Boxoffice-September.04.1978

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Denver Weatherman
To Address RMMPA
Dl N\ LR .T .1 siimr the
Rockv Mountain Motion Picture Ass'n,
through president
Herman Hallberg. announces
a luncheon
featuring a talk by
Warren Chandler.
Denver's most popular
TV weatherman.
His topic will be "A
Taste of Chile."
Called for 11:30
a.m. Tuesday. Septembcr
19. at the Conti-
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event is staged early to allow time for
hello's" and the whetting of appetites.
After 25 years as a jack-of-all-trades TV
man. from news to disc jockey, from acting
out the Sunday funnies to weatherman.
Chandler and his wife joined the Peace
Corps as audio-visual specialists and went
to Santiago. Chile.
Chandler, who lives in Turkey Creek,
now works for KOA-TV (NBC affiliate)
Denver.
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The popular figure has narrated industrial
and institutional films for such companies
as Martin-Marietta. IBM. Bureau
of Reclamation. United Airlines. Johns
Mansville. National Ski Patrol and dozens
of others. He also has produced many
audio-visual travelogs on the U.S.. Canada
and Spain. Five of these were adapted for
national TV. His commercials have won
him many awards and he has retained at
least three major sponsors for over 15
His narration of a 64-wcek series covering
historical sketches of early Colorado cities
was part of the 1976 Cent jnnial/ Bicentennial
celebration. He has produced a children's
program and a three-year series for
the Colorado Medical Ass'n. Warren has
been a CBS announcer on numerous occasions
for shows including "Face the Nation."
"Douglas Hdward News." President
l-isenhower's address to the nation from
Denver in 1954 anil the djdicalion of the
Air Force chapel.
The veteran showman attended the University
of Denver where he graduated with
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a B.A in communications. He has been
married over 30 years, has two children
and three grandchildren. For 35 years he
has lived in the mountains near Evergreen.
long before the present rush to the Rockies.
What does a TV weatherman do for
hobbies? Warren's include the restoration
of antique clocks, photography, bike riding
and the endless tasks of maintaining a
mountain home, such as cutting fuel wood.
He and his wife have a special love for
Spain which they have visited seven times.
They frequently advise people on traveling
there.
Eliason Completes Script
For 'Tell Me a Riddle'
SAN FRANCI.SCO— Novelist Joyce Eliason
has completed the screenplay for Godmother
Productions' first film. "Tell Me a
Riddle." based on Tillie Olsen's prize-winning
novella. Eliason also has written the
screenplay for Diane Keaton's upcoming
film. "Captain Grown-up."
Olsen. one of the most respected women
writers in current American literature, has
lived in San Francisco most of her life.
Her new book. "Silences." has received wide
critical attention. "Tell Me a Riddle." considered
a contemporary classic about the
delicate relationship of an immigrant couple.
was originally published in 1962 when it
won the O. Henry Award as the best American
story of that year.
Film production will beg'n this fall.
Warner Bros, will begin principal photography
in September on "No Knife."
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ANE's Torce' Wraps
Up Filming in Utah
SAl.r I.AKF cm— R \ Co.tNon.
president of .American National Enterprises
(ANE). announced that principal photography
for its feature motion picture "The
Force on Thunder Mountain" is nearing
completion in Utah.
The action-adventure drama is being shot
entirely on location in the state and features
the scenic beauty of the Uintah mountains
wildernL'ss areas, including Mirror Lake.
Butterfly Lake and upper Weber Valley
regions. Coalson. who is executive producer
of the picture, stated that filming is ahead
of schedule, thanks to the efforts of George
Gale. Gale, a senior editor at Disney
Studios for ten years, is the producer of
such films and TV series as "Daktari."
"Cowboy in Africa." "Flippter." "Gentle
Ben" and "Escape From Angola."
Peter Good, director, who directed several
features for "The Wonderful World of Disney"
on location around the globe, stated
that filming in Utah had been an extraordinary
experience. "We made good use of the
mountain snowstorm last week." he stated.
"Who would have thought that wc could
shoot a winter scene in .August!"
.ANE of Salt Lake City is funding and
distributing the picture which .ANE plans
with foreign TV and nontheatrical rights being
handled by Gold Key Entertainment.
Coalson explained that "The Force on
Thunder Mountain" is the first of six features
which ANE plans to produce this
year. At least two of the remaining features
arc slated for production in Utah. Coalson
said that ANE would produce as many of
the films as possible in the state since the
Hollywoed crew and actors enjoy working
ih.-re and that local people involved are
cMrjmely supportive and cooperative.
Production on "The Force on Thunder
Mountain" will be moved to the Hollywixid
office of ANE next week for postproduction
activities, including editing and the
creation of the musical score. ,ANE expects
10 complete tho picture by Christmas witll
distribution to begin in early 1979.
When completed. "The F'orce on Thunder
Mountain" will become th." 3Sih piclurc
in .ANF's invenlorv.
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