You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
. . . My<br />
. . While<br />
—<br />
. .<br />
. .<br />
. . The<br />
—<br />
I he<br />
. . . The<br />
. . . "Cornbread"<br />
. . New<br />
. . This<br />
. . Although<br />
. . Can<br />
. . Breakout<br />
—<br />
. .<br />
NATIONA<br />
^ SCREEN<br />
COUNCI.Comment iv<br />
T ess than five votes stood between June's<br />
Blue Ribbon Award winner "The Return<br />
of the Pink Panther" (UA) and its<br />
runncrup. "Jaws" (Univ). No entry qualified<br />
for honorable mention.<br />
"The Return of the Pink Panther"<br />
Sellers is at home doing the kind of role<br />
he does best.—R.J. Spatafore, teacher. San<br />
Francisco . . . Since when has a G-rated<br />
comedy scored at the boxoffice? When you<br />
have Peter Sellers as comedy superstar and<br />
Blake Edwards as director, you can't miss.<br />
Emmctt Weaver. Birmingham Post-Herald<br />
husband and I really enjoyed it. It's<br />
i^ood to laugh again at a movie.—Mrs.<br />
James A. McKay jr.. San Antonio MPC .<br />
A ladv sitting behind me laughed so hard<br />
that her false "teeth fell out.—Mrs. Paul Gebhart.<br />
Cleveland WOMPI.<br />
"Jaws"<br />
Fascinating adventure and stark drama<br />
an excellent film.—Ralph L. Smith. Examiner-Enterprise.<br />
Bartlesville. Okla. ... No<br />
contest! This is the picture of the year and<br />
one of the top ten in the history of .Ajnerican<br />
film.—Brian A. Higgins. WSMU-TV,<br />
Worcester . . . Destined to be one of the<br />
all-time big grossers. A smash everywhere.<br />
—John P. Recher. NATO of Md.. Baltimore<br />
. . . Brilliant, terrifying; a must-see<br />
for 1975.—James L. Limbacher. Henry<br />
Ford Centennial Library. Dearborn .<br />
Dynamite.—Olga Pottker, Waukegan News-<br />
Sun . . . Best picture I've seen in many<br />
months. Must say under-ten children might<br />
be too affected, however.—Betty McCleery,<br />
WICU-TV. Erie . . . Gripping suspense. You<br />
are on the edge of your seat for two hours<br />
and four minutes. Excellent.—Harry M.<br />
Curl. NATO of Ala., Birmingham.<br />
There is much more to "Jaws" than meets<br />
the eye. The theme of a black hole of evil in<br />
existence began in "Duel." continued through<br />
"Sugarland Express" and emerges concretely<br />
to devour its victims in "Jaws." This is<br />
not just a hyped-up thriller, but an allegorical<br />
warning about the temper of our times.<br />
Steven Spielberg has gotten the pulse all the<br />
others missed and there is no question but<br />
that he should be rewarded for his intelligence.—Joe<br />
A. Ortega. Bank of Calif.. Seattle<br />
. . . Technically brilliant; all the better<br />
—more mesmerizing— for its stark reality.<br />
A soundtrack that strikes terror in itself. The<br />
best thriller in years.—Geoffrey Chapman.<br />
Bennington Banner . good, did not<br />
exactly make me yearn for fish and chips.<br />
George Stump, KCEZ Radio. Kansas City.<br />
"Jaws" has to be a wide-open winner!<br />
Nothing com/pares with it in the history of<br />
film.—Jack Kelvie. Viking Films. Hopkins,<br />
Minn. . . . Beautifully directed, but not for<br />
young children.—Mrs. Leslie T. Barco.<br />
Greater St. Ixiuis BFC ... No doubt about<br />
this month's winner: "Jaws," by word-ofmouth.<br />
Surprisingly, it's as good as all the<br />
fuss about it.—Jerry Krupnick. Newark<br />
Star-I>edger . . . "Jaws" is already showing<br />
promise of breaking boxoffice records everywhere.<br />
It received fine reviews, was highly<br />
exploited by the press and broadcasting<br />
media and a fine job of promotion was done<br />
by the studio t
Change language