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Far East Film FareFranklin, Jefferson Sing About Independence/r[X)KYO (SS)— A manJL on the rampage and amusical of the ^ American Revolution highlight this week’s Far East Film Fare.Benjmin Franklin (Howard Da Silva), John Adams (William Daniels) and Thomas Jefferson (Ken Howard) are among the founding fathers that come to life in “1776,” a musical of the Continental Congress during the historic summer of 1776. The delegates representing the IS colonies are a motley crew of highbrows who are as organized as a herd of bellowing walruses.Adams and Franklin are determined to push through a voteon the question of independence and seize upon Jefferson to write a little something about their cause. The little somethinglater became known as the Declaration of Independence.An international stage triumph which won the Tony Award and the New York JDra-ma Critics Circle Award as Best Musical of the Year, the G rated film **1776” is for the whole family.In 4‘Rage,” Dan Logan (George C. Scott), a Wyoming sheep rancher, goes on a rampage of destruction after the “accidental” death of his son by a deadly strain of nerve gas sprayed from an Army helicopter.Logan and his 12-year-old sonChris (Nicolas Beauvy) are camping out oh their ranch. As they set up their equipment, they watch a low pass by a helicopter from the nearby base. The next morning Logan findsCBS Hires Consultantss ShowsFor ChildrenLOS ANGELES (Special) — • Dr. Gordon Berry, assistant dean of the Graduate School of Education, University of California at Los Angeles, and Dr. Roger Fransecky, director of the University Media Services Center of the University of Cincinnati, have been retained by the CBS Television Network as consultants on all areas of pro-rriki#«wi wui vifT fsvw nVlll/lllAMpanel advises the producers and writers on the treatment of juvenile sociological problems in each of the series’ scripts.Fransecky is president of the National Conference for Visual Literacy, a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, and chairman of the National Task Force on Visual Literacy for the National Educa-his son in a coma and rushes him to a hospital.His son's death, and the fact that he himself will soon' die iskept secret from Logan by thehospital doctors and public health. officials. However, Logan discovers his son’s body in the hospital morgue and he steals a motorcycle, buys a gun and other supplies and heads for the home of the health official.Scott terrorizes the doctor into telling, him the cause of Chris* death and learns that he is dying.Rated PG, this is a violent, and powerful piece of cinema.In **The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie,” Indian girl Rosalie (Bonnie Bedelia) makes traveling salesman Virgil (Ken Howard) her hostage after burying her grandfather and his gold on her farm.When Virgil attempts to escape, Rosalie breaks his . leg with the dull side of an axe. Later Indian ruffian Fry (Anthony Zerbe) appears and Virgil tries to talk him into going for a doctor. Fry and Rosalie leave Virgil at the farm, however, leaving on Fry’s mortorcycle.‘‘The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie” is rated PG.Set in Paris and London shortly before World War I, “Savage Messiah,” is the tale of the haunting relationship between a young French sculptor (Scott Antony), and a Polish woman twice his age (Dorothy Tutin). The film is three stories: a storylove and a story of a great artistRated R, nudity and language in “Savage Messiah” may offend some.“What’s Up, Doc?” has beenrevived on the Far East circuit. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal and the rest of the cast hunt for identical plaid suitcases in this madcap adventure. This is a G rated movie.Nicolas Beauvy and George C. Scott in a scene from Rage/’ which begins its trip around the Far East military-S----Sa iLS.____-I.II
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Sat, Jun 09, 1973
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