Boxoffice-May.21.1979

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J)ON COSCARELLl, writer-director ol
Avco Embassy's "Phantasm." will go
on a tour of Europe to promote the science
fiction /fantasy feature set to open this
sprine in Germany, France and Britain.
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Murray Pollack, 60, president of the
Screen Extras Guild, died of cancer May
10. He joined the guild in 1951 and remained
a member since then. He was first
elected to the SEG board of directors in
1957 and was vice president from September
1959 to December 1974 when he was elected
president.
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Actress Jenny Agutter accepted the Ruby
Slipper Award of the American Center of
Films for Children on behalf of Henry
Geddes. executive producer of England's
Children's Film Foundation, and Patricia
Latham, writer of many CFF productions.
The presentation was made at the Ruby
Slipper Awards dinner May 12 at the Bever-
Wilshire Hotel.
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Avco Embassy's bank heist/ love story.
"A Man, A Woman and a Bank," has been
retitled "A Very Big Withdrawal." The
$4-million comedy-drama stars Donald
Sutherland. Brooke Adams and Paul Mazursky
and is scheduled for October release.
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Michael Douglas has signed an exclusive
three-year contract to produce films for
Columbia Pictures. He plans to announce
his first project shortly.
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Principal photography has been completed
on "Strong Together." produced and
written by Harry Hope and directed by
Dan Seeger.
Richard Fleishcr, director of such films
as "Fantastic Voyage," "Doctor Doolittle,"
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" "Soylent Green" and
"The New Centurians," conducted discussions
and seminars with film students al
the
University of Washington and members of
the Seattle Film Society May 7 and 8. The
seminars were part of the visiting artists
program of the Academy of Motion Picture
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Cast and crew of MGM's "Captain Avenger"
are shooting in New York on a loiuweek
location schedule during which sequences
will be filmed at such well-known
spots as Sardi's, Gaiety Delicatessen, Shiibert
Alley. Sheridan Square, Greenwich Village,
Park Avenue and City Hall.
Susan Anton, the Goldengirl of Avco Em
bassy's "Goldengirl" sports drama, is in
Cannes for a full round of promotional
activities in behalf of the picture, including
photo sessions for major European magazines,
television and radio. She also will
participate in three major screenings of Iho
picture.
Kenneth A. Doncourt. 36. son of comedian-producer
Ken Murray and Cleatus Caldwell,
died May 2 of cancer at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Burbank. At the time he was
stricken he was editing his father's forthcoming
film, "Ken Murray's Shooting
Stars." Doncourt had worked in ABC-TV
news for five years and won two Emmy
awards for editing documentaries, as editor
of "Rats" and assistant editor on "James
Wong Howe, the Man and His Movies" and
"The Unwanted."
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Winners of the Sixth Annual Student Film
Awards competition will be announced Jime
3 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
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Cast and crew of United Artists' "A Small
Circle of Friends," having completed six
weeks of shooting on locations around Boston,
have come back to Hollywood lor
about a month of filming here.
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Major league umpires, walking the picket
lines in their strike against organized baseball,
have won the support of the Screen
Actors Guild in an "expansion of solidarity
from one group of professionals to another."
Said executive secretary Chester L. Migden:
"Our recent experience on the picket line
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SAN FRANCISCO
J^ocky Horror Picture Show" cultists can
now enjoy their passion in multimedia.
Double Feature, a performance group that
duplicates the entire cast of the film, performs
the music and dialogue in unison
with RHPS screenings at the Strand Theatre
each Saturday at midnight. Since they began
appearing four weeks ago. Saturday business
has been growing steadily.
George Romero and Richard Rubinstein,
director and producer respectively, were in
the area for several days promoting the ,
opening of their feature "Dawn of the
Dead." a United Film Distributors release.
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Boxoffice and critical reaction have been
excellent.
Alice Faye is the next actress to appear
in the Warfield Theatre's series of tributes.
Clips from her work will be screened and
she will appear for an onstage interview
May 23.
Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood and
Dennis Weaver, actors who have recently
appeared in films or television programs
about American Indians, were at press time
expected to attend the American Indian Film
Festival. The fourth annual program of
films by or about American Indians began
a three-day run May 17 at the Palace of
Fine Arts Theatre. The opening night feature
was the 1977 Academy Award nominee,
"The American Indian Exposition."
The festival concluded with the American
Indian Motion Picture Awards ceremony,
featuring awards for best picture, best documentary,
best direction and other achievements.
Also expected to attend the festival
were Chief Dan George, nominated for an
Oscar for "Little Big Man": Will Sampson,
co-star of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest," and other American Indian actors.
John P. McLucas, office manager of United
Artists' San Francisco branch, died May
6 at 63. McLucas had joined United Artists
in June 1957 and had previously been associated
with RKO Pictures for 11 years.
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