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CHUCK CROMER
Entertainment Editor
NOTE: All campus movies are sponsored by
House University Union Cinematic Arts Commit!
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vv, Wlavvvl, MV v.uv p.AAA. UIIU i/ p.Hi. uuiiuaj' till UU^I
in the Russell House Theatre. Films are fr<
students who present a validated ID Sunda
Tuesday, while a $1 admission is charged for W
and Thursday's films.
Campus Films
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK
SMARTER BROTHER ? (1975) ? Gene Wildi
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genre. Madeline Kalin, Marty Feldman, and Do
costar. Charles Champlin wrote, "A swiftly pr
mixture not only of the Holmes tradition but of til
the musical, the swashbuckler, and the absurd
Thursday $1.
ACE IN THE HOLE (THE BIG CARNIVAL) Director
Billy Wilder's ("Sunset Boulevard," "i
It Hot") bitter satire of an American's que^t for1
notoriety. Kirk Douglas stars as an enterprising
who organizes an enormous publicity stunt aroi
trapped in a New Mexico cave to gamer national
and other financial rewards. Bosley Crowther c
York Times wrote, "Beyond any question, the di
done a SDectaOlllar ifth of vicinnirwt
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of mob behavior as influenced by a weird ca
Wilder has given us a masterly film, unique as a
the morbid psychology of crowds." Sunday.
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932) ? Voluptuoui
Dietrich stars as Shanghai Lily who, while on the
'Moreau
By CHUCK CROMER di
Entertainment Editor isi
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"The Island of Dr. Moreau," based on an v?
H.G. Wells novel, is a mediocre formula so
horror film that lacks any comprehensible e>
or creditible statement about mankind's se
constant attempts to alter natural laws. so
The film's theme is so shallow and un- ar
stable, for example, that its producers, "h
realizing that something must be salvaged mi
from this nnnspnsp r??\*.rnfo th? ?-?
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midstream changing it from one of obvious re;
L terror to a commercial, happy ending. Mi
The plot is simple, traditional, and thus th<
quite predictable. Andrew Braddock
(Michael York) and a shipwrecked friend Isl
dock ashore on a mysterious island after 1
|; \ seventeen days at sea. Soon afterwards, gei
W;\ Braddock's shipmate disappears, and bri
Braddock is rescued from an attack by po<
ggfe^i unnnown animals by Montgomery (Nigel coi
Davenport) a taciturn man who takes him mc
<g&to a fenced compound carved out of the pof
Jjpiiddle of the jungle. There he meets the Tb
^|and's owner, Dr. Moreau (Burt I^an- vio
ygter), a scientist, and a mysterious oui
%uty, Maria (Barbara Carrera).
% BRADDOCK recuperates, he
beefy es curious about Moreau's work and
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m DeLuise laden truck driven by Victor (Br
eposterous
ie Western, Peking to Shanghai, is caught in the mid
list farce." civil war where a rebellious war lord sto;
creates havoc with Lily and the other pass*
by Josef Von Sternberg, the film won an i
- (1951) ? for Best Cinematography. Monday.
weaiu/and LA COLLECTIONNEUSE (1967) ? In ?
imirnoiilf setting, an antique dealer on vacation, ,
inda man Vauchau) is fascinated by Haydee (Haj
I headlines y?wg girl nicknamed "la collectionneus
if fhp npw seems to collect men. Though initially anno
K__ eventually tries to seduce Haydee. Vincent
vulearitv of directed by Er^c Rohmer, "Adr
iafsfrnnh/ the earty prototype for Jean-Louis of
mWnf Maud's" and Jerome of "Claire's Knee,'
i mirror 01 an aimost obsessive distrust of idle pi
passion equals disorder, chaos and tl
M . civilization, and is, therefore, the ultima!
s Mariene Tuesday.
train from 3
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scovers that the doctor is trying to KjSMfli
olate the chromosomes in every living
ing which determine its shape, using |||&g||gg^
irious animals as subjects. Braddock
on stumbles onto the results of Moreau's
:periments: creatures having some BfJRp
mhlance to basic animal species and Kflt/
me appearance of humanity, but who pW
e actually in limbo between the two ? | rf u
lumanimals." Because of Braddock's M
eddlings, Moreau experiments on him, / ^ML?'
/ing to turn him into an animal. The , {
suit is a bloody confrontation between
)reau, Braddock, the humanimals and
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uiai hi uiuctuii uie lsiana.
rhere 'is nothing original about "The
and of Dr. Moreau."
rhe standard horror-science fiction
nre elements are employed whereby a HP /vPiH
lliant but mad scientist searches for
wer or notoriety (in this case, the
uroi 01 nereaity), and is combated by a v'la
ralistic and intelligent youth who op- ifiWiJI
>es the madman's attempts to play God. Mw JBS
e result is nearly always the same, a
lent clash between the two camps, with
hero emerging as the winner. rfhe
IUNDREDS OF films have successfully resulting
penmen
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as the nitro- appears perilou
uno Cremer) "Sorcerer."
die of a Chinese n
ps the train and OOW
SemyAwart SORCERER ? Dip
of suspense and fatali
pasts, but possessing:
i Mediterranean penaltif of his own s
Adrien (Patrick llfe sentence in a livir
rdee Politoff) a *re concefhng them
p" hponncA eho American backwater
yed^ter, hi ^ ?"
Canby once said volatile nitroglycerin
ien is very much 1 "c^w!" 06 P310 W
"My Night At wh,c^ drivers ?et th?
' an intellectual _
ission, as if idle . Y *v
he collapse of adventure that has Bo
te immorality." beautiful 'emale Russ
is stealing their govei
Valley.
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half-men, half-beasts the
{ from the bizarre ex- Moi
ts of Dr. Moreau carry
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isly close to tlppin^ovSTn
ntown Films
ector William Friedkin's masterpiece
ism about four criminals fleeing their
no futures. Each criminal escapes the
society only to be destined to serve a
ig hell, where the four men think they
selves from their pasts in a South
village. When an oil drill explodes 200
;n are needed to transport by truck
to the drill site to extinguish the fire.
,000 if they survive the ordeal. Guess
; job? Jefferson Square.
OVED ME ? Another James Bond
md (Roger Moore) cooperating with a
ian spy to solve the puzzle as to who
mment's nuclear submarines. Spring
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body of the overseer shot by
*eau out of the compound.