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. . They . . Get FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adlmes for Newspapers and Programs THE STORY: "3 Women" (20th-Fox) Texas woman Sissy Spacek becomes a therapist at Desert Springs, a California rehabilitation center for the elderly. Fellow Texan Shelley Duvall, who fancies herself as a iemme tatale, shows her the routine and takes her in when roommate Beverly Ross moves out. Spacek's quiet friendliness contrasts with Duvall's phony consumer-orlented outlook. He-man Robert Fortier, the women's landlord, is the husband of mural painter Janice Rule, an enigmatic type about to give birth. They also run a broken-down tavern, Dodge City, complete with target range. When Duvall and Fortier spend the night together, Spacek is so hurt by her roommate's harsh attitude that she attempts drowning. During her recovery, Spacek refuses to acknowledge her elderly parents, Ruth Nelson and John Cromwell. Duvall cares for Spacek out of guilt, and becomes repressed after quitting her job. She finds that Spacek is much more aggressive. Fortier drunkenly attempts to see both women as Rule is about to give buth. Duvall helps deliver a dead boy. Later, after Fortier's "accidental" aeath, Duvall takes on the mother role for Rule and a now-quiet Spacek. EXPLOITIPS: The unusual qualities of the film should be stressed. The Altman name and those of the leads should be good marquee bait. CATCHLINES: Dreams Can't Hurt You. THE STORY: "69 Minutes" (N.B. Releasing) The film opens with a typical TV billboard ("Tonight on '69 Minutes' . . ."), followed by introductions of the co-anchorpersons. Preceaing the show are the usual commercial messages, which are variations on well-known products, including "Mi-. Whipper" squeezing "Charming," a lovely lady selling the merits of "underwater real estate" and "a lost tribe of degenerates ruined several decades ago by the introduction of the credit card system." Airing the magazine show is CBX, "The Outlaw Network," and it leans heavily on commercials. There are pitches for "Best Car Buy for Under $82" and "If It's Not Fresh, I'm Out of Business." CBX throws in a few good words for its upcoming shows: "Dungeons of Fun," "Colored Cowboys" ana "Rolling for Wheelchairs." The magazine show's backbone is its exposes. They include "Microwave Degeneration," "Woodstock IV," "Dr. Klabbitz, Pioneer of Malpractice" and suburban housewives "Cruising for Jailbait." Also included is a test of the civil defense warning system utilizing actual H-bomb footage underscored by pleasant dance music. EXPLOITIPS: Have radio disc jockeys invite listeners to call in to tell what they would like to see really happen in certain TV commercials. CATCHLINES: Will Never Be Seen on TV . . . Warning: Strong Satire. If You Can't Take It, Don't Come! .Nov . Dec Apr THE STORY: "Audrey Rose" (UA) In Pennsylvania in 1965, five-year-old Audrey Rose is burned alive with her mother in an auto crash. In New York in 1976, happily married Marsha Mason notices Anthony Hopkins lurking nearby when she takes daughter Susan Swilt to school. Hopkins, a metallurgist, makes contact and tells Mason and husband John Beck, partner in an advertising agency, that he believes Susan to be the reincarnation of his daughter Audrey Rose. While Beck considers Hopkins to be insane, the man's sincerity wins Mason over when he is able to calm Susan during one of her nightmares. When Hopkins takes Susan to his apartment. Beck has him arrested. Robert Walden defends Hopkins with maharishi Aly Wassil's testimony. Mason voices her belief in Hopkins. Estranged from his wife, Beck arranges for doctor Norman Lloyd to hypnotize Susan and bring out the truth. Susan recalls her aeath as Audrey Rose and then she dies. Hopkins brings her ashes to India so that her soul can finally be at rest. EXPLOITIPS: Tie in with the Warner paperback edition of the novel. Any articles on reincarnation and hypnosis can be useful for news items. CATCHLINES: A Haunting Vision of Reincarnation That Will Change Your Ideas About Life After Death Forever . . . Suppose a Stranger Told You Your Daughter Was His Daughter in Another Life? Suppose It Was True? THE STORY: "SuperVan" (Empire) Mark Schneider leaves his father's service station and heads out in his van for the annual Van Freakout and a chance to win $5,000. He rescues Katie Saylor from attempted rape by a motorcycle gang, but his van is demolished in the escape. He and Saylor contact his buddy, Tom Kindle, at Mid-America Motors, owned by Morgan Woodward, sponsor of the competition and builder of vans. Kindle has scrapped Woodward's plan for a new design for a van and has built one of his own with solar power. Kindle lets Schneider and Saylor drive the SuperVan in the Freakout, and they win after narrow escapes from his cycle gang and several exciting carvan chases. Saylor reveals that she is Woodward's daughter and that she loves Mark. Woodward and Kindle are at odds over the change in design of the van to be mass-produced, but there is an eventual meeting of the minds for a new line of SuperVans and a happy ending. EXPLOITIPS: There are multiple opportunities for tie-ins with motor car dealers and van clubs. A display of a beautiful van m front of the theatre is a must. CATCHLINES: See the Country's Top Vans Inside, Out and Round About! . That Free-Wheelin' Feelin'! . . . Sparkling New Music With the Hit Song, "Ridin' High" . . . Solar Power on Wheels to the Rescue! THE STORY: "Hollywood High" (Peter Perry) Teenagers Marcy Albrecht, Sherry Hardin, Rae Sperling and Susanne delight in cruising along Hollywood Boulevard in a red roadster, frolicking on the beach with Fenzy (.Kevin Mead) and other young men, and participating in love-ins on the sand. Their studies are less than mediocre while they strive to cope with effeminate history teacher Hy Camp and female chauvinist French teacher Kress Hytes. The girls happen to meet silent star Maria Winters at Mark Lawhead's gasoline service station. Sperling seduces Lawhead to retrieve car keys belonging to the seemingly indigent Winters. An appreciative Winters throws open her Hollywood Hills mansion for love-ins, participating vigorously herself. EXPLOITIPS: Available are two trailers, one rated G, the other R; TV trailers, one 30-second, the other 20-second, plus 60- second and 30-second radio spots. CATCHLINES: Too Hot for TV—You'll Never See Them on the Late Show! . . . Meet the Sun-and-Surf Bunnies Who Love Their Action Hot! . Play in the Sun—But They Play Around After Dark! JAMS THE STORY: "Aguirre . . ." (New Yorker) On Christmas Day, 1560, explorer Gonzalez Pizarro (Alejandro Repulles) splits up his expedition which is searching for the legendary city of gold, El Dorado, in Peru. Don Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerraj is assigned to travel down a river when the jungle becomes impenetrable. Father Carvajal (Del Negro), Don Lope de Aguirre • Klaus Kinskii and others use rafts for their journey. Ursua's wife (Helena Rojo) and Aguirre's daughter (Cecilia Rivera I, aged 15, accompany them. When one raft is caught in a whirlpool and its passengers are killed by Indians, Ursua decides to turn back. Aguirre assumes command and makes fat Guzman (Peter Beiling) the emperor of El Dorado as they claim the land they see for Spain. Fever and hunger take their toll while cannibals lurk nearby. Guzman's gluttony causes his murder, after which Aguirre has Ursua hanged. Later, during a raid on an Indian village, Rojo disappears into the jungle. Finally, only Aguirre survives escape from fever or a deadly arrow, as his daughter and most of the men lie dead or sick. Now insane, Aguirre dreams of a new dynasty for himself, the wrath of God. EXPLOITIPS: The story and locale should be of interest to historical societies. Play up the film's presentation at Cannes. CATCHLINES: Se D The t Legendary El Dorado Lured Them On. The Wrath of God Sealed Their Fate. BOXOFFICE BookinGuide :: April 11, 1977
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