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13 los angclrs Cuius Wed, Aug. 25. 1976-Pt IV "THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSP Tchaikovsky Spectacular at Hollywood Bowl, This Friday Saturday Limited seats still available Tickets and mtormaion call (21 3) 87-MUSiC is A GRAND ADVENTURE SPECTACLE In one of the best performances of his 7ii I career, one that should be remembered for an Oscar nomination, Harris has stature and authority as a man of l.Witt" ml wit, dash style -and of strength, compassion and wisdom." Kevin Thomas, A Times $1.50 'TIL 2:30 P.M.AT ()CINEMAS $1.25 'TIL 2:30 P.M. AT (CINEMAS 11 i ait Michael Sarrarin SUMBALl RALLYIPG) 1 Mon-fri to 25 MrCOCENTtR HARRY I WALTER CINEMA 60 TO N.Y.(PG) Fashion Center CINEMA Tampa Nordrtoff 9930111 745-945 "THIS FILM IS A RIP-ROARING, multi leveled Western with the smell of reality and the ring of truth: potent entertainment which is also food for thought" Wiisti at Wstwd 47M711 8:10,10:25 Fashion Ctr. CINEMA fampaNordhoff 9934111 MURDER BY OEATH(PG) 2:20.4:14,6:10 8:00,1000 Charles Bronson ST.

IVES(PG) 640405-WOO .1 MU.l' SMol' Al II DAHU Sorry. No Passes AVCOCCNTER CINEMA wash al Wstwd 47M7U AVCO CENTER CINEMA W.lsh al Wstwd. 475-0711 FashionCenter CINEMA TampaNordhoff 9934111 SILENT MOVIE(PC) SILENT MOVIC(PG) Sorry, no passes ESCAPE TO SHERMAN OAKS st.ives(pg) So nl Ventura 345-7 35 BEVERLY Eieverly Drive at Wiistwe 2754484 WITCH MTN(G) M5-MS-M5 Van Nuys Blvd HARRY WALTER TREASURE OF -vwu hu IU N.I.(PU MATECUMBE(G) 110.7:15 SHERMAN OAKS Sorry, No Passes Van Nuys Blvd SILENT MOVIE(PG) 986-9660 2:15.4:00.6 00 MOVIE REVIEW Gothic Gumbo in 'Offerings' BY KEVIN THOMAS Times Staff Writer About two-thirds throngh "Burnt Offerings" (citywide), a silly, tedious Gothic horror tale. Karen Black admits to her husband Oliver Reed that "This house is more than I thought it would be." Such understatement elicits unintended laughter. Miss Black has persuaded Reed to rent for the summer from slightly dotty brother and sister (Eileen Heckart and Burgess Meredith) their shabby turn-of-the-eentury Georgian mansion on a huge remote country estate.

Since S900 for the entire summer seems a bargain Reed agrees even though there's a catch: they'll have to leave trays of food for Miss Heckart and Meredith's ancient mother, ensconced in an attic suite. "She'll be no trouble at all," says Miss Heckart breezily. "You probably won't ever even see her." Very quickly, however, the house (in actuality the I. W. Hellman estate preserved by the city of Oakland) begins wielding a malevolent power.

Reed engages in some horseplay with his small son (Lee H. Montgomery) in the swimming pool and suddenly feels compelled to try to 'BURNT OFFERINGS' A United Artists release of a P.E.A. Films presentation. Producer-director Dan Curtis. Screenplay William F.

Nolan, Curtis; based on the novel by Robert Marasco. Camera Jacques Marquette. Additional photography Steven Larner. Music Robert Cobert. Assoc.

producer Robert Singer. Production designer Eugene Lourle. Costumes Ann Roth. Film editor Dennis Vlrkler. Featuring- Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee H.

Montgomery, Dub Taylor, Anthony James, Orin Cannon, James T. Myers, Todd Turquand, Joseph Kiley. Running time: 1 56 min. MPAA-rated: PG (some parental guidance advised). drown the kid.

Reed's chic, spunky aunt (Bette Davis) starts deterioratimg rapidly (but nobody seems to notice). And Miss Black becomes totally obsessed with the house and begins to dress in bygone styles (again nobody seems to notice). Producer-director and co-writer (with William F. Nolan) Dan Curtis, creator of the TV serial Dark Shadows and the terrifically popular TV movie "The Night Stran-gler." fails in "Burnt Offerings" to make the incredible credible. That anybody would actually rent a place with an unseen occupant in the attic is hard to swallow in the first place, but that's just the beginning of the film's increasingly heavy demands upon our willingness to suspend disbelief.

What's more, that everything is played absolutely straight only makes Miss Black and Reed seem like perfect idiots for staying on in such a malevolent atmosphere. "Burnt Offerings" that title's meaning remains unclear to the end is too trite, too drawn-out and repetitious, too poorly motivated and finally too vague in the nature of its supernatural evil to make it. This United Artists release is the kind of picture that induces its cast to act up a storm. Most effective is perhaps Reed, trimmer and more disciplined than usual. Others include Dub Taylor as a grubby handyman and Anthony James as a cadaverous chauffeur in Reed's nightmares.

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I i WoYnF'n FIHKnT ril.MCI A VERY SPECIAL FILM 4M4 1 Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "JOHN WAYNE IN THE MOST im aim tini: uiii i- iii. hiv aiiviui" vv Chrlti Chamolin Los Anaplps Tirri mm HIGHEST RATING!" Kathleen Carroll. Daily News A FILM TO PROUDLY TALK ABOUT! A MOST UNUSUAL EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE!" nt Barren Good Morning AnHTrca "STIRRING! ONE OF JOHN WAYNE'S VERY BEST -Janel Masim Newsweek 41 pi YEAR! S'sl ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I'VE SEEN THIS Lu Smith. Cosmopottlan SHOOTIST' IS EMOTIONAL TOUCHING AND STRONG!" -Gene Shaiit. WNBC-TV "FASCINATING! John Wayne in his finest since TRUE Bex Reed ONE OF THE GREAT FILMS OF OUR TIME!" -Art Murphy, Variety DINO DE LAURENTtIS presents a A FRANKOVKHSaF Procluciion JOHN WAYNE LAUREN BACALL A VISUAL AND SOUND EXPERIENCE! PG Wr.M Fntrlin Cofpotalion A Wilt Chamberlain-Hal Jepsen Presentation of a World Entertainment Release IN A SIEGtL FILM Written by Neil Rapp Produced by Paul Rapp and Richard Rosenthal Directed by Paul Rapp Executive Producer Wilt Chamberlain 2nd Feature Al Most Theatres and Drive-Ins "THE SHOOTIST" STARTS Go-Starring RON HOWARD Guest Swrs AMES STEWART RICHARD BOONt OHN CARRADINE SCATiVlAN CROTHERS RICHARD LENZ HARRY MORGAN 'vFrFni A7 The Beatles are back SHEREE NORTH HUGH O'BRIEN Music by ELMER BERNSTEIN Screenplay by MILES HOOD SWARTHOUT and SCOTT HALE Based on the novel by GLENDON SWARTHOUT Produced by M.

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