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A film billed as one of exquisite beauty
and dramatic excitement makes its
Nebraska premier Monday, Aug. 25, at
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
Rudolf Nureyev's film of the ballet Don
Quixote will be shown Monday through
Friday at 3, 7 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $3
and may be purchased at the door.
The Monday performance includes a
dinner at 6:30 pjn. in the Gallery
Sculpture Garden. Cost is $10 per person
and reservation slips are available at
Sheldon.
The film, according to film series
director Dan Ladely, is sponsored jointly
by Haymarket Art Gallery, Lincoln
Community Arts Council and the Nebraska
Art Association. It stars Rudolf Nureyev,
Robert IJelpmann and Luc;tte Aldous with
the Australian Ballet.
Don Quixote, which premiered at
Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1869, focuses
on the human comedy aspect of Cervantes'
novel rather than its philosophical aspects.
In 1970 Nureyev revised the ballet,
eliminating superfluous details and miming
scenes. New sets and costumes were
designed for the film and advanced camera
techniques used.
. The New York Times called the film an
exciting, intelligently conceived
spectacle-a dance film for all audiences.
Guide to the silver screens
By David Ware
For the newcomer, Lincoln holds every
indication of being a filmgoer's paradise.
With 17 screens in town, it would seem
that there ought to be something for
pracically everyone.
Periodically, though, the Lincoln
theaters fall into periods of stagnation, the
same movies remaining tor week upon
ever-lengthening week,
descends upon Lincoln
now, but when it
dyed-in-the-wool movie
walls, over the fences, and
(shudder) television sets.
Worse, though, than the periods of
stagnation, are. those weeks when a theater
brings in a new film of great promise, or a
much-anticipated reengagement of a
favorite, only to. change the bill scant days
later. Some great films have passed through
Lincoln almost unnoticed, and the wary
film buff must remain ever alert.
With these complaints aired, it only
This condition
less frequently
hits, it sends
addicts up the
right to their
remains to put in a good word for the
Lincoln theaters and to supply a brief
survey of the current movie scene. First,
the good word.
. Despite occasional lapses, Lincoln
theater operators generally do a fair job of
supplying a varied bill. Few businesses are
so dependent upon second-guessing the
emotional condition of their patrons, and
if a film clicks, can a theater be blamed for
keeping it around as long as the traffic will
bear? Conversely, if a film refuses to
attract an audience, does the operator have
any choice but to le,t it go? Temper your
criticism with judgment, friends, and enjoy
the show.
The Plaza Four theater complex is
Lincoln's most recent movie house, and
features generous legroom and decent
sound systems. Current attractions are:
Once is not Enough, an adaptation of
Jacqueline Susann's latest novel, notable
chiefly for a rare screen appearance by
Alexis Smith; The Apple Dumpling Gang, a
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Rudolf Nureyev and Lucette Aldous star in Don Quixote which begins Monday at the
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
Walt Disney programmer with Ken Berry;
and Jaws, Steven Spielberg's tribute to the
nature film. All manner of comparisons to
Moby Dick are possible, but it is best to
simply sit back and be scared white.
The Douglas Three theaters offer
less-comfortable seating and inferior sound,
but are still reasonably amenable to
comfortable movie-going, if one sits far
enough back. Now playing are: Walking
Tall, Part 2, a continuation of the legend of
Buford Pusser starring Bo Svenson, who is
even more charming than Joe Don Baker as
provoked squeals of outrage from many,
some of whom (including this writer) have
never lost their grudge agains the Dubinsky
Brothers Corp., who ovn thf Stuart It
must be admitted, though, that the StuarK
is a pretty fair theater, lacking only two
balconies and a decent speaker system.
Currently showing is Woody Allen's love
and Death, a costume piece set in the
Napoleonic era
The CooperLincoln theater is located
at 54th and 0 streets, and has both good
seats and good sound. Currently playing is
Pusser; Rollerball, the long-awaited movieRobert Altman's Nashville, a highly
from Norman Jewison that makes a valiant,
though not totally successful attempt to
examine the control exercised over us by
big business. Using a bloody sport and its
management as a metaphor for society,
Jewison presents' a disquieting picture of
man revolting against his masters. Hardly
an unfamiliar theme, but rarely handled as
well as here. Also playing at the Douglas is
Race With the Devil, a Peter Fonda and
Warren Oates vehicle that by all accounts
ought to have been left in the can.
Cinema 1 and 2 were Lincoln's first
multi-theater operation, and today seem a
little shopworn. Best place to sit is in the
balcony, where the reclining seats add a
comforting touch. At the Cinema 1 is
Farewell, My Lovely, an unknown quantity
featuring striking Charlotte Rampling. At
the Cinema 2 is The Happy Hooker, an
insipid, punch-pulling movie with Lynn
Redgrave making a hellish Xaviera
Hollander, but limited by weak direction
and a lousy script.
The Sheldon Film Theater, located in
the Sheldon Art Gallery, is, with the
exception of the Joyo Theater, the last
bastion of the reasonably-priced movie.
Beginning its run August 26th is Rudolf
Nureyev's film, Don Quixote, which stars
Nureyev, Robert Helpmann, Lucctts
Aldous and the Australian Baliet Company.
The Stuart Theatre was redecorated
several years ago in a manner that
recommended "slice of life" portrait of a
group of Americans who just happen to be
Country and Western musicians.
The State Theater is cursed with a
wretched sound system and a feel of having
gone too long without renovation.
Currently on tap is Doc Savage, a spoof-ish
cliffhanger taken from a series of popular
1930s pulp novels.
The Hollywood and Vine Twin Theaters
located in the top floor of the Glass
Menagerie, are tacky, cramped, have poor
sound, but manage to show some of the
best movies in town. This week's fare is a
mixed bag, with The Sting in one theater
and Turkish Delight in the other.
The Sting is being withdrawn from
circulation, so this may be your last chance
for some time to revel in its finely
polished, through ultimately soulless,
comedy. Turkish Delight also is quite
polished and, if taken with an uncritical
attitude, is quite moving, at least until you
are out of the theater and realize that the
Dutch exercise in love, sex, and death is,
for all it's youthful and honest-appearing
pretences, a bit of maudlin commercialism.
Nice music, though.
Last and lowest-priced is the plucky
Joyo, Lincoln's only neighborhood theater
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