Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 24

-24. PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972 'MAUSMP WOK3H MNTOM WILIUMI PHI. I T. IN THI WUNI IMIHIM lllilllil'lllllllilillllHlllMllllllllllillll Ml. I 111 1 to.itln.lt.lM Iritf "AMERICANA LOUNGE" HI t.

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NITIS BEGINNING IVERT FRIDAY NldHT Itl IIV i IONS AM, H2 I-K700 a 1 Comlnf More l-DARIUS MlIf Cff nimirn eiinnrn i t.i n. WPI II Lit (II OUrrtn 5 rmervmen inu inmrmiiion and SHOW PACKAGES 40, "Elizabeth Taylor has discovered I lInrmnrllou.se aVU coatl The movie it set In 1962 and has nothing to do with football. But, Benjamin's character is a merger of introversion and Walter Mitty fantasies, making the title a kind of symbolic description of the hero. If you think that's stretching things to make a point, especially such a feeble one, I agree. With a start like that, somehow it doesn't seem surprising that the movie turns out to be equally feeble.

WRITTEN AND directed by COMIN APHIt THRU BlftRIII Hichnrd Benjamin In 'The Steagle' At Forum, Encore By GEORGE ANDERSON The title, "The Steagle," refers to' the character Richard Benjamin plays in the new movie at the Forum and Encore theaters. He 1 a 1 that dicing World War II the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steel-ers were merged for one year, and the team was dubbed the Steagles by sportswriters. in nersen a gutsy, unrestrained spirit!" -PAUUNZ KAZL, New Yorker ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS CLORIS LEACHMAN How long has it been since you did something you always wanted to do -but didn't dare? I COLUMBIA PlC1JRSPrttfitt iiiAini WLCK MIChAtl. MViSSAH In A KA3TNq.tor.KArEfl F0(WCTION 151 iWY AWARD Ir: i Funny Al 'Xwdbyi Columbus" Paul Sylbert from a novel by Irvin Faust, the story concerns a college English professor with a wife, two children and a suburban household. During the Cuban missile crisis, when a state of potential disaster hangs over the world, the professor's penchant for fantasies takes over.

Wasting not a minute in NOVATIONS! Cmjint! Scretnpity by EDNA BSiEN PiMutivt Producw ELLIOTT KASTNFB Prooucto by JAY KANTEH (no ALAN LAOO, jR OircciM oy BRIAN S. HUTTON mm 0 2nd Big Week! 3 Hours Fr forking vti Sun. At 14 Slct4 SorogM pwtewii EST PICTURE EST DIRECTOR Dick Benjamin mmm mmm rnadballll" 1 1 "ONE OF THE JOSEPH E. LEVINE PRESENTS AN AVCO EMBASSY FILM STARRING RICHARD BENJAMIN catching up for lost time, he has an extramarital fling in his auto only seconds after President Kennedy's speech goes off the air. He then takes off for Chicago, to revive a wartime romance with an old girlfriend, to Las Vegas where he gets mixed up with a minister traveling incognito and to Hollywood where he has a drunken revel with an oldtime cowboy star.

Of course, all this may not really be happening. It all may be a figment of the hero'j imagination. I found myself not caring In YEAR'S 10 BEST!" Jim Mojoint 1 1 rr, "MP NORMAN JEWISON BEST CTOR TOPOL BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR LEONARD FREY BEST ART DIRECTION BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST SCORING ADAPTATION AND ORIGINAL SCORING BEST SOUND CO-STARRING CHILL WILLS CLORIS LEACHMAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FRANK ROSENBERG PRODUCED BY JIM Dl GANGI WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN AND DIRECTED BY PAUL SYLBERT AN AVCO EMBASSY RELEASE COLOR BY MOVIELAB Li In II ll mrw Clint Eastwood Cmi NOW SHOWING! TanitM 4:154:0010:00 P.M. i Dirly Harry the least. The whole idea of mixing fantasy and reality has become the biggest cliche on screen, and "The Steagle" may kill it off once and forever.

Even in the uneven "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?" there were 11th EXPLOSIVE WEEK 1 HRS. FREE PARKING EVES. SUN. IN RUILDINS LrDE NOMINATED FOR THE STEWARDESS' RIGHTS vs 0 YOUR RIGHTS stewardesses do should 8 NflT RF 11 I Via CENSURED mufiiHAi motion PiCiimr tOMNnTf-K VILBlt ON UNHID ARriVSHtXOJtLVj AND TAH on the screen Unrled Artists mail orders filled promptly TONIGHT 8:30 P.M. TOMORROW 2:00 and 8:30 P.M.

SEATS ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE or AT ANY ASSOCIATED THEATRE flashes of cleverness, wit and intelligence. "The Steagle," unfortunately, has nothing redeeming of this nature. It is a comedy without a sense of humor. BENJAMIN'S trivially ineffective character evokes neither sympathy nor amusement, only indifference. Additionally, the movie is marked by a rarity.

It is uninterestingly cast. The supporting cast includes so many unpersonable performers that one becomes appalled at the banality of the hero's imagination, if these are only dream figures. When a character has some potential interest, however small, such as the aging cowboy star played by Chill Wills, the performance is so exaggerated as to be self-defeating. Cloris Leachman, so Impressive in the Kings Court's "The Last Picture Show," is unable to evoke anything but ennui as Benjamin's colorless wife. We've all seen movies which have been called -j comedies.

"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" and "Never Too Late" are two examples. "The Steagle" is a no-joke comedy. nr Jr2 MiVC The stewardesses Jit 1 Ik I have found xplicit Yfl sJ rA laws ol Denmark ti rC '-4Vf 7r VkV you have the Manor SQ. HILL 421-1633 I ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE BEST DIRECTOR BESTSUPPORTING ACTRESS ELLEN BURSTYN CLORIS LEACHMAN BESTSUPPORTING ACTOR BEN JOHNSON JEFF BRIDGES BESTSCREENPLAY BESTciNEMATOGRAPHY FOR GROUP SALES AND THEATRE PARTIES CALL MRS. MURFF (412) 421-0800 (THIS NUMBER FOR THEATRE PARTIES ONLY) 1' ff it right to see these free-flying stewardesses exactly as they are! cm UMBIA PICTURFS Pusenu A RRS PRODUCTION TMI LAtT PICTURI MOW A Film Sv PETFR BOGDANOilCH stomnq TIMOTHY BOTTOMS, JEFF BniOOEGEUEN BURSTYN REN JOHNSON CI ORIS LEACHMAN mlioducinq CYRILl SHEPHERD OlcyOi-CI(l by PETER BOGDANOVICHScr.npi.v by LARRY McMURTRY nd PETFR "OODANOVICH 61 nn the no.H tiy LARRY McMURTRYF Wj RTSCHNEIDER PfODuod tyittPHENJ.ffilEDMAN 1 0, Ait.mi nbn'iM lyw 1 Actor Is Cast Thayer David has been signed for a featured role in the forthcoming Paramount-F i 1 a motion picture, "Save The Tiger," starring Jack Lcmmon and co-starring Jack Gilford.

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