Vs its a WW THtATBE WVWJT 32 THE CITIZEN Prince George Thursday January 30 1975 THE GAMBLE HIS LATEST ROLE ersatile Caan keeping busy James Caan still in tho white heat glow of his Oscar nomination for The God Godfather ¬ father two years ago has not stopped working an exhilarat exhilarating ¬ ing state of affairs for a young actor who had been quoted on several occasions for liking to pick and choose his movies The past year while moviegoers enjoyed his per performance ¬ formance as a Seattle stranded sailor on a Cin Cinderella ¬ derella Liberty he got to impersonate the legendary showman Billy Rose in Funny Lady and New York to help publicize The Gam Gambler ¬ bler the Karel Reisz film set in New York and Las Vegas in which he plays a college pro professor ¬ fessor who takes risks with his life and the people and things he cares about The Gambler opens Sunday at the Spruceland Theatre Until this hyperactive period of work took over Caans fil mography the actor had been looking for that big break A film that would be commer commercial ¬ cial as he puts it something that I could show myself off in and be seen While critics touted his work as a mentally retarded hitchhiker in The Rain People hardly anyone got to see him because the film failed commercailly The Godfather of course changed all that with practi practically ¬ cally everyone involved in that fim suddenly in the limelight When I first started I tried very hard to be as different as I possibly could with each role Id get recalls Caan And hes glad that he did Because he says people dont associate me with any one particular kind of thing which is fine with me You know he continues the great thing in the film business the thing that I admired about the actors that I admire such as Brando Muni and Tracy is that they put themselves out on a limb and put themselves in a posi position ¬ tion where they can fall on their face you know what I mean And I think thats a lux luxury ¬ ury that this business now has sort of taken away from many actors because you know like they say Youre as good as your last picture Its really true You can be the superstar and then come out in some bomb and youre a mess If I wanted to learn to play the saxophone and I learned to play Yankee Doo Doodle ¬ dle Dandy on it and I was the greatest Yankee Doodle Dandy player in the world that doesnt make me a saxophone James Caan is jubilant as he rides the crest of a winn winning ¬ ing streak in Las Vegas in Paramount Pictures The Gambler The Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler Production of a Karel Reisz Film was written by James Toback Reisz directed the film drama which also stars Paul Sorvino and Lauren Hutton on loca locations ¬ tions in New York and Las Vegas In Color Opens Sun Sunday ¬ day at the Spruceland Theatre player as far as Im concerned Maybe Im too much of an idealist but I went through a creative process in New York for four and a half years and I like to play different things I like to mess with the instru instrument ¬ ment as much as I possibly can You gotta blow a little jazz you gotta blow a little straight a little classical stuff Then youre accomplished I guess I just kind of like to do it the way I like to do it answers Caan when asked about his throughts on acting But Caan who musters the same expansiveness and affa affability ¬ bility off screen as he does on admits that he cant live the fM fl i lM m b w i T MPfTTnMt We purr from 12 noon daily CrsTHrvT Sunday from 2 pm NOW SHOWING Night of the Warlock PLUS CO FEATURE DANISH AND BLUE life of an actor as far as the cliche role of an actor is in his social life I like to get out with my friends explains Caan I like to go to the pool room have a few drinks and chase girls and do all of that I have to be able to blow off the days work But now I try to laugh when I am working and have a good time Caan who now makes his home on the Pacific coast and spends much of his off-the-set time in rodeo competitions admits to being most at ease with what he calls rough and tumble roles such as The Gambler but its the versatil versatility ¬ ity that he keeps aiming for and hoping to achieve He describes Axel the character he plays in The Gambler as a man who is turned on by taking chances with his life Everybody wants to work and fill the tree with a lot of branches do you know what I mean And this role was a role that I hadnt played before says Caan an actor who is clearly and hap happily ¬ pily thriving on his on screen versatility Kmsps IKE SHOP LTD 1055 4lh Avenue Prince George BC Phone 563 4128 The best in sales and service for all types of bikes Winter I Carnival FRIDAY JANUARY 31 ROTHMANS CABARET Gaylord Holiday Gillian Campbell and music by Bobby Hales from The Cave in Vancouver at the INN OF THE NORTH PEANUTS HEEDED This is a - 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