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— . < 'Rocky' Rings Up Excellent' First Week at New Vancouver Multiplex VANCOUVER — The opening of ihe Capitol 6 dominated the Granville Mall and the city boxoffices. The big winner was "Rocky," the only picture in the city to post "excellent" figures. The theatre also opened with "The Last Tycoon," "The Late Show," "Voyage of the Damned," "Bound for Glory" and "Thieves." Other newcomers included "The Littlest Horse Thieves," "The Slipper and the Rose" and "Strange Shadows in an Empty Room." Capitol 6—Rocky (Para) Excellent Capitol 6—The Last Tycoon (Para) Good Capitol 6—The Late Show (WB) Fair Capitol 6—Voyage oi the Damned (BVFD) Very Good Capitol 6—Bound for Glory (UA) Poor Capitol 6—Thieves (Para) Good Coronet—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (Astral) Poor Coronet—Exit the Dragon. Enter the Tiger (PR), 2nd wk Average Denman Mall—The Pink Panther Strikes Again (UA), 15th wk Very Good Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing (BVFD), 4th wk Average Fine Arts—The Story ol Joanne (PR), 2nd wk Fair Lougheed Mall—Wizards (BVFD), 3rd wk Very Good Lougheed Mall—Network (UA), 15th wk Good Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 5th wk Average Park—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) Good Park Royal—The Littlest Horse Thieves (BV) - Average Stanley—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk Good Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th wk Fair 'Dick & Jane,' 'Freaky Friday,' 'Rocky' 'Excellent' in Winnipeg WINNIPEG—"Fun With Dick and lane" joined the steady "Rocky" and "Freaky Friday" in the "excellent" column this week. "Bound for Glory" opened to "very good" grosses as did "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" while "Wizards" bowed to "average" returns. "Voyage of the Damned" ended a four-week run on an "average" note. Capitol—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent Colony—Bound ior Glory (UA) Very Good Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 5th wk Good Downtown—Erotic Wives (PR), Love Variations (PR) .Average Garden City—Fury of the Dragon (PR) --..Average Garrick—Voyage of the Damned (BVFD), 4th wk Average Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 5th wk Excellent Grant Park—Wizards (BVFD) ..._ Average Hyland, Kings—The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (PR), 4th wk Good Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV), 4th wk Excellent Northstar—The Pink Panther Strikes Again (UA), 14th wk Very Good Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk Very Good Odeon—The Town That Dreaded Sundown (AFD) Very Gooi Polo Park—Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk. ..Very Good 'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open 'Excellent' in Montreal MONTREAL—The openings of "Slap Shot" and "Airport 77" shared "excellent" honors with "Rocky" which is in its ninth week here. Other new entries were "La Chien Enrage" and "The Domino Principle," both in the "very good" column and "Assault on Precinct 13," which grossed a "good." Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent Avenue— Bound for Glory (UA), 4th wk Very Good Berri—Un Cudavre au Dessert (Col), 5*h wk Good K-2 Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB), 14th wk .Very Good Claremont—Network (MGM/UA), 15th wk Very Good Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 2nd wk Good Eros—Banging in Bangkok (Cinepix), 2nd wk Very Good Le Dauphin— J. A. Martin Photographe (NFB), 9th wk Goo:l Loew's—Rocky (UA), 9th wk ... Excellent Loew's—The Cassandra Cro.sing (Astrcl), 6th wk Very Good Loew's— Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Very Good Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest (Nouveau Reseau), 2nd wk Very GooJ- Parisien—Le Chien Enrage (KAR) Very Good Palace— Assault on Precinct 13 (Astral) Good Place Desjardins—Barocco (FF), 5th wk Good Place du Canada—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para), 6th wk Very Gocd Snowdon—The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Astral), 4th wk Very Good St. Denis—On Continue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF), 4th wk Good York—The Domino Principle (Astral) Very Good 'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open 'Excellent' in Toronto TORONTO—Two newcomers and two holdovers broke into the "excellent" column this week. "Slap Shot" and "Airport '77" both bowed at the top along with "Islands in the Stream" in its fourth week and "Rocky" in its 14th week. Other new entries included "The Late Show" and "Breaker! Breaker!" at "very good" and "Not Now, Comrade," "poor." Coronet—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (PR), 2nd wk Poor Eglmton—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good Fairlawn—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ), 3rd wk Good Fairlctwn—Fun With Dick and lane (Astral), 6th wk Gooi Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again (UA), 14th wk Good Hollywood South—The Late Show (WB) Very Good Hyland—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent Hyland— Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 13th wk Good Imperial Six—Breaker! Breaker! (AFD) Very Good Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Good Imperial Six—Come Home and Meet My Wife (IFD), 2nd wk Good Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 6th wk International Cinema—Not Now Comrade Good AFD Poor ( ) Plaza—Network (MGM/UA), 15th wk Plaza—Voyage of the Damned (Astral), Very Good 14th wk Good Towne Cinemd— Islands in the Stream (Para), 4th wk Xxcellent University—A Star Is Born (WB), 13th wk Very Good Uptown—Rocky (UA), 14th wk Excellent Uptown—Silver Streak (BVFD), 14th wk Very Good Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 6th wk Good York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 7th wk Fair Six Holdovers 'Excellent' At Edmonton Boxoffices EDMONTON—In spite of seven new entries, the six "excellent" here were recorded by holdovers. Hitting the top were "Rocky," "Network," "A Star Is Born," "Fun With Dick and Jane," "The Cassandra Crossing" and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again." Avenue—Voyage of the Damned (Astral) Poor Capilano—Never a Dull Moment: Three Caballeros (BV) . Poor Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 3rd wk Good Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent Capitol Square—Network (UA), 7th wk Excellent Capitol Square—The Town That Dreaded Sundown (AFD) Good Gameau—A Star Is Bora (WB), 13th wk Excellent Jasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV), 3rd wk Fair Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk - Very Good Londonderry B Thieves (Para), 3rd wk Fair . . Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral), 5th wk. excellent Odeon—The Confessional (IFD), 2nd wk. Good Odeon—Cousin Cousine (PR), 2nd wk Fair Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 4th wk Excellent Plaza—Special Delivery (AFD) Plaza—Blood in the Streets (PR) Poor Poor Rialto— Aces High (Astral) .... Fair . Strand—Born for Hell; Hellhouse Girls (AFD) Fair Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes A'; i.i (UA), 14th wk Excelli Westmount B—Bound ior Glory (UA), 2rd wk 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' Opens 'Excellent' in Calgary CALGARY—"The Town That Dreaded Sundown" opened at the Grand with "excellent" grosses, an honor shared with six holdovers. They are "A Star Is Born," "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Rocky," "Silver Streak," "Fun With Dick and Jane" and "Network." Calgary Place—A Star Is Born (WB), 13th wk Excellent: Calgary Place—The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1 (UA), 14th wk Excellent Chinook—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent Grand— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk. Excellent Grand—The Town That Dreaded Sundown (AFD) Excell Marlborough Town Square, Westbrook— The Confessional (IFD) North Hill, Uptown—Fun With Dick and Jane 1 5th wk excellent Palace—Never a Dull Moment; Three Caballeros (BV), 2nd wk Very Goo. Palliser Square—Network (UA), 6th wk Excelle Palliser Square— It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (AFD), 3rd wk Very Goo< Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk. Very Got Uptown—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral), 5th wk Very Westbrook—Victory at Entebbe (WB) Fai Westbrook—Mysteries of the Gods (PR), 2nd wk Fai Journal, Air Canada Hold Oscar Contest in Ottawa OTTAWA—Monday evening, March 28 wasn't just an important night in Holly wood—a lot of people in this city waitei breathlessly were, too. to learn who the Oscar winner Early last month, the Ottawa Journa in conjunction with Air Canada's 40th ar niversary, offered a flight for two to Lc Angeles as first prize in the newspaper Academy Awards contest. Entrants wei asked to select winners in each of 13 catij gories and then mail their contest blanl festival ImRONTOimpruui din com |.!b Holt If KB rioCt to the Journal. One or two tricky categorit were included, such as best foreign fill More II and best adapted screenplay. Besides the trip via Air Canada to Li i of tke Angeles, visits to motion picture studii ndept were included as part of the top prize. Consolation prizes included: Two doub Will C passes for the remainder of the year Famous Players and 20th Century theatr in Ottawa and one double pass for t' remainder of the year to Odeon houses Ottawa; a weekend for two (including a commodations and one dinner for two) the Holiday Inn, 100 Kent St.; two priz of a superb full-color book about the Mc treal and Innsbruck Olympics in 1976, al Journal sweatshirts, film books and varic> other prizes to "reward good effort." A happy feature of the competition v> that any person could enter more than on making a calculated guess on the outcoi? of the Academy Awards. Entries were ju
i by • >tiations O 976 1 I jstival of Festivals Is £?t for September 9-18 Big Home Screen TV, Long Playdotes l|rORON TO—This city will host its sec 111 annual film festival September C >-IS. Among Reasons for Centre Closing k ording to recently announced plans. fcncurrently, program director Bill Mar- IORON I \ttei exhibiting 15.000 motion • "A higher quality IV signal, as "ii market here while the festival is in heim, H. D. "Cotton" Griffith and Ralph 2221 YOHCISJ.STI. 604, T0K0H10 ogress. | Wiest. M4S2B4.TR. 4933551 ccsri $, II and producer Hank Van der kolk dis pictures to this city 's entertainment seek- offered by cable. I'sed that 1 ilida Heath has been appointed ers over a span of 50 years, the Centre I he • "A strained relationship existing between fciyram manager of the 1977 Festival ol aire at 772 Dundas St., West, was closed exhibitor and distributor hampers tivals. permanently March 27 after its showing of creative development of the repertory cinema. The festival officials gratefully acknowlf;ed the continuing enthusiasm and sup- Aweigh." • "The high rate of construction of cir- "Imitation to the Dance" and "Anchors "The decision to close is not one of economic cuit-operated, first-run cinemas Multi-cin- given by Famous Players, especially t the combined use of the Toronto Doii necessity," observed Wayne Fromm, emas constructed during include the Kiion Cinema and the two Sheraton thees who has operated the Centre as a repertory Hudson Bay Centre, Finch-Dufferin and for the event. theatre the last two years, "for the Centre Jane-Wilson; conversion of the Fairlawn to still holds her own. It is, however, based on a twin, as well as soon-to-be-completed cinemas Harbour Square Headquarters future reality. It seems that the second-run at the Eaton Centre, Bayview-Shep- Headquarters will be in the Harbour C.is- cinema, as such, belongs on an endangered pard Plaza and the Yonge-Sheppard Centre. Hilton Hotel. 1 Harbour Square. The species list. The following is a list of factors .el's lobby and bar will be decorated for supporting this view: • "The more stringent requirements for festival and the officials said they appreted the generosity of the management in system; i.e.. the MCA Disco-Vision. Board and enforced by Ontario theatre in- • "The soon-to-be-marketed video-disc a cinema, as set out by the Ontario Censor ividing accommodations for guests attendee film event. Reservations can be ar- Advent TV screen enlargement system. After detailing these eight reasons for • "The introduction of the Electrohome/ spectors." iged through any Hilton reservation • "Extended playdate of new films: 18 bringing the Centre's long career to an end, ice or Hilton hotel anywhere in the months expired before 'One Flew Over the Fromm concluded: "It seems apparent that rid. Cuckoo's Nest' was first made available to in order to succeed, each cinema must fully A rundown of festival events includes: a repertory theatre. 'Barry Lyndon' has yet differentiate itself from one another. This is • "Retrospective of Quebec Films." to be made available. precisely what I intend to do after I first • uposed of 20 features and 20 shorts, "Network competition. The 1976-1977 attain a point of satiety with respect to isl of them to be shown in this city for TV season has already offered such films as leisure activity. And I would like to thank ! first time. Festival officials are working •2001: A Space Odyssey,' 'Gone With the all of the area's film buffs for their help and h Robert Daudelin, executive director Wind,' 'Play It Again, Sam,' 'Rollerball,' support these last two years, which have the Cinematheque Quebecois. and Jean- 'Farewell, My Lovely,' 'The Wind and the been fun, as energy and feeling flowed into , :rre Bastien. who will prepare the proaiming and supervise documentation. In- Lion' and 'Smile.' the theatre, bringing its four walls to life." tmation on this retrospective will be bilinj)al in the festival program. Distributor of X-Rated 'Alice' Is Fined $1,000 TORONTO • "Children's Cinema" will be a high- ,ht, with a program being worked out by SUDBURY, ONT.—A film which D. L. n private advance screening of films from i ul Turell. president of Janus Films. The Sims, director of the theatre branch of the the Toronto Super 8 Film Festival was Ontario Province ministry of ."•gram will include some consumer and classic children's held at the New Yorker here Tuesday afternoon. March 29. The festival itself was held ns, early Laurel and Hardy comedies, commercial relations, said got by the provincial rly science-fiction, etc.. in eight programs censor board "by some mistake." at Harbourfront Friday and Saturday (1, 2) features and shorts which will be shown has brought its Toronto distributor, Victoria and at the New York Sunday (3). Included were screenings of "Cathedral," by Dan turday and Sunday mornings and Film Services, afterons of both weekends. Algrant of Boston: "Framework." by Ralph a fine of $1,000 in provincial court. The court set the amount of the fine after Schreiber of Buffalo, and entries by Venezuelan More Women's Films the company pleaded guilty to a charge of filmmakers. "The Pillow," by Eric • "More of the Best" will include a setion of independent American cinema, Entitled "Alice in Wonderland." distributing obscene material. Fitz and Dave Cohen, both 1 3 years old. also was screened. the film esl German films and women's films. was described in theatre ads as "an X-rated. During this interim when there are no • "Brechtian Cinema Events," a special musical comedy adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Variety clubrooms, the Toronto Press Club ;nt of the Edinburgh Festival last year, story." Before the Sudbury morality has graciously made its clubroom facilities 111 be presented by I.inda Myles. squad could lay hands on it, "Alice" had on Richmond Street West available to barkers. • played twice at the Empire Theatre. After "Dino's Peachy Films," ten favorites the seizure, an edited and censored print of Dino De Laurentiis. is a retrothe same film continued on the Empire ECtive which may include "La Strada," screen about a month. Break for Senior Citizens its of Cabiria," "The Gold of Naples." BROOKLYN. N.Y.—The Pennway Cinema, which has an adult film policy, is now tnd Peace." "The Bible." "The Great IT," "Waterloo." "Branded Women." Gulf Drive-in Leases admitting senior citizens for $1.99 admission karabbas" and "The Tempest." at all times. The theatre charges $2.99 regular admission. now are under way with sevjal Theatre in Freeport prominent Canadians for a special-pro- From Southwestern Edition ini scries, an academic retrospective and FREEPORT. TEX.—The Gulf Drive-in I iklet which is being planned. Wayne he. itre. formerly known as the Surf Drivein. has been leased from the J. G. Long FRED STIMSOM. PPeS EXTRA irkson of the Canadian Film Institute II be I preparing a series with the festival. he at res by Gulf Drive-In Theatres. Inc. REVENUE Stockholders of Gulf Drive-In Theatres. I he prospects also are now being exwed .is to the feasibility of having a world Inc.. are R. E. "Bob" Davis. Alvin Guggen- >XOFTlCE :: April 18, 1977 K-3
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