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Show The Newspaper Thursday, April 1, 1982 Page B1 by Rick Brough Dinah Manoff stars as the long abandoned offspring of Hollywood writer Walter Matthau, with Ann -Margret as his girlfriend who helps them reestablish their relationship. , A Classic Recommended Good double-feature double-feature material Time-killer For masochists . only V-i A Stranger is Watching The director of "Friday 13th", Sean Cunningham, apparently needs a string of grotesque murders to inspire him. He's deadly dull with this routine TV-movie story about a psycho (Rip Torn) who kidnaps a young girl and a TV anchorwoman (Kate Mulgrew), holding them hostage hos-tage in the abandoned tunnels tun-nels beneath Grand Central Station. For no particular reason, Torn is also the psycho who killed the girl's mother a few years earlier. A minor cliff-hanger revolves re-volves around the man, wrongfully convicted for the murder, who is about to be executed. But the movie never resolves this sub-plot. Maybe it was just used to keep the actors awake. Cunningham bring a few suspenseful moments to the story. And Tom's heavy is oddly pathetic he's a mad dog who's mean from all the kicks he's received. Still, there's little reason for a stranger, or anyone else, to watch this film Neil Simon's Return of Grizzly Adams It may seem odd that Simon, the comic Jewish observer of contemporary life, could adapt his famous one-liners to the Adams series, which consists mostly of Dan Hagearty cuddling animals and explaining their feeding habits to 19th-century Cub Scouts. Simon has cleverly adapted his usual style to the series in this film from Slick-Moon classics. Here, Adams suffers a menopausal crisis that leaves him discourage dis-courage with wilderness living. "I'm tired of the mountain lions and the avalanches ava-lanches and the droppings everywhere," he complains. "I don't know where I am anymore. I couldn't find my way to the kitchen if I didn't know moss grows on the north side of my coffee pot!" In a subtle cast substitution, Haggerty as Grizzly burns his beard in an early scene and emerges from frontier plastic surgery as Jack Lemmon. Grizzly also gets a new roommate when he takes in a finicky mountain man, Jeremiah Jere-miah Unger, who spends his days sweeping off the mountain, moun-tain, trimming all the trees, and making sure the forest creatures are brushed and curried. To add to the hilarious fun, Grizzly is harassed by three Mexicans in the cabin next door who party all night. "What, they think this is the Alamo?", Adams fumes. The picture co-stars Marsha Mar-sha Mason, whose poignant, witty style has made her a favorite on Broadway and Hollywood. Here, she gamely takes on the role of Ben, even though she's dressed in a bear suit the entire time, and spends most of the movie lying around going "growl", and waiting for her stomach to be tickled. i Devil Bus Out in the darkness of Park City it lurks. No one knows where it is not shop supervisors, or city hall employees, or the weary passengers who wait for it. But step out on the street unawares, and the Devil Bus runs them down, crushing bones and flesh into jelly. And they're the lucky ones. The others must ride the bus for all eternity, condemned to torn seats, lousy shock absorbers, and awful Muzak. In a climax reminiscent of "Jaws", Eileen Brennan as the apprehensive city manager mana-ger who never learned to drive, sets out in a Volkswagen Volks-wagen to find the devil bus, accompanied by a cocky traffic engineer (Richard Scott) and a grizzled old mechanic (Lloyd Stevens). 'a Friday the 13th Part III Hollywood has long been seeking a vehicle for Mr. Bill, the oft-mutilated clay figure from "Saturday Night Live". But there's not much tension in the premise that Mr. Bill and nine of his friends are camping out on a kitchen table, where one by one they are bumped off by the psychopathic Mr. Hands. As we all know, these pictures specialize in finding gory ways to kill people. But we suspect audiences will not be too horrified, as little victims are flushed down the toilet: roasting on gas jets; shoved down garbage disposals; dispo-sals; and even scrambled to death in a Veg-Amatic. V2 1 Ought to be in Pictures Neil Simon is the author. And the premise is about a spunky young girl moving in with the insecure, neglectful parents she never knew. Nope, this is not a re-release re-release of "Only When I Laugh" under a different title. This is the prolific Simon churning out one more story from the old wit-and-wisdom factory, and it suffers by looking like a fraternal twin to his last movie. Dinah Manoff plays Libby, who hitchhikes from New York to Hollywood to find the screenwriter father who left the family when she was three in hopes he can guide her into a career in the movies. But Herbert Tucker (Walter Matthau) has enough trouble guiding himself. him-self. He's shaky about committing com-mitting himself to Libby, his level-headed girlfriend (Ann-Margaret) or his latest script. Matthau's slouchy charm makes the picture click at times. But Dinah Manoff doesn't come across with the appeal you expected. She tends to pose a lot under Herbert Ross's direction. Simon's script only comes to Mqpties f irgpima MAC Your artistic conscience by Peggy Black Hey! Is anybody out there? This is your artistic conscience calling. Really! I've wanted to talk to you for a long time, so I'm glad the channels have finally cleared. First, I want to reiterate a little experience I had the other day. I was sitting at my desk when a wide-eyed, semi-confused (you know the look) tourist walked up and said, "How do you do it?" Not knowing exactly how confused she was, I quietly responded, "Yes, the Art Center is great, isn't it! " I saw that she had realized that Park City is more than just another pretty hill. It is true that tourists come to Park City for the great skiing, but they keep coming back because Park City has more to offer than just skiing. The people who come here are, for the most part, used to the advantages and opportunities found in a large metropolitan area. Yet, when they enter the Kimball Art Center, one hears their comments about what an extraordinary extraordi-nary gallery we have here for such a small area. We hear them express surprise that a ski resort area would even have consciousness conscious-ness of an artistic world. The eyes of those who enter the Kimball Art Center sparkle with excitement and a little jealousy, because they know we have created the ultimate combination of recreation and culture. We have been able to create that miracle because you have given your support to the arts. That is the only way it has been possible, and it is the only way it will continue to be possible. Park City is special. Let's keep it that way. We are offering a special incentive to anyone any-one whose membership (either new or renewed) re-newed) is received by April 15. You will be eligible for any of three prizes to be drawn. Currently, 40 persons are entered. I'd say that you have excellent odds of winning either the David Fernandez pot, the signed de Arce poster, or the Roly Pearson hat. I am at the back of the Art Center waiting for your membership donation. I'll recognize you because you will not be confused nor lost. You will know exactly how important it is to give your support to ensure the artistic health of our community (and keep the tourists green with envy). life in stagey dialogue scenes with the three central characters, char-acters, and it's only filmic in the sense that it uses 1930s-style 1930s-style movie gimmicks to illuminate the characters. Lonely Libby talks to her dead grandmother in reflective reflec-tive moments; and Herbert raises two fruit trees in his back yard, symbolic of his two lost children: Simon even has a character point out the link, to make sure we get it. His work is getting to be like a fast-food burger-decent, burger-decent, but in a monotonous, predictable way. 2E1 Salvador: Salva-dor: Another El Salvador? Salva-dor? Gripping documentary that examines both sides with objectivity. Newsmen visit rebel villages where the guerillas explain how they fashion homemade grenades, gre-nades, and submachine guns from old horseshoes, and scrap metal, using instruction instruc-tion books checked out from the San Salvador Library. Salvadoran military men explain the civilian deaths are high because soldiers leave loaded machine guns in their desk drawers and glove compartments, where the peasants can find and play with them. Impassioned Congressional Congression-al opponents say the U.S. should not become involved unless the Communists invade in-vade Houston, "and even then, only if they grab the major shopping malls." Now playing At the Holiday Village Cinemas: Chariots of Fire On Golden Gold-en Pond Silent Rage (New) hr J - ;v; X 9 ,T- ST" r 3L : . , v t1.1.. . nltftatei 1,- miiii , Jl Historic Frontier Styling Great little get-away condo -OR- perfect for the couple just starting out and not planning to go very far. Wood burning stove No utilities Solar oven design Zoned for sheep Low mileage, needs front end work. Wheeler-Dealer Real Estate "Where your money 's as good as gone" RESERVATIONS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN FOR ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE SUMMER PARK CITY , t -f to- it nuiTrm mm mm m m m m m MI The Park City Lodestar magazine provides visitors with information and interesting stories that guarantee their stay in Park City will be enjoyable. It creatively introduces intro-duces guests to the history, entertainment, sport, services ser-vices and idiosyncracies of Park City through informative feature articles, graphics and humor. The Park City Lodestar is designed, written, produced and published by Park City residents, who lend their special insights to bring the past, present and future together in a fact-filled fact-filled magazine. To reserve advertising space call or stop by The Newspaper Office 419 Main Street, Park City 649-9014 i. - f I |