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GA Y ING TO THE MOVIES
With Steve Warren
Jorge Luke (bottom) in "El Santo Oficio”
Jean-Pierre Leaud in
"THE MOTHER AND * THE WHORE"
August 15th will
see the World Premiere
of “The Sycamore Man,”
with Jason Robards and
Sandy Dennis. Both stars
have said they will try
to come.
Elliott Gould and di
rector Robert Altman are
set for an appearance on
Aug. 16 with their new
film, “California Split,”
in which Gohld and Geo
rge Segal play gamblers.
Dyan Cannon is sup
posed to be here on Aug
17 with her dramatic new
picture, “Child Under a
Leaf, ’ ’ in which she plays
a jealous man’s wife who
has another man’s baby.
The Festival’s “Mid
night Shows” will start
at 11 p.m. this year, and
will be of interest to the
young and freaky. In
cluded are “Santana,”
featuring the rock group;
Andy Warhol’s “Bloodfor
Dracula,” a 2-dimen
sional companion to the
current “Frankenstein”;
A new animated feature
“The Nine Lives 1
'of Fritz the Cat,” from
producer Steve Krantz.
And I’ve only mention
ed about a third of the
features. I could go on
for day, and the Festi
val will--10 days, in fact, 1
from August 9-18. !
Details of the films
and personal appearances*
are subject to change at;
the last - minute - - but that
includes additions as well
as deletions.
If you only catch a
couple of highlights, the;
Festival is as expensive'
Appalachia and try to
make a. dishonest for
tune.
Among the foreign en
tries are John Franken- (
heimer’s “The Impos-:
sible Object,” with Alan,
Bates and Dominique San-
da; Claude Chabrol’s,
“Ophelia;” the French
comedy, “The Mad Ad
ventures of Rabbi Jacob;’
“The Petit-Theatre of
Jean Renoir;” Canada’s
“The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz; ’ ’ ‘ ‘Two
Men of Karamoja;” “The:
Mother and the Whore,”
with Jean -Pierre Leaud;
and the Israeli entry,
‘ ‘Marriage - - Jewish
Style.”
as most regular movies-
-$3 a ticket. But if you
decide to indulge yourself
in an orgy of moviegoing
for part or all of the
10-day period, you can get
some real bargains.
An all-day ticket costs
$5. If you just see twoj
pictures, you save a buck;
but you can catch up to
7 shows (on weekends);
and with three going on
,at once, you’re sure to
ifind something you like.
A pass to all screen
ings and seminars for the
entire Festival costs $50
but if you can produce a
student I.D. you can ge*
one for half-price.
If you have enough ,
stamina , the schedule will
permit you to see 40
features during the Fes
tival.
! For more information
call 892-2414or394-6225
To follow the Festi
val and keep up with late
changes in the schedule,
las well as revies, inter
views, etc., listen to
“ThircLYoice Internatio
nal” at 6 p.m. daily
(escept Sunday), Aug 9
-19, on WGKA, 1190 AM
FILM FAVORITES
August is prime time
for Atlanta’s “movie
queens,” with the city’s
7th Annual International
Film Festival spanning
one-third of the month:
you’ll need the other
two-thirds to rest up.
Sixty-five feature
films are scheduled to be
shown over 10 days, in
the various facilities of
the Memorial Arts Cen
ter at 15th and Peach
tree. At least four ma-
lor films will be shown
iach day in Symphony
fell, with most foreign
eatures in the Alliance
Theatre, and documents-
'ies and short subjects
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jtorium.
Most of the pictures
are new, many of them
World Premieres. Some
of the past year’s best
made-for-Ty movies are
also entered in Festival
; competition, including
“The Autobiography of
Miss Jane Pittman, ”
with a personal ap
pearance by its star,
Cicely Tyson.
The Festival opens
August 9 with the World
Premiere of “Harry and
j Tonto, ’ ’ starring Art
Carney and Ellen Bur-
styn. Carney and direc
tor Paul Mazursky are
exnecteri to attend
(Film Fe stiva I e ntry)
The Beach Boys Are BackI Jerry Houser
Oliver Conant and Gary Grimes
star in "Summer of ’42,” returning
to the local screens this month.
“Arizona Slim,” an
exercise in instant nos
talgia, uses the adverti
sing line, “Where were
you on the last four days
of 1973?” It co-stars
Yvonne deCarlo. Camp
anyone?
Blond, beautiful Chri
stopher Mitchum stars in
“Once,” which made the
cover of the Advocate
earlier this year. It’s
described as an allegory
'about the struggle be-*
tween Creation (Mitchum)
and Destruction (JimMa-
linda) over Humanity
(Marta Kristen). The
story sounds heavy, but
the costumes are light.
“El Santo Oficio”
(The Holy Office) is a-
bout the Inquisition in
Mexico, It features one
of that country’s most
popular (andhunky) stars,
Jorge Luke.
“The Gravy Train” is
about two brothers (Stacy
Keach and Frederic For
rest) who break out of
Pa me kT Mille r a nd Christophe r Mitchum
Michael Des Barres • "Once"
in "Arizona Slim"
GOOD GUY...BAD GUY
Rockne Tarkington has th*e tllJe
role in 'Black S amson.’ His arch
opponent is William Smith.