. I knew Perry
had a lot of get up and go,
but the extent of the
dedication to this
program exceeded what I
expected. I congratulate
and thank everyone who
was involved, you were
great.
A lot of my exposure to
culture comes from books
“Bad And Boring ”
Linda Evans heading the
cast I thought it would be
at the least passable
entertainment. They are
all completely wasted. If
Lee Marvin made many
movies like this one, he
wouldn’t have had any
money for Michele
Marvin to want. All of
that old Marvin charm is
nowhere to be seen in this
film. He just walks
through his role.
Robert Shaw died soon
after this film was
and-or from our local
bookstore. I meet the
most interesting people
there. It seems like lately
every time I go in to sit
down and chat with Joan
Chase some one in
teresting walks in the
door. Last Saturday while
I was there Genelle
Jennings came in with a
copy of a book she has
written.
For those of you who
didn’t know Genelle, she
is a resident of
Hawkinsville and she was
a member of the first
“Peanut Brigade”. Since
that experience was so
exciting and interesting
for her, she has written it
all down in a book called
Into The Jaws Os Politics.
I just started it this week
and I have been
fascinated with what I
have read. She is a very
talented writer.
As soon as I have
completed the book, I will
give you a review. In the
meantime you might
want to get started
reading it yourself. It is
available here in Perry. I
haven’t been in any rush
to read the books about
“The Carters” but this
one is not necessarily
about Jimmy and family
but about the everyday
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979
completed. I hope people
will remember his other
great roles and let this
one pass from memory.
As good an actor as he
was, in this movie he was
given nothing to work
with. He plays a Russian
who is defecting to the
West and as such he does
a good job of talking with
a Russian accent. ;■
Linda Evans has not
come very far from her
role as “Audra” on the
old TV series “The Big
people in the background
of his campaign.
I am always impressed
to meet “celebrities” be
they local or otherwise. I
am looking forward to
talking with Genelle
again and finding out
about any plans she has
for future writing.
This week you have a
chance to see two good
movies in Perry. The film
"Jesus" starts this week
and though I have not
seen it yet I have heard
some very good reports
about it. It is supposed to
ber be scripturally ac
curate. The directors did
not choose to fabricate a
lot of extra details to
make the life of Christ
more interesting. That
makes this movie unique
from a lot of the other
biblical movies.
Then there is “Yanks”.
It is a very romantic
movie about the
romances that developed
between American men
and British women
during World War 11. It is
rated "R” for nudity and
language so be
forewarned. The film
stars Richard Gere,
Williamk Devane and
Vanessa Redgrave. I
liked it and plan to go
back and see it again.
Valley”. She is still a
beauty and for those of
you who like trivia she is
the wife who immediately
preceded “10” star Bo
Derek. John Derek
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marries lovely ladies and
then discards them. His
wife before Linda Evans
was Ursula Andress. I
had never before noticed
how much Linda Evans
and Bo Derek look alike.
There is a definite
resemblance.
Also in the film is Joe
Namath. He has a few
short lines and dies a
firey death. The director
did nothing to capitalize
on his charm. He is just a
hired henchman with
very little to do in the
movie. It seems they just
wanted him to get his
name on the marquee.
The most exciting
things about the movie is
the avalanche sequence.
John Dykstra provided a
fairly exciting special
effects sequence but it is
over in the first hour of
the film and there is
nothing that reaches its
excitement in the second
half. They should have
saved that avalanche for
the end of the movie.
Rated *‘PG” for
language and absolutely
Aglow To Meet Saturday
The Women’s Aglow
Fellowship of Perry will
meet at the Holiday Inn -
1-75 at Hwy 341 in Perry
on Saturday, December
15, 1979. Fellowship and
coffee at 9:00 a.m. and
services at 9:30 a.m.
The speaker will be Dru
Wooldridge of Riverdale,
Georgia.
Dru, founder and
president of Prayer
Ministries International,
is teaching women how to
pray more effectively
and how to receive the
nothing else, “Avalanche
Express” races along at
a speed of one mile an
hour or so it seemed. By
the end of the film you are
so exhausted from
maximum from their
prayer lives.
Dru is the wife of an
aeronautical engineer
and the mother of one
son. A resident of
Riverdale, she is known
in many Southern cities
for her Bible classes,
lectures and TV
program, “When Women
Pray” and weekly radio
broadcast “If My
People.”
A nurse by profession,
Dru thought this was the
calling she had to serve
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boredom, you feel you
have been hit by a ton of
snow.
My advice is take a
plane and avoid the
“Avalanche Express”.
God and mankind. But
nine years ago she began
to be concerned about the
lack of effectiveness in
her own prayer life and
the prayer life of many
churches. She learned
from the scriptures how
to pray with power and
has felt the call of God to
share this with others.
Dru also designs and
teaches courses at
Atlanta International
Biblical Institute.
This is a non
denominational meeting -