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<11111 M. >>».a MilH mm STAR TREK: THE VENGEANCE OF KHAN is not, were told, a sequel to Star Trek, but a whoie new-episode, "different m every way," with more emphasis on characters. Ricardo Montaiban recreates the villain Khan, who appeared in a 1967 episode of the TV series. All the familiar Enterprise crew return, with a new addition: Lt. Saadik, played by Kirstie Alley; she's a half-Vulcan cadet, with pointy ears, just like vou-know-who. SIX PACK is that most dreaded of genres, a heart-warming family picture. Seriously, folks, it stars Kenny Rogers as a down-on-his luck stock car dnver and six kids, among whom Diane Lane is the oldest, who insist that he adopt them. Directed by Daniel Petrie, who also made Fort Apache, The Bronx and Resurrection. y ST* dn POLTERGEIST f directed by Tobe Texas Chain Saw Massacre Hooper, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson, is allegedly very scary. Poltergeists, as we all know, ate spirits famous tor their noisy table rappings and generally ghostly be havior. STRIKING BACK stars Patti Evita Lupone, Tom Alien Skerritt and Michael Sarrazin in a tale of a young man's crusade to restore his old neighborhood to its former dignity. FIREFOX. The return of Clint Eastwood, with a fancy futurist airplane and international intrigue. Actor Richard Benjamin turns di rector—of MY FAVORITE YEAR, starring Peter O'Toole as a fading and besotted Fifties star who must somehow be convinc ingly swashbuckling ... on live television. Co-starring Jessica Harper (from Pennies from Heaven and Stardust Memories). PINK FLOYD: THE WALL. Just what you think it is. Director Alan Parker (Midnight Express, Shoot the Moon), gives us a "wry weird" rock fc roll movie, starring Boom town Rats singer Bob Geidof •s a rack star burning out in a botel room, re-hvmg -his We. in cWdes about 15 minutes of Gerald Scbnrt 's animation ROCKY III, according to those few who've already seen it, is much better than the first two. They swear it is. In this one, Syl vester Stallone joins forces with former rival boxer Carl Weathers in order to beat a new villain. Talia Shire is still the long-suffering Mrs. Rocky. DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID (our favorite title of the year) stars Steve Martin and Rachel Ward (from Sharky's Ma chine) in a silly sendup of the de tective genre. Directed by Carl Reiner, who collaborated with Mar tin on The jerk. THE THING is director John (Halloween, Escape from Neve York) Carpenter's remake of the sci fi classic, this one stars Kurt Russell, script by Bill Lancaster (Burt's son, who also wrote The Bad News Bears) and special effects by Rob Botbn. E.T.— THE EXTRATERRES TRIAL 4c HIS ADVENTURE ON EARTH is Spielberg's second entry this summer (but his only directorial effort, unless you count the still-in-release Raiders of the Lost Ark). This one involves a young boy, Henry Thomas, and an alien (created by the man who made the rubber babies for Close Encounters). Also stars Dee Wallace (from The Howlmg) and Peter I Coyote. Written by Mefema Matin •on, whose name has appeared in gossip columns lately because she's livmg with Harrison Ford. BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS finally makes it to the screen, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, about which we can say no more. FAST TIMES AT RIDGE - MONT HIGH, written by Rollmg Stone contributor Cameron Crowe, details the ups and downs of Cali fornia high schoolers. The key to success? Working at at the right fast food chain. SOUP FOR ONE is a contempo rary comedy of a young man's search for his dream girl. It stars Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman and Gerrit Graham. I, THE JURY is the second ver sion of Mickey Spillane's Fifties tough-guy classic, this time star ring Armand Assante (from Prwate Benjamin) as Mike Hammer A1 Pacino, who appears in movies all too seldom these days, stars in AUTHOR, AUTHO&. He plays, oddly enough, an author (a play* wnght, to be specific); Dyan Can non is the leading lady in one of his plays, Tuesday Weld is his dippy wife. Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder star in HANKY PANKY, a romantic comedy with interna tional intrigue (Oh, that again.) MEGAFORCE. Director Hal Needham, the perpetrator of all those Burt Reynolds Smokey flicks, gives us a blue-eyed superhero (Barry Bostwick) and some impro bable motorcycles that fly, fire ma chine gun bullets, lob grenades and launch rockets Persis Kham batta is also unbelievable, but at least she's pretty. YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE: a supposedly comic look at the medical profession, starring Mic hael McKean (Lenny on Laoeme mmd Sfrtftey), directed hv LdrS creator Garry Marshall GREASE 2 is a sequel of sorts, it takes place in the early Sixties and stars Lonu Luft, Maxwell Caul field, Adnan Zmed and Michelle Pfeiffer (as well as Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens and Eve Arden from another era — the real early Sixties). Directed by choreographer Patricia Birch, Grease 2 features lots of tight pants, tight sweaters and motorcycles THE PIRATE MOVIE stars Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins, has lots of Blue-Lagixm-type scenery, and mucho music—ac tually sung by the stars. Some of the music is contemporary, some of it is Gilbert & Sullivan, since this is loosely based on The Pirate* of Penzance ESCAPE ARTIST stars Kyan O'Neal's son Griffin, plus Ten Garr, Raoul Julia and Joan Hackett, it's been finished for a long tune, was exec produced by Francis Coppola and directed by Caleb Deschanel THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER: the latest Cheech & Chong movie, this one allegedly without extensive dope references RECKLESS (which may have a title change) stars Kathleen Quin lan, Francis Stemhagen, David Keith and Cliff De Young in a con temporary love story about a pho tographer and a car-racing en thusiast. But what's really impor tant about this film is that Jennifer Owens, Ampersand's West Coast Sales Director, is an extra in an art gallery some "Probably ended up on the cutting room floor," she laments CONAN THE BARBARIAN, written and directed by John Mil tus (who made one of the most romantic films ever, The Wind and the Lion), presents the mvthii pulp hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan, dancer Sandahl Bergman is suitably lovely and unclad, and the sets and costumes look terrific But so did Lxcalibur's THE ROAD WARRIOR (tenta tive title) is an Australian venture starring Mel Gibson (the blond hero of Gallipoli); it's a science fic tion look at the destruction of urban society', no less ANNIE —the huge version of the Broadwav hit, starring Aileen Quinn as Little Orphan Annie, Al bert Finney as Daddy Warbucks, and dozens of other stars like Carol Burnett Directed by John Huston BLADE RUNNER. Another chance for men to admire and women to drool over Hamsun Ford, who plays a futuristic detec tive assigned to track down and eliminate androids — rebellious non-humans. Except that he falls in love with one of them (por trayed by Sean Young) Rutger Hauer (a drooler- in his own right) also stars. A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT SEX COMEDY is the latest from Woody Allen, also starring Mary Steenbergen, Mia Farrow, Jose Fer rer and Tony Roberts. Summer in the country with six characters in assorted romantic and sexual liaisons. IT'S ALL IN THE GAME (for merly titled jinxed) stars Bette Mid ler and Ken Wahl, this is the ill tated Las Vegas gambling/love story, plagued with on-set person ality conflicts between Midler and director Don Siegel, among others NIGHT SHIFT gives us Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton as en terprising New Yorkers who stum ble on a get-nch-quick scheme: running a whorehouse. Directed by Ron Happy Days Howard THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, based on John Irving's bestseller, stars Robin Williams as Carp Written bv Steve Breaking Await lesich. directed by George Roy Hill, and also starring Mary Beth Hurt and Swoosie Kurtz THE SECRECT OF NIMH, animated by Disney defectors, is based on a children'6 book and re portedly "reminds you of Fan tasia " Mellcrwed-out Mangione CARMINE APPICE May 2. Providence, RI May 3. Philadelphia, PA Mav 4. Washington, DC ASIA May 1 . May 2. . May 3 . May 5 . May 6 . May 10 May 12. May 13 . Philadelphia, PA . . . New York, NY Buffalo, NY . . . Rochester, NY Poughkeepsie, NY . Akron, OH Grand Rapids, Ml . Detroit, MI M*y 14.Chicago, IL May 15 . Ames, IO May 17. Minneapolis, MN May 18 . Milwaukee, VV1 May 21 San Francisco, CA May 23. Fresno, CA May 24 May 25 . . . May 27 ... Mav 28-29 May 30 . . Santa Cruz, CA .Stockton, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Monica, CA . . . San Diego, CA BLACK SABBATH May 4 .Casper, WY May 5. Pocatello, ID May 6. Salt Lake City, UT May 8. Denver, CO May 9. Albuquerque, NM May 11 .Houston, TX May 12. Dallas, TX May 13. San Antonio, TX Mav 17.New York, NY May 18. Providence, R1 May 19.Wilkesbarre, PA May 21 . Rochester, NY May 22. Syracuse, NY Mav 23.Binghamton, NY BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND May 16 . St. Petersburg, FL CHICAGO May 31 .Ft. Pierre, FL ^ET L-W Cool Carter ALBERT COLLINS May 1.Gnnnell, IO May 7. St. Paul, MN May 14-15. Chicago, 1L May 20 .Toledo, OH May 28. Wichita, KS RITA COOLIDGE June 17-19. San Diego, CA July 14. Costa Mesa, CA CROSBY, STILLS fc NASH Aug. 1 .Portland, ME Aug. 2. Worcester, MA Aug. 5.Columbia, MD Aug. 7. Hampton, WV Aug. 9. Pittsburgh, PA Aug. 10 . Hershey, PA Aug 11.Philadelphia, PA Aug. 13 . East Rutherford, NJ Aug. 14. Uniondale, NY Aug. 16 & 17 . Clarkston, MI Aug. 18. Charleston, WV Aug. 20. Indianapolis, IN Aug 21 .Chicago, II Aug. 22 . Milwaukee, WI Aug. 24 . St. Louis, MO Aug. 25. Kansas City, MO Aug. 26 .Tulsa, OK Aug. 28.Oklahoma City, OK Aug. 29.v. Wichita, KS Aug. 30. Omaha, NB Soignee Supertramp RODNEY CROWELL May 2. Sacramento, CA CHARLIE DANIELS BAND May 13. Ft. Myers, FL July 4. West Palm Beach EMMYLOLJ HARRIS May 1. LaGrande, OR May 2 . Seattle, WA HOOKED ON CLASSICS July 1 .Miami Beach, FL July 2. West Palm Beach, FL July 3. Tampa, FL LENA HORNE July 19-22. Detroit, MI July 30-Aug. 1 . . Washington, DC AL JARREAU May 11. Mav 16 . Pullman, WA . Seattle, WA JOURNEY May 21-22.Chicago, IL GREG KIHN BAND May 21-22.Chicago, IL B.B. KING May 13.West Palm Beach, FL May 16.St. Petersburg, FL CHUCK MANGIONE Aug. 20-22 .Los Angeles, CA GARY MORRIS May 8 . Cumming, GA May 22 . Laurel, MO SMOKEY ROBINSON May 14-16.San Francisco, CA May 21-22. Los Angeles, CA June 18-20. Chicago, IL June 25-26 .Cleveland, OH Somber Seger i#i£riflS I m Springtime, when the crocuses un-croak, is also when the rocksters and popsters de-hibemate. Miliums of your personal favorites are in the recording studios right now. Since album-making can often take more time (and money) than anyone plans on initially, precise tour bookings are apt to be put off until the album is complete. Here are some plans of some of the famous. LINDA RONSTADT is making a recx>rd, probably won't tour. TOM PETTY is making a record, plans a summer tour. RON CARTER plans an all-star jazz band tour. J.CEILS will take whatever money is left in Europe after . . . THE ROLLING STONES launch a summer tour of the Continent. QUEEN will definitely tour, but . . . JACKSON BROWNE hasn't decided yet. JONI MITCHELL is pretty sure she'll make the rounds. JOHNNY OTIS will mount an Oldies Revue for the resort trade. WARREN ZEVON will probably tour when his album's done. DAVID LINDLEY will tour, but without Ras Baboo Pierre. NEIL DIAMOND is bringing his mood music to a grateful nation. X makes their first major-label LP and puts it on the road. BOB SEGER finishes The Distance (new LP) soon, then goes on the road. SPLIT ENZ plans an early summer tour. FOREIGNER will be getting tan on the stadium circuit. ASHFORD A SIMPSON have a new pop/soul album and a tour. SUPERTRAMP will publish Tightrope, but aren't yet sure about a tour. BILLY SQUIER will try to extend his winning streak on the road. THE MOTELS will check into a few cheap ones during their road spree. SQUEEZE offers Sweets from a Stranger and several tour dates. BOZ SCAGGS has been recording for aeons, probably will tour. GARY U.S. BONDS keeps his comeback rolling with a tour. ROSEANNE CASH makes with a new disc and roadshow. KENNY ROGERS groans on a new album and all over America, too. GEORGE CLINTON Funkadelic/Parliament mastermind goes solo. KIM CARNES risks jet lag with tour and new LP. MARTY BALIN has a new album, tour pot yet certain. HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS will be traveling fast all summer. U.F.O. flies into selected stadiums. Zealous Zevott KENNY ROGERS May 1 .Cincinnati, OH May 2 .Toledo, OH June 1.Minneapolis, MN June 2 . Rockford, IL June 3. Peoria, IL June 4. Milwaukee, WI June 5-6.Chicago, IL SON SEALS May 1.Detroit, MI May 13. Columbus, OH May 27-29 . Minneapolis, MN T.G. SHEPPARD May 8 .Cumming, GA May 18.Charles Town, WV June 19. Newton, PA June 26. Nashville, IN July 10. Columbus, OH July 25. Arlington, TX July 30-31.Cheyenne, WY SPLIT ENZ May 8 . Los Angeles, CA KOKO TAYLOR May 6-8.Chicago, IL May 28. Lafayette, LA Journeying font Disclaimer: Watch your step and not so fast, any way. There's no telling what changes these schedules may undergo between our diligent collection and their inexor able completion. So play it smart and check local listings a little in advance, just to be sure.
