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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1974- iiiiiirTritiiriiiiifiiriiiirtiiiiiiifiiiifiiiiiiiriiiiifiiiitiiiiiriiiiiiiiifiiiriifiiiMriiiiii iiiiiiiiiitiiniiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiMiiiiMiMifiiiiiv jNEVMON REDFORD I i 4 1 1 I i 1 1 i hM and A GEORGE ROY HILL FILM THE viz? '-frVlL STING 1ICHMC0I0R" AUNIVIR5AI PICtUF ijh I A- FEATURES TODAY AT By GEORGE ANDERSON il Pacino Stars as 'Serpico'' at the Gateway in Ae I On th Water at th. Wood St. Monongahala Whorf A PILOTHOUSE TAXfcV 4 1 n. Sof. KITTY LANIER Co.

VALENTINES DAY PARTY FEB. 14th 1 1 Includes: Full Course Prime Rib of Beef 1 Dinner Flower Corsage for your 595 i 14g5 Sweetheart Only Vf 9 oj Daiervotiom Ptiona 111-3103 9jJle9jjyy taurant for the privilege of allowing dou-b 1 parking, through i gradual disenchantment with the all-pervasive corruption around him. ATTEMPTS TO clean up the department from within produce only a Watergate-style coverup. Again, it Is only when Serpico tells his story to a newspaper, in this case the New York Times, that things happen. Since the film is candid in stating that knowledge of police corruption was known even in the mayor's office, it is remarkable to note that "Serpico" was filmed in New York City with official cooperation.

Only in America, as they say. Serpico's revelations ultimately led to the much-publicized Knapp Commission investigation of police corruption, to a near fatal shooting of Serpico himself and to his eventual self-imposed exile. The film has a fine supporting cast including such actors as Tony Roberts, A PARAMOUNT RELEASE DINO DE LAURENTIIS presents SCRP3CQM Eastern urban equivalent of Buford Pusscr, the Southern sheriff whose exploits were turned into a movie hit in "Walking Tall." They are opposite types, however, physically and temperamentally. And as far as cinematic merit goes, "Serpico" is a far better film, meticulously crafted, intelligently written, unflinchingly honest. It also boasts a flock of fine performances led by Al Pacino's in the title role.

His naturalistic, flawlessly convincing portrayal of a cop who chooses to live in Greenwich Village and wear a gold earring, puts hini in the front rank of Oscar contenders this year. Director Sidney Lumct, whose films have varied widely from the brilliant to the dreadful of the Mobile to the apparently unrcleasable here demonstrates a control and discipline that are extremely impressive. The look and tension of New York City life are captured with such fidelity that the city becomes more than just a background for the harrowing story. It becomes implicated in the events we witness. The screenplay by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler is well organized with telling flashbacks, a careful avoidance of sentimentality and righteousness and an emphasis on spoken obscenities that would be absurd were it not so unerringly accurate.

The film carries Serpico from his days as a rookie cop, surprised that formed patrolmen can eat free at a res ON SCREEN: One of the things that keeps us going back to the movies with unflagging optimism is the way in which they so often turn a cliche into a memorable experience. A Western can turn out to be as fresh 'as 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." A routine story of intrigue and can somehow wind up as unforgettable as "Casablanca." And that hackneyed genre known as the monster movie can suddenly yield a harrowing film like "The Exorcist." The biggest current cliche is the cop Everybody's doing them, and they're already repeating themselves. Yet, here comes "Serpico." a cop movie so strong and so absorbing that it transcends the genre. The movie, which opened yesterday at the Gateway, is the best new movie to come along since the superb array of year-end holiday films. One of the things that makes "Serpico" so special is that it is a story of a real-life hero.

Long-haired, hippie-attired Frank Serpico is no make-believe Dirty Harry, bringing instant justice at the end of a gun barrel, i He is one of those inexplicable individualists who stands up for what he believes in. not out of some saint-like fervor for martrydom, but out of a simple conviction of right and wrong. Frank always wanted to be a cop, and he grew up to achieve his goal, only find it almost impossible to be both a York policeman and an honest man. He refused to be on the take, and this made his position on the force untenable. In a sense, perhaps, Serpico Is the 0'OrDy I tLMNILULUn A Paramount Release NOW SHOWING After the Shoot-Out Harvey Keitel staggers from his wrecked car after a shooting in the middle of a New York street in "Mean Streets," the Warner Bros, film which has opened at the Kings Court.

Robert DeNiro costars in the drama of life in that city's Little Italy. Free Parking Eve. A Sun. yooNTpwN At 12 Si elected Garagei Downtown WAYNE ON WHEELS! John Randolph, Lewis J. Stadlen, Biff McGuire and Jack Kehoe, the latter also on -view in "The Sting." As grim as it is, "Serpico" has moments of humor, such as a wry sequence in which young cops are officially allowed to smoke a marijuana cigaret to familiarize themselves with Its pungent odor.

The young cops, it is made clear, are more familiar with the smell than their superiors. (George Anderson comments on enter-ta'mmeni today at 10:45 a. and tomorrow at 4:45 and 8:45 p. m. on WWSW Radio.) TODAY AT I hw''Z'nw 't 336 Fifth Ave.

471-7400 1:00,3:13,5:30 8:00, 10:30 P.M. WILLIAM PETER BLATTY'S THE EXORCIST 1 Illllllllllllllllllttlllllllllllltllllllllllllltllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllt'llllllillllllllillltlftlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll EWdBtWILLIAM FRIEDKIN Ii, 'W THE THEATER CLOCK It Happened TODAY AT 1:30,3:40,5:50 8:00, 10:15 P.M. Last Night 7th. and Penn 261-2800 P6l By EARL WILSON FULTON-John Wayne ohd Eddie Albert In "McQ" at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. FULTON MINI Summer" ot 2:15, 4:15, i.

i and 10. GATEWAY Al Pacino In "Serolco" ot 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30 and 9:45. Fields In "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" at 6:10, and 8:50. "Bank Dick1 at 7:30 and 10:15. KINGS COURT-Robert DeNIro and Harvev Keitel In "Mean Streets" at 6, 8 and 10.

MANOR -Timothy Bottoms and Lindsay Wagner In "The Paper Chase" at 6, 8 and 10. to Seduce a woman" at 7:30 and 9:30. SQUIRREL HILL-Jacaueline Blsset In "Day For Night" at 6, 8 and 10. STANLEY -Clint Eastwood and Hal ol- brook in "Macnum Force" at 1:30, 3:40. 5:50.

8 and 10:30. WARNER Ellen Burstvn and Max Von Svdow in "The Exorcist" at 1, 3:15, 5:30, 8 and 10:30. ON STAGE PLAZA TH AT EiR-Liberty Bloomfleld. Comelot Productions present "Butterflies Are Free." Tonight at 8:30. ST.

VINCENT'S COLLEGE-Latrone, Pa. Professional Touring Co. presents "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off." Tonightat 8:15. WALT HAPER'S ATTIC-Market Sq. "Sweet Charltv." Tonight at 7.

ON SCREEN BUHL PLANETARIUM "This Island Earth" at 2:15 and 8:15. CHATHAM CINEMA Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" at 5, 7:15 and 9:30. ENCORE FORUM-Julle Christie and Donald Sutherland in "Don't Look Now at 6, 8 and 10. FIESTA -Woodv Allen and Diane Kea- ton In "Sleeper" at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. SHOWING rrrrCT nov 31 All 3 Hrf.

Free 3 At 12 Select! NOW ected Parking Eves. Sun, PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR Fiom Wjme' 8ioi Garagei Downtown "R1 A'ier Comingnicalions Company 0fk versary. Jackie was one of the originators of candid cafe humor with his popular Rat Fink Room entertainment. He had been discussing reopening the Rat Fink or joining Joe Kipness in a Lincoln Center restaurant project. DEBBIE REYNOLDS isn't trying to "direct" Jane Pow Forwa-rt al Muriiiv 421 TODAY AT 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 P.M.

'Woody- TDiane I DAT Shoreham Americana in Washington; Sirica was once a Dempsey sparring partner "THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR" Ke l0' luill C'i'ik Cucie lllUP K1SHT LAST 6 DAYS! FIELDS! I "TH BANK 1 L. 4 DICK" 4S5? i "NfVER GIVE A 4 SUCKER AN t0f3 EVEN BREAK" uce JIT Wl 1 Hiiifi rm 1 Woman tV-acill TH--. rf IMMKIHITU'RY ft DUWNIOWN Mnnioilif Mali 3 hU1, IPHPAtimo Two Marx Brothers Hits! NIGHT AT THE OPERA at 7 si DAY AT THE RACES at lis I MonrofviH? mum 3t? mjs nil rtniNt I I Streisand Redord I I THE WAY WE WERE I AT i m.i tiAMAKI L.LVJNti 7i30.9i30 tr1 1 HEaKtsmi WMfiR tonight. iSS rT7T IUCMIR BWK fwnmii irtni mmi i Jr I J'l Elliott Gould THE LONG GOODBYE 9:50: nn, I JoeDonBoti-r I I I WALKING TALL I 7:4, 10:00 o. "The best love TV NEW YORK -Free-wheeling Liza Minnelli, continuing (she says) to play the field romantically, astonished her opening crowd at the Las Vegas Riviera by appearing with a new escort Alice Cooper.

He was attired in nor-m a 1 apparel of today denim. When Liza introduced him, the applause was tumultuous. And people said, "You know, Alice is a real nice boy." Frank Sinatra comes to Carnegie Hall Monday, April 8. It'll be a big benefit for Variety Clubs, and kick-off for a concert tour. Radio City Music Hall tried to book Sinatra but had already scheduled and sold tickets for its Easter show.

Jerry Weintraub is arranging the tour to 10 to 12 major cities. if. (t )( TONY PERKINS assisted st the natural childbirth of his 9-pound, 22-inch-long son born to Berry Berenson at Doctors Hospital. The son was named Osgood, after Tony's father, who was a Broadway matinee idol 40 to 50 years ago. Trivia but regal trivia: Monaco's Princess Caroline, who's 1 7 gave her sister Princess Stephanie for her ninth birthday a sequined "Godspell" T-shirt and a Mickey Mouse wristwatch.

COMEDIAN JACKIE Kan-non's funeral services were held the other day, just when he should have been at the height of his comedic powers. His wife Lyn found him dead in bed when she went to wake him fu" a tour of nightlife to celebrate their wedding anni ell in "Irene, she just helping Jane find her own way through the maze, but not as a director, more as a friend. Jane didn't think she could at-t Debbie's last show Saturday but she was there with several people, and the girls had a good wet resounding cry. i Bernstein, who produced the Beatles' Shea Stadium concert, will offer them $4 million (plus a million to charity) to appear here together Julie Newmar left producer Alex Cohen's "Ulysses in she'll go into his next show, "And Then I Wrote" Ra-quel Welch's boy friend Ron Talsky gets screen credit in "Three Musketeers" for designing her costumes. BILLY FRIEDKIN turned down $4 million for his share of the "Exorcist" profits The Jack Dempseys hosted a party for Judge Sirica at the I 11 1 nturAflit tory of the year!" TONIGHT 6-8-10 P.M.

-JOStfM OHWS. Hmtof Two Wait Disney Hi's! Streisand Redtord THE WAY WE WERE AT 7:30, 9:30 P.M. Coo, is now i SUPERDAD Hioo oi SON OF FLUBBER Ai; JULIE DQflRLD CHRISTIE SUTIiEllLRnO nnrjT look nw McKmant Bod 9 11 ftfbi ItliriaiM 1t lihMv 1 OSOO THE WAY WE WERE AT 7 00, aiomK.i TONIGHT "One of the 10 best pictures of the year!" tfMsmtiT nic tv tqiv mt'CHu doo of Hfvifw. jomph nnuis llONiRO HARMS. Wcfli tv, DON SAHOH.

DH'H 1" n'4 VPY KNOdiiiJCH Cf'fitgn Trutt; Stlvt CMihSVOlO. ttltit Pott IfittUigtiear. Two Walt Disney Hits! SUPERDAD no tM SON OF FLUBBER i 7 I o-o-iu r.m. 1-10 M. vDLW" mi Konny MOwOiO AMERICAN GRAFFITI 7 10 9 7Q ir.

UPAB Open 6 30 P.M. fPGi Barbro Stieisnnd Open 6 30 M. (Rl Walter Malthau THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN HELD OVER! 2nd BIG WFFK' I THE WAY WE WERE Young love is Jr" I THE IMI'tlHr I VIHKt MAH.I 01 W.IIH t- nidiMi ly wdves Open 5 JO PM. I TT Open 5 30 PM. (Ri Walter Matthou fPG Barbra Strenand THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN' THE WAY WE WERE dllU LldU 5 clUUUl -r" 2 --1 to get beached! r--1; I TTT Open 6 45 P.M.

(R; Still The Bett Show In Town WAtKING TAIL Open 5 30 M. (Rj Burt Reynolds DELIVERANCE PijifM iha: kaiiwi tiisNitioti I GKH (i. in Tuf Buiisn 6 10 fi'jHt UnW H) Ml ISiP I', A till SfRm RI A PAMICUI ARK IIJfilkAM HNiMt GEORGINASPELVIN TINA RUSSELL WitH A 111 Tit HHP IkOW IHIiS IPIIUDS' in i If TIIIyVIHK nsw ii GARDEN Open i JUP M. Open 5 30 M. (R Walter Matthau (G Gieat Walt Duney Hitt! THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN SUPERDAD A SON OF FLUBBER a "STICKY 0 Plus "H0RN-A PUNTY" (Xi Open 5 30 PM.

Open 5 30 PM. (G) 2 Walt Disney HiH! sr mono wfre (CA'SilW-CMf ndl.AI.'p.,... tm-m iwi-wui or: i i i VMM HAMII 'M WW 0 KM i OUtt fR) Wallet Mntthau WALT THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN SUPERDAD SON OF FLUBBER AT THESE THEATRES! DISNEY PRODUCTIONS' NOW SHOWING! 2 HOT ADULT Wi -A Open 6 30 M. (Ri Elliott Gould ACTION MOVIES Open 6 30PM. (PG) Barbra Streisand THE WAY WE WERE THE LONG GOODBYE AfJGIE W.nford Tor.ntum Oakment MK.sprt Idg.wpod S.wickl.y fait lib.rty BfUEVUt B.ll.n,.

BETHEL CINEMA B.th.l Pork CARNEGIE CINEMA Corn.qi. CINEMA WORLD It. 3 So. CINEMETTE EAST Monro Moll HAMPTON PLAZA Alliton Park HOLLYWOOD Dormont JERRTLIWISCINIMA MAN OS OAKS QUAD CINEMA REGENT SOU All SEWICKLIT SHERIDAN SQUARE jSfds05ods BABY Open 5:30 P.M. (x) Open 5 30 P.M.

(PG) One Of The Year' 10 Beit (PG) One Of The Year'i 10 Best AMERICAN GRAFFITI Plus! 2nd BIG HIT! AMERICAN GRAFFITI MOVIE RATINGS FOR PARENTS YOUNG PfOPlf SHE'S A PUSHER (X)-ALSO- "CIRLS IN 7-C" NO ONI UNDER 18 boXRANE uruuRUSH kurRUSSELL jiFLYNN kmhuenCODY MPH I McEVfTTY WARE fill I WIN! WHY Alt ACES ADMITTED CASINO THEATRE 217 Federal N. Side OPEN 9 A.M. DAILY Open 5 30 M. Open 5.30 M. (R) Walter Mallhau (R) Still The Best Show In Town THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN WALKING TALI PARINIAI GUIDANCE SUGGESTED Mr N.i VG ALSO SUPER CO-ATTRACTION! "The Whole Town's Talking About the Jones Girl!" BRING HAPPINESS TO MILLIONS See a movie at your conveniant, Friendly, Naborhood Theater.

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