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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.
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.