Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ucla-cs!srt From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Recent Previews Message-ID: <7233@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 16:19:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.7233 Posted: Tue Oct 22 16:19:54 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:33:51 EDT Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 41 Just a quick mention of some previews I've recently seen. These are all working titles, so... HAMBURGER THE MOVIE A typical teen exploitation film, though a bit more hardcore than most. This film has no pretensions - it starts immediately with the women's locker room shower scene. The plot, such as it is, follows six recent inductees to a "college" run by a big Hamburger chain. Only saw the first 15 minutes of this one. Most of the audience was walking out (pretty unusual in a preview) but you might like this if you like this type of movie (i.e., Porky's, Spring Break). CLUB PARADISE Starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole and a number of people from Second City. Screenplay by Harold Ramis (Animal House, Vacation). The story of a Chicago fireman who retires to the obscure Carribean island of St. Nicholas and invests in a club down there. Jimmy Cliff plays the owner of the club who is also the club's entertainment and (surprise!) a rebel leader. The club is beset by the usual problems, including a corrupt local administration who are trying to sell the island to an Arab. Peter O'Toole plays the island's British governor. All in all a very slow movie that wastes a lot of talent. Especially annoying is the childish political tone of the movie with Arab bad guys, revolution, reggae for the people, stoned Rastafarians, etc. O'Toole's role is completely gratuitous and could be struck from the movie. Ramis fails again. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES Executive Director Steven Spielberg. Ah, finally a good one, typical fare from the Spielberg mill. The movie follows the adventures of young Sherlock and Watson when they meet at boarding school and become involved in a series of murders. Mixed in with a good Doyle-style Holmes story is the usual Spielberg stuff: special effects, exotic Egyptian settings, etc. The first scene in particular is a grabber. It starts out pleasantly enough, with an English gent walking the snowy streets of London, looking like something out of Dickens. But then...well, I won't give it away. I can't honestly say this is Spielberg's best effort overall (hard to know how much he really had to do with it) but it will certainly add to his growing legend. Look for a Christmas release.