t 0 $ t f f t t 9 t t t ! 0 f -: f J 7, 1976 n 00 7P c Y i, 5 s I 5 4 "V i 'j .. ') i i 'A rf w -V - ? 4 "ST ' 4 i 5-. 5- V K hs. it " rl ., 1 JV. 1 s t , , ' , ? - 4 , - A ruthless hired killer stalks a band of horse thkres in The Missouri Breaks. Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando star ia the f&si. Sheldon Theater will offer three summer film series Summer Sl&rs, a 12-part Mm series, began June 3 with Charlie Chaplin's Etst, . The Gold Rusk, at the Sheldon Fihn Theater, 12th and R streets. f The film series features mysteries and comedies of the lSCOs and 40s, including My Man Godfrey, Top Eat, Of Human Bondage, Philadelphia Story and Double Indemnity. An independently produced feature film will be shown with most of the films in the series, said Dan Ladely, director of Sheldon Film Theater. A feature film gives viewers san opportunity Jo see works other than Hollywood produc tions, he said. Seven of the originally scheduled films have been changed. Two other film series will be shown during the summer. Adventures in Reality, a partial set of British television documentaries, wEl be shown Sundays. The third' series is a repeat feature. Pioneers of Modern Pointing, produced by art critic Sir Kenneth Clark, explores six early impressionist painters including Cezanne, Monet and Rousseau. The films are owned by the gaSery and are a gift of patron Mary Reipma Ross. During the second summer sessson, five Gins will be screened for film study. Although the films are shown for a elass, admission wd not be restricted to students, Ladery said. . The summer season ends the third week in August. The theater needs volunteers to sell tickets and distribute posters for the Summer Stars series, Ladely said. Volunteers will be given free passes to films. The screening schedule includes: Adventures in Reality. 3 p.m. Sundays, admission free. Pioneers of Modem Painting: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, admission free. -Film Study Class: 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and 1:30 p.m. Thursdays, admission free. Summer Stars: 7 and 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, admission $1.59. By llzrclh Synovcc i Standing out and demanding attention in The Missouri Breaks, aa Arthur Penn Cm now showing at the Docglas 3 Theater, are a superb cast and memorable technical efforts. The talents cf Jack llxhcteva and Marlon Brando are paired far the Erst time in this potpourri western fcixing humor, drama, romance and hmts cf moral phsscphy. Nkhoison is east as Tom Lcgan, a horse thief whose character is a juxtaposition cf cunning and ccapsssSca, who faZs in love with the daughter cf the rancher who hired a Imshwac&er to kill him. Delivering a performance consistent with those which wen him aa Adacemy Award and five ( award nominations, Nicholson follows the bas moods with precision. Brando, twice an Academy Award winner and contender seven times, does not appear until 49 minutes cf the film have elapsed. He esters as a pompous, overweight leprechaun whose antics belie his ruthless callings. Brando's performance as Lee Clayton, an eccentric, heartless tared killer, does not falter. He merges the rote and the actor. Nicholson and Brando are comple mented by a fine supporting cast The film co-stars Randy Quaid (The Last Detail), character actor Harry Dean Stanton as an embittered, aging outlaw and John McLiam as the rancher who crumbles as his life turns against him. Kathleen Lloyd makes her screen debut as Jane Braxton, the pert and saucy rancher's daughter who falls in love with and boldly pursues Nicholson. riot to be overlooked are the technical qualities of The Missouri Breaks. From t the opening pastoral scenes with John Williams' music to the grueling deaths cf the horse thieves, the film's production staff spared Ettla detail to carry the viewer through the film's varying moods. Zlichael Bctlsr directed camera- work which heightened the interplay between characters. The close-up views - of Logan's changing facial expressions slit-eyed hatred fcr Clayton contrasted with aw-shucks glances when he encounters Jane support the film's contrasting moods. listed shots as ssen thrccsh Garten's binoculars lend an ethereal quality to several scenes. The twdght, lamplight and sunburst lighting closely resemble natural light. ' ' The Missouri Breaks is cot without Haws. Although Pesn has dealt with vislenee-western themes before XAtde Big Man, Bonnie essd Ctgde and The Left Banded Gun, a 1SC3 Ln starring Paul Newman), the , western like the musical as a Cm genre, belongs to a past era. ' Perhaps the fUm tries to incorporate too many moods, burdening it with inconsistencies and confusing transitions. The screenplay for the film's lS0s setting contains occasional anachronisms and cliches which are disturbing. At times the conversations between the characters appear too sophisticated to be acceptable. Light hearted moments are inconsistent with inevitable and gory violence. The Missouri Breaks is not a gentle movie, nor is it a simple shoot-em-up western. Brando and Nicholson are actors of too high a caliber to let it pass as that. P.F n COHAf a CLUCK Fct Ur,dzi A Busk! n u u 0 , 31 2:h ft Zz-' ' 6 ti Cent o -s cc'jGn -? Colons! Sim's Mfelure Go!f (18 holes) J located behind c Kentud Fried Ch:cken-N. 48th , Student Spaciar u Bring a fnznd . . . You pay $1 and I your fiisnd gets in FREE i i Good through june 1976 coupon J Cb-. . : T'K- " .-.v- aw'.' " " 3.ibK'-v -" 'it- f ' '?01I2 PLCIYS SM ROTOTblG REPERTORY : :. ' . J - -j 472-2073 -f-jJvv ''v" "j ; 'if! 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