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Bv David Baker
Ocmccock Film Critic
American Graffiti: The movie that launched the
careers of Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy
Williams, Paul LeMat, Candy Clark, Kathleen
Quinlan, Mackenzie Phillips, Suzanne Somers and
George Lucas is back, this time in Dolby sound. (PG)
Jefferson Square
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan: Tony Curtis
leads those foul-mouthed munchkins across the
Pacific Ocean to the World Championship. Better
than "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,"
but that's not saying much. (PG) Columbia Mall and
Bush River Mall
The Betsy: Even Laurence Olivier can't keep this
"daring expose about the automobile industry" from
running out of gas. (R) Columbia Mall
Corvette Summer: Mark Hamill and Annie Potts in
a hilarious romp through the streets and hotels of Las
vegas, where Hamffl's stolen Corvette was spotted.
The script, by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins,
evokes a stream of laughter about every five
minutes, and the film's stuntwork is perfection. (PG)
Twilight Drive-In.
Eyes of Laura Mars: Faye Dunaway stars in this
stylish and absorbing thriller from the producer of "A
Star Is Born/' Jon Peters. The film's theme song,
"Prisoner," sung by Barbra Streisand, is a sure
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Foul Play: As if Goldie Hawn alone wouldn't be
enough to make this one a hit, the producers also
threw in one of the most dazzling car chase sequences
ever filmed. Chevy Chase co-stars as a bumbling
detective. (PG) Columbia Mall and Bush River Mall
Grease: John Travolta proves that "Saturday
Night Fever" was no fluke, and Olivia Newton-John
is even better than he is. Ranks with "Foul Play" and
"Heaven Can Wait" as one of the year's most entertaining
pictures. (PG) Bush River Mall
The Greatest: Nothing more than a two-hour ego
trip for Muhammed Ali. A more appropriate title
would have been "The Worst." (PG) Plaza III
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Peter
Frampton's idea of acting is to roll his eyes back into
his head, which is better than Sandy Farina's idea of
singing. If this fiasco doesn't kill the Bee Gees,
nothing ever will. (PG). Columbia Mall
Heaven Can Wait: Warren Beatty and Julie
Christie, together for the umpteenth time, make for
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screen magic, the likes of which we haven't seen
since Streisand cast her spell over Kristofferson in
"A Star Is Born." (PG) Gamecock and Spring Valley
Hooper.: Totally inferior to "Smokey & the
Bandit/' the previous Burt Reynolds-Sally Field-Hal
Needham collaboration, but it still has some nice
moments (most of them Field's). (PG) Spring Valley
and Bush River Mall
House Calls: Howard Zieff's medicinal comedy
features a trite script, but good acting from Walter
Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Art Carney. (PG)
Columbia East
Inserts: A little known, but critically praised film
about the making of pornography in the 1920s.
Richard Dreyfuss and Jessica Harper head an excellent
cast that also features Veronica Cartwright,
who will be seen next month in Terrence Malick's
eagerly anticipated "Days of Heaven." (X) Fox
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forget the inadequacies of the plot. (R) Palmetto
National Lampoon's Animal House: Belushi,
Matheson and company in one of the year's funniest
films. The horse's heart attack is an inspired stroke
of absurdity that will probably go down in history.
(R) Dutch Square and Gamecock
Revenge of the Pink Panther: The fifth installment
of the Inspector Clouseau saga, wherein Peter Sellers
fumbles his way to fame and fortune, is wildly erratic
but better than "The Pink Panther Strikes Again."
(PG) Spring Valley
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Now entering its
fifth month in Columbia, "Rocky Horror" is the best
transvestite musical ever made. (R) Bush River Mall
? Midnight Movie
Slithis: A monster movie from the Godzilla school
of horror. This one has a novel twist in that the
creature was born from sewage. (PG) Carolina
Thank God It's Friday: The movie debut of Donna
Summer is the one and only reason for seeina this
"Saturday Night Fever" rip-off. The set lookslnore
like a menagerie than a disco, and most of the good
music is used for underscoring. (PG) Plaza III
Who'll Stop the Rain (Dog Soldiers): Karel Reisz
directed this bland screen version of the best-selling
novel by Robert Stone. Stellar performances from
Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld make it worth seeing.
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"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" will be showing Friday end
Saturday, Sept. 15th and Sept. Hth In the Russell House Theatre at 7
p.m. and9:30p.m. Admission is$ I with student I.D.
Rv David Rolror
Oam*cocfc Film Critic
The advertising campaign for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest" states that it is the only film in the past 45 years to win all the
major Academy Awards. What the campaign neglects to mention is
that "Cuckoo's Nest's" winning those awards is Oscar's biggest
mistake in those 45 years.
Whatever caused the Academy to bestow its honors on such an
(undeserving picture is beyond the realm of comprehension. "Dog
Day Afternoon," one of the W75 also-rans, is by far a better picture,
and A1 Pacino's performance in it totally eclipses Jack Nicholson's
erratic portrayal of "Cuckoo's Nest's" resident booh AnH
I Louise Fletcher's was the best performance of the five Best Actress
nominees, both Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn were better in the
much-neglected "Shampoo."
In short, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a sham. It's a fluke
! that raked in over $50 million because of the Academy's stupidity.
The story, or what passes for one, is about convict R. P. MacMurphy's
rocky road to mental health. After several futile sessions
with the prison psychiatrist, MacMurphy is transferred to an institution
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power to get them excited. The list of their altercations goes on and
on.
The film's script loads up sympathy for MacMurphy and portrays
Nurse Ratched as Hitler in skirts. After about an hour of such
manipulation, the audience realizes that Nurse Ratched is really in
the right and so, when MacMurphy is electrically silenced, it's more
of a relief than an outrage.
The worst thing about "Cuckoo's Nest," however, is the feeling of
depression it gives the viewer. When you can go see such uplifting
movies as "Grease," and "Heaven Can Wait," it's a shame to spend
your money on such a downbeat project as "Cuckoo's Nest."
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