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in examiner Thunqay July 25 1979 entertainment The Villain is no ioke The film western has been long time dying but it comes Close to reCeiving its death blow in The Villain comedy starr ing Kirk Douglas AnnMargret and Arnold Schwarzenegger and now playing at the Hayfield Mall Cinema Properly done comic western can be witty spoof of the genre rCat Hallow or wny collection of sight gagas crude jokes and slapstick Blazing Saddlesi Hut The Villain isnt witty or zany its cheaply produced poorly written comedy that cant muster the energy to enterta in The plot is an obvious ripoft of the old Roadrunnercartoons with Kirk Douglas cast as Wi ly Coyote bandit named actus Jack who thinks that outlaws learn their tricks of the trade from paperback novels Instead of one Roadrunner the filth gives us two German cowboy named Handsome Stranger Schwarzenegger who escorts How laboul MOVIE Tonight varw START TOMORROW IMPERIAL Show Times 100 900 BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN the buxom Charming Jones tAnnMargreti on threeday tripto her fathers ranch Douglas wants to hold up Handsome and Charming because theyre carrying strongbox full of money In Wt ly Toyote fashion he employs dozen elaborate schemes to stop the buckboard but all he does is fall out of trees get flat tened by rolling boulders and become the butt of an endless series ot pranks carried out by his horse whos tWicc as smart as he is The comedy is intended to be slapstick and Dougas tries hard to be comedian But Douglass performance isnt lunriy hes playing cartoon character so silly that his schemes and misadventures soon try the audiences par tience instead of provoking laughter Schwarzenegger whos ma jor claim to fame is the Sll of his biceps fills his blue ALSO AT THE DIVEl polyester cowboy outfit almost as tightly as Annerargret fills her lowcut dresses Schwarzenegger plays his part straight complete with Ger man accent which is just as well because any attempt to be funny would destroy the illusion that he is acting in this film And Aim Margret Who has given indications in prmious films that she can actually act simply strolls through the film bending over to reveal her am ple cleavage at appropriate moments and playing the sexy flirt whose advances towards Schwarzenegger are constantly rejected At the end of the film when Douglas gets his chance to ravish AnnrMargret he settles for kiss and then bounces from rooftop to rootltop iii hyperkinetic ecstacy Its highspeed finish to film that moves at the pace of crippled snail 80 Ravin is breaking ground with unique sound By STEPHEN GALER The Examiner We just call it music says Rick Morrison leader of Ravin sixmember Toronto group that will be performing at the Grass Roots concert at Molsons Park on Saturday In Itavins case music en compasses everything from rock to jazz to Latin music Morrison dislikes labels hes careful to make sure everyone understands that Ravin cant he neatly labelled and packag ed the way most contemporary groups are ver the last year the term fusion has been used to pigeonliolt the group but it tends to alienate percentage of the audience you could hit Were definitely breaking ground he says We carry hey rock and uniqueness is our rock Were not disco or rock band and thats the spec trum of the scene in Southern ntario FIRST llTI Ravin has been around since January 1978 but the group didnt start to attract widespread attention until earlier this year when their tape of Yah For Sure won first place in the Q10 Homegrown Contest Although the band has yet to record an album were waiting for the best deal says Morrison Ravin is getting airplay on Q10 and good reviews from the Toronto critics The band members them Selves come from variety of backgrounds including jazz rock pop and studio work Mor rison who plays saxophones and flute and does some vocal work has played with Grant Smith Martha Reeves and John Baldry as well as doing commercial jingle recording Prerenteil the mine of good Canadian Music by the Barrie javret Saturday july 28 12 500 pm MOLSONS PARK BARRIE ONTARIO BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE Starring MICHAEL CAINE SALLY FIELD TELLY SAVALAS PETER BOYLE JACK WARDEN SHIRLEY KNIGHT SLIM PICKENS and SHIRLEY JONES RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT United AlilSIS lIII III TERI llIlIIIL strung ll Illlll Ml TFPHV and KARL MALDEN as Wilbur Screenplay by NELSON GIDDING Based upon Novel by2AUL GALLICO Ponavision Produced and Directed by IRWIN ALLEN Musu by JERRY FlEl DING H5 Av iitiilliitit STARTS TOMORROW IMPERIAH Shunu 100 200 BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Technicolor From Wlmor Biol Warner Communications Company ©tm me In in EVERY SUMMER THE CREAM OF AMERICAN YOUTH GOES TO SUMMER CAMP AND THE REST GO TO CAMP NORTHSTAR Front the Producer of National Lampoons BILL MURRAY BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN DUIWINNING WINTARIO TICKETS FROM APRILSEPT T979 CAN SAVE YOU UP TO $200 50 EACN ON ADMISSION TO CANADIAN MOVIES WARNING SOME SCENES MAY ERIGNTEN RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NOiOiNO FOR 3RD GREAT WEEK IMPERIAL Show Times 100 work Lead guitarist Hughie Brock has played with per formers ranging from Ronnie Hawkins to Andre iagnon Singer Wayne St John was in the Toronto production of Hair sang with THl Orchestra and worked on the TV show Music Machine for tw years The other members of the group Peter Icltrey on trumpet flugelhorn and flute drummer Dave James and bassist leter Elias are all ORilliA TIIEATRES experienced eians The members of the gorup dont rely on Ravin to provide them with fulltime living The group doesnt want to get into the grind of the sixnights week bar circuit Morrison says thats not legitimate way to make the band work Instead Ravin picks its con certs carefully August will be pact month with one per tormance scheduled for the versatile musi lbWEST ST 53396331 TOMORROW IMPERIAL Show Times 100 900 WARNING Some scones may frighten RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT THE AMITYVTLLE HORROR LIVE In September the band appears at the El TOCombo LS WORK Future work in the US is possibility according to Ior rison The advice to go south young man has strong ap peal for Morrison because hes confident the bands unique receptive and certainly larger audience in the States than its found so tar in Canada Hut tor now the group is will ing to hide its time and wait for the right conditions for its intense high energy brand of music as Morrison describes music style would find more it 3266542 lioin llit limhu ot llold Overl Nationaltampon ANliAl Ht II BILL MURRAY ALSO Foul Play MUST IE ENDORSED PRIDE TO PRESENTATION AT IOX DEVICE ALL NAu nor norm weir SAMUELZ ARKOFE PRESENTS PROFESSIONAL FILMS INC PRESENTATION JAMES BROLIN MARGOIQHKIDDJER and ROD STEIGER NTTRTAINMTNT to NC s5 wrathJ ll Qi$ ADULT 433 IMPERIAL CINEMA CENTRE 7283440 BARRIE DRIVEIN 4872212 or 3381 munE Also Starring MURRAY HAMILTON Music by LALO SCHIFRIN Executive in Charge of Production ERE HENSHAW Executive Producer SAMUEL ARKOFF Screenplay by SANDOR STERN Based on the Book by JAY ANSOTI Produced By RONALD SALAND and ELLIOT GEISINGER lAST BARRIE SHOWING TONIGHT VITALTDISNEY mooucnONs THEAPPLE IPERIAL Show Tillie 130 BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN IN RADIO SOUND RECOMMENDED AS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SI DNEY SHELNS BLOODLINE Plnmoum Pumime DAV DI PIC KER SIDNEY BECKERMAN Production SIDNEYSHEITXWS BLOODLINE IMPERIAL Show Times 100 900 PERIAI BACKSTAE Show Times 100 915 RECOMMENDED as noun ENTERTAINMENT