Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 48

12-0 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM Wednesday Evening December 25 1974 OLs -691 PIC Perry Stewart I Lighthouse Motto 7CINErtlAsX EMPIRE THEATER MN 24 INXIMS A DAY rot Awl It ito SOONER or sTICIVI Jur J42621Ass1 leldro 4294136 FINNE ARTS THEATER BEST XXX RATED MOVIES IN TOWN ANO MODELING STUDIO 909 CALHOUN Of 000O0011100040401 IIMIRMIEF -I 7 kit ti: 1 ib 1 li" '1 Mitt LONOCSTIARD" 11 leaynado "Ft' HOT" PG" MPROMPIIIMPlonommommion DOOR 9111tudat 066 Go Co CAM irmatiolog Brandt DtC041 OM DAtS A INIEX CO COVE1 rliturictst 5M Pitiptis- Go Co GI iimativirlt Diana Ddotr VIM 7 DAVI A Wax 1113122 1 11110111- Go Co Gil mativirlt Braid ixtit )fttl 7 DAV A vitEx r0 COVE) Car Crash Spectacular ectacui ar tmwomoompooppoloOmprOmPvo NOME of the Coast Guard swear that no one has ever reported sober for his year's tour of duty on lonely Cape Spencer's Rock lighthouse in the Gulf of Alaska wtlere the Coast Gut ad motto has been changed from Semper Paratus (Always Prepared) to Simply Forgot 707 Main St Emite 3:64183 X-RATED ADULT COVES 2Sc ARCADL LSCOR1TD LADIES FATI 1 It Vir 4- i i 0 IL eti it4 17 7 ri Alit uk' (Podo 414 ANSEIELD 1 'TIIE f'dititAnEll 4 I 417 la 1134412111i' ram cAtz i 1 Pt I opon 7 dors 11-2 I L112 COVES -cowtovv George Man ig Page Morning Star '25 15 C1651 630 Pala 703 "OM 94 blA91 410 70151043 Wafer tkottwou 'AXING Of PELHAM 124" 90) Maron 'PG' "THE SPIKtS GANG" $wilortary Or Sato4643 SAM KRUM "TAXING Of PELHAM 1-24" "jUGGERNA inuPat wry KRUM "MIMS stur both "StOvogimoia tau irr SOUTH SCRIM "DIE LONGEST YARD" "UNDEFEATED" Both RColor Ell late Itaisa one for the 2to nags 1 AG ORO sL! They'd do anything for a storyand do 1 NORTH SCREEN "THUNDERBOLT AND LicuTroor "COPS AND ROBBERS" Bah it Cala Is Monolog es Jocisboto Hwy RATED ADULT FILMS Plwe 2372921 for toles ore Hwy rn 1 tul Dbibit PHUNk 3jS-Stin SO eta OPEN START 1 CARLOAD 6:30 700 1 "UPTOWN SATURDAY paGmr Sidney Poinor flip Wilson PG "CLEOPATRA JONES" Bernie caw Tamara Doton PG 3 "mowr pc MA 4-2691 11 :01 of AIR 336 Wyr2 cr Art Mt to 06604 StART 7 CO STUrworat OM 630 oimar William Mr3rshall Carol Speed "BLACK CAESAR" Fred Williamson aoni Calm Rawl "11 ME LEMIST YAW 1:20 5:30 910 SNEAK PREVIEW IT'S SLICK FLIAINr 3:35 7:40 MOVIES ARE YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT imet Geiielee K4e-SI71 CiPtN 400 START 700 'WAG Of PELHAM 1-2-3" Wolter Arebou Robert Show 7031045 Color 'le "JUGGERNAUT" Richard otris OmOr 5horif 8 45 Color PG' F72: 1475171UttT t7-1 t'ef 183 RrAot ecks 73A 768S KR 633 START WO "LONGEST YARD" Burt Reynolds Eddie Also MOLLY MACOUIRES Rkhord Nottis two! 183 Rivet Cols OVEN 633 6200 Oki ilowrgthill 293131 Open 630 Skit 7 00 '7HE LONGEST YAW" Butt Reynolds Eddie Albert Color "LAUGHING POLICEMAN" Wolter limos Dem Color 'fi" 1492 GORY tAkt 24614cn CO174610 START 7:00 "SOLDIER BLUE" Condom BO Igen 'teatilitERnME lauzr Kati Weldon Both Co lot 'PG RlYJERSIP A- 1 kg)1 PLE 2030i Ws 8484642 Show Stotts hi Dusk 3 ADULT MOVIES ALL X-RATED Color None Under 18 AdmiNed 0604 WAIT 7-00 "TAKING OF PEUIAAi 1-2-3" Wolter Mattbau "JUGGERNAUT" Omar Shorif Both Colot 62tA)Oid HoniphiN 2931371' OP94 61:1 START 140 "TAKING OF PELHAM 1-2-3" dew Motthou Robert Show Cokm "JUGGERNAUT" Richard Harris Omar cud Cr Alt 'PC Several months ago a Fort Worth resident was in New York on a business trip and decided to attend the cinema Ile got to the theater a few minutes late but the movie in progress was not the main feature It was a sneak preview He found it diverting and was rspecially impressed with one scene in which two guys in a speeding car crash into the apartment of an elderly couple "That's very nice" I said "but auto chases are a dime a dozen these days" "Yes but this was a FOURTH STORY apartment" my friend said 0 HE THEN pleaded with me to tell him the name of the film He had missed the opening titles and since it was a sneak there was no lobby poster He couldn't remember any of the actors' that single scene stuck in his mind So I was no help If that man is reading this column he's about to have his mind eased Ile can not only read the name of that film but he can go see it again "Freebie and the Bean" opens today at the Seminary South Cinema and Forum The scene described above is indeed in there I wish I could say it was a car chase to end all movie car chases but I'm afraid someone will next try crashing through a 10th-floor window perhaps in a dump truck The chase and its climactic crash is one of many adventures 'experienced by the title rolists Alan Arkin and James Cam The two portray San Francisco policemen who fight each ether more than they fight crime Arkin is Bean so-nicknamed because he's a Chicano who is fond of tacos and chili beans Caan is Freebie who earned his sobriquet by scrounging everything from meals to clothing Their running arguments are delightful rivaled only by the superb confrontation scene between Arkin and his wife The latter played brilliantly by Valerie Harper (TV's suspected -of making extra-marital whoople Her detective husband has the evidence and challenges her to refute it What follows is a thing of sheer beauty The film as a whole however is not always so rewarding Neither screen writer Robert Kaufman nor director Richard Rush could decide if "Freebie and the Bean" was to be a comedy or a blood-and-guts melodrama For every guffaw there is an equal and opposite scene of someone being shot clubbed or maimed LATE IN THE film a suspect is chased on toot through a hotel dining room and into the kitchen where a slapstick brawl ensues When the quarry is dispatched: knocked into the tomato soup the fight is presumed to be over But before audiences can smile at the whole exhaustive sequence someone starts pumping lead into the guy 1 Excesses like this greatly mar "Freebie and the Bean" which carries on for about 10 minutes beyond its logical end point Along the way there are some fine performances in addition to those of Miss Harper Caan and Arkin Of particular note are Mike Kellin a very human and almost appealing police lieutenant and Alex Rocco a sneering district attorney -4 tim to 0 I Immowompwg TFAR 'imalboae11 4ozod---so No wilDtk 4M lermrs rmr frAr 11111111 1110 III Mrs (a fifl ro 1CZ cssA -iionanteigaiii- muffs 211a 2 IS 4 30 6 Fuls 56466440 4111:140 stirldttil f4 Ftit84k rsr tirAt aaltk 12013113 iO4-45610755930 Whys tha love wry iothad In the lop vet des oi London and Wawa Will11111 SEED kiA II C-ARf ID 4-) iiN tiNNC AaTIN fINDLETON CAROL BURNM soeevinv riv bitV MIX IA DWOO 711111337 tellEt to) lit! 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