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The McDonald Theatre continued this weekend to carry the best
comcdlc double bill to play Kugene in many monthd. The two-fold
offering features Peter Sellers in the hilarious romp "After the Fox,"
and follows this up with another line farce, “What Did You Do in
the War. Daddy’’" with Dick Shawn, James Coburn, and Sergio
Kantoni.
In the former production Sellers plays an Italian crook, the “Fox,"
a reputable criminal known for his brilliant heists and prison escape
artistry (five escapes in live attempts) After pulling off his latest
escape, Sellers is asked by acquaintance Akim TamirofI to aid in the
smuggling of a stolen Kgyplian gold shipment into a small Italian
fishing village. No ordinary mastermind, he works out a plan in
which he poses as the director of a picture on the smuggling of a
stolen Kgyption gold shipment into a small Italian fishing village.
(Jet if’ Tilings run smoothly, with a cast of extras doing the dirty
work for the ingenious crook, but the intervention of Italian police
causes the plan to backfire, with unbelievably wild complications
ensuing.
BELLEItS IS SUPERB
Seller* is, as usual, superbly tailored to his role, and Vittorio De
Sira deserves praise for his direction, although sometimes it is hard
to determine whether he is directing a satire on movie direction, or
whether he is instead doing a satire on a criminal doing a satire on
a director doing a satire on a criminal. Anyway, it seems evident that
both Sellers and de Sica had as much fun making the film as viewers
wilt in seeing it.
"What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" exploits the “Hogan’s
Heroes” premise that World War 11 was a blast, but manages to
easily overcome the where-have-we heard-this-before plot with fine
comic direction and strong performances by the entire cast. It con
cerns the confrontation of American troops attempting to capture
s small Italian village (no, not the one in the Sellers picture) with
the Italian troops within. The Americans have prepared themselves
for full scale opposition, but Sergio Fantoni's Italian troops sur- j
render happily and invite officers Dick Shawn, James Coburn, and j
Co to a fiesta. Revelry leads to buddy-buddy relations all around.
The American field marshal doesn't know this, thinking instead
that the area is under siege. He sends an aide to investigate. Shawn j
and Fantoni. facing demotion in the light of circumstances, must
eventually stage a mock battle, then overthrow German troops who
rush in to complicate things.
Best performer of the whole show is Harry Morgan, of “Pete and !
Gladys” fame, who is wonderful as an American major slowly going j
insane while lost in an immense catacomb system beneath the vil
lage, I nominate him for a belated Academy Award.
"THE BLUE MAX”
"The Blue Max," now playing at the Fox, combines fantastic
camerawork with good performances by George Peppard and James ;
Mason in formulating a believable yarn about an over-ambitious
WWI German pilot who so wants to win the coveted Blue Max
decoration for shooting down 20 enemy planes that he lets virtually
nothing stand between himself and his goal. As Prune Stachel,
Peppard is often captivating as he fights a losing battle with his
ambition and his enemies throughout the film.
Direction is sensitive, with an aura of tragedy permeating the
entire production. Special film sequences depicting with frightening
accuracy the ferocity of aerial combat are of the highest caliber.
"Doctor Zhivago" approaches the end of a successful run at the
Mayflower this week, boasting fine performances by Julie Christie
and Alev Gpinness and some beautiful photography of the Russian
countryside in Revolutionary times. Omar Sharif does little more
than look sensitive throughout the picture, most of his talent wasted
by the fact that he is adapted to the script, rather than vice versa.
All in all, the production is still well worth watching.
To switch the subject to campus activities—another sequence in
the Film Society's "Underground series” is scheduled for 150
Science at 8 p.m. tonight; the Sunday afternoon film feature is "The
Cardinal,” 2:30 and 8 p.m ; and the Film Society is active again
Sunday with its presentation of "The Brig” at 7 p.m. and again at 9.
ENDS TUESDAY!
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