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1 7 -f 'I XExamittrr-Page 37 ft Dec. 26, 1974 Spaghetti Factory winter concerts Brutal S.F. cops played for laughs Macedonian Band (Jan. 26 1 Christine Soder, clarinet. The winter season opens this Sunday with a concert Ilighliuhts of the Spaghetti Factory's winter season of Sunday night concerts (at 478 Green Street! will in- elude a "Twentieth Century Trends" program (Jan.

19) (with Bonnie Hampton) and featuring the New Port Cos- the Haydn major piano ta Players in works of concerto (with Donald Pip-frumb. Oliveros and Berio; pin). Handel's opera "Julius Caesar" in a concert perform- other programs are: The ance (March 2) with Janis r.nlinrd Plavers in Renais- Margaret Ashe, cello, and Hanni Schmid-Wyss, piano (Feb. 2); lsy and Colgan. duo class ical guitansts (Feb.

9i; pi- anist Pamela Resch iF'eb. 16), "Meet the Composer." Jeffrey Levine (Feb. 23 1 and a Schubertiad with so- prano Marie Gibson (March 16) Admission remains $2.50 general, students $2, con certs beginning at 8:30 p.m. Walnut Creek repeiiorv group sliu ts season The Walnut Creek Civic, Arts Repertory Company's eighth winter season gets under way Saturday night with Shaksueare's comedy. "Twelfth Night," directed by Jay Paul Hornbacher.

It runs Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m.. and Sundav, 7:30 p.m., plus New Year's Eve, 8:30 n.m. The 10-week season will pIsq offer PatrWa Gvav's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fairy tale, "The Hob-W." n'inm 18. Paul Shvre'" dramatic revue.

"U.S.A." (from Dos Pas-sos' book), on Feb. 7. and Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." on Feb. 25. Plans are afoot for an eight-week summer season of.

ToH Coward's "Hav Fever" (June 28) and Brian J. Burton's "East Lynn" (July 26). Mi'' Repertory subscriptions are available from the Civic Arts Theater box-office, 1G41 Locust Walnut Creek. ,5 in" version of Telemann's "Pimpinone" preceded by the Bach major cello suite sance and Baroque niusic si. A Woodwind Quintet In Haydn Carter.

Kurka and Aitken (Jan. 12); The Silver String punttiM I i Francisco. to. X.1 ,4 it iiy 1 fJ Wilcox and Francesca Howe, and a piano recital by Wanda Krasoff March 9). A special Thursday concert Feb.

6 will bring a concert by "Music for A While," an offshoot of the defunct New York Pro Musi-ca which includes Judith Davidol'f, LaNoue Davenport and others, playing old instruments. New 'Mohicans' HOLLYWOOD Dalton Trumbo will write a new screenplay for "The Last of the Mohicans." The entertainment that loves a lot, M) and lives a lot, and gives and cives randgivcsalot. iauw viia Thmaloti CO05 v. 8181 Twin Bfhind Ddily: 1:00. 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, Si 9 40.

Bargain Matinees 1st. Hour Wednesday Saturday JAMES BONO "THE MAIM WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Color United Artists VV. 00, 12-45, 3:00, 3:30, 5:15 dim DISNEY'S FEATURETTE I v. if 4- ALAN ARKIN AND Persuasive movie debut as a "FREEBIE AND THE BEAN." a Warner Bors. release: produced and directed by Richard Rush; screenplay by Robert Kaufman, with James Caan, Alan Arkin, Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit.

Jack Krusch-en. Alex Rocco. Linda Marsh. At the Alhambra, Plaza and El Rancho Drive-in. Restricted Audience (R).

wholesale devastation that the two thugs perpetrate on innocent bystanders, driving their cars like maniacs through street parades, squares, restaurants and even into the bedroom of an old couple watching television. The technical expertise involved in the automobile derring-do is not to be denied. The special effects and the trick photography are superb. Paramount Picmrw Present THE LITTLE PRINCE VALERIE HARPER Chicano policeman's wife But the performances do not approximate the skill of these two gifted actors who totally fail to make their bestial roles charismatic or even moderately appealing. Valerie Harper makes a persuasive screen debut as Arkin's fiery Chicano wife who plausibly lies her way out of his accusations of infidelity.

The film should be very popular with the blood lust set who mindlessly applaud carnage. But those who oppose the whole concept of vigilante morality will not be able to root for these out-Jaws whose messianic zeal makes them repellent personalities. '4 IAot MLM htbllVAL A K' RAGGEDY ROBIN presents AIIKIAV1IIA PIIIVIAIf PPAVIIII theUHKhlMAi rAIM iu miii 0 ri crcDcnounnilr ennun y7h2 6100lhere 1 i hf1 -It-Id M.inn Vflli'l Ml 1 SI PA Dally: 1:00, 3:55, 7:00 Today: 1:00. 4:00, 7:00 ifJ-llSH. I lilil and Passes yntt and Special If -Xl rl 'fci af; 91 IMLjaSiUuLUIUu or Bargain Matinees Midniqht Shows ridays VUlWMaaMkJ Owaiy at lBth this Enqagement and Saturdays Vl araval at lilih Ave PINOCCHIO THE WORLDS OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON RAGGEDY ANN RAGGEDY ANDY (All three films at each program) fg N(ll U0HMtlSJ suunoumc ON BC SuMer nr Van Ness Daily: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9 00.

Barg.Mats. 1st.hr. dly. Sat. til 5:00 P.M.-S1.50 Open Daily Bargain Matinees Daily (Except Sunday) lOd.m.

to 1pm. S1.25 1pm. to 5pm. Matinees Daily at: 10:30, 11 uu. THE LITTLE WALT Mysteiles-at: 10:45, Prince" at: 11:05.

1: 10, "THE James Caan in: "Cinderella Liberty" at: Erotic films at museum The S.F. Museum of Art will present a program of shorts from the recent Erotic Film Festival on Fri day at 7 and 8:45 p.m. The festival, subtitled "A Celebration of Human Sex- uality," was sponsored by the National Sex Forum and the Museum of Erotic Art. ,,,0.3 30.6 30 .30 Sun i i riini.i.miii I By Jeanne Miller and the Bean," which opened yesterday at the Albambra, Plaza and El Rancho Drive-in, Is another In the seemingly endless series of. cops, robbers, chases and a buddy-buddy team of ruthless cops who perpetrate their carnage in San Francisco.

This time. James Caan (as Freebie, always looking for a handout) and Alan Arkin (as Bean, Benito an American of Mexican descent) play the "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Cop" roles of an- intrepid and amoral team who stretch and bend the law for their own purposes. Producer-director Richard Rush apparently lost control of -his project, allowing the two strong actors to design their own characterizations and to indulge themselves excessively in mannerisms that betray the style (already murky) of the film. Moreover, he veers so rapidly from brutal realism to ludicrous hyperbole that the film becomes a teeter-totter of tastelessness and violence on one level and fantasy and Keystone Kops heroics on another. The story has something to do with Caan and Arkin's desire to find evidence against a bigtime gangster (Jack 'Kruschen).

In the course of their pursuit they brutally attack suspects without a shred of piously reading the victims their rights while kicking in their faces. That kind of style constitutes most of the alleged humor, along with Caan's repeated racist slurs on Arkin's Chicano ancestry. The film's most cruel aspects, -however, lie in the Berkeley troupe money-raiser Berkeley Stage Company will hold five benefit performances for the theater on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 28 and 29, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 3, 4 an 5, at Way Station 99, 1111 Addison St.

"Santa Claus," a modern rriorality play by E. E. Cum-mings, will be performed in the round. There will be musicians, jugglers and other entertainment. Wine and cheese will be served.

Palo Alto's 'Flea' Manhattan Playhouse, Manhattan Avenue and West Bayshore, Palo Alto, is opening a production of "The Amorous Flea," a musical based on Moliere's "School for Wives." Friday night. It runs Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m., through Jan. 25. PART ALL MAN! BOSS NIGGER COLOR BY DE LUKfc I DIMENSION PICTURES HEIEUSC fjs "MAN OF IRON" Open Dally at 12:00 Noon Bargain Matt $1.00 til 1:00 (Except Sundays Holidays) An all NEW! UMVERSAl BCTUHE TCMNIC010 PHWVtSION MOW AT 4 THEATRES Plus Charlton Heston in "SKYJACKED" Today 'Air' 1:15,5:00, 8:50 'Sky' at 3:10, 7:00 Daily at: 5: 15, 7:30 9:45 "Twilite Hour sm 7960 1 Plus Georga Peppard in My Nama is Nobody" OTEN WEEKDAYS a'iCISCt OPEN WEEKENDS t10 '(73 4841 US CHfRLTON DAiLy air' an i.au, a. 10:45.

BAffG MATS lit OCEAN Today Dec. 2G 1 :00 p.m. Dec. 27 1:00 p.m. Dec.

281:00 p.m. VETERAN'S AUDITORIUM van ness McAllister Children $2.00 PRINCE Plenh nf tirtpts at tlm rlnnrAII Tirlpt Tentor I i nntt-ntnurt Tantcr Rnv nfio Prno T' A. if r)rumtnjun P.ontpr Rnv flffiro Prano TifloK vu.li- in.iijii mm. i. "A CONVERSATION Shows at both theatres ftTr JAt I 6:008:1010:20 I SECOND WEEK fl immiii 1 I SHOWSTONIGHXAT Lit VH I I 1 HIVM CALL 751-0217 12:45, 2:50, :00 and 9:05.

3: 1 5, 5:20, and BURT REYNOLDS in: LONGEST YARD" "CINDERELLA LIBERTY 10:20, 2:40 and "Lonqest Yard" at: 12:25, 4:45 and 4 Bergman's triumDh. An extraordinary motion picture, absolutely riveting from beginning to end Staggeringly brilliant essay. After this performance Liv Ullmann should be given permanent possession of the Oscar for Cilia mf 2 ti i jn fljl 1 1 trr illllll-SfillJilHfllM Best Actress. I 11'UIHIH PPdrP PPffllll'Ill'll I 1 XT Tl jrfii'NSjfe'-vI III EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO ENGAGEMENT! I ll ill BlKi i fV 1 1 Special Midnight Shows Fridays And I'l llLF 1 I 1 1 1 1 i wiiii www Parents Adults $3.00 MAKO uvio SWILLIM kktj ECKEMYR I Daily at: 12:00, 2:15, iiiV jr fiC Ifl, Ecpnt TT MATINEES DAILY MATINEES DAILY ilp fff lliC D9nt." A 12:00, 3:30, 7:00 and 10:30 12:00, 3:30, 7:05 and 10:40 411' VfC-V. "'Ssjr' Ar "Judith NO Pastel or Bargain Matinee, thif Enqagemant productions' Yr, JfiNMtA I irW Ingmar Bergman's SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE HARTMAN mm SINDEN mcques MARIN ncrMcoum walt disney WINNIE the POOH and TICGER TOO TECHNICOLOR 'AjC'9 lMJ starring UV ULLMANN and ERtAND JOSEPHSON with Bibi Andersson NOW SHOWING EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO ENGAGEMENT! Matinees fPWtmHM Vam mWm.

mrmmm. lUUii Jl BJP 9864767 MonThurv 6 3C In 4 Track Stereophonic Sound -At: 1:15,3:15,5:15, 7:15 and Snenal I at Show Fn Rat. at 11-15 4:30. 6:45 9:00 4 I DAILY TIL FM L. IFXCEPT MOI.IO A.