The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 75

la Crosse Tribune, Saturday, October 13, 197919 TV player ready for prime time Hunter and I wanted to have skywriters over Watts printing: 'Nixon in 80 Black Is Weird, but the BBC wouldn't pay for it. Bill Murray is off-beat, all right. One of nine children reared in a Chicago suburb, he learned comic skills in the famed improvisational group, Second City, went on to the Broadway revue The National Lampoon Show. The producer was Ivan Reitman, who later picked him to star in "Meatballs. By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD AP) -Meatballs." starring Bill Murray as the bedeviled counselor of a summer camp, proved Paramounts sleeper hit of the season.

Now Murray is starring for Universal in Where the Buffalo Roam, based on the adventures into gonzo journalism by Hunter S. Thompson, hipster laureate of Rolling Stone. Murray is a member 'of the 1 misnamed Not Ready for Prime Time Players of NBCs Saturday Night Which also has sent Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd to films and Gilda Radner to her own Broadway show. As soon as he winds up Murray will be hustling back to Saturday Night fronJ plane Live." I think Ive got another That the story of the gonzo year in me, he says life: Terminal. YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE IT.

THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED LIKE MAD. A FUNNY AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING MOVIE. -ftcnardOecw Cosmopolitan ITS WONDERFUL! ONE OF THE MOST BEGUILING ROMANTIC COMEDIES IN YEARS. DONT MISS STARTING OVER us! Nobody expected anything of the movie, Murray recalls. We shot it in six weeks in Canada, without much of a script.

Ivan let me contribute some of my own things, so I felt comfortable. I think Meatballs has a lot of appeal for kids, and it's better than most of the entertainment they usually get Im glad its a success. It meant I didnt have to do an Airport for my second movie. 0 9 GffiSD rlv Crazy Person's Comedy ALAN ARKIN AP Laserphoto New star on the walk Photographers crowd around Julie Andrews, the latest fetar installed in Los Angeles Walk of Fame." A star bearing the actress name was placed in the famed walk in front of Manns Chinese Theater last week, and the Los tngeles city council declared citywide recognition of Julie Andrews Day. She is best known for her films Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.

The other day Bill Murray was deep into his Hunter Thompson portrayal. Oh Universals Stage 44, a jet sliced in half depicted the press plane following a certain presidential candidate (portrayed in the film by the actor Richard M. Dixon). Murray as Thompson was cutting a grapefruit in half and drinking the i. FIRE PREVENTION SHOW SATURDAY, TICKETS DISTRIBUTED AT SCHOOLS Theater Listings 7 9 P.M.; SUN.

1, 3, 5, 7, The FIRST Certified PETER FALK CINEMA 1 When a Stranger Calls (R). Saturday, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.; Sunday, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.; Monday through Friday, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. KING 1 "Rock and Roll High (PG). Saturday and Sunday, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. lOLLYWOOD National Lampoon's Animal House (R).

aturday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30, 30, 5.30. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Monday through Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. RIVOLI Fire Prevention Week matinee. Tts Showtime" plus two cartoons, 1 and 3:15 m. "Starting Over" (R), 7 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, 1.

3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m.; Monday through Friday, 7 and 9 p.m. CINEMA 2 The In-Laws" (PG). Saturday, 7 and 9 p.m.; Sunday. 1, 3. 5.

7 and 9 p.m; Monday through Friday, 7 and 9 p.m. Where the Buffalo Rdam is the brainchild of one-time rock music manager Art Linson. He saw a movie in Thompsons article for Rolling Stones 10th anniversary, The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat." Thompson agreed to go along with it, and he consulted with Linson and co-writer John Kaye. Thompson also consulted with the man who is portaying him. I may be the most fortunate of actors, says Murray.

Hunter is my houseguest while Im playing him in the movie. It has been very helpful. I have been able to see his wild side, as well as his more thoughtful moments. In both cases, he is extremely funny." Thompson and Murray have been friends for a couple of years, having met beside a swimming pool in Aspen, Colo. "The BBC was out here doing a show on Nixon, so Hunter and I agreed to stage a Nixon in 80 rally for their cameras," Murray continued.

We had searchlights and everything at my house above the Sunset Strip. The cops arrived very soon, and I handed them our leaflets: Hes tanned, rested and ready. They still said we had to shut down. s-v'v KING 2 Hair" (PG). Saturday and Sunday, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 7 and 9 p.m.

at last THE RAMONES Where the 3 Rs stand for ROCK RIOT and REBELLION! i I 1539 ram t9Tiig ffijMIMto'Stfr aSES 99 All Seats All Shows NATIONAL LAHFOOlf. AHitJAl 110353. WEEKDAYS 7 A 9 Ir SAT. A SUN. 1, 7, 9 (SeUdoca Mesq Film festival planned for area youngsters A film festival and 'costume party will be staged in Union State Bank.

West Salem, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. The event is free and open to all West Salem area children in kindergarten through fourth grade and their parents. The event is sponsored by the West Salem Business Association and will be conducted by the village recreation department.

NITELY 7:30 9:30 SUN. 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 $2.00 till 5:30 A NEW WORLD PICTURE SAT. SUN. 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:15, 9:15 MS, 9:15 COLOR Q(3 i THE FILM THE MUSIC THE GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT SAT. SUN.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9: 7 9 FREE PARKING BEHIND THE THEATER COLOR 7:15, 9:15 P.M. SUN. 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15,9:15.