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C4 The Pittsburgh Press Friday, July 27, 1984 'GHOSTBUSTERS Arkin, Falk teaming in new film IS THIS SUMMER'S COMEDY BLOCKBUSTER." JoelSiegel, G000 MORNING AMERICA GO NOWH V'S I FOR OLYMPICiCF -w' THE ADULT HLM WORLDI $Xr AMWatDBU I COMTISTOf JyX 1 THE MIGHTY JSi THE GIANTSH rTBOnEST JOHN THE 1 NOIMES I IEWEST 1 MMjl I THE 1 WILIS ADULT FILMS 1 IN THE world; I I MM smritibiioui 'At kimt.rrr supw-wbi GHTBUSTERS 7 new script. This time I play an insurance agent and Pete's character is still a puzzle to me, the director, the audience and to Pete's wife and kids." Arkin, an astute man with a keen perception of human nature, became inarticulate when attempting to describe the special affinity that occurs so rarely between performers. Asked what ignites the palpable spark of camaraderie that enhances his work with Falk, Arkin shrugged. "I don't know what it is or how it happens," he said. "It's just a feeling you get.

I wish I got the feeling more often. "I guess the epitome of that special relationship was Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have it "What pleases me most is when people talk about The In-Laws' and tell me, 'It looks like you two guys were having a lot of And they're right." In his 23 movies Arkin has found the magic only a few times in Prett'ft P-G Want Ad Bargain i fFind out what doet.i Call 263-1201 Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Sigourney VVeaver I KMGS COURT. 0dJd MoomvlIU SHOWCASE EAST SHOWCASE NORTH MdhighlRd. Twp.

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51 Cwriwy Mofl DEMS Mt. Lebmoa SHOWUSWEST. HARRIS "Bdw' Bear CABOT G' GENERAL AUWENCfS King Jr Cartoon FeaUH addition to Falk, with James Caan in "Freebie and the Bean" and Mariette Hartley in "Proper Chan nels. He does, however, have a notion he would find the same symbiosis with Sally Field and Gene Hack man. Arkin would like to work with them both.

Before accepting any role, Arkin gives major consideration to his co-stars. He has occasionally refused parts because of the cast. More often he has gone ahead against his better judgment and regretted the decision. "I want to have fun while work," Arkin said. "So it's impor tant to be on the same wavelength with your co-stars.

It's torture for me to work with people who don talk the same language. But there's no way to avoid it, so you do the best you can. "I'm not a solo actor. I need the bounce-back, the give and take with other actors who understand what I'm doing. "Actually, it's a matter of gener osity and trust between actors work ing together.

I think the two guys in 'La Cage aux Folles' had it and Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci also had it in 'Raging "It makes a movie more exciting when you're working with an actor who is enthusiastic about the way you play a scene. "Pete and I worked over the script when Andy was finished, like we did the last time. Then we rehearsed until we were satisfied with the way the characters were playing. "Too often actors are only con cerned with protecting their own interests. When they think of the picture, the scene and their co-actors first, then things work to everyone's benefit especially the audience's." I SHOWCASE CINEMAS stag BEST DEFENSE i mm.

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SHOWCASE WEST Robinson Twp. VILLAGE South Hills Village Cleent your attic better hin brooml For detail call Pratt P-G ClattWedl 283-1201 By Vernon Scott HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, who march to their own discordant timpani, will capitalize on the hit comedy, "The In-Laws," with a new film titled "Big Trouble." "The In-Laws," made on a shoestring by movie standards, earned $50 million in 1979 and has become something of a cult film. Its success was largely due to the byplay between Arkin and Falk, neither of whom swim in Hollywood's mainstream. From their first scene together audiences were fascinated by the oddball relationship. I Arkin sensed he and Falk shared a curious affinity, a slightly mad, whimsical approach to acting.

He contacted Falk, whom he'd only met "casually, about getting together to co-star in a movie. He had neither script nor financing. Falk was agreeable. Warner Bros, put up the money and writer Andy Bergman wrote the script. "Pete and I figured out the kind of relationship between the two characters," Arkin recalled.

"My character was a middle-class dentist striving for respectability. Falk's guy was weird, off-the-wall, a mystery." The madcap adventures of these disparate nuts, heightened by the extra dimension between the actors, made "The In-Laws" the surprise hit of 1979. But "Big Trouble" is not a sequel. "There can be no sequel because at the end of 'The In-Laws' my character finally discovers who Pete's character is and what he's trying to do," Arkin explained. "That was the magic.

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