The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 24

B-ft Tuesday, November 11. 1980 HONOLULU ADVERTISER Show Biz O'Toole hugs Railsback in "The Stunt What you see isn't always what you get wayne harada Tube talk Andy Bumatai's "All in the Ohana" televi-sron special, which KGMB-TV will re-telecast at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 26 on Channel 9, has won a Silver Medal (second place) in the Advertiser review Surprise! It's malice in this Wonderland entertainment category of the International Film and TV Festival of New York. The award was presented Friday in New York, with a Mm i wt )'), it lit ilv SAt By Wayne Harada Advertiser F.nlrrt ainmrnt Editor i "THE M4V" At the Waikiki 02 Produced tnd directed by: Richard Rush.

Screenplay by: Lawrence Marcus. adapted by Richard Rush, based on the Pasul Brodeur book Released by: 20th Century-Fox la Mel Simon Rating: (restricted, contains nurfi I.v, violence, frank ianguauel ollywood long has been termed a antasyianci. where what you see isn representative of Lee Enterprises, which owns KGMB, accepting. How a national panel could understand the largely pidgin dialogue is something else; but certainly, Bumatai's portrayal of five roles. Bumatai and ducks.

When he opens his eyes, the vehicle is gone. Over the side of the bridge and, kerplunk, into the water. He then sees a helicopter, hovering and shooting. The director, Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole, in a foppish, eccentric, flamboyant performance), peers at him with malice in his eyes. Indeed, there is malice in this wonderland.

Cameron is in the middle of a reel situation, Hollywood style. And "The Stunt Man" is seen through his viewpoint. An unsuspecting bystander who gets swept into the mainstream of moviemaking, where it is awfully difficult to figure out what's real, what's not. Consequently, the viewer shares in the confusions of Cameron who is hired by Eli to be the new stunt man. The one in the car that took a dive into the river has died.

And Cameron still on the lam figures it's a way to hide from the police. As he makes certain discoveries about his new sanctuary and his new savior, he also falls for Nina Franklin (Barbara Hershey, in a role that suits her cloying film presence), the leading lady. "The Stunt Man" at first seems witrran ecological statement that's mighty real, must've made an impact. The unsung hero, of course, is Larry Fleece, who directed and scripted "Ohana." Congrats to all concerned KITV crews yesterday did some footage on Island optometrist Stephen Dunn of Dunn and Freed Opticians, who has created contact -lens for horses. The film will be used evenlually on ABC-TV's "That's Incredible" always what you get.

And there's a lot of deception and surprises in "The Stunt Man," at the Waikiki' 2, a caper that's as much fun and fright as being caught in a hall of mirrors. It's everything and anything you want it to be a black comedy, with sinister overtones; a drama, with quirks and turns that amaze and amuse; a romance, with elegant settings; an adventure, with death-defying spills; a slice of Hollywood film-making, with plot developments that often require a scorecard to keep straight. Cameron (Steve Railsback, in a winning portrayal) is a Vietnam renegade who literally stumbles into the making of a World War I film. He is not unlike the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland," running across a bridge, eluding the police, when a luxurious old black-and-yellow Duesenberg hurtles right at him. In self-defense, he tosses a bolt through the windshield of the car, There's an orgy going on, and an audience, and yegads, a circus of curious spectators.

Cameron finds out that the bare-breasted woman actually is a man, with fake boobs. Ah, Hollywood. Cameron's paranoia is the underlying theme of the movie, and he begins to suspect that Eli will plan to film an ending, wherein the stunt man's death will be The Ultimate Finish. Inasmuch as Eli can accurately and precisely pick up on the inner workings of Cameron's mind Eli does show up, at the most inopportune time, mostly from his director's seat, perched from a hanging crane so the preoccupation with a cinematic death is not so unbelievable. Or is it? As Eli, O'Toole brings a marvelous streak of a madman, trying to be a queen.

Of Hollywood, if not of England. There is an obvious flurry of effeminacy in the portrayal, but it suits the character an exaggerated caricature of a dotty artist at work. As Cameron, Railsback is a wise choice. He reflects the bewilderment of his role with wide-eyed enthusiasm, and his certainly is an illuminating portrayal, down to the beard-off. blond transformation part of the Looking Glass illusionary antics.

Hershey is finally playing older roles that become her. The supporting cast includes Chuck Bail as a suspicious stunt director. Adam Rourke as a leading man, Allen Goorwitz as the accommodating screenwriter, and Sharon Farrel as the movie set hairdresser. to be a tribute to that unsung breed of film tricksters who fall from copters and elude bullets and bombs. It is, to a certain degree.

It is more of a visual game of Alice in Wonderland. Did Cameron take a bite off the mushroom causing him to think and feel thoughts that may or may not be happening? "That door is the looking glass," Eli tells Cameron early on. "Come Alice." In a recurring series of illusion vs. reality, Cameron learns that there's more to life and strife than meets the eye. In a seemingly simple stunt, where he is to fall off a rooftop and onto an awning, he tumbles, but the awning gives; he falls through a skylight, and onto a bed of nudes (one male, one seemingly female).

Cht-chat Al-Akana of The Aliis apparently is leaving the group because the family is bound for Kona. Not certain whether this gig is the drummer's last or whether he'll return for one more go-round with The I Aliis Archie Loveland, a show I biz veteran, was in Straub Hospital but now is recuper ating at home, following a problem with a fractured II Jt Jt 1 pelvis Better late than never: After 10 years, and because of numerous requests. comDos- The Honolulu Advertiser entertainment iflllillp ed his "Maile Lei" song, via P. Publishing. Suzuki has recorded it, and Sam Kapu is just one of the many folks who've waxed and embraced the tune in the past Today's birthday person: TV cook and producer Nino Martin In and out of town: Moku Young, who's performing at the Landmark in Las Vegas, lie was visiting because it was his dad's 70th birthday Should be a mid-November release for The Brothers Cazimero's new Mountain Apple album.

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