Aug 31st 
The Swarm  

(US 1978)                                         
Warner Bros. 152m. Panavision

A Texas community is beset by a mutated force of killer bees.
Straight-faced nonsense with risible dialogue among an impressive cast, that tries to lend pathos where it can. The central theme is handled on a misguidedly epic level 20 years after this sort of film was made for less money and more effectively as a straightforward monster movie.

Written by: Sterling Silliphant, from the novel by Arthur Herzog.
Producer/Director: Irwin Allen.
Starring: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia De Havilland, Fred MacMurray, Ben Johnson, Jose Ferrer, Bradford Dillman, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Lee Grant, Christian Juttner.
Photography: Fred Konenekamp.
Music: Jerry Goldsmith.