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Atf Turbulent era Quinnplayshunter V- NEWSgJJLOT Theaters Entertainment leisure -'vi 1 rl k- Thurs Jan 2 1975 V' Vtos: i'ir Here comes 'Cleopatra' 'i l- couple of Like the professional he is Quinn wanted to do his scenes perfectly The stirrup prevented this and it disturbed him But not sufficiently to prevent him from performing the scene well tries so hard to please" Akkad said understand him His work comes first and he wants to do it The film from a screenplay by HAL Craig is being photographed on locations in Libya and Morocco by Cinematographer Jack Hilyard in color and Panavision in two versions English and Arabic It deals with the turbulant era covering the last 20 years of life when he was persecuted for preaching Islam during the early seventh century AD As Hamza Quinn is portraying an uncle to Mohammad and one of his stalwart backers while Irene Papas stars as Hind mortal enemy to The Prophet who battled constantly against concepts and Michael Forest The Moslems are friends of the victims whose only crime has been to believe in creed that there is only one God instead of the hundreds which the pagans of Mecca worshipped It was a scene from the film being staged on the outskirts of Tripoli near a deserted sads-tone quarry After four repeats of the sequence producer-director Moustapha Akkad shouted: Then the Arabic cast headed by Adullah Ghaith who stars as Hamza replaced the English actors and the scene was played again After three takes Director Akkad was happy with the Arabic version of the scene and he ordered the camera moved in for close-ups reverse and reaction shots To Quinn the scene was all in a work not too difficult used to he grinned thing that bothers me is a lousy stirrup on this horse My foot got hung-up on the darn thing a TukjT THEATRES JEEWMSEHEX 8819 SepvUtAfl 670-0346 OPEN 12:15 WAIT DISNEY'S "ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD" (G) "WINNIE THE POOH" (G) TRIPOLI Libya The rider topped a small sand dune reined-in and looked down to a small level area His gaze swept the scene below and his stomach churned at the sight he saw A half-dozen bodies tied to stakes lash marks in blood striping their half-naked forms Four other bodies hanging from tripods by the arms backs also mutilated by whipping On the ground two bodies lay stretched out their hands and feet lashed to stakes with two finely clothed noblemen weild-ing whips to the naked forms A dozen uniformed guards watched over the area making certain none of the victims escaped Now the rider spurred his mount and raced down the hillock Behind him a half-dozen Moslems followed And before him the noblemen and the guards fled in disarray and consternation The rider is Anthony Quinn starring in the role of the great hunter-warrior Hamza in Filmco The Messenger of which also stars Irene Papas Michael Ansara Johnny Sekka Airkldtltictrkickirirkick WARNER 478 6th St San Pedro-832-7227 JAPANESE MOVIES EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES i JANUARY 7TH OF JUSTICE PLUS- "GOIDEN FREE FOR ALL" film being made by Filmco International in Libya Anthony Quinn plays a warrior in "Mohammad the Messenger ot God" a new By Frank Swertlow NEW YORK (UPI) The first hour of and Saturday night is spectacular There is clever cinematography the magnificent poetry of Shakespeare and Janet Suzman may be the most seductive Cleopatra of the cinema However the next two hours of the Royal Shakespeare production reinforces the view that and is the longest and most rambling of plays It takes Cleopatra nearly 30 minutes to die The play deals with the torrid romance of Mark Anthony a member of ancient second triumvirate and Cleopatra the queen of Egypt Anthony left Rome to take charge of Egypt the section of the Roman Empire he received after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC Octavius Caesar adopted heir took Rome and the western and northern provinces Lepidus the third member of the triumvirate ruled over Africa except Egypt The three Romans and the Egyptian queen then became entwined in one of most famous Fellini film Wins IPACIFIt-WAUGIHI ewtiTomriM PARADISE WALA-tN Jon Height "ODESSA (PG) (PG) Pel Thu Sun Open 30 Mon Tits 600 pacific drive-ins Mon thru Fri Open Sat Sun-6 Shows at6 Children 6 thru 11 -50C Children Under 6 Free! im LJ Century west ot Crenshaw 6731624 a Newest James Bend 007 "MAN WITH GOLDEN (PG) "THREE TOUGH GUYS" (PG) The best supporting actor award went to Charles Boyer for his performance in the French film and Valerie Perrine was named best supporting actress for her por-tral of Lenny wife in the film Announced Monday the awards will be presented at Restaurant Jan 20 love affairs The play itself is noble but it does not rank in the first class of Shakespearean drama The middle of the play is too paunchy and loosely constructed Some of this could have been cut out without hurting the outcome Nevertheless poetry makes his characters move live and breathe especially during the first hour Miss performance is quite compelling She has a certain animal sexiness and tawdry look that makes you imagine that any man who comes into her presence could be beguiled Her moods are quicksilver imperious and sulking She chides softly and rewards lavishly She is a fascinating woman but one you should not trust Miss performance is the delight of the show However Richard Johnson as Anthony is less successful as the foolish Roman general who thought with his heart and not his head Johnson is too young and healthy looking to be Anthony He should have been a middle aged sot filled with the thoughts of past glories and the dread of whatwillbecomeofhim once assistant director on a revival of View from the Bridge" You see him Still you fault him The major problem with this comedy for the untired is that the lines funny enough often enough SO0QRD ACADEMY AWARD CONTENDER "THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE" (G) PLUS CARTOONS 00-500-7 CINEMA II ROBERT BEDFORD (PG) 10 Acodemy Awards Paul Newman Robert Hertford THE STING I ADVENTURE IMAGINATION WALT DISNEY productions' Two Action Hits! A Woman Possessed (R) "BAMBOO GODS IRON MEN" (R) Over Town' doesn't make it Chamber music The Prague Chamber Orchestra will fulfill the concert obligation of the Moscow Chamber scheduled for 8 pm Jan 26 at Royce Hall UCLA The Prague Chamber Orchestra includes 36 musicians who perform without conductor in the classical tradition of the period Mill MATINEES CONTINUOUS DAILY NEW YORK (AP) Federico a comedy-drama of life in an Italian town in the 1930s has won the New York Film Critics Circle 1974 best film award Liv Ullmann was named best actress for her role in Ingmar from a and the Bergman scrip for that film won the award for best screen writing Jack Nicholson won the best actor award for his performances in Last and "SHANGHAI LIL" -and- AN OF IRON" 6 ALL NLW WALT DISNEY HIT 'ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD" (G) OF THE (G) South Figuoroa at 152 Street 324-5127 omvf-iN RATED CALL THEATRE FOR TITLE aaaiaMEEE 115 NMorket 678 2323 OPEN 1245 "THE ODESSA FILE" (PG) -PIUS- "BUSTER AND BILLIE" (R) MimminML 73S Silver Spur 377-5403 Open 1:00 Jon Volght "THE ODESSA FILE" (PG) 2 "BUSTER AND BILLIE" (R) 1 18-5 00 8 50 FISH MARKET COCKTAILS VL 1 LUNCH DINNER SEASIDE DINING FISHEPMAN'S WHARF REDONDO BEACH CALIF NEW YORK (AP) There is a timberline in Broadway comedies beyond which they are hilariously funny and Murray Over make it It out of sight of it entirely though really a play for the tired businessman too tired to laugh too often who might enjoy instead a sprinkling of good comedy lines and a fairly relaxed pacing You know that Over which opened Sunday night at the Booth Theater on Broadway is going to be an Americanization of French bedroom farce the minute you see the living room set The living room has six doors and an upstairs hall has four bedroom doors a linen closet to hide in an alcove and a window out onto a roof This play also has movie actor Dustin Hoffman directing his first effort though he was Only Drive-In Ron I meet Biggest Cost Ever! 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