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iMMMWMNMNMM•WWW O _ J 'HHmwffliillinM»lllnn;'iitiHUill'ininii[";iir Flint' Tries, Fails By STEVE DIMEO Entertainment Editor It was inevitable. A picture ha<i finally emerged front the Bond genre that tries too hard and dies much more easily. It only par tially escapes being out of pace with the Bond bill* "Our Man Flint,” now at the McDonald, generates at first a posh processional with a fluorlsh of strumpets and a galaxy of gad gets But midway it take* a recess that never ends until its degen erated end A potentially intricate plot of farcical espionage suddenly be come* unadulterated "adult” sci ence fiction and therefore sub ject to hypercriticism from an antiquated drama critic who used to be a devotedly blind science fiction fan. The world is suddenly endan gered by a villainous group whose intentions of course are quite honorable Having the power to eonlrol weather, it threatens to melt the icebergs and flood all the important ports if the rest of the world doesn't consent to their pacificistic ways of pleasure and prostitution. ZOW IK Consults UN'IVAC Zonal Organization World In telligcnce Espionage (the words don't make much sense but they do spell ZOWIK), now at its wit's end i the movie never gets to the wit's beginning), sacrifices itself to the wit of UN1VAC which con eludes that Derek Flint (James Coburn) is the man to put this group down Lee J Cobb, ZOWlK's head reluctantly consents and eventu ally so does Coburn. This adventure takes Coburn to the impressive arms of impres sionable Gila Golan and eventu ally to Galaxy Island where the three scientists control the world and the rest of the unrestive males take Exotica (erotica would have been a more apt name; it’s an aphrodisiac) to accommodate the hoard of females bored but unbored as "pleasure units." Coburn rescues hi.s shanghied harem (numbering four) plus one ((ilia, of course, who Fleming ly steps to his side) and destroys the evil island with his manly hands. Farce Too Banal to Kxrite From the time the three sci entists jam the airways and broad cast their threat over every TV channel to the time the thunder ir.g rocks fall atop the frantic denizens of an explosively crum bling brave new world while the hero and his fleshy damsels in dis-dress make a hasty escape, you swear you've seen it all before from American International The oath is one well-taken. But nowhere does tiie dialogue ever complement or hack the actions The wittiest hit of dia £ljbeij£ ih uomooD on euti 111*1(11 I'jcmi i»n iPomtimo nwive in TUB Open 7 p.m. First Run Featurel ALL ADULT PROGRAM From tho best selling novel by Mary McCarthy THE GROUP TOP CO-FEATURE WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? PETER O'TOOLE PETER SELLERS ROMY SCHNEIDER CAPUCINE Both features in color! loguu has the imitated voice of President Johnson, after Cobb tells him over a red phone to stall on TV, utter one of his most meaningful, most oratorical lines: "Uhhhhh. . The sets are imposingly beauti ful and may set the rods and cones of the eyes of most science fiction followers jumping. The special effects, though never real ly spectacular to the critical eye, are at least adequate; the color shadows of shaking shapes behind the credits, for example, emerge effective — partially because they’re so partially clad Music Scores What deserve* honorable men tion above all, though, is the winning total of Jerry Goldsmith’s musical score. James Coburn has very little acting to do. He’s not exactly handsome enough to make a play ful spark out of Flint very real, but it’s really his witless lines that do him an injustice. Lee J. Cobb, who also is poten tially a great actor, produces not humor, but discomfort from a similar burden of script. Edward Mulhare, the real vil lain of the bunch, seems to be at home in such vapid science fic tion; he's as corny as Vincent I'rice and therefore just as funny. And Gila Golan, who also play ed in "Ship of Fools," is luscious. They've tried so very hard but they never quite make ’’Our Man Flint’’ Bond for the course. On the island "paradise" the bikinied females even flaunt their wiggling struts to achieve some kind of sexual effect in a desperate at tempt to make something in the movie effective The result, like most of the pic ture, leaves just a bad taste in the mouth—and it's not even the taste of a melted aphrodisiac. Friday, Saturday Feature Times EUGENE DRIVE IN The Group—7 :1 5, 12 IS; Whu’i New. Puuyut»—10 :1 5. FOX Those Munificent Men in Their Plying Machine*—12 JO. 3:15, 6. 8:45. HEILIC The Sard* of Calthari—1:40, 5:45. 9 45; Kid RodeUo—3 45. 7:50. MAYFLOWER: A Patch of Blue. 8. 9:30. McDONALD Return of Mr Moto— 1 30. 4 45. 8:10; Our Man Flint—2:50. 6:15. 9:30. Friday only Surprise Pre view—8:10; Our Man Flint—10:4j. OREGON PREMIERE ★ 10 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER proionta A CARLO PONTI PRODUCTION DAVID LEAN'S FILM OF BORIS PASTERNAKS DOCTOR ZHIVAGO IN PANAVISIONTt » METROCOLOR RESERVED SEATS NOW PARAMOUNT THEATRE Noon to t P.M. STEVENS JEWELRY (Lloyd Contort 10 A.M. to » P.M. OR ORDER BY MAIL Encloio ttompod lolf-oddrouod onvolopo PERFORMANCE TIMES ~ ■«o. 1:30 (Son. 7:301 Mata. 3 Row i Rows 0-17 11-34 Evoo . Son. ttiro Thor. S2.25-S2.S0 ■vot, Frl. Sat. A Halo S2.75-S3.00 Evoo., Betoro a Hoi. S2.7S-S3.00 Mat—Wod.. _S1.75-S2.00 Mata: Sat. Son. Holt S2.25-S2.S0 Bitter, Sweet Notes Planned By STEVE DIMEO Entertainment Editor A folk ainger and a minstrel show will be responsible for sweet and sour notes on this weekend that will debut some new films at three theatres. At 8 p.m tonight in Mac Court, Glenn Yarbrough with the Stanyon Street Quartet and BifT Rose will be featured. Cheap seats are $4 for reserved seats, $3.50 and $3 reserved section, and $2.50 for general admission. Cheaper seats for students will go for $3, $2.50, $2, and $1.50. The following night the San Francisco Mime Troupe will pre sent its controversally-biting "A Minstrel Show: or Civil Rights in a Cracker Barrel.” The perform ance, recommended for an adult audience (what’s it doing on cam pus then?), will be in black and white and unscreened from pub lic view. Prices To start at 8 p m. Saturday in the SU ballroom, the entertain ment will cost $2 for adults and $1.50 for students. The drama department is also getting ready to be active again. The University theatre will run the musical drama, “Susannah," April 15-17 and 21-23. The play has received the New York Mu sic Critics Award for the best opera in 1956. Reserved tickets will be $2.50. The Mayflower has opened the academy a w a r d nominated "A Patch of Blue” in black and white Starring Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman, it is a story of a blind girl of an im poverished family who finds love and meaning from a Negro. “Post-Vassar” Sex has a dominant role in the story of seven Vassar girls in their post-Vassar functions. 'The Group,” playing this week at the Eugene Drive-In. was produced by Sidney Lumet who has also given us, among others, “Twelve Angry Men.” This picture is in color. “W h a t's New, Pussycat?", i Woody Allen’s witty sex farce, 1 gives the lighter side of the Group’s main activities. “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” is still in flight at the Fox It stars, among others, Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox and Rob : ert Morley. The end of a plane flight is the beginning of a colorful adventure for Susannah York (“Tom Jones”), Theodore Bikel and Stu art Whitman (again) in ‘The Sands of Calihari” blowing over at the Hcilig this week. Leigh, Murray Janet Leigh and Don Murray have a cowboy time of it in “Kid Rodello,” a black and white co feature at the Heilig about the flight and plight of ex-convicts. Sunday Debbie Reynolds will enter stage left with a black and white cowl as “The Singing Nun” i at the Heilig. The co-feature will be ‘The Laughing ’20’s” a compil ation of some Laurel and Hardy cuts. The McDonald is holding over “Our Man Flint" with the same cofeature, “Return of Mr. Moto.” There will be a surprise preview tonight of a movie featuring James Stewart and Richard At tenborough. Another gentle reminder for those who get this far in this column about the academy award prediction contest sponsored by the Fox, McDonald and partially by the Heilig: the fewer the en tries, the more likely the prizes for those that entered. Richard Burton, who has been nominated for best actor, gets to steal the scenes and other things in “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” which is having anoth er chance at the McKenzie this week. Co-feature is “The Young Furies” which stars Rory Calhoun and Virginia Mayo. MAJOR STUDIO Tonight Only at 8:10 p.m. Starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Finch. An Academy Award nominee picture in color. McDonald Theatre 5 MORE mV! 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