San Francisco Film Society Oral History Project Interview with ...

CLAUDE JARMAN: Well, anyway, Michael Caine. Normally during the Festival, Ernie’s Restaurant
would always host one dinner in their wine cellar for about 20 people. And we would select who it was
going to be. We had a dinner for Michael Caine. He was a delightful guy. In fact, I saw him at the
Academy Awards three years ago—a very open, friendly guy, very unpretentious, funny. And Joe
Mankiewicz was also here in ’75—
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Oh right. He had a lot to say, didn’t he, about the new Hollywood and—
CLAUDE JARMAN: He was a good one.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Gene Hackman—
CLAUDE JARMAN: Did we have Hackman that year?
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Yes, and Louis Malle.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Louis Malle, yeah. Had to have our French delegation there.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: So tell me about the death threats for Jane Fonda.
CLAUDE JARMAN: I don’t remember that. I just remember it was a very lively session. She was still
Hanoi Jane at that point. And there was a lot of yelling back and forth. I forget who the moderator was.
It might have been Scott Beach that year. He said, “Don’t, be quiet,” and Jane said, “No, no, I can take
it.” So she provoked it. It was one of our more interesting afternoons. I don’t know about the death
threat. I don’t know anything more.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: There were some rumors of an assassination attempt.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Oh, really?
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: And a psychic prediction, or something like that.
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