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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1971
Page
29
Vincent Canby reviews Burton's latest bad movie Villain noting a clichéd star entrance with a figure in deep shadow on a bed and a muted, unconvincing performance. The piece analyzes tone and the film's lack of suspense or originality.
Thunderbird drive in presents Forty Guns to Apache Pass and The Texican as part of Spirit of America festival after Audie Murphy’s death. The schedule notes holdover films and a new Disney entry The Million Dollar Duck opening in August. Nearby screenings include Gunfighter with Johnny Cash and Suddenly Last Summer on TV.
The piece critiques Richard Burton noting his once strong vocal presence has waned in recent films. It cites performances in Look Back in Anger The Night of the Iguana and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf as peak works and predicts few standout future roles.
Norman Stevans, a veteran of about 2,000 films, lives on a $65 unemployment check as Hollywood endures a deep downturn. Only a few American films are in production, many shot abroad, while audiences still pay for movies but profits lag and studios auction costumes and props.
ALVIN BENN notes Jack Nicholson has risen from Poe film foil to star in Five Easy Pieces a film nominated for three Academy Awards and praised as a top film of the year. He cites his Easy Rider debut and other roles as part of his ascent with Lee Nicholson providing strong support.
Publishers Weekly compiles a top list featuring fiction picks such as The Passions of the Mind by Stone QB VII by Uris The Bell Jar by Plath The Throne of Saturn by Dru Penmarric by Howatch and nonfiction like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown The Female Eunuch by Greer The Grandees by Birmingham The Greening of America by Reich and The Sensuous Man by M Wheeler. Favorites include The Throne of Saturn Passions of the Mind QB VII and Future Shock by Toffler.
A Broadway stage adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar moves toward a $700,000 production after its rock opera album success. Writers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, backed by Tyler Gottschall and Peter Newfeld, prepare the book, with Universal Pictures handling a film version. The project focuses on Jesus as a man, with Judas portrayed sympathetically amid looming authority clashes.
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