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REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adlines for Newspapers and Programs<br />
"Sffibad and the Eye Of the Tiser" (Col)<br />
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Damlan Thom.i aboul to be crowned caliph<br />
hen a spell Is casl over him by evil<br />
taret Whiting, who wants her son, prince<br />
Christian led. Captain Sinbad 'Patrick<br />
e), in love with rhomas' .sister, princess Jane Seyind<br />
Is apprised of the situation. Seymour's<br />
uncle. Bruno Barnabe, speaks of a legendary Greek hermit.<br />
Patrick Troughton, Who may release Thomas from<br />
the spell that turned him into a baboon. Wayne arrives<br />
on T: island, where the latter's daughter Taryn<br />
Power aids them and is attracted to the baboon. Whiting,<br />
Christian anil giant Minaton follow. Troughton says that<br />
only the shrme at frozen Hyperborea, world's end, may<br />
have the power to restore Thomas, and Wayne sets sail<br />
for that point In following. Whiting turns herself into a<br />
gull, but is unable to restore herself completely to human<br />
form: one foot Is webbed. At the shrine. Thomas is<br />
again made human. Christian is killed and Whiting,<br />
putting her spirit into a sabre-tooth tiger, also dies, as<br />
yte that helped Wayne. Thomas is finally<br />
made caliph.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Tie m with the Popsicle Family Sweepstakes contest<br />
and the Pocket Books paperback edition.<br />
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The Greatest of All Adventurers in His Biggest Adventure<br />
of All!<br />
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THE STORY:<br />
"Star Wars" (20th-Fox)<br />
In a far-off galaxy, princess Carrie Fisher of Alderaan<br />
attempts to contact anti-Empire forces to overthrow<br />
Grand Moff Peter Cushing, his evil lord David Prowse<br />
and followers. Fisher is captured and taken aboard<br />
Cushing's huge battle station, the Death Star. Her robots,<br />
Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker, escape to a rock<br />
planet inhabited by farmer Phil Brown, wife Shelagh<br />
Fraser and nephew Mark Hamill. Latter contacts aged<br />
Sir Alec Guinness for aid. Brown and Fraser are killed.<br />
Guinness, who has controlled The Force (energy), enlists<br />
smuggler Harrison Ford and his Wooky, ape-like Peter<br />
Mayhew, to rescue Fisher. The Ford ship is magnetically<br />
drawn to the battle station, where Fisher is found and<br />
rescued. Guinness, fighting his former pupil Prowse,<br />
allows himself to be slain so that he may become a<br />
greater force. Since Alderaan has been destroyed, another<br />
rebel planet is used as a base. Hamill joins a group of<br />
pilots assigned to blow up Cushing's domain. Ford arrives<br />
to dispose of Prowse as Hamill completes the mission.<br />
Fisher rewards both Hamill and Ford.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
The special effects are superb and can be the biggest<br />
draw, but don't overlook the other elements. Soundtrack<br />
is available from 20th Century Records and Tapes.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . .<br />
THE STORY: "Joyride" (ATP)<br />
Brothers Robert Carradine and Desi Arnaz jr. decide<br />
to leave their hometown to find their fortune in Alaska.<br />
The brothers and Carradine's girlfriend, Melanie Griffith,<br />
arriving at a pipeline town, find the cost of living high<br />
and the job market tight. Union official Tom Ligon finds<br />
Melanie a job as a waitress and jobs for Arnaz and Carradine<br />
on the pipeline. Ligon and his corrupt crew smuggle<br />
machinery from the pipe yards the night Arnaz is<br />
on guard, but retreat when Arnaz gives them a hard<br />
time. As a result, Arnaz. Carradine and Griffith lose<br />
their jobs. The three decide to leave Alaska and return<br />
to the States. A unique contest which Carradine wins provides<br />
money to buy a used car. Unable to cash a payroll<br />
check won in the contest, they resort to robbing<br />
the pipeline payroll, taking clerk Anne Lockhart as hostage.<br />
They ransom her off for $300,000 and go into hiding.<br />
A romance develops between Arnaz and Griffith which<br />
upsets Carradine so that he breaks their cover. The police<br />
pursue them into Canada, but are eluded.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
Play up the four leads being the offspring of famous<br />
stars Desi Arnaz. John Carradine, Tippi Hedren and June<br />
Lockhart.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
An Ideal Joyride Turns Into a Nightmare! . . . They<br />
Were Too Young to Know Better, but Old Enough to<br />
Raise Hell!<br />
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