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'Force i v ^ mm s WpT i t Ford and Shaw pla By David Baker Enltrlalnmtflt Editor In 1961, Alistair MacLean's novel The was made into a bang-up movie starri David Niven and Anthony Quinn. Its cor destruction of the radar-controlled guns < on Navarone, is included at the beginnini Navarone to set the stage for the contini two of the mission's survivors, Major M; by Robert Shaw) and demolitions expe Fox). At $11 million, Force 10 From Navarc pensive film ever released by Ameri Pictures. It's also one of the company venture yarn that keeps the viewer on Leadinj Six leading contemporary Americ authors will speak this spring in Columl as part of a lecture series sponsored by I University of South Carolina College Humanities and Social Sciences and I Department of English. Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. heads the i star list of writers, which includes t Pulitzer Prize winners. Joining Vonnegut the series are poet Richard Wilbur, sh story author James Alan McPhera novelists John Gardner and William Styi and film critic Pauline Kael. The authors will read from their woi and speak on writing in free public lectur They will also participate in creati writing classes at USC. "We want them to do whatever they best in the public lectures and in I classroom discussion," said Dr. Geoi Geckle, chairman of USC's Engli D#?nartm??nf nnr\ r-rvrvrrlin ntnr n( Ihn cori Vliivili M1?V4 UlUIMbUI VI 111V/ 0\_/l 1' "We won't have a set format." Vonnegut will appear Tuesday, Feb. 13 8 p.m. in Carolina Coliseum. "He probably the most popular and widely re author in America today," said Profess William Price Fox, chairman of the Engli Department's Creative Writing Commitl and assistant coordinator of reading a lecture series. "He is studied by high schi and college students alike." ?c \r .a t. me uuuiui ui tMgiu iiuvcis, vumiegui I been called a black humorist because of 1 pessimistic but funny plots. He also has be tagged a science-fiction writer, a satir and a surrealist. This abundance of lab reveals a broad appeal and a solid foi dation in all aspects of writing. ? 10' is hbhbmp w;' and moves slowly en< ..-v; - complicated games o As the story goes, ] , ; Yugoslavia to elim Lescovar (France N< betrayed the Britishe -u^-r-^i'vfe'rfiSB bv Ameriran Bits also one o To get to Yugosla\ ride with an America seemingly invulnera lines. The leader of Ford, isn't exactly hangers-on on board, most of the American accustomed to the ide carry out their missic i i his' nt bomb Needless to say, th< mission is even attem the clutches of a bar vjrennans, escapes ir Chetnik double agen Guns of Navarone worth the trip), and r( ing Gregory Peck, When the men are lcluding scene, the destroying the bridge [)f the Nazi fortress base rock are too de? g of Force 10 From with. Rather than wa uing adventures of the group decides ins allory (now played the whole valley and r rt Miller (Edward This climactic sequ one in The Guns of P dampened by the u: me is the most ex- miniatures, mind yoi ican International If the whole movi 's best ... an ad- probably condemn the \e edge of his seat Guy Hamilton succ< "W "fl * j auuiui an In 1972 one of Vonnegut's n bia Slaughterhouse-Five, was released the film. The success of the book and of completed the author's emergence the obscurity to a level of fame rivaled b contemporary American writers. A ill- his works are Sirens of Titan, Breakl wo Champions, Player Piano and Cat's C in Along with his public reading, Vor ort will speak to USC classes Feb. 14. cm, The lecture series was arranged b on other well-known American authors wl members of the USC Departme 'ks mignsn, poei ana novensi James l es. and humorist-novelist William Price ive "We would not have been able to such a prestigious group of write do Columbia if we did not already hav ;he acclaimed authors, who are per ge friends of these writers, on our fac sh Geckle said. "Fox and Dickey es. responsible for getting the group toge Poet Richard Wilbur will give the 5 at reading in the series Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. is auditorium of the Business Administ tad Building. "Wilbur is one of the ?m ciisunguisnea poets in America today ish also one of the most enchanting tee memorable interpreters of his own v nd said (JSC Poet-in-Residence James D ool Wilbur is the author of many volur poetry, including The Beautiful Chi ?hs> ceremony and Other Poems and The his Header. Wilbur's poetry is an express ;en joy in the midst of psychological d? ist Along with his public lecture, Wilbu els speak to USC classes Feb. 27. in- James Alan McPherson is the speaker in the series, and he will talk 1 [>ugh so that he doesn't get lost in its f double-cross. Mallory and Miller are dispatched to inate the German double agent *ro in his first villainous role), who rs on their earlier mission. isive film ever release International Pictures f the company's best, /ia, Mallory and Miller hitch a plane n task force whose job is to blow up a ble bridge deep behind the German the Americans, played by Harrison thrilled by having the two elderly but after the plane is shot down and i J: i_*ti * i suiuiers are Kiuea, ne oecomes more a. After a while, he even offers to help >n in return for their helping him with ;re are several side trips before either pted. The valiant little group falls into id of Chetniks, is turned over to the om said Germans, returns to aid a t (Barbara Bach, who is definitely >bs a German supply depot. finally able to devote some time to , they discover that its moorings in the *p for it to be completely done away sting time blowing a small hole in it. tead to blow up a dam, thus flooding uining the bridge in the process. ence is really more exciting than the Navarone, but its effect is somewhat se of miniatures (they're exquisite 1, but miniatures nonetheless), ie were more realistic-looking, I'd i miniatures totally, but since director jeded in making me suspend my sto be ovels, 6at 8 p.m. in the Gambrell Hi as a The author was awarded a I film in 1978 for two volumes of she from aiid Cry and Elbowroom. H y few student of Fox's, and the tea jnong McPherson "the finest black asi of today." radle. Along with the public lectu inegut will speak to classes at USC Two leading novelists are iy two to appear at USC during Ma ho are John Gardner, author of nt of Sunlight Dialogues, Nickel )ickey October Light, will give a rea ! Fox. while Pulitzer Prize winner i Dring win speak April 4. ;rs to Both lectures will begin at e two auditorium of the Business i sonal Building. Gardner will also 1 ulty," classes March 20. Styron are classes April 3. ther." "Gardner is the most pro ?econd America today," Fox said. Hi in the 19 books, including a volume ration life critically acclaimed as c most biographical studies of the . He is another on his poetry. Alo ; and literary work, Gardner h vork," number of novels. linlrat/ ilic Hnfinn io on/ilnitv\A/l k?i avnvj . i no a ivnuii 10 avv.iniiucvi Ijy nes of consistent clarity of purpos anges, vision. His style and poetic gr Mind- by an open prose ability, com sion of in a mood of seriousness, ispair. Gardner looks for ways t it will reshape the fashionable exhaustion and despair. third In contrast to Gardner March work is that of William Styron ^ * wgp w w dveriture Ix vf,^?t '"' ^ *TJ^% >g " Kiel overpowers Bach disbelief for the first 90 minutes, I figured that he could get away with 20 minutes more. in addition to Hamilton, who directed Live & Let Die and The Man With the Golden Gun, and Bach, who last appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me, there is one other renegade from the James Bond pictures in Force 10 . . . Richard Kiel. In a drastic departure from his "Jaws" character in The Spy Who Loved Me and the upcoming Moonraker, Kiel portrays the brutal Chetnik leader, Captain Drazac. Kiel's performance probably wouldn't be so effective if it wasn't for his 7'2" height, but the role does prove that he has a great deal of potential. Force 10 Front Navarone is a lot of fun, but it can hardly be considered a film of great importance. It is noteworthy because it contains the next-to-last appearance of the late Robert Shaw, one of the best actors Britain has evpr produced. For that reason alone, it should be seen. on campus ill Auditorium. author has produced only three full-length Pulitzer Prize novels in 30 years, but he has not succumbed rt stories, Hue to pressure to produce his fiction more e is a former rapidly. cher considers The work he has produced has been widely writer around applauded by critics, and The Confessions of Nat Turnpr u/r?r? Sturnn a Dnlit? r?_:? - ? VII u M. Ulll^Cl r I 1?C XII re, McPherson 19G8. In interviews, the novelist has said he March 7. finds writing an agonizing process, that he also scheduled wrestles with each word and cannot go on to rch and April. the next paragraph until the one before is Grendel, The perfect. Mountain and But this polishing has earned him a place ding March 21, as the most accomplished stylist among Villiam Styron contemporary authors. Along with Nat Turner, his works include Lie Down in 8 p.m. in the Darkness and The Long March. Administration A lecture by the most distinguished film ecture in USC critic in America today, Pauline Kael, will will address complete the series April 11. Kael will lecture at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the lific writer in Business Administration Building April 11 ; uas auuiurcu aiiu s^r io several u&t classes April 12. on Chaucer's She is the author of six books and many ne of the best magazine articles and has written for the decade, and Partisan Review, Vogue, The Atlantic, tig with such Harpers and many others. is written a Since 1968 she has served as movie critic at The New Yorker. A graduate of the rritin? fr?r i*c Universitv nf ?. ivo j ? v/u.i.wiiua, ivaci was H >e and moral Ciuggenheim Fellow in 1964 and received the isp, controlled (Jeorge Polk Memorial Award for Criticism plete his ideas in 1970. In his work, to conjunction with the Vonnegut lecture, o confute or an exhibit by photographer Jill Krementz fiction of will be displayed in McKissick Museums. Ms. Krementz is a well-known photographer s quantity of of writers, and some of her portraits of The Southern authors will be shown Feb. 12-28.