Boxoffice-September.04.1978

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i'EATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs
THE STORY:
"A Slave of Love" (Cinema 5i
In the Ci'imea right after the Russian Revolution in
1917, famed silent screen star Elena Solovey and her company
continue to make films. Alexander Kalyagin directs. ,i,,
Oleg Basilashivili produces and Rodion Nakhapetov pho- f,„ <
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tographs the action. They long for Moscow, now torn by
conflict, and Solovey— a widow with two young daughters
—yearns for co-star and lover Maksakov, who has stayed
behind. When the unhappy Solovey tries to tell moviegoers
that her films are cheap and vulgar and that they
should be helping the needy, their adulation turns her
into a goddess once again. Seemingly carefree. Nakhape-
U)V carries a war wound from 1914 and secretly photographs
the execution of revolutionaries. When Solovey
linally declares her love for him, he does also. He is shot
by captain Konstantin Grigoryev, intelligence officer, and
his men. Later, Nakhapetov's revolutionist associates kill
Grigoryev when the latter searches the set for incriminating
film. Solovey is put on a trolley for safety, but
the motorman warns a group of soldiers, who ride after
her to kill her.
EXPLOITIPS:
The film was warmly received at the 1977 Los Angeles
International Film Exposition. That and the glowing reviews
can be emphasized.
CATCHLINES:
Love and Revolution— the Two Things Worth Dying
For . It Before It Becomes a Classic.
THE STORY: "Tintorera" (United FUm)
While in Yucatan for a vacation. Mexican playboy
Hugo Stiglitz begins an affair with visiting Englishwoman
Fiona Lewis. When he doesn't admit his love for
her, she switches her attentions to gigolo Andres Garcia.
Leaving Garcia in bed. Lewis takes a nude swim to Stiglitz'
yacht but is devoured by a tintorera, or tiger shark.
The happy-go-lucky Garcia and the moody Stiglitz become
friends and share several women on the yacht until
they meet lonely Susan George. She forms an alliance
with the two and they enjoy everything until the two
men go shark hunting and George unwittingly attracts
a tintorera. Distracting the shark, Garcia tries to kill it
and is bitten in two. Broken by his death, George says
goodbye to Stiglitz. The latter joins in a party, members
of which decide to swim to his yacht. When the tintorera
attacks again, Stiglitz vows to kill it. He docs so. keeping
Garcia's original instructions in mind, and wakes up in
the hospital.
EXPLOITIPS:
Tips include a lobby display with shark information,
a .seafood restaurants tie-in and free admission for patrons
in .shark-.skin outfits.
CATCHLINES:
There's a Monstrous Killer Churning Up the Sea .
Tinlorc-ra—Bloody Waters . to the Screen by
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rHE STORY: 'A Dream of Passion" (Emb)
Film star Melina Mercouii returns to her native Greece
from Hollywood, to appear in Andreas Voulsinas' production
of "Medea." Rehearsals with a women's chorus and
with Dimitris Papamichael as Medea's husband are being
f;!med by a BBC-TV crew in English. Mercouri clashes
over interpretation of the role with Voutsinas, carries on
a brief affaii- with cameraman Phedon Georgitsis and
contends with ex-friend Despo Diamantidou. the script
clerk. Mercouri also tunis to estranged husband Andreas
Filippides. a photographer, for help. She becomes interested
in the case of Ellen Burstyn, an American woman
L'ving in Greece who killed her three cWldren because
of her husband's affaii- with a Greek. Mercouiis first
meeting with Bui-styn in prison is a cheap publicity stunt,
but she becomes drawn to the woman whose real deeds
miiror Medea's killing of her sons. Deeply religious, the
unbalanced Burstyn has a profound effect on Mercouri's
acting and on her life. The actress sees herself in Burstyn's
place dui-ing a reenactment of the murders.
EXPLOITIPS:
Refer to the reception at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The careers of Mercouri. Bui'styn and Dassin have
been filled with praise: mention this.
CATCHLINES:
The Legend of Medea Becomes a Reality as Two of the
World's Greatest Actresses Meet in One of the Most Powerful
Films of the Year.
THE STORY:
"The Norseman" (AlP)
In 1006 A.D., Viking prince Lee Majors leads his ship
to the shores of North America, which he calls Vineland.
He and his warriors are searching for his father, king
Mel Ferrer, who never returned from a previous voyage.
They must fight off hostile Indians. A young Indian
woman, Susie Coelho, attempts to help Majors. The wizard,
or "death dreamer. Elam. makes dire predic-
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tions. Another nobleman. Cornel Wilde, helps in the battles
and the search. Flashbacks reveal that Ferrer and his
group were blinded and are still held prisoners. With
Coellio'.s help, they free Ferrer and his men and then
escape back to the ship. There is one final battle before
they art" able to set sail for home.
EXPLOITIPS:
Play up the name of Lee Majors, in his first starring
film role. Display models of Viking ships in the lobby.
Have employees wear Viking headgear.
CATCHLINES:
Lee Majors, Star of TVs "Six Million Dollar Man," Is
the Norseman ... He Led His Band of Blond Giants to
This Unknown Land and Encountered the Fierce American
Indian . Columbus Was Born, a Reckless
Band of Blond Giants Sailed to an Unknown Liind We
Now Call America. There a New Peril Awastotl Them
tlu> Savage Warriors of the Iroquois Nation
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