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THE WILDERNESS FAMILY — Based on a true story of a modern-day pioneer family who become bored with the hassles of Los Angeles and heads for the unpopulated regions of British Vancouver. The family has yet to return to city life. Filmed in the Canadian Rockies and also in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, this wildlife picture is just about the perfect family film entertainment. Excellent photography combined with balanced, competent technical elements make the film delightful and enjoyable. Better, the film's moral, religious, and environmental attitudes are well suited to the story, and to a family audience. Too much time has passed since a movie dared to show a family saying grace at a dinner table or teaching their children to struggle and survive on their own without always asking for help. A welcome motion picture experience for adults and children, though the episodic structure does diminish the film's strength. Rated G, of course, at the Twin Gables Theater, the Sunniland Twin and Concord Twin Theaters, starting Friday, Jan. 28. A SESSION WITH THE COMMITTEE — If you remember the Ace Trucking Company, an improvisational group which made frequent guest appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, perhaps you remember a rival, The Committee. During the late 1960's, The Committee, headquartered in San Francisco, unleashed its satiric and farcial blasts at anything sacred or reverenced. Before disbanding in 1971, the group allowed a small videotape production company to tape one of its live stage shows at the La Cienega Theater in Los Angeles. THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN — Absolute garbage. Supposedly the true story of a sick, perverted killer in Texarkana, Ark., in 1946. The film quickly sinks to the sickness and perversion of its killer in graphically depicting the murders. Ben Johnson stars as a Texas Ranger called to solve the crime. Andrew Prine mumbles as his local aide. The rest of the cast, including director Charles Pierce as a reckless driving deputy and screenwriter Earl Smith as a visiting psychiatrist, are amateurs on display. Without any reason or purpose, lacking depth and perception, Pierce's direction and Smith's script do not attempt to motivate or explain any of the killings or the killer himself. Even the ending, with the killer disappearing mysteriously into the local swamp, smacks of a rip-off — at the box office for those who paid to see this mess. Underrated R, at the Riviera and Westchester Twin Cinemas, the Parkway Theatre, and Dixie Drive-In. "Wilderness Family" delightful, enjoyable

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Everything's coming up green at Fair

Now's the chance for South Floridians to replace those plants that were damaged or killed during the recent freeze. The Third Annual South Florida Plant Fair opens Thursday, Feb. 10 at Dinner Key Auditorium and runs through Sunday, Feb. 13. The show, which is the largest selling display of its kind in South Florida will feature displays by leading florists, nurserymen, distributors and individuals in the plant and allied industries. The entire spectrum of plants and plant accessories will be on display and for sale at the event. The show will not only provide a huge selling arena. It will also serve as a learning forum for those wishing to know more about their own, or other, foliage. Lectures and demonstrations by noted experts are planned throughout the four-day event. These include a two hour clinic on Sunday, Feb. 13, on Bonsai, Cactus-Succulents, Bromeliads and Orchids, which is being sponsored by the Miami Men's Garden Club.

RONA BYRON SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL BALLET

IN GABLES & SO. WEST SINCE 1950 GRADED CLASSES ALL AGES (EVENING CLASSES) 5936 S.W. 102 Ave. 595-5866 OR 443-1284

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EXHIBITION SANJIT DATTA INDIAN FOLK ART

JAN. 17 TO FEB. 24 WASHINGTON FEDERAL 1701 MERIDIAN AVENUE Miami Beach

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THIRD ANNUAL SOUTH FLORIDA Plant Fair

DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM FEB. 10-13 HANGING BASKETS ACCESSORY ITEMS GARDENING EQUIPMENT LANDSCAPING — LAWNMOWERS PLANTERS — POTS PLANTS — FLOWERS SPECIAL DISPLAYS DEMONSTRATIONS EVERYTHING IN THE PLANT WORLD TO SEE & BUY! Adults: $1.50 Children under 12: 75¢ Thursday: 6 — 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. — 10:30 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. — 6:30 p.m.

Riccio's Santacroce Ristorante

Now Open For Lunch & Dinner Lunches from $1.95 666-2817 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. 1500 South Dixie Highway 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. Coral Gables, Florida