The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 38

vi Tke Fresno Brea FA Not 25 1977 T4M PRODUCTIONS 4 KMAK RADIO presents a tthe SHERATON INN (LAS VEGAS ROOM) THURSDAY DECEMBER 1ST Sometimes when you reach for a dream you have to leave something behind DRivim 264-0401 WNitts Indy NmNw 7 9fovies around town by Scott Tompkins iRlPtfmrttAiMrtJbrKidn 1 SHOW ONLY PM Drive-ins plan improvements CO-FEATURE LK: THE MAN THE THE KINGSTON TRIO RKwigywIloiHtimMmRtr kianMtaulMwrbvi BSTIVM (BARGAIN FIG GARDEN Best Movie I usa GLENN YARBROUGH 4 THE UMEUTERS for an timing of YESTERDAY I TODAY! Tickets $750 ON SALE AT SHERATON Ml MV MUSK KMAK RADIO Ml do miracles too THE APPROACH OF winter has cooled off the drive-in business again but this year plans to a four-screen theater and some hot new technical advances are making their off-season busier than ever One of the biggest projects In the works Is the Pacific planned theater on the corner of Herndon and Blackstone The (dans can to a big four-screen something new to Fresno but not in larger cities plan has already cleared the planning commission but is awaiting final action by the Public Works Department and City Council HARGUS ARNETT district manager of the chain says they are hoping to break ground soon but It will likely be January or February before construction can begin Arnett la hoping that the new theater can test some of the technical innovations that may soon revolutionize the drive-ins business One the greatest advances is in the area of sound Poor quality sound has been a problem ever since the outdoor theaters began The portable speakers were easy prey to vandals and often ripped out by viewers who drove out with them still attached Now several companies have developed a sound system that operates via your car radio the way of the says Arnett "the quality of tone is just so much One such device was patented recently by Cinema Radio Core It transmits a signal to car radios from underground cables Pacific is currently testing another system in its Los Angeles theaters It is called Cinefi Sound and operates with existing equipment The idea is to attach a wire from the speaker post to a car's radio antenna According to Arnett a variation of the Cinefi system is likely to be installed in the new drive-in complex here ANOTHER PROJECT the drive-in chains have been working on is nothing short of amazing It is called a containment screen and it somehow enhances the picture for drive-in viewers while making it invisible to those outside the theater This costly project (soon to be tested in Los Angeles) came about partially in response to people who despaired of seeing and X-rated scenes from neighboring residences It may be years before the containment screen is perfected but it will certainly be a welcome innovation THERE ARE TWO new movies in town that merit some mention and Man Another are both welcome additions to the current fare Neither seems destined to be a big hit but in the slow weeks before Christmas they are most appealing A)ongtime ago ina galaxy jac jar away LCJCAS 12-3CL 2:45 455 7 JO 45 The most THE ONLY PG wr'lm'WiaptiiirinN EcWCtMRIS-lBWUmmr OH 8001 TUB SAW BOWLD PltHStlg Man Another ANIMAL WHO KILLS FOR REVENGE event of all time CINEMAS' ISIttHMUl 224-fBTll NROOMOCNVIUAOfl DOUBLE FRIGHT! CO-HIT PIPER LAURIE rAOHCWIVMWS SUNNYSIDE DRIVE-IN A THEATRE- awitaovoAVE 3517171 The Bee Want Ads a thrifty habit Now she's back TO DO IT AGAIN! iNILinUSHtor iBRIAN DePALMA- 'CARRIE" s-r-SBSY-SRACEK JOHN TRAVOLTA PIPER LAURIE-IAWRENCE COHEN HU B-jyrtrccaSIEPHENKlNG PAULMONASH CO-Hrr UA MOVIES SEED" Unites Artists DRIVE-IN CO-NIT SWEET AUCr Ua MOVIES 4 i iu'tnw ii 5 iM'vMuid" MOnCDOVEINS SUNNYSIDE ito DRIVI-IN THEATti fcM DOORS OPEN 1 2:30 SEATS MIPft hapfta tW OUWIOOVAVC 251 717 Adult Theatres It is a different role for him and one he handles well The film weaves their separate stories until finally they meet as the couple did in "A Man And a through their children Their relationship blossoms slowly as two people reach out from prior hurts to with one another Although it is set in the West there is not much action except to a race toward the end It is instead a story of people and the ending will satisfy all the romantics in the audience The film is rated PG and is playing at UA Movies and Starlite North Kathey Clarey THE KILLER WHALE! Ip RICHARD HARRIS "Another Man Another showing at UA Movies 4 is not a sequel to "A Man And A but it is a film much in die same romantic vein as the mid4Qs film Written and directed by Claude Ldouch tells a basically simple story of two people against a panorama of war-torn France and the American West hi the 1870b Genevieve Bujold adeptly cast as a young independent French woman who comes to America with her photographer husband gives a subtle yet striking performance As the man she is destined to meet James Caan portrays a gentle man with a love for animals and children In an age when most movies seem to follow a pat formula stands out as a refreshing and deeply sensitive film The story centers on one of those glittery ballroom dancing palaces a place where the older crowd gathers to flash back into better happier times But the central theme is loneliness and director James Ivory captures the spirit of Roseland beautifully in the lives of several of the there There are no Mg name actors but the cast of Lou Jacobi Geraldin Chaplin Joan Copeland Don DeNa-tale Helen Gallagher Conrad Janis and Lilia Skala is first rate all the way Each one has a story and they are blended smoothly into a revealing montage of There are ioi)' NOW! ttvs WWW EXCLUSIVE FRESNO SHOWING ffMIVM FNTfffWSK AIFacinois AL PACINO MARTHE KELLER AYPNFT PUI lA( FRM BOBBY DEERFIELD heartbreaks and happy endings and everything in between but always the dance goes on It is not the kind of movie that will keep you laughing or crying or on the edge of your seat There is none of the sex violence supematuralism or fast action that Hollywood is selling these days but there is a fine well-presented story that almost certainly will leave you satisfied and not oversold Despite acclaim by movie critics around the country its lack of commercial appeal help So (dan to see it before it gets out of town Rated PG and playing at UA Cinema Scott Tompkins Is anything worth the tenor of 3wt' t-n ADULT MOVIES ATOTAL PFOR INFOT 5k HAanONE PARAMOUNT RELEASE KONG: 1:00 5:05 0:10 0RCA: 3:25 7:30 PFSTIVAI PNTPRPflStS 7AOHT DRIVE PNS i festival! 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