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Chicago Tribune. Tuesday, December 24, 1974 Section 1 17 MOTION PICTURES lit Run Chlcagoland- MOTION PICTURES -1st Run CWcagoland I TempoMovies "THE CLASSIC 'SURVIVAL FILM. If you liked 'Poseidon Adventure' and 'Airport' YOU'LL GO BANANAS FOR 'AIRPORT 1975'" VERNON SCOTT, U.P.I. A pointless 'Phantom 9 falters too often 'SOMETHING HIT 0f U' if I TRIBUNE MINIREVIEW Silly shadow "PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE" Wrlttaa and dlractad by Brim Dt Patau. tMnrtphtt by Larry Plitr, Mtlc by Paul Williams and Gaart AllttiM Tin.

ton, ar.c.d by Edward R. Pmimtii, Mtb CMtary-Fei raltas at ths Enuiro Thaatar. Rated PO. THE CAST Swan Paul William WImIm William Finlay Phaaaii Jastica Haraar PMlbi Oaorta Memmall art earrit Grahaai the crew is help us, please, please help us!" 2 i mm by DON ffCAltS- ttW JACK SMOT-Mmc fwnitiw mom JENNINGS IANG The film also is behind the times, because young people are beginning to recognize shock-rock for what it is: a travesty of entertainment. Time has pulled the rug out from under "Phantom of the Paradise." The film was directed by Brian De Palma, who last year made a fine, gruesome thriller called "Sisters." The only moment in "Phantom" reminiscent of that excellence is a split screen sequence where two stories are told at the same time.

PAUL WILLIAMS, the blond urchin who frequents the Tonight Show, and Gerrit Graham, who did a turn at Second City, make creditable appearances as the evil promoter and the composer. But this "Phantom" is only a shadow of its former self. off the promoter's top talent. His one desire is to have his music sung by the young girl that he loves. Slim chance.

THE FORM of the show is parody and put-down of every pop music style of the last 20 years: country, bub-blegum, and especially shock-rock. There are many "in" jokes that may bring a smile or two to the cognoscenti of the pop scene, Jokes about outrageous contracts, drugs, palace guards, and the malleability of teen-age The problem with all of the kidding is that what's up on the screen is childish; it has meaning only because it points to something else. To put it another way, joking about the rock music scene is treacherous, because the rock music scene itself is a joke. i by RHN CACf.HS- ftoted by WlllISM queen as part of the producer's gala opening night program for his new rock palace. In retaliation, the uglified composer, wearing a metallic, bird-like mask to hide his facial scars, begins haunting the rock palace and bumping MOTION PICTURES --1st Run Chicagoland- HUNWRSM PICTURE TFCHNOXOR'BWWW I wm HIGHLAND PARK II, Highland Park MOTION PICTURES 1st Run Chicagoland- once a child "THE BEST NEWS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON!" The My Fair Lady' duo has not lost its touch.

And the beauty of the work is that you don't have to take a child with you to enjoy it- LAW Niles II, BREMEN Tinley Park Hie Slapgg enc They'd do anything provided, of yourself! NewYork Magazine IRREPRESSIBLE JOY! THE LITTLE PRINCE 'A LITHE, JOYFUL, POIGNANT MUSICAL MOTION PICTURES -1st Run Chicagoland course, that you were I'armmnum Pktufr PmrH A STANLEY EK3NEN FILM OF if i Njaw Judith Crist, js MOTION PICTURES 1st Run CMcagoland AnalllMEWfilm inspired by the novel'AIRPOaT" by Arthur Hailey. PG PUiHIUfiUIOAHCCSUtGISUD fet MUtiiM mwt stiioirm mm mxmii Kim ni' WO GLEN, Glen Eltyn CROSSROADS Merrillville, tnd. far the Slslitfays. for a do. CORAL Oak Lawn iHaMBV.

1 mftr II IULLI UlfUIAIf II i. 1 Skokie GCC Y0RKT0WN II Lombard SOUTHWEST EXUDES CHARM, JOY, LOVE, WISTFULNESS, By Gene Siskel Movie critic CASTING ABOUT for something original, many filmmakers recently have run electing instead to dredge up something old. The parody movie is in full flower this week with Mel Brooks kidding the horror movies of the '30s with his "Young Frankenstein" to be reviewed Wednesday, having dispatched the western earlier this year with "Blazing Saddles." And then there's Brian De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise," which attempts to ride a couple of old horses: horror movies and the rock music scene. The film's title suggests the 1925 Lon Chaney thriller about a disfigured composer who haunts the sewers beneath a Paris opera house and takes a pretty young singer as his protege. This "Phantom" is set in the everchanging world of rock music.

A composer gets Lyric sets By Alan G. Artner THE LYRIC Opera of Chi- cago concluded its 20th anniversary season on Dec. 14 with the highest gross box office income in its history, according to a report issued by its business department today. For 47 regular performances during the 12-week season, ticket sales receipts were $2,015,609.75 out of a possible $2,021,339.50, This does not include the income from an opening night benefit performance or four student matinees which were presented at special prices. Almost all tickets 99.7 per cent were sold.

And a reselling of tickets donated by patrons unable to attend put 34 performances over the MOTION PICTURES 1st Run Chieagoland- Above alL.lts Jamas Caan (p 3S0 AND NOT JUST FOR KIDS! SMART FUNNY AND PIQUANT!" EVERY FRAME, AND I THINK IT ABOUT TIME SOMETHING DID DO THAT FOR US!" Uz Smith. Cosmopolitan -1 Paul Williams as Swan, the Impresario who runs the Paradise, the ultimate rock palace; his music and face ripped-off by an, excuse the redundancy, unscrupulous rock producer, who gives the stolen music to a glitter rock record 100 rr cent mark. Overall percentage figures for each of the season's eight operas ranged from 94.8 per cent for Donizetti's "La Fa-vorita" to 103.3 per cent for a r's The latter opera also holds the record for the highest box office income for a single performance: 104.9 per cent achieved on Dec. 6. DESPITE this success, the Lyric's budgeted $2,800,000 deficit has not yet been raised.

Dec. 31 is the deadline date for fund-raising efforts, according to a Ford Foundation Grant which dictates that the opera company must be "in the black" by that time. As of last Friday, there was still $400,000 to be obtained. MOTION PICTURES --1st Run Chlcagoland- a love story. Alan Arkin Jay Cocks, Time Magazine "THE SCORE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE' IS A SHEER Vincent Canby, New York Times LERNER AND LOEWE'S THE IJTTLE PRINCE Richard Kiley KST Bob Fosse Rife Steven Warner Bit iw Gene Wflder YJt' Produced and Directed by STANLEY DONEN Aoci.tPmducer- Screenplay and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER Music by FREDERICK LOEWE itjiei TJ2srT.O:JTF:2 VJOTOm-5LN)ON-AlirN GrWD oo CAROL BURNfTT ScebkraDK6iiur)woo rjosedor cpo 0 Hi itCWorO CWRJS MocJRltt Derd BUfWOBt "THE LITTLE PRINCE" by Amoin dfSalnl.Emipciy Thiikok I GCC PLAYBOY PICKWICK Chicago Park R'g cccFORDCITYin Chicago DUNES PLAZA TOERBROOKn MT.

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