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Chicago Tribune. Monday. June 13. 1977 Section 2 MOTION PiaURES MOTION PICTURES MOTION PirruBH DOWNTOWN MOTION PICTURES lit. Run Chlcogoland DOWNTOWN Tit.

Run Chlcogoland MOTION PICTURES lit. Run Chlcogolond IKE EREITESr 7 fl 1 JAMES URL JONES nm I PAUL WIN FIELD lij 10:05 pm. "DAY OF THE HnlMAlS fRl OaniR Onan- 11 "KUNG-FU COLD' THE LITTLE GIRL WHO mm LIVES DOWN THE LANE" "HOUSE BY THE LAKE PIPER LAURIE IS "RUIXY" ISAAC HAYES Ooon oorn 1 'Ntoii" Hi i tail "Unit Cirl" 4 Roller coaster' is a disaster of a disaster yiRJIO Movies AT'M! "ft. Gene Siskel Movie critic V'jV 'TSK 1 tfMtcnrrp. HIS OITFSTinV ha.

ocboJ ni 'Utl aaJ 1 1 1 For audience, it's all downhill from here. 9 OUTSTANDING FEATURES LH WtSIERN HITI $2 to 1 1 AM M5-1X20-3i35-60-10t0S I i Doesn't anyone at Universal Pictures have II any corporate pride? The question was asked with the release of Universal "Two-Minute Warning," the football stadium sniper movie, and with "The Car," the killer-auto flick. The question also is appropriate for "Rollercoast-. er, which, as those other films, is merely a death-; anticipation trip. In the film, a young man (Timothy Bottoms), extorts money from an assortment of amusement park owners by threatening to blow up their rollercoaster rides.

To make his threat credible, the young man blows up one coaster and its 24 passengers. Five days lat-; er he sets fire to another coaster. Only then does the young man stick an association of amusement park owners with his demand: $1 million, or he'll destroy more coasters. Nice movie, huh? Just in time for the summer amusement park season. I hope the guys who wrote this script choke on their next cotton "ndy an( one near them knows the Heimlich antichoking manuever.

THE FILM'S opening explosion scene is particular-; Iy sick. The young extortionist blows up a section of coaster track. When the rollercoaster hits that track, its cars parppn tn ihn llliiiiiiiiliiiiiiPiiH i wisp ipfe: li mm' -4 n- -kW-i T1frtalLa)jaa1i( ers in the theater rattle your eardrums and vibrate your seat at various points during the ride. But the use of "Sensurround" only underscores death-preoccupation of the film. What the people who made "Rollercoaster" are trying to do is create a disaster visually and aurally.

What might help is having the theater ceiling rain blood. That's not all that's depressing about "Rollercoaster." Each character in this mean-spirited script is portrayed as deeply flawed, if not corrupt. FBI agent Widmark is glory-hungry. The amusement park owners are money-hungry. Segal is divorced and chain-smokes.

Segal's boss, building inspector Henry Fonda, has fudged reports to benefit his nephew ia the construction business. Henry Fonda dishonest? Hey, what's going on here? The success of the space fantasy film "Star Wars" has been attributed to its clearly drawn forces of good and evil and to its healthy, fun-loving action. In "Rollercoaster," however, virtually everyone is evil. And the action in the picture is the kind that seeks to take advantage of your fears. Fake explosions are forever being tossed at us in "Rollercoaster." A sudden loud noise turns out to be the ringing of a telephone or sound of a target being hit at an amusement game.

Those are cheap tricks that abuse an audience. Star Wars" likes its audience; "Rollercoaster" does not. TRIBUNE MINIREVIEW Taken tor a rida Vi "ROLLERCOASTER" Dlra'tae) by Jamas Goldatona; acraanptay by Richard Lavlnaon and William Link; photographed by Oavld M. Walah; adrtad by Edward A. Blary and Richard Spragua; mualc by Lalo Schllrln; producad by Jannlnoa Lang; a Unlvaraal rtlaaaa at outlying thaatara.

Ratad PO. THE CAST Harry CaMar OaoroaSagal Hoyl Richard Widmark Young man Timothy Bortoma Simon Davenport Hanry Fonda Jaafar Harry Quardlno Susan Straabarg Tracy Caldar Halan Hunt Dorothy Trlalin MOTION PICTURES lit. Run Chlcageland See It-Starting June AV8? I.U1ipnwAi.wH.... AKP t.fA'rirni'tv-.i.rr'rvi... 24,1977 Chlc440-Downtwn Chicago Meu North ORLANDSQUARE2 OrUndPlr DRIVE-IN SKY-HI DRIVE-IN Addnon liMcnlilLlMinp.

Suburban Theatres ground, killing or injuring its riders. At this point 20 min-tues into the picture one realizes that "Rollercoaster," like "The Car," is a traffic accident masquerading as a movie. Sickies in the audience will be thrilled to learn that two stuntpersons were injured during the filming of the opening crash scene. Trying to capture the extortionist are Richard Widmark, a stem Federal DAILY iSAT Bureau of Investigation agent, and George Segal, a Los Angeles safety inspector. The film is mostly a cross-country cat-and- mouse-game between Bottoms, the extortionist, and Segal, the inspector.

The script tries to give iis one of those relationships in which criminal and ad- versary grow to respect each other-and no one clse-; during the course of their chase. The major problem with that is Bottoms' character one of the dullest villains imaginable. He has no sense of humor. His only motivation is greed, and he doesn't appear to be too thrilled about the prospect of getting the money. His character is in a trance.

And, as with the anonymous killer in "Two- Minute Warning," we never learn Bottoms' characters name. I suppose that means he represents all our unnamed fears. What garbage. TECHNICALLY. "ROLLERCOASTER" is a cut other disaster films.

(Brief shots of the Chicago skyline are beautiful.) The rollercoaster foot-age, itself, is well done and occasionally evokes the stomach-in-mouth feeling of a real ride. "Rollercoaster features a soundtrack boosted with a process called "Sensurround," which means that extra speak- 1Lt v.i i MOTIOM DirriiDic III. Run Chlcagolanat TACt ILASl OW Vh)HO AMIlSTS 4M4lah OUT OF THE SKY COMES THE SCREEN'S MOST INCREDIBLE SPECTACLE OF MEN AND WAR! MOTIOM PICTURES MOTION PICTURES northwest" I northwest" ANU THE First Loop Showing "The beautiful Linda VNbne will Ihnll imn w'th her most sensual penormance ever." IRIFIMTAI KUABSITIEI LINDA WONG PLUS-CHERRY TRUCKERS' from SAW. 372-2054 DfAAaoaWwtittAKg SHANGRI-LA $1.50 uniciMiAL IHtATMENT nd "SHARON IN THE SUN SUBURBAN THEATRES NORTH -MORTON GROVE A NIIES MORTON GROVE 1 Andv Warhol's "RAn" ADULTS "HEAVY TRAFFIC" ONLY "FRITZ THE CAT" LAWRENCEVYOOD '1 UONE IN 60 SECONDS" Plus "GO FOR IT' MUNDEIEIN- MUnytktlflFailura al 700. 9O0 jmiAIEJHOr(PG) NORTH8ROOK EDENS 1 WOODYALLEM 'ANNIE HALL' MATINEE DAILY iCENS 2 'STAR WARS'-.

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20. 5 30 llfil ALSO "PEACHES' a 1025.1: 5.400 700 4K WHERE WMF mnPi irrcni than aw other adult theatre 5635 Bplmonl Go 0 10 Pa famv, GO FOR rr "GONE IN 60 SECONDS" "The STING" 1 '43 fielmonl Ot 6 30-9 40 "PAY OF THE ANIMALS- "RUBV MILFORD CLIH1 EA5irwntl an an ru. (rip "THE ENFORCER" 8UHI REYNOLDS 8 10 only "HUSTLE" TIFFIN JTM OONE IN 00 SECONDS" 6 45 AND 9 55 8 30 ONLY -OQ FOR ir I ft ft it K- 1 untEst house UftUTPI ADC '1U O'lrxl 'ing aeoeMp of hcu noirae- a 1 oo ffii "Jl person" t-3'Afentiirffs JsBl ma ii i nun I lil COLONY IliDftllCTTB5.1!"0" 'M MahnM 'Fon LOVE OF BENJI" 1ME ANNIE HALL at SILVER STREAK f)THC4m-474 004l ENDS THUHSOAYI 8AIG. H. Till a 30 "THF I ITTI film uun aa.6 I Willi 11 IV LIVES DOWN THE LANE" SHUTS IHI -SIIWOS THE STHCAW NORMAL 458 IIQIti SI ALL SEATS 10 6 30 I 8 15 'LITTLEST HORSE THIEVES' 30 (G) HI-WAY fij'd 4 Wtnlom Unwi jo 'Every a inui a irri mm tVEH INCH LHUT rtllUA HYDE PARK H4nii 81.7 ends THimr.DAvi "THE STING JJHrWMNt npOSTEH COGBUHN" BRIGHTON "Go FOR It" vsq-GONE IN 60 SECONDS" fl4CI TrU 79m CS VnCLICIl FRFE PARKING 3042 LITTLEST HORSE THIEVES" PIUS WINNIE THE POOH" 6 30 00 SOUTHWEST ,1 U-StiN SO TU 30 PM sionoi utu.

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RESTRICTED Persona i i under 17 not admitted, unless accompanied i i oy parem or adult TX Persons under 18 guardian. not sdmlrted. JSLAPSHOr 41 "'GO FOR IT GONE IN 60 SECONDS' --lEAGLEJHASJpEO" VILLA PARK ShoK t8LE HAS LANOCO" 4:10. 7 55 M. Cutna.