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8 Section 2 Chicago Tribune, Friday, August 12. 1977 Movie: Tower Ticker By Aaron Gold There's a lot to love as 007 returns to spy scene i OUR GAL SAL: Sally Rand gave Detroit TV viewers juite an eyeful Wednesday when they tuned into WJWb Morning" show. She had agreed to do a mini-demonstration of her famous fan dance to promote a llocal appearance. Somehow there was a mixup. The producers thought she used a body stocking, but she jdoesn't.

RITA MORENO and Kirk Douglas met for the first time over dinner at Le Rendez-vous and instantly formed a mutual admiration society. They also tried to outdo each other in heaping compliments on Chicago. l)ouglas, who's here filming "The Fury," hopes we 'appreciate "that magnificent Art Institute with paintings New Yorkers would kill to have at the Metropolitan iMuseum. It's a wonderful city. Even my wife Ann thinks TRIBUNE MINI-REVIEW A chauvinist returns "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME" Directed by Lewie Gilberts ocreottpley by Chrletophef Wood end Richard Maibeum; photographed by Claude Reno; edited by John GJm; music by Manrin HomktKh; produced by Albert R.

Broccoli: United Artiste release en Wood, McChirsj Court, end outlying theaters. Rated PG- THt CAST JemM end Roger Moon -r Bernard tee Anye Ameeove Berber Been Wee ateueypsiiuy Lot Meiwee Karl JurgetM 0 Oaeimnd Llewelyn -Jews' Rieherd Kiel Generel Oegol Wetter Oote Naloml Caroline Monro i -1 i i i -t, -1 -V I mt -a 4 lllliift ifiiillsliiiil rs so. Normally, wnen i on location she stays for two days and leaves. But she has been here with me the whole time and loves it!" "Ever since George Keathley brought me here in 'The Rose Tattoo' in 1968," Rita says, "Chicago has been my second home. It's a fabulous city and I'm already thinking of a play I can return here in next spring or summer." She's currently drawing large crowds to Marriott's Lincolnshire Theater where she almost turns "Scapino," a lightweight farce, into a one-woman tour de force.

The play is negligible, but Rita and the cast, especially Steve n.t.L.. u. 1 FIFTEEN YEARS and 10 films ago, James Bond debuted on screen. He was a male fantasy made for the swinging '60s, for the Playboy philosophy, for gadget-crazy America. In recent years, however.

Bond's sociological currency was devalued as the American male was told it was wrong to lust after sex, money, and fast cars. In response, the last few Bond films have appeared to be embarrassed about their male chauvinism and material But that's not true for the latest Bond flick, "The Spy Who Loved Me." This time, someone wisely remembered the whole point of the Bond films was to have a good time in a movie theater not to lecture us about life. True, according to the film's publicity sheet, -there is an "emancipated" female. Russian agent playing opposite Bond. But if you look at the movie, all you'll see, pardon me, is a good-looking broad mishandling a gun.

Bond (Roger Moore in his third and best performance as Agent 007) treats her like a piece of prime meat. After the picture, you just know he's going to toss her overboard and look for another woman. "SPY" USES ONLY the title of an Ian Fleming novel. The film's original script is as contemporary as the Howard Hughes-CIA plan to create a submarine-swallowing monster boat. The first 20 minutes of "Spy" are truly entertaining.

The Russians are missing one of their submarines and they blame the Americans. Great Britain suddenly loses a sub and it blames Russia. This can only be a case for you-know-who, who's doing you-know-what when he gets a call from you-know-who. tells Bond to zip up his fly and tip back to headquarters. Bond's first assignment places him on a ski slope, where he is pursued by Russian agents.

The ski sequence is as exciting as anv on film. A camera has been placed on a sled behind Bond as he travels in and out ot snow tunnels. The hilarious ending to the scene provides the best jump from a cliff since "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." After this stunning beginning, you begin to think "Spy" may turn out to be as good as "From Russia with Love," the best Bond of all. No such luck. True, opening pace of "Spy" is t.

1 V'l tlnwini in lain ifl irli impossible to sustain, but the rest of the picture is merely good, not great. AFTER THE SKI scene, Bond is paired with a borscht-fed beauty when the Russians finally decide to join forces with the Americans and British to find out who's stealing their submarines. The Russians select as their repre-sentative Maj. Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach, a striking, high-cheekboned model), who at first bears a grudge against 007 but eventually bares her body. The villain of the piece turns out to be a Nordic megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens).

He wants to rule the world. The only problem is he doesn't want to rule the world as it currently exists. Some people are not easily satisfied. Stromberg wants to rule an underwater kingdom. To that end he plans to destroy life on land using missile-bearing submarines and create his own universe beneath the sea.

Stromberg lives in a giant submarine shaped like a bloated spider with stiff legs. True to the film's marine motif, Stromberg's heaviest henchman is a 7-foot giant of a man nicknamed "Jaws." Why Well, he has been outfitted with shiny metal vises for teeth. He can chomp his way through the door of a car. And does. He can outbite a Great White shark.

And, well, you'll see. THE PRINCIPAL fault in the film is that "Jaws" is far more entertaining than his master. Stromberg is a limp fish compared to previous Bond villains like the evil Ernst Blofeld. Also, the film's final shootout is a Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in 007's latest thriller, "The Spy Who Loved Me." lackluster imitation of combat scenes from earlier Bond films. As for Roger Moore, he deserves credit for doing in this film what many thought impossible.

He virtually has replaced Sean Connery in our minds as Bond. Only at the very beginning of the film will you conjure up Connery's image. After the first reel, Moore takes over and is more than adequate. For that reason, and for the revived fun- loving attitude of the picture, it's a pleasure to announce that once again James Bond lives. FILM NOTE Mayor Bilandic and his wife will make their Hollywood film debut in "The Fury," the Kirk Douglas thriller now filming here.

Chicago's First Couple will appear in a walk-on performance as themselves in a sequence to be shot this month at Water Tower Place. Gene Siskel GET-AWAY-GUIDE DINING OUT DINING OUT GET-AWAY-GUI DE DINING OUT mm 1 p.nii:-) liit.ciiif.ii.r ri n.iavMivjini'.i in If i.l nniinlac icitncr in imc mc Douglas most inventive per. lormances I have ever seen by a Chicago actor, make it a wonderful evening in the theater if you're in the mood to laugh. SHUBERT THEATER bossmen Bernie Jacobs and Jerry Schoenfeld made it perfectly clear at Thursday's Sress conference at Cricket's that they intend to keep le Shubert and the Blackstone filled for the 1977-78 keason. The musical "Chicago" has been added to the Blackstone lineup (Feb.

20), which already includes I'Nefertiti," "California Suite," and "For Colored Eirls." The Shubert has 'Pippin" followed by "A Chorus ine." And Hal Prince has decided to bring the Broadway hit "Side by Side by Sondheim" to the Drury Jane Water Tower Theater in late October. The musical "Chicago," hopefully with Gwen Verdon, has been added to the Blackstone lineup. WATCH FOR Gov. Thompson to announce the appointment of former U. S.

Attorney Sam Skinner to head a special state commission looking into welfare fraud. Republican leaders will welcome the appointment because the commission's expected statewide public hearings will give Skinner exposure outside the Chicago area. And they're still after him to give up his new private law practice to seek elected office. ALL OF THE visiting as well as local celebrities are Expected to drop by Faces between noon Saturday and midnight Monday to help hype the dance marathon that raises money for the Special Children's Charities. And We Near North-Rush Street area really will be mobbed this weekend for the 20th Annual Gold Coast Art Fair if prediction of clear weather holds true.

Brenda Vaccaro has filed for divorce from her lawyer-husband of two weeks, Bill Bishop. And she insists she didn't marry him on the rebound from Michael Douglas. Brenda actually ended that romance herself when she refused to move to San Francisco while Michael was filming his "Streets of TV series. IN WHAT SEEMS like a strange booking, Marriott's Gene Patrick has cast Bobby Van (not exactly a Robert Preston or Forrest Tucker type) to star "Music Man," next up at the Lincolnshire Theater. Congratulations to PR- exec John litis and his wife Jill on the birth of their first child, Claire.

MAYOR BILANDIC and Gov. and Mrs. Thompson plan to join Saturday's 48th annual Bud Billiken Day Parade sponsored by the Chicago Defender Charities. The Thompsons plan to walk the entire five-mile route. Please give generously this weekend to the volunteers collecting for the annual Illinois Smiles for Little City, the residential training center for mentally handicapped children.

Happy birthday to George Hamilton and Milton Goldman. And Faye Dunaway has been immortalized 3fith a sandwich at New York's Stage Deli. It's a triple-decker liverwurst, bologna, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise but no ham Aaron Gold reports on people in the news at 10 p.m. Saturdays on the Channel 9 news and on "Night Beat" following the movie. A Great, Grand, Glorious Getaway Weekend at the Chateau Louise Resort Hotel which includes: Dinner for 2 each evening in one of our distinct restaurants.

Complimentary cocktails for 2. Continental breakfast each morning (including our award-winning Sunday brunch). 2 theater tickets to "Second Cih- Complete use of all our facilities (tennis, racquetball, swimming pools, sauna). only $1 plSO per person JLCj lax and grcrMttei not Included. Based on double occupancy.

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