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15 Pt IV Sept 2. 1977 log angeleS Zimti NIVEPSAL STUDIOS TOUR an A compaw open bd amust toup 6-ao pm MOVIE REVIEW Octopus Rocks the Boat in Tentacles' BRASH AND A DANDY THE BEST NEW LAUGHTER IN TOWN." -Judith Crist, NEW YORK POST "Tentacles" (citywide), which is about an angry octopus that runs amok near San Diego, is a tedious movie, night-marishly slow and intermittently out of sync, that has been swept ashore in the ebb tide of "Jaws" and "Orca." Director Oliver Hellman creates a dark, ominous atmosphere. Even people in crowd scenes seem like sleepwalkers. The script by Jerome Max, Tito Carpi and Steve Cara-batsos derives much from many other animals-maddened-by-human-stupidity sagas. Two of the film's most grisly scenes are the deaths of a 10-year-old boy and a young woman, both mutilated by the octopus.

High-frequency sound waves apparently trigger the octopus into retaliation, terrorizing the oceanside community. A marine scientist (Bo Hopkins) who has an empathetic relationship with two killer whales is called in to investi gate. Meanwhile, his wife (Delia Boggardo) goes out in a motorboat and is crushed to death. Kids participating in a sailboat regatta also become victims. Hopkins vows vengeance.

Along with his assistant (Alan Boyd) and his two faithful whales, he goes after the octopus. Marine and underwater sequences have been directed competently by Nestore Ungaro. Shelley Winters is cast per usual as a frantic mother. Her brother is John Huston, a reporter who is investigating the horrible deaths. Henry Fonda plays the passive and, thereby, responsible president of a drilling company who has allowed his assistant (Cesare Danova) to experiment with the sound waves that have disrupted the ocean floor.

-LINDA GROSS IINIVERSAL STUDIOS TOUR la? AN MCA COMPANY OPEN 8ft) AM-LAST TOUR 6ft) PM MARTI FELDMAN ANN-MARQRET M1CHAEL 1JORK PETER USTINOV JAMES EARL JONES "THE LAST REMAKE OF BEAUQESTE" aisostarrinq TREUOR HOWARD HENR1J QIBSON TERRlj-THOMAS Screenplay by MARTI) FELDMAN CHRIS ALLEN Story by MARTI FELDMAN SAM BOBRICK Music by JOHN MORRIS Directed by MARTI FELDMAN Produced by WILLIAM S.Q1LMORE PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED- Executive Producers HOWARD WEST and QEORQE SHAPIRO A UNIVERSAL PICTURE TECHNICOLOR SOMi MAItRIAL MAY NOI BE SUIIABli fOR PRE TEENAGERS Richard Schickel, Time Magazine I I and the Bandit' is for everybody who is crazy about Burt Reynolds, crazy about cars, 1 crazy about car chases, crazy about CB radios." I -Gene Shalit, The Today Show, NBC-TV I "What we have here is a total lack of respect for SSff vfej the law!" SJrl jvp 1977 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS. INC. MATING al These Selectedmg 2 MANN THEATRES GENERAL CINEMA THEATRE AMERICAN MULTI CINEMA PACIFIC THEATRE VOCUE-Hollywood 462-6621 SOUTH IAV CINEMA 3- PUENTE (-Puente Hills 965-5867 LA MIRAOA 1-La Mirada WESTW000 1-Westwood Redondo Beach 370-6396 sro theatre 714994-2400 473-7664 HASTINfiS-Pasadena 796-7111 CINEMA CENTER 4-Northridge AMERICANA CINEMA Stt- 993-1711 Panorama City 893-6441 SUPERB! "Original, alive and funny. A very sensitive film. The script has qualities of observation, honesty and compassion." -chaneschampim.

la Times "A tender, touching, engrossing, exotic love story. A very special experience for special people who love to laugh, cry and forgive others their madness. Just as New York accepts and cradles these two, I hope you'll do the same with this beguiling, enlightening movie. Courageous is the word for those bringing us 'Outrageous'." -lh smith. cosmopolitan "It's a marvelous, fresh, touching film with heart-tugging insight and compassion, and most def initely the season's major, unheralded surprise.

This one is a gem." Rex Reed "Outstanding summer entertainment, marvelously witty and exhilarating. Andrew Sarris, Village Voice "Much more moving and amusing than it is outrageous. The dialogue is fresh and spirited, witty and lifelike." John Simon, New York Magazine "This funny, wise, compassionate film is mainly concerned with human beings and their hunger for self-respect and some kind of love. In its simple, delightfully unaffected way, it manages to touch the heart." Kathleen Carroll, N.Y. Daily News Burt Reynolds IK 'Snutlxey AND THE Bandit" Sally Field Jerry Reed and JcXCllIe GteclSOII I as Sherilt Buford T.

Justice Screenplay by JAMES LEE BARRETT and CHARLES SHYER ALAN MANDEL Story by HAL NEEDHAM ROBERT L. LEVY Music by BILL JUSTIS and JERRY REED Directed by HAL NEEDHAM Produced by MORT ENGELBERG Executive Producer Robert l. levy rG PUfXTU CUDANCt UG6ESTED32 A RASTAR Production A UNIVERSAL Picture Technicolor sow mmu wr noi a swash iw ihmursi Original sound track available exclusively on MCA Records Tapes 1977 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS INC At Most Theatres nriE a universal re-release JL MMMLf 3M MVjr TECHNICOLOR UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES U.A. MOVIES 2-No. Hollywood 766-4317 U.A.

CINEMA 4-Marina Del Rey 822-2980 U.A. OEL AMO 1 -Torrance 542-7383 U.A. CINEMA 3- Westminster Mall 714893-0546 U.A. CINEMAS 4-Cerritos 924-7726 U.A. MOVIES 2- Long Beach Marina 596-2751 PACIFIC DRIVE-INS VAN NUYS-Van Nuys 786-7510 CENTINELA-Westchester 670-8677 TORRANCE Torrance 379-8491 1000 OAKS-Newbury Park 805498-1163 LA HABRA-La Habra 714871-1862 HI-WAV 39-Westmlnster 714534-6282 LAKEW00D Long Beach 595-5388 SRO DRIVE-IN C0VINA 2-Covina 331-6580 AMERICAN MULTI CINEMAS ROSEMEAD 1-Rosemead 573-9480 HAWTHORNE 2-Hawthorne 644-8669 ORANGE MALL 2-0range 714637-0340 PUENTE 1-Puente Hills 965-5867 GENERAL CINEMA THEATRE SANTA ANITA CINEMA 2-Arcadia 445-6200 EDWARDS CINEMA CINEMA CENTER 1-Costa Mesa 714979-4141 PACIFIC THEATRE CARMAR-Montebello 723-2133 A HERBERT R.

STEINMANN BILLY BAXTER Presentation Producers WILLIAM MARSHALL and HENK VAN DER KOLK Screenplay RICHARD BENNER Director RICHARD BENNER Original Musical Score PAULHOFFERT Musical Director PAUL HOFFERT Starring CRAIG RUSSELL and HOLDS McLAREN MALI CINEMA-Santa Monica 394-6703 THEEE MOVIES 1 Tarzana 996-1300 PEPPERTREE 2-Northrldge 993-0211 EL REY-Alhambra 282-8404 EASTLAND 1-West Covina 339-7333 STADIUM Drlv-ln-0range 714639-8770 CINED0ME 21-0range 714634-2553 EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT NOW PLAYING Daily 2:00 4:00 8:00 10:00 WESTWOOD 477-0988.