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formerly accounting services manager, was
elected
assistant controller.
"Superman," the super-spectacular motion
picture which is reported to have cost
more than $25,000,000, is scheduled to
open in theatres in the U.S. and Canada
December 15. The film, almost two years
in the making, stars Marlon Brando, Gene
Hackman, Christopher Reeve (as Superman),
Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper and
Glenn Ford. Producer Alexander Salkind
announced that the world premiere is set for
December 10 at Washington's Eisenhower
Theatre with the proceeds to go to benefit
the Special Olympics.
Hawaii's first 24-hour satellite live TV
service from the mainland has been inaugurated.
Oceanic Cablevision and Cablevision,
Inc., began the new service when
TV signals were beamed to the islands from
Atlanta's WTCG-TV independent UHF station.
Dominique Sanda was voted the best actress
at the 1976 Cannes Festival for her
I role in "The Inheritance," a drama which
is now showing at Cinema 75 and Phipps
Plaza theatres. In the film she has an affair
with her father-in-law, played by Anthony
Quinn. As an actress, Ms. Sanda regularly
is caught in such heavy situations. In "Damnation
Alley," the 1977 adventure picture
which brought her to Hollywood, she was
pursued by giant cockroaches in Salt Lake
City. In "1900," a 1976 epic, the character
she played snorted cocaine and was given
to a lot of loose behavior.
Jeff Davidson, president and general
manager of WXIA-TV, has announced he
is on the lookout for a meteorologist to head
the station's weather team, replacing Gail
Janus. He explains: "Gail is a multi-talented
person and we are glad for her to have the
opportunity to broaden the scope for her
TV work. There are some other things she
wants to do in the field and we will have
an announcement about these as they develop."
Miss Janus said: "After nine years
of doing the weather I think I've got plenty
of experience in this particular type of reporting.
I'm looking forward to doing some
other exciting things."
Marquee changes — "Almost Simimer,"
Belmont, Belvedere, Lakewood, Omni 6.
Mableton III, Miracle, Parkaire, Suburban
Plaza, Tower Place, Town & Country, Village,
Westgate, Roswell Village Twin and
six drive-ins; "Foul Play," Cinema 75,
Greenbrier, Lenox Square, South DeKalb,
Suburban Plaza and South Expressway;
"National Lampoon's Animal House," National
Triple, Miracle and Stonemont; "Cat
and Mouse" (English subtitles), Rhodes:
"The End," Cobb Center, Tower Place,
National Triple and Gwinnett Drive-In;
"Harper Valley PTA," (99 cent seats all
shows) North Sorings and Toco Hill;
"Hooper," Akers Mill, Mableton Triple,
National Triple, North DeKalb. Tower
Place, Buford Highway Twin; "The Cat
From Outer Space," Cobb Center, Greenbriar,
North DeKalb, Perimeter Mall, Old
Dixie and three drive-ins; "Stingray," Belmont,
Belvedere, Omni 6. Parkaire, Mableton
Triple, Tower Place, Town & Country,
Village, Westgate and six drive-ins; "Who'll
Stop the Rain," National Triple, Loew's 12
Oaks. Omni 6 and South DeKalb; "The Inheritance,"
Cinema 75 and Phipps Plaza.
Paul Lynde, appearing in Atlanta in "The
Impossible Years," joined members at the
Atlanta chapter of NATAS for a celebrity
luncheon in Trader Vic's restaurant
Wednesday (9) and participated in a question
and ansv/er session that followed.
Storer Broadcasting Co. has acquired the
stock of Futurevision Cable Enterprises and
Mid-Jersey Cable TV Co., giving its cable
TV control of several systems serving
Monmouth County, N.J. Storer, which owns
WAGA-TV here, operates cable systems in
Georgia. Alabama, Arizona, Florida. South
Carolina and Texas, serving more than 225-
000 subscribers.
'Breakaway' Brought
To Screen by Texan
AUSTIN. TEX. — Former Texas Film
Commission director Warren Skaaren currently
is an independent producer and filmmaker
here, FilmTexas reports. The Texas
Film Commission publication goes on to say
that his latest project, which he previewed
here earlier this year, is called "Breakaway."
It is the true story of a man, Walter
Yates of Round Rock, Tex., who decides to
leave his business and personal life behind.
He loads some belongings and tools into an
old single-engine airplane and flys to Alaska
to live in an uninhabited region for a year.
Once there, FilmTexas continues, he
spends a brief summer building himself a
cabin and preparing for the vicious Alaskan
winter. A greater threat than the weather,
though, is loneliness. He has no contact
with the "outside world" other than occasional
radio transmissions.
The feature-length film is more of a
personal statement and a study in "selfanalysis"
than the average theatrical release,
the producer claims, even more so than a
Woody Allen piece. There is no Diane Keaton
to ponder wistfully, and no New York
City to distract and shelter the principal
character in this film. There is only the
weather, the isolation and the awesome sub-
Arctic landscape which is captured on film
by Austin cinematographer Ivan Bigley.
Producer Skaaren's adaptation of what
began as an ambitious home movie is as
skillful as the camera work, the publication
notes. Skaaren wrote and directed the film,
insisting on including the natural surroundings
in the "action" of the picture. His goal
is to leave the viewer with a sense of the
power of Yates' experience.
Although he was well-equipped and wellprepared
mentally for his stay, this was not
a typical weekend jaunt to Gamer State
Park. Whatever one may conclude about
the effect of experience on Yates, one cannot
help but envy him for it. all the while
appreciating the necessity of human contact
for the maintenance of reasonable sanity,
the film journal concluded.
'Grease' Promo Also
Aids MD Campaign
BAKER, LA.—Robert Farlow, manager
of Ogden-Perry Theatres' Baker Cinema
here, created a imique promotional idea to
Robert Farlow (center), manager of
the Baker Cinema, is surrounded by his
concessions crew and the trappings for
the Baker's promotion of "Grease."
attract interest in Paramount's "Grease."
Farlow dressed his employees in T-shirts
which bore the message "Grease Is the
Word' in red on the front and the employees
name and "Baker Cinema" in white
on the back. Staffers also wore blue jeans,
tennis shoes and other "SOs regalia.
The capper, though, was the conversion
of the Baker's concession stand into the
"Rydell High Malt Shoppe." For a week
prior to opening, roller-skating concession
workers in soda-jerk hats took orders in
"curb service" fashion from the crowd waiting
to buy tickets and from patrons already
seated in the auditorium.
The local JayCees contacted Farlow, requesting
his help in staging a promotion for
Jerry Lewis's muscular dystrophy campaign.
The "Rydell Malt Shoppe" soda jerks were
the main attraction at the Roller Ranch in
Baker, where they skated and pantomimed
to the "Grease" soundtrack. The campaign
raised $2,000 over the goal of $3,000, and
the Baker Cinema crew was credited with
its
success.
Besides contributing significantly to the
MD campaign, Farlow's promotion resulted
in sell-out crowds and outstanding grosses
for "Grease" at his theatre.
Winner of Contest Bites
Off $150 Gift Certificate
PROVO—The final "bite-off" in the
"Jaws 2" Bigmouth contest was held at
Plitts Paramount Theatre, with Randy
White of Orem walking away winner.
To enter the contest, hopefuls had their
first bite taken out of sandwiches measured
at the Hip Pocket restaurant. When all entries
were in the ten biggest mouths were
selected for the bite-off.
The final round was held prior to the
9:30 showing of "Jaws 2." The winner received
a gift certificate for $150 from
Wolfe's Sporting Goods in Orem. The runncrs-up
received passes to see the shark film.
BOXOFFICE August 28, 1978