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Movies The Sacramento Bee Fun Among The Pink-Collared Workers Open Christmas Pay 1 PM By Zenobia Jonell Gerald Bee Stall Writer COMPUTE TUIKB DINNER WITH All THE TRIMMINGS $695 Parton who is as relaxed in front of the camera as she is in the recording studio who fly away with the movie Coleman and Elizabeth Wilson as Roz Keith the administrative assistant who spies on her co-workers also turn in fine performances However it is when Fonda Tomlin and Par-ton are on screen together that the movie soars It care and part- time workers) The scheme gets downright silly and unbelievable But then so is their boss Fonda whose Judy Bernly is less than coherent when she joins the clerical staff turns in a wonderful performance But it is Tomlin with her smirking wit and deadpan delivery and is least effective when it becomes bogged down in the plot Nevertheless the film is splendid entertainment from beginning to end And maybe just maybe be the perfect antidote for those to blues to rated PG is playing at the Capitol and Sunrise Theaters and the Forty Niner Drive Ins jtttMvofioM ivggttd Pnm Rib Steak loLn Rik ABOVE DINNERS AT REGULAR MENU PRICES Childs Plot Giv A Gift Certificate Cocktail Lounge Parly and Banquet facilities available for 10 to ISO look pleadingly at his secretary and say: mean so much more to me than a dumb secretary" a different approach?) His secretary is Parton Those memorable words uttered while looking in her eyes Fonda plays the demure and newly divorced Judy Bemly who wears funny hats The Job with Consolidated Companies is her first contact with the working world She soon finds out it one of her better decisions Tomlin is section supervisor Violet Newstead a widow with four children who has worked 12 years with the company but is continually passed over for promotions when it only because too many crazy things happen The zany happenings are brought off with flair but it makes it more difficult to decide if to Five" is farce effective satire or an irresistible message from the National Association of Office Workers via Fonda and Co Produced by Bruce Gilbert partner in IPC Films the company that produced "Coming Home" and China and directed by Higgins to Five" is not a movie about office workers who cramp their style In this case the hated employer Franklin Hart Jr cramps his staff's ability to function with what should be a normal office routine have we heard that one) In this case however it's the boss spreading the wretched rumor The three women are quickly drawn into a close friendship And after one particularly trying day at the office they unwind by drinking smoking a joint and telling each other their wildest fantasies of how to get revenge The fantasies are vividly and lovingly described for our pleasure Each one is extremely funny But It is Tomlin who gets the best fantasy It's a zany spoof of a Disneylike cartoon in which she appears dressed as Snow White mixing a deadly potion supported in her endeavor by a host of animated characters The women have a wonderful time plotting their revenge (who But when one of the fantasies begins to become reality they wind up devising an outrageous scheme to protect themselves and make Consolidated Companies a healthy environment (decent raises job sharing day SACRAMENTO BEE Thrifty Wont Ads The private way to advertise 2 lines for 7 days $500 For articles $300 or less an THE BEE 444-3113 I WINE TO a delightfully funny and crisply written film that will undoubtedly strike a chord with millions of women employed in our collared ghettos" (Lily facetious summation of office clerical workers) just may emerge as the bkt comedy produced this year Written by Colin Higgins and Patricia Resnick and based on story to Five" is so hilarious and so thoroughly enjoyable everyone from the secretarial pool to the chairman of the board is sure to identify with this movie Starring Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton as three overworked office workers who might as well spend their working hours in the local boxing arena with their belligerent boss (Dabney Coleman) to Five" hits the jackpot and often In the few instances Restaurant WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Served 4 PM-10 PM PRIME RIB 495 ONLY JT OB Oowntmun it 1 Ekkimuo IMfATnf 9001 FW' 4'i rs ARTON IN her film debut as Doralee Rhodes is the secretary She's a warm and friendly person but nobody cares Office gossip has completely destroyed her reputation They say she's sleeping with the boss (how many times Includes soup or salad steamed vegetables and your choice of potato Fresh baked mini-loaf bread or biscuits Restaurant HWY 50 AT BRADSHAW RD 362-3274 open 7 days a week Sun thru Thurs 7am 11pm IIS JOB IS simple treat women employees as hapless Hannahs (he must have learned eli-quette from JR Ewing) They do all the work he gets all the credit (sound familiar?) 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Your trip includes Round-Tripair conditioned bus transportation with a 4 hour stay at Harold's Club and a 4 hour stay at the Nugget OuWs ji (hangs Of Sms ns JtJS 5:58 FiM 1099 Burton GENERAL CINEMA THEATRES creates a whole person makes us believe that person and makes us care about him and the play He trying to make into either he knows better and we want him to But he can make it work West Capitol and Jefferson West Sacramento 372-6080 Roos Atkins Sunrise Mall No Sacramento 969-9161 Offices in San Francisco Oakland San Jose and Concord Ample live parking always available Continued from Page B4 that lies ahead In Camelot This production has been staged by Frank Dunlop the inventive and Irreverent fellow who created and his sharp bright touch is evident at a number of points mostly to good effect James Valentine as Merlyn Is so highly stylized in bis first scene that his performance comes off as a rather than a scene In a play: not surprisingly for he is very good he gets a hand for it too bad because enough vaudeville built into "Camelot" already But presumably Dunlop may be thanked for certain achievements of quiet belief too for example the true sadness with no histrionics in the way Christine Ebersole as Guenevere sings at the end to Lancelot Loved You Once In Silence" SAHARA TAHOE GENE ctrit WILDER RICHARD CRAZY PRYOR la -V INC PlCflUII Aiftpn Than lArty DC fiiMlfEQP Walk Sb'ifl 'f SACRAMENTO BEE Thrifty Want Ads The private individual's way to odvertise 2 lines for 1 days $500 for articl $300 or lots CAU THE BEE 444-3113 1111 wyeyw iy mi wueif mm it hji i imp -4 1 -vsnt wr Cntarf Ctfnpltr BIRDCAGE WALK FORTY WNER' 6SCWtH1S 977 7014 'Valltto30 4 OfilVf INS 97S 4944 12 45-3 10 5 35-8 00-10 15 6 -45 30 Wkrvfe 3DMUMSUTu00j 10WI5T BUS FAKE TO TAHOE 5 i12 ROUNDTRIP 1200 CASH 300 FOOD 300 DRINKS mADvnmmsm Adult Theatres 87 DAYS A Last Minute Gift Ideas SAVE 40 On SEIKO PULSAR WATCHES (selected styles) LanceArt Jewelers-Chains Unlimited 8085 Greenback lane 10 SHORTS Pfu- FEATURE sco trio aims rttt OPEN 7 AM Amador wage lines 444-7883 BRAU HOE -242 AUIURN UVD 49-7641 ARDEN FAIR TICKET AOCY AADEN FAR 929-tSOi THE DEU' 2804 I ST 455-1264 ALLENS DONUT SHOP RANCHO CORDOVA 10167 FOtSOM UVD 161-1951 FLORIN CENTER MANOR THIATII "CHINA SISTERS" "CHINA PUSSYCAT THEATRE LITTLE MORE THAN IOVE" "THE PSYCHIATPISr EEL THIATRI 10 SHORTS IHATUH TOWNS THEATRE VWTTYlAMt NMFACBar nwr WESTLANE 01 "HOT IUNCH" "JUNGLE BIUE" ALL-DAY SPECIAL WESTLANE DRIVE-IN ADULTS ONU hot lunch plus Desiree Cousteau JUNGLE BLUE Moitdiv IT OPENS 30 Hwy 80 Near Davit STs Emt Frontage EBERSOLE IS ONE of several examples of the all-around strength of this production She has the looks and spirit and genuine Individuality to create a Guenevere who Is a real person (the role as written needs help) and she Is an excellent singer with the kind of soprano tone not unlike the sound fine crystal gives that makes the words as clear as the notes are pretty- Richard Lancelot is equally well cast and equally well performed: handsome young acted and sung with conviction in a very good voice He (and Dunlop?) make his early scenes amusingly fraught with self-esteem and Ever I Should Leave You" has not only beauty but real fervor Paxton Whitehead Is the best King Pellinore ever seen although I have to confess I never saw Robert Coote in the role What distinguishes him Is a certain edge a certain toughness of character and gleam of intelligence that adds remarkable stature to a role that Is often played either as a laughable lack-wit or a foolish If charming old man He is still humorously out of kilter with all the self-satisfied chivalry of Camelot still absently annoyed with his dog Horrid (played with solid equanimity by a hairy animal named Bob) But Pellinore is not only droll he Is somebody There ought to be a word for the cheerfulness that Robert Fox brings to the malevolence of Mordred for the way Jeanne Caryl as Nimue sings the lovely and neglected Me" to Merlyn for the virility and verve with which William Parry Andy McAvin and William James Invest the three leading knights for the freshness and Invention of Buddy choreography for the Maying scene for the richness color and weight of Desmond costumes and sets for the sure hand of musical director Franz Allers (who did the original 20 years ago) But above all there ought to be several words about Richard Burton who got a tremendous ovation at opening and deserved every declbeL His authority his skill his magnetic presence and the fact that he is giving this role his serious best are all convincingly demonstrated In very short order That arresting voice Is still there He delivers the humor with perfect timing He can even in the early scenes suggest a hint of boyishness in the young Arthur and well Into the play he preserves a suggestion of diffidence self-doubt even awkwardness that plays powerfully well against the image of knightly perfection Lancelot envisions and thinks he embodies He "CHINA SISTERS" At5 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