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-Herald Eleview Entertainment Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, May 17, 1988 Section ID i UflfluflflWUKCSa HCQ)lT ffi 1 1 (MIS HMMMMMMMialMiaHIl played host to vaudeville, movies and live entertainment. HOLLYWOOD Like coaches in the pro basketball play-offs, film companies are fine tuning strategies and shifting lineups hoping for better match-ups in the annual summer movie binge. Paramount is opening "Top Gun" a week earlier. Columbia has delayed "A Fine Mess" from May to August. Warner Bros, is pushing ahead "Club Paradise" by one week.

"All studios are looking at each other's product and figuring how to make the most of the schedule," said Judy Schwam, publicity vice president of Columbia Pictures. "It's silly to go head-to-head when you can do better in another week. "The companies slot a film in the schedule often before it even goes into production. Later on you see other elements, and you start juggling." "You bring up your biggest guns in May and June and into the 4th of July," said Marvin Antonowsky, president of Universal Pictures marketing. "If the pictures work, then you can play 10 weeks in the summertime.

A May-June release is any producer's dream." THE MEMORIAL DAY weekend is usually the kickoff, said Sid Ganis, Paramount Pictures president of worldwide marketing. "Top Gun" was moved from May 23 to May 14. "We made the move because of its playability," he said. "Tests showed that it really works well with all four categories: young male; young female; adult male; adult female. So we're going to get a nice week's jump on the market." Tom Cruise plays a hotshot navy pilot in "Top Gun," one of the summer's action-adventure movies.

A survey of summer films from major distributors-discloses the usual amount of action-adventure, science fiction, sequels and thrillers, a large dose of comedy and surprisingly few youth movies. Too many films aimed at the young crowd gerous." Whoopi Goldberg returns to comedy in "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Michael O'Keefe and Paul Rodriguez invade Palm Beach Society in "The Whoopee Boys." THERE ARE THE usual sequels and remakes: "Poltergeist II: The Other "The Karate Kid "The "Friday the 13th: Part "Texas Chainsaw Massacre "Invaders From "Psycho HI." Youth films John Cu-sack, "One Crazy "Out of Bounds," with Anthony Michael Hall; Matthew Broderick in John Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Olympian Mitch Gaylord in "American Anthem." A high school student devises a nuclear device in "Manhattan Project," and students unexpectedly take off on a shuttle flight while attending "Spacecamp." Science fiction flicks show Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg protecting a lovable robot in "Short David Bowie and some animated creatures in the Jim Henson-directed "Labyrinth." Stephen King directs his own script, "Maximum Overdrive," about a revolt of machines. High schooler Matthew Laborteaux over-achieves his lab assignment in "Deadly Friend." An autistic boy spreads his arms in "The Boy Who Could Fly." "Solarbabies" depicts a water-starved earth 1,000 years from now. A comic strip hero leaves the planet Duck World for Earth in "Howard the Duck." THE SUMMER WILL also bring a pair of animated films, Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective" and "My Little Pony," based on the toys and TV series. "The whole summer looks good," said Marvin Goldfarb, chief buyer for the Kansas City-based Commonwealth Theaters which has 425 screens in the Midwest and Rocky Mountains.

Whatever happened KnigM-RitkJw H.ws Service Whatever happened to Madeleine last claamce bombed last summer, hence the pull-back. For the first time in several summers, Steven Spielberg will not be represented. But his sometime partner, George Lucas, returns to the marketplace as executive producer of two fantasies, "Howard the Duck" and "Labyrinth." BESIDES "TOP GUN," other action-adventure movies include': Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, "Raw Kurt Russell, ''Big Trouble in Little Sean Penn and Madonna, "Shanghai Robert Duvall and Gary Busey, "Let's Get and Walter Matthau dons eyepatch and beard for "Polanski's Pirates." Comedies include Robert Redford and Debra Winger as attorneys in "Legal Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Alan Alda in "Sweet Rodney Dangerfield goes to college in "Back to Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal play detective buddies in "Running Scared." The makers of "Airplane" have paired Bette Midler and Danny DeVito in "Ruthless People." Robin Williams tries to restore a rundown resort in "Club Paradise." Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner get scared on a "Haunted Honeymoon." John Candy and Eugene Levy of "SCTV" team in "Armed and Dan- ATLANTA, A nine-member band, will stay at the Decatur Holiday Inn during its booking. Band members will take part in the Hands Across America campaign on May 25 too. The band also might go down in history as the last act to perform at the Lincoln Square Theatre.

"It's a good locale. We'd like to see it used for the purpose it was built," Munson says. "If this doesn't go over, we won't do anything else with the building." The last act there before Frizzell was the Richland Players. The Richland Community College drama group presented two one-act plays in November 1984. Cousins James and George Chiligiris, who own the Lincoln Lounge next door, have owned the theater since 1982.

If Munson's plans don't materialize, James Chiligiris is unsure of the theater's future. "It's not on the market, but it is for sale if someone approaches me," he says. "The price is negotiable. I'd lease it or sell it for a reasonable price if somebody of value goes in there, something like the Little Theatre in Sullivan. I've had offers, but nothing desirable." He adds, "I'd hate to see the theater torn down for a parking lot unless a few buildings go with it like the adult bookstore.

Those people will never be in here. A downtown business district doesn't need that." I I Lincoln Square Theatre has By STEVE METSCH Herald Review Lifestyle Writer Time is running out for the Lincoln Square Theatre. The theater, which opened its doors in 1916, reopened in January for one day after 14 months of sitting idle. But the curtain may fall again if a last-ditch effort falls short. Country-rock band Atlanta will play a pair of concerts at the Lincoln on May 25.

If the band can't fill enough seats, Terry Munson, president of Lincoln Square Theatre Productions, says he'll toss in the towel. "If people like country and western music, they have to get out and support it," Munson says. "It's up to the people. It's in their hands now." Munson hopes at least 400 people attend each Atlanta concert. The theater seats 1,200.

"I'd like to see more, of course, but if 400 are there I'd be tickled," he says. That would be enough to convince Munson, a union painter at the Gin-ton nuclear power station, to remain in the entertainment business. ABOUT 350 PEOPLE attended two shows by David Frizzell on Jan. 19. The country singer replaced Atlanta which canceled two shows set for that date.

"That wasn't bad attendance for five days notice," Munson says. Atlanta, which has made two albums, bowed out of its January date because of recording studio obligations. VHS Beta STEREO STEREO Concert facts What: Two concerts by nine-member country-rock band Atlanta. When: 3 and 6:30 p.m., May 25. The First National Band of Decatur will open each show.

Where: Lincoln Square Theatre, 141 N. Main St. Tickets: $10 in advance by calling 877-3730 or 875-4045 or by writing Lincoln Square Theatre, P.O. Box 2437, Decatur, 111., 62526; $12 at the door. A series of cancellations by various groups followed.

Singer-comedian Elmer Fudpucker bowed out, as did the 30-member Nashville Follies. In each case, mistakes by the agency Munson hired to book the acts were blamed. Munson had hoped to bring in rock bands on Saturday nights and gospel music groups on Friday nights, but plans never got off the ground. "No other shows are planned right now. We did talk to a few acts like Pure Prairie League (a country-rock group) We came close to that one, but didn't put it together.

There was a discrepancy about money." He explained that the asking price was too steep. Pure Prairie League played the Lincoln Theatre in 1981 and 1982. f5 On Videocassette HUH Stereo (1985 mty, Jr. VI Paramount Young lovers Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen flee pursuers in the movie 'Fire with III Carroll, the lovely actress? Stats: Born Feb. 26, 1906, West Brom-wich, England.

Real name Marie Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll; educated, Birmingham University; married and divorced four times. Her Madeleine Carroll second husband was actor Sterling Hayden (1942-46), her fourth was Life Magazine publisher Andrew Heiskell (1950-65). Early years: She was a French teacher and hat model before making her London stage debut in 1927. She made her movie debut in England in 1928 in "The Guns of Loos." Big break: Alfred Hitchcock chose her to co-star with Robert Donat in the 1935 film "The 30 Steps." After that: Carroll went to Hollywood and played in films that ranged from "The Prisoner of Zenda" to "My Favorite Blonde." Her last film was "The Fan" in 1949. She did an NBC radio serial, "The Affairs of Dr.

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The newspaper and Hickory Point 6 Theatres are sponsoring an "Odd Couples" essay contest in conjunction with the opening of "Fire With Fire," a film about an unusual teen-aged couple. Virginia Madsen stars as a good Catholic girl who falls in love with a detention camp inmate, played by Craig Sheffer. The idea is to share your story about a relationship you have or had with a person very different from you. If it's working, describe how you solved your problems. If not, tell what went wrong and why.

The prizes, provided by Hickory Point 6, are: First place, two free dinners at Snaks Park Avenue and two movie passes. Second place, two free drinks at Snaks and two movie passes. Third place, two movie passes. The passes are good for admission to any movie at Hickory Point 6. Entries will be judged by the Herald Review Lifestyle department.

Here are the rules: 1. Entries must be about your own personal experiences and must not have been published before. 2. List your name, address and telephone number where you can be reached during the day. 3.

All entries become the property of the Herald Review and none will be returned. 4. Employees of the Herald Review and Hickory Point 6 Theatres and their immediate families are ineligible. 5. Deadline for entries is 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21. Entries may be brought to the Herald Review office, 601 E. William or mailed to "Odd Couples," Herald Review, Box 311, Decatur, 111. 62525. 6.

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