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Show 'Taras Bulba' with Curtis, Bryner nlays four-night run at Rivoli "Taras Bulba," the much heralded multi-million dollar screen adaptation of the classic clas-sic tale of the Cossacks' fight for freedom from the Poles in the 16th century, starring Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner, opened Wednesday at the Rivoli Riv-oli Theatre, through United Artists release. It will play tonight, Friday and Saturday. The Harold Hecht Production was filmed in Panavision and Eastmancolor. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, the cast of ov- i er 7,000 co-stars Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker Brad Dexter, Guy Rolfe and Perry Lopez. To duplicate the terrain of the Ukraian steppes, the setting set-ting of the story, Academy Award winner Harold Hecht spent several months on location loca-tion with cast and crew in a remote area of Argentina closely resembling the singular topograpmy of the rugged Ukraine. The screenplay by Waldo Salt and Karl Tunberg unfolds the tale of Taras Bulba, a great warrior who raises his two sons in the tradition of the fighting Cossacks, where ability to ride, fight and die well is ingrained from birth. A tender, moving and tragic love story is woven through the colorful tapestry of barbaric bar-baric battles, and iron-bound determination to be free of the Polish yoke. The exciting musical score was composed by Franz Wax-man. Wax-man. Alexander Whitelaw is the Associate producer. |