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Pool Shark Cast of 'Bullet' Learns To Hustle on Camera as Well as Off By RALPH KAMINSKY West Coast Editor HOLLYWOOD—Next winter, when director Robert Ellis Miller comes to town to then, if Coburn invites you for a friendly game, stay clear of him, too. And the same goes for Omar Sharif, Ronee Blakely and Bruce Boxleitner. They've all become pool sharks. So be warned. All this came out April 19 on Stage 25 MGM where Miller was winding up his at Hollywood shooting on "The Baltimore Bullet." Miller invited the press to chat with the cast and have a few drinks in the completely equipped and utterly realistic barroom used in the picture. In the next two days he would complete his Hollywood shooting on the movie about a couple of pool sharks before moving to New Orleans for two weeks of filming. Ten Great Professionals The windup at MGM was a pool tournament in which the competitors were ten of the world's greatest professionals. Competing were Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, technical advisor on the film and teacher to the with Ray Martin, Steve Mizerak, Pete stars, Margo. Alan Hopkins, Jim Rempe, Mike Segal, Irving Crane, Jim Mataya and Richie Florence. The tournament was described in the film by Willie Mosconi, who has a role as the narrator. During the long days of shooting, with everyone on the set for 12 or more hours daily, there had developed the kind of warm friendships that made life easy for Miller and added a quality to the film that "you just can't get any other way," according to Miller. One of the highlights that tipped him off to the rapport came when the professional pool sharks burst into a spontaneous ovation for Coburn when, as part of the filming, he sank a four-cushion shot, a difficult feat for anyone. "They just stood up and cheered." Miller said. Coburn and Boxleitner developed a friendly relationship that "shows through on ballyhoo his new movie, don't let him talk the screen," Miller reported. "They're supposed you into an innocent little game of pool. to be buddies in the picture, a couple Take it from James Coburn: "He'll murder of hustlers who are out to challenge Omar you. Don't play pool with him." Bui Sharif, the big time gambler who knows how to psyche out his opponents." 'Better at Bridge' Under Butera's tutelage Coburn and Boxleitner became experts with the cue stick. Sharif hardly needed any lessons, it turned out. "He's modest about it, but he's one of the world's top rankers in billiards," Miller confided. "He underestimates himself, but if he really tried he'd be better at it than he is at bridge." "We didn't need actors to cover for the pro sharks," said Miller. "They're fearless. I gave them lines and they carried off their scenes without fear. They give the picture a lot of reality. They're wonderful," the director said. The FilmFair production is "a big, broad comedy that also is an action picture. There's a tongue-in-cheek feel to it, and yet underneath the comedy there's a sense of reality—and without that feeling of reality you just can't get good comedy," Miller said. Adding the essential touch of authenticity to the realistic ballroom were dozens of pictures lining the walls. The pictures were not mere props. Miller assured, "Everyone of them belong to the pool professionals. They brought them here out of their homes. They're wonderful people for doing that." 305 Student Films Enter 65th Annual Competition BEVERLY HILLS. CALIF.—A total 305 films were submitted by student filmmakers from colleges and universities throughout the country in the sixth annual student film awards competition, according to Howard W, Koch, president of the Academy of Motion PiclLire Arts and .Sciences, Ki
Photo Highlights Scenes From Show-A-Rama (Left) Director of the Year Tcrrence Malick and Sylvia Slcnie, wife of Martin Stone, president of Mid-America Cinema; (Above) Producer of the Year Allan Carr and Miss Show-A- Rama, Christine LaBruzzo. (Above) Singer-actress Susan Anton signs autographs; (Left) Ageless George Bums, Entertainer of the Century, and part of his surprise gift from Columbia Pictures. Honored Showman winners (from right) Ed Meyers, Chip Rouse (right), editor of Boxoffice, and Mark Lima, Ohio, radio-TV promotion; Tony Bruguiere Tenser, president of Crown Int'l.; Arnold Simmons, (center*. Mary Esther, Fla., off-site promotion, with Pontiac, Mich., winner of best print promotion. Photos hy Fred Siihahi ami Cil I'iiilar Dick O'Rear, chairman of the board of Coninionwealth Theares, honors the Man of Steel. Christopher Reeve, as Int'l Star of the Yi MC Fred Broski. left, and Peter Fonda at Casino Supper following screening iUliJl^U^
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