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ice then, he set up a Hollywood office
d entered the world of movie production
"It's fascinating, a very complex field,"
ark told a local news reporter. "A lot of
ople think flying a jet is complicated,
i that's elementary compared to all the
Dgs that have to come together to make
movie. There are thousands of little deciins,
and in this case it's all a matter oi
Igment rather than hard core facts."
Vint has appeared in such films as
arthquake," "Little Big Man." "China-
»n" and "Silent Running" as well as
(aeon County line" and the pictures it
pi red.
"As an actor, the work process is very
Oradic," he said. "But by being a writer
bout 40 per cent of the screenplay is his)
d producer, you're totally immersed all
e time until the project is finished. "It's
u.iv to be more creative and productive
lile keeping more control over your own
te."
One hint that "Black Oak Conspiracy"
II be a success is the fact it is being disbuted
by New World Pictures, which has
record of selling
films.
Rated Films 'Stepping
tones' to 'Mr. Billion'
SAN ANTONIO—Ken Friedman and
nathan Kaplan, producers of the family
m "Mr. Billion," see a "redeeming social
•hie" in X-rated movies and point to their
»n careers as examples.
In an interview with Ben King jr.. of
s.m Antonio Express, the two New
>rk University graduates explained that
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movies have a definite redeeming value
young, aspiring producers—they offer a
lance to break into legitimate films.
Kaplan directed such films as "Student
.ichers," "Truck Turner" and "Night Call
iirses," which showed profit and enabled
im to do "White Line Fever." Although
EVas a low budget film. "White Line Fer"
made money capitalizing on the truck-
; .md CB radio craze and finally allowed
|iplan and Friedman to make a complete
parture from their X-rated enterprises
th "Mr. Billion."
rotesters Strike Out,
tad News Bears' Wins
HOUSTON—A group of Little League
sehall fans struck out in their efforts to
It filming of "The Bad News Bears in
e.iking Training" at Bayland Park. Coun-
Bob Eckels led the drive
•tor hearing from his constituents that
e original movie, "The Bad News Bears,"
is "vulgar, if not pornographic." He made
motion to stop the filming of the sequel
it there was no second and the motion
ed.
Paul Goolsby. Little League district adinistrator,
had asked the court to deny
e of the park for filming. County Judge
n Linsay said his three sons and his Suni>
School class saw "The Bad News Bears"
id "were wild about it."
HOUSTON
Qlordon Wolfe) an executive ol \BC Circle
Films, was here looking for location
sites for "The Young Prince." Peter
Straus, st. u ol TV's "Rich Man. Pool M in
will star in the movie which is about Foe
Kennedy jr.
Les Blank's "Chulas Fronteras," a documentary
about Tex-Mcx Norteno music,
is one ol several films screened at Rice
Media Center's third annual I EXPO, a
festival of Texas-made films. Also screened
were "Clown White." a look at rodeo
clowns; JIVEASSP," about rock star I .irry
Raspberry and the Highsteppers; an animated
sci-fi fantasy; "Recuerdan el Alamo." an
unlikely recreation of the famous battle;
"Mr. Horse." named as one of the AFI's
12 best films; a portrait of playwrite Preston
Jones; a documentary about the Tyler
rattlesnake festival, and "A Hell of a Note."
a Mary Hartmanized story of two Austin
roofers.
Local actor Jim Siedow, who was in "The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Red
Alert." appeared in "The Visit," a play at
"The Sentinel," now
Theatre Suburbia . . .
showing locally, features several people who
were in the sideshow at the Greater Houston
Spring Fair at Delmar Stadium.
Comic George Carlin, who appeared recently
at the Music Theatre, said he will
direct a movie based on artist Gilbert Shelton's
comic strip undergroup crazies "The
Furry Freak Brothers" . . . Sarah Lowery,
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a newscaster on KPRC-TV, was selected
for the role of a newscaster in Paramount's
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,"
which is being filmed here. The children
actors m the film attend traveling
School three hours a day and film foul
hours, rhe companj is staying at the Holid.o.
Inn Downtown.
In on a promotional visit was actor
Strothei Martin who is appearing in "Slap
Shot." He was a hoiiseguest ol lilmmakeiwriter
J. D. Eeigelson, who has scripted
"Night of the Scarecrow." which will he
made into a film produced by FGH Productions,
a local company.
Big John Hamilton, motion picture actor
and S.m Antonio restaurant owner, was in
town for a social . Boone is serving
as chairman of the Lone Star Historical
Drama Ass'n membership drive . . . John
Huston spent two days at the Cinema Club
at the University of Houston at Clear Lake
City. He met with students and participated
in screenwriting and acting workshops. He
will be seen in MGM's "Winter Kill" in the
roll of Thomas Kegan, one of the world's
richest men.
Motion picture theatres will be part of
a 325,000 square-foot shopping center now
under construction in the Humble area by
Weingarten Realty and Target Department
Stores, a division of the Minneapolisbased
Dayton-Hudson Co. The S7.000.000
project is being developed on a 30-acre site.
. .
Houston actor Robert Foxworth can be
seen in "Airport '77" now at the Tower .
Vocalist Terry Meason is in Los Angeles
for a series of interviews with hopes of a
possible movie career.
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