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'xTir jr.c ft ML The Herald-News, Tuesday, July 31, 984 Serv.ng A-17 This Indian calls Manhattan horns riSiifia5MEHli filled that role for a while after discharge, but later gave it up. He was just seen in local theaters in the very brief run of a low-budget movie, Fleshburn. He played a Vietnam veteran wreaking vengeance on a panel of psychiatrists whose decision on his sanity i They put the cuffs on me and carted me off to the lockup. I spent the night in jail and it wound up costing me $1 ,000 over that $20. But to me it was the principle of the thing.

Sonny Landham viewers apparently have difficulty attaching the right name to his face. People address me in public places as Billy Bear because 48 Hrs was a blockbuster and I managed to stand out, he said. I think I'm a personality who knows how to use his emotions, but I want to do action films and I'm out there looking." Incredibly, the original script called for Murphy and Nolte to be looking for only one escapee, but Hill reworked it to put Landham in because they had become friends while working on the two earlier films. Is it true he got into a real-life fight in a bar during the filming? Not exactly a fight A hotel employee tried to gyp me out of $20. so I went to the assistant manager He said he didnt have time to talk to me.

I lifted him out of his chair, held him against the wall and said I thought we did have time. "Well, he called the police and when they arrived, I got out of my chair in such a hurry it tipped over, creating a clatter and making them edgy They put the cuffs on me and carted me off to the lockup. I spent the night in jail and it wound up costing me $1,000 over that $20 But to me it was the principle of the thing Landham was almost as big in high school in Rome, Ga as he is now, so he excelled at football and won a scholarship to Darlington Prep School and the University of Georgia. But he left college after a year He became an oil field worker, did his Army hitch, tried to become a rock singer. then drifted into modeling and, eventually.

acting on the advice of astrologer Carroll Righter. I studied for two years at the Pasadena Playhouse." he explained, "then came to New York in 1968 and landed a part in The Lost Man' with Sidney Poitier Then I did 'Shaft Big Woody Allen's PS I Love King of the Love at First Honky Tonk Freeway and quite a bit of telev lsion work Then he met Hill and did his three successful movies with him. Because the Olympics are draining the resources of the Los Angeles Police Department, a decision was made some months ago that no filming of movie or TV series would be permitted on the street during the games It forced a few series producers to start lensing early so they could have a layoff, and caused others to go out of town By Tom Sullivan Of The Herald-tows With Paramount's Walter Hill thriller 48 Hrs showing up on the pay channels and in home video, take a good look at the burliest of the two escaped convicts Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte are chasing. Hes the one they call Billy Bear. He is 6-foot-3 Sonny Landham, half Cherokee and one-eighth who also established his presence in Hill's The Warriors and "Southern Comfort.

Remarkably enough, Landham doesnt live on a ranch in Arizona or a cabin near a swamp in Georgia. He lives in an apartment in midtown Manhattan, and eats most of his meals at the Carnegie Delicatessen. He can turn one of his own experiences into a wry reflection on the Vanessa Williams nude picture flap. A while back, when he was looking to get a foot in the show-biz door and needed some money, he did a nude layout for Playgirl magazine. It caused quite a stir and got him more attention than he bargained for.

During an interview the other day, he quietly says, For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. He even knows it's from Romans 3:23 because he studied and became an ordained Baptist minister in the Army. He L. committed him to an institution. It didn't do well, but Landham is undaunted.

With all the living he has done, a poor box office on one film bothers him, but not terminally. His presence in a movie isn't something that tends to go unnoticed, but Sonny Landham Cosell role small In Olympic overkill vFri 1st SHOW 2 1 TWILIGHT SHOW You're seeing technical marvels in graphics and camerawork. Much of it is dependent on hookups by the phone company. No wonder slogan here is: Technology the 24th Event. NO PASS ENCASE ME MT East Germany was the strongest team before the boycott Ueberroth also has an opinion about preventing future boycotts: A year before the Games youve got to commit or be self-penalized, he said.

It's an automatic penalty and not discussable. He suggests losing eligibility from international competition for one year. network has an insurance policy that is recoverable only on a loss. But ABC wont be making the kind of money that the Soviets think. The Russians know so little about us, said Arledge.

He said one comrade from the Soviet Union multiplied $100,000 for advertising revenue for every minute ABC is on the air and came up with a trillion dollars in profits. EN ERAS CINEMA By Fred Rothenberg OtTh Associated Press LOS ANGELES The revisionist viewers guide to the Summer Olympics: Youre seeing too much coverage. Multi-hour cycling races are a bit much. ABCs total of 180 hours has been programmed by the accountants, to offset the $225 million rights fee, not by ABC Sports. Roone Arledge, president of ABC News and Sports, wouldn't be pinned down on the right amount of coverage, but he said probably half the hours would have been appropriate for Sarajevo (in 1984), while we probably should have covered more (for the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid).

BARGAIN MATINEES $2.50 MON THRU SAT All SHOWS fttfOtf 6PM SUN A HOMOAVS MATINEC SHOW ON IT You're not seeing hopefully terrorist activities. ABC's own broadcast center and the International Broadcast Center would seem likely targets for attacks. ABC's executives were asked if they feared terrorists attempting to take over the TV facilities. That would be the last thing they would take over," said Marvin Bader, ABC's vice president for Olympic Operations They can't show themselves then." BEST DEFENSE, 1 00-2 55 4 45 6 40 8 30 10 20 Youre not seeing commercials for any official Olympic junk food. But thats what comes to mind during those Snickers commercials, which call the candy bar the official snack food of the Summer Games.

GREMLiNS REVENGE OF THE NERDS, 2 00 4 00-5 50 7 45 9 40 Youre seeing a little less cheerleading than you did at the 1984 Winter Games, where ABC tied its fortunes to the Olympic hockey team. A certain amount of healthy enthusiasm for the home team is inevitable, said Arledge. But outright, biased coverage is unprofessional and shouldn't be done. Arledge said ABC was guilty of overhyping the American hockey team at Sarajevo, giving it a touch of unrealism that we shouldn't have. But he also said, overall, the Winter Olympics coverage may have been ABCs single best job" because we had 'nothing to work with.

Whats playingwhere MATINEES DAILY AT ALL LOEWS Youre not seeing as much Olympic TV as the Australians, who are getting about 250 hours, the most of any nation. You can't even go to the john, said Julie fearnathan, president of ABC Broadcast Operations and BERGEN mil WUlOWMOO MAu IM6SM AT MU' 0BT JMQTt HOB A S( I 'ooqPG T0P SECRET pg GHOSTBUSTERS PG -E3- kfMi KARATE KID PGj nuesok iinroin trtpkjt MuC MM Jk rt tCT HUDSON PLAZA The Never End ng Story 2 4,6,8, 10 HUDSON PLAZA Gremlins 1, 3 15, 5 30, 7 45, 10 Seocoucut HARMON COVE Best Defense 2 15, 8 15. 10 05 HARMON COVE Ghostbusters 2. 8. 10 HARMON COVE Karate Kid 2.

7 25, 9 50 HARMON COVE Never Endmg Story 2 15 8,9 50 MEADOW 6 Temple ot Doom 2, 7 45, 10 MEADOW6 Gremlins2 10 8 iQ 10 10 MEADOW 6 Muppets Take Manhattan 2 20, 7 40. 9 35 MEADOW 6 Purple Ram 2 05. 7 55. 10 05 MEADOW 6 Walt Disney Jungle Book 2. 7,8 25,9 55 MEADOW 6 Cors'Can Brothers 2 15 8 15 10 05 MEADOW SIX 36 A' AT 'At ifcf 4 AT i s(A'Ci AO CivO hIAMOn ItfAOftte INDIANA jungle 0VM OOLflY STEBn BOO PURPLE RAIN (R) Youre seeing as much Howard Cosell as you probably want.

But, jn truth. Cosell has cut back on his professional sports coverage bnd might be giving up "Monday Night Football this season. Hes (doing boxing here. Its amateur. Hes sworn off the pros.

You (didnt see him at the Winter Olympics, either. tCan you imagine Howard in nowpants? cracked Arledge. GREMLINS pG MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN CORSICAN 8ROTHERS MEADOW. AUC HfW KARATE KID pG' ending Itort HARMON COVE Youre not seeing Soviet broadcasters at these Games. After the boycott was announced, the Soviets asked ABC to sell their commentator positions.

They had already paid for the facilities. Five boycotting Soviet-bloc nations are televising the Games back home: East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Some of the East Germans will be watching the West German coverage, said Barnathan. "They prefer it." Soviet TV can pick up coverage, either by tapping into these bloc broadcasts or through its membership in the European Broadcasting Union, a kind of Common Market for European MORRIS GHOSTBUSTERS BEST PG DEFENSE ARStPPANVTROV ULISWW wm GREMLINS pG GHOSTBUSTERS pG FoiHown HYWAY Walt Disnev's Jungle Book 1 30. 3 30, 5 30.

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7 30, 9 30 RKOCENTURY TRIPLEX Purple Ram I. 3 10,5 25,7 40,10 RKO CENTURY TRIPLEX- Gremlms 1 35,3 50.6.8 10. 10 20 RKO CENTURY TRIPLEX- Karate K-ds 2 1 0, 4 40.7 1 5,9 40 RKO TENPLEX Call for Schedule RKOTENPLEX Call for Schedule RKO TENPLEX. Call for Schedule -RKO TENPLEX. Call for Schedule RKOTENPLEX- Call for Schedule RKO TENPLEX: Call for Schedule RKOTENPLEX- Call for Schedule RKO TENPLEX- Call for Schedule RKOTENPLEX- Call for Schedule RKOTENPLEX: Call for Schedule Edgawotar LOEWS SHOWBOAT Temple of Doom 7 35, 9 50 LOEWS SHOWBOAT Cors.can Brothers 8 15, 10 05 LOEWS SHOWBOAT Muppets Take Manhattan? 30,9 30 LOEWS SHOWBOAT Purple Ram 7 55, 10 05 Ridgewood RKO WARNER.

Best Defense 2, 4, 6, 8 05, 10 10 RKO WARNER: Ghostbusters 1 30, 3 40, 5 45,7 55,10 15 RKO WARNER: Karate Kid 2 15. 4 45, 7 30, 10 RKO WARNER Indiana Jones Temple of Doom 1,3 10,5 25,7 45,10.10 Rutherford WILLIAMS CINEMA I Star Trek HI 1 30, 3 45,7 15,9 30 WILLIAMS CINEMA It Walt Disney Jungle Book 1. 3, 5, 7, 9 Washington Township WASHINGTON. The Never Ending Story 1 15,3, 7 30,9 mawnwraci Youre not seeing any athletes from the Soviet Union and East Germany, who are the innocent Victims of the third straight Summer Olympics boycott. Black nations bowed out in 1976.

and the United States stayed home in 1980. Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, said he thought Boonton BOONTONST THEATER CLOSED Butler MEADTOWN Romancmg the Stone 7 30 9 45 Morristown MORRISTOWNI Ghostbusters 7 30.9 30 Best Defense 7 40 9 40 MORRISTOWN III Purple Am 7 50 9 50 Romppony-Trey Hill LOEWS Gremlins 2 10 8 05, 10 05 LOEWS Ghostbusters 2 7 50 9 55 MORRIS HILLS I Temple of Doom 7 30 9 40 MORRIS HILLS II The Last $arf yher 7 45, 9 45 Youre seeing an Olympics that will be profitable to ABC. The ghostbusters l. VIIUHAV1ASAYKHIU THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN BACHELOR PARTY HANKS AOH AN JWf I) PASSAIC The Ramapo College Foundation Presents Dll HTi7 THE NEVER ENDING s' STORY I UK Qotoy ,1 1 HJ 1 I'N Sfnreo PURPLE RAIN ESSEX THE LAST STARFIGHTER VI Sf 81 Hi, a GREMLINS aanfiw, (2MS39 NlMA it I an i ROMANCING THE STONE -E23- a1 N.nAht 1 I.c. ,1 'AN TEu 1 csm? Q3DD633 1333MTJDBE IHIEHII.CMil mmkmszmm AiN A VMj Bloomfield CENTER Ghostbusters 2.

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