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CANADA AT CANNES CANADIAN FILM Bob Blackburn, Henri Fiks, Bob Brooks DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CSC, James Beveridge from York Univer­ Having the "Cinema Canada" showings of sity, MUce Lente, LiUian Gauci, Patricia out-of-competition Canadian films at The Canadian Film Development Murphy, Ann Bishop, Ed Cowan and his Cannes last year paid off, apparently. Corporation announced in Toronto the wife, Nuala Fitzgerald, AUan King, This year, in addition to the official names of fUm makers who will receive Margaret Collier from ACTRA, Kirwan Canadian entry LA VRAIE NATURE DE grants arising out of a competition for Cox, Bennett Fode, Harry Makin - a BERNADETTE by GiUes Carle, the funds to complete dramatic fUms whose veritable Who's Who of the Canadian Cannes Film Festival sent a special production has been undertaken during Film Scene — plus many, many more invitation to have Eric TiU's A FAN'S the past few months. directors, producers, some lovely ladies, NOTES enter the competition as well. A jury from the industry viewed and the grant-recipients themselves. A TiU's fUm was overseas anyway, along edited footage from fUms submitted by night to remember! with its director, as the official Canadian the applicants and examined the fUm entry at the Berlin Film Festival. Other makers' scenarios before making its FOX HALTS CANADIAN DISTRI­ Canadian films scheduled for special recommendations to the Corporation. BUTION showings at the directors fornight at The jury consisted of Sid AdUman, Cannes were Jean-Claude Labrecque's The Toronto Star; Lee Gordon, West­ Toronto-born Gordon T. Stulberg, the LES SMATTES and LA MAUDITE minster FUms Limited; Morey Hamet, President of Twentieth Century-Fox GALETTE by Denys Arcand. Laurent Phoenix FUms Inc., Bob Huber, Cinema Studios in Hollywood, was in Toronto Coderre's ZIKKARON is this nation's Lumiere; and Don Shebib, Director of late last month to announce the closing entry in the short film category. "GMn' Down the Road" and "Rip Off". down of Fox's Canadian operations. (FUm critic Marc Gervais wiU report on A total of $10,000 wUl be made All distribution of Fox fUms has been Cannes, 1972 in the next issue of avaUable to six fUm makers to assist them turned over to BeUe-Vue Film Distribu­ CINEMA CANADA.) in completing their fUms. tors Ltd. of Toronto. Eighty per cent of Grant recipients are: the Fox staff has been merged into Belle-Vue, under its President, Herb WILLIAM FRUET DIRECTING Michael Asti-Rose "Mirror Mirror" $1,000 Mather. OWN SCRIPT Stulberg became President of the Peter Duffy troubled studio seven months ago, and BiU Fruet, scriptwriter of Don Shebib's "Cabbages and Kings" $2,000 this shutdown is part of a multi-million two feature films, makes his debut as a Erwin Wiens dollar stream-lining of the organization. film director on the screen adaptation of "And When Their Time He claims the closing will save Fox his own play, WEDDING IN WHITE. The Had Come" $1,250 $700,000 a year in fixed overhead. play was staged at the Poor Alex in Toronto this winter with the support of a Gordon Nault DON OWEN SHORTS ON CANA­ Local Initiatives Program grant. Doug "M.J.C." $2,000 DIAN ROOTS McGrath and Paul Bradley wUl recreate Judith Steed their stage roles in the fUm, which stars "It's Gonna Be Alright" $2,000 Don Owen just finished shooting six Donald Pleasence. Carol Kane and Doris three-minute short fUms - portraits of David Troster Petrie have the two female lead roles. rural hamlets, villages in Ontario. The "Jamie and Eric" $1,750 The May/.Tune six week shooting schedule films attempt to capture the spirit, has already started on the $275,000 The Canadian Film Development ambience, and atmosphere of the places, feature. Private backers are financing it, Corporation held a reception at the Park with the actual voices of the local people along with C.F.D.C. assistance. Producer Plaza Hotel, on AprU 24th, in honor of on the sound track. The unifying theme is John Vedette for Dermet Productions, the recipients. The very impressive guest of the six vignettes is a search for roots director of photography is Richard list included the most influential people and identity in the country. Owen is very Leiterman. in the Canadian motion picture business. excited about these latest works, as he is The location is an old house in a Toronto Michael Spencer and Chalmers Adams of about COWBOY AND INDIAN, a feature alley that looks, according to Fruet, the C.F.D.C. were the hosts at the affair. length documentary on two Ontario typicaUy Canadian. "It could be any­ Those present included Sydney Newman artists, one a city dweUer, the other living where in Canada." The drama is set in the of the National Film Board (and more on a farm in the country. This fUm was forties and concerns the plight of an recently, the CBC Board of Directors), finished over three months ago for the adolescent girl's coming of age, parental Eugene HaUman from the Canadian National Film Board, and is stiU awaiting authority, and loneliness. Broadcasting Corporation, John F. distribution. Owen is also very enthusias­ Bassett, Bob Crone from FUm House, tic about a feature script, which he plans Larry Dane, Al Waxman, Gerald Pratley, to fUm, provided financing is avaUable. Don Owen, Don Shebib, Peter Carter, He finds that young Canadian writers are SUPPORT CANADIAN CINEMA! Richard Leiterman, Morley Markson, finaUy turnmg out exceUent motion 1Alexi s Kanner, BiU Fruet, Peter Rowe, picture scripts. Cinema Canada 5 TWO CBC NEWS TEAMS COVER to North America by satellite to be used Radio and Television Artists, wUl hope­ VIETNAM WAR not only by CBC television news, but also fully grow to the dimensions and stature on American TV. of the Emmy Awards in the U.S., The CBC News Service has two teams of When it is aU over, Joe Schlesinger hopes complete with live television coverage. correspondents covering the North Viet­ to get a brief holiday. In the past two Gevevieve Bujold won the Earle Grey namese offensive in South Vietnam is months, he's had only one day off to award as the most outstanding performer what has been described as the most spend with his wife and family in Hong in Canada. She was on location in important phase of the prolonged war. Kong. Quebec, and could not be on hand to accept the honor personally. Pierre Joe Schlesinger, CBC News Hong Kong UNCAS FILMS TORONTO DAN­ Berton, also Master of Ceremonies for the correspondent and his cameraman Brian CERS evening, won the Gordon Sinclair Award Hosking, have been joined by CBC Van­ for "outspoken opinions and integrity in broadcasting." couver newsman Mike McCouit, who is Hans Pohl of UNCAS Productions took a now in the Mekong Delta. McCourt's camera crew to cover the London perfor­ The John Drainie Award for Distin­ cameraman is Harry NuttaU. mances of the Toronto Dance Theatre. guished Contribution to Broadcasting was The dancers were received warmly by the won by Graham Spry, radio pioneer, who As far as is known, Schlesinger and London critics, although some suggested helped set up the first radio network in McCourt now are the only Canadian radio that they toured too early in their deve­ Canada, which later became the CBC. and television journalists covering the lopment. The documentary fUm of the According to the trade press, his accep­ war. In certain instances, their television tour wUl probably be shown on television tance speech was the highlight of the film has been the only footage available, here. In London at the same time Don evening. used not only by the CBC, but also by Shebib's fUm Goin' Down the Road was Other nominees for outstanding per­ the American networks. playing to good reviews and audiences. former were Chief Dan George, Paul Harding, Budd Knapp, and Gordon When North Vietnamese forces with OCTOBER CRISIS SUBJECT OF Pinsent. For the broadcasting award Peter tanks were attacking An Loc recently, ANOTHER MOVIE Gzowski, Gerald Pratley, Orest Ulan and Joe Schlesinger was there to send film Jack Webster were the other candidates. and radio reports back to Canada via David L. Wolper has acquired the rights FOCUS ON THE MUNICH OLYM­ satellite. How Joe and his cameraman to THE REVOLUTION SCRIPT based on PICS Brian Hosking got to An Loc and out the book by Brian Moore who will also again is a story in itself. do the screenplay. It wUl be produced in Harry Clapp, representing Agfa Gevaert in association with Potterton Productions in Toronto, is beaming these days as his Now that the Americans are pulling out Montreal. Theodore Strauss will be the company is setting up processing facilities of Vietnam, newsmen have to find their associate producer. The script is based on or expanding aheady existing ones at the own way around the battle zone, hitching the kidnappings of Pierre LaPorte and major Toronto labs. One of the reasons rides with South Vietnamese helicopters James Cross, and the subsequent murder for all this hustle-bustle seems to be the and vehicles. Gone are the days when a of LaPorte. selection of Agfa-Gevaert motion picture newsman could call up the Americans for film as the official film for the Munich a free ride into battle zones, complete PAUL BRADLEY IN THE NEWS Olympic Games. For Toronto producers with meals and a place to sleep. covering the event, film wUl be made Paul Bradley (from Goin' Down the Road available at a lower price if purchased "There is no big press operation in fame) is now starring with Donald here, ahead of time. Also detailed Vietnam any more", says Schlesinger, Pleasance and Doug McGrath in Bill information is available on the photo­ "and you have to find your own way in Fruet's WEDDING IN WHITE currently graphic data of the various stadii and out of the fights." in production. (Ughting, color of walls, etc.). Priceless Bradley was also the subject of a CBC knowledge for the cameraman and the To add to the difficulties, there is the TELESCOPE program which was directed producer who prefer to know these things increased danger of being killed. Schlesin­ by Don Shebib and shot by Richard well ahead of time. They'U have tough ger and Hosking hitched a ride with a Leiterman. Toronto Star TV Critic Jack competition once there, however. David medical evacuation helicopter going to MiUer caUed it "a striking piece of TV L. Wolper has announced that ten world An Loc. They were the only TV jour­ portraiture." That it was. At one point famous fUm directors wiU be working on nalists at An Loc. Their helicopter was Bradley admitted "hustling prostitutes on the Olympic Games Film this year, in an carrying seven other passengers besides Yonge Street and robbing a jewelry store attempt to make it a box-office success, themselves. as a teenager to stay aUve and would do it as well as an artistic one. The directors again for survival and to avoid the are MUos Forman, representing Czecho- When the big North Vietnamese attack humiliation of going on welfare." Isovakia (even though he lives in New came, Schlesinger and Hosking were York now), Kon Ichikawa from Japan, aboard the last helicopter to get out ACTRA AWARDS TO BUJOLD, Claude Lelouch from France, Yuri before invading tanks arrived. Of the BERTON, AND SPRY Ozerou of the Soviet Union, Arthur Penn seven passengers who went into An Loc from the United States, John Schlesinger with them, six had been killed and one Gevevieve Bujold and Pierre Berton were for Great Britain, Ousmane Sembene wounded. Schlesinger and Hosking came chosen best performer and "most out­ from Senegal, Franco Zefirelli represen­ ting Italy, and Mai Zetterling, Sweden. out unscathed. spoken broadcaster with integrity" re­ spectively at the first annual ACTRA Not since the 1936 Nuremberg Games has so much film talent been focused on the Their fUm was the only footage available Awards Dinner on April 14th. The event, Olyip^ia^ on the An Loc fight and was transmitted sponsored by the Association of Canadian Cinema Canada 6 MIXED REVIEWS FOR MON film commissioned by General Motors, ONCLE ANTOINE designed for showing in the Peoples Republic of China at an upcoming Canadian FUm Awards winner MON Canadian Trade Exhibition. The publicity CANON SCOOPIC-16 ONCLE ANTOINE opened in New York man from GM Diesel Division of Canada last month to mixed reviews from the wanted a fUm made about a brand new, FOR HAND­ critics. Claude Jutra's fUm suffered at the three-hundred thousand dollar mammoth hands of Vincent Canby of the New York ore-transport diesel truck. But he didn't HELD MOVIES Times, who wrote "... the fUm is so want a sales fUm. So Derek and his THAT DON'T LOOK calculated to evoke humor, nostalgia, cameraman went to London, Ontario, to sadness and regret that it leaves very little the GM works there and started to HAND-HELD room for self-discovery . . . that even the capture this automotive giant on cellu­ Scoopic is designed to fit your hand, quite charming performances by profes­ loid. They came up with a twelve minute balanced and braced for rock-steady sional and amateur actors finally seem as short cut to sound effects, which Derek shooting. It's the perfect tool when studied and mechanical as the film itself." claims is geared to an Oriental audience. you have to shoot instinctively and Chve Barnes, however, writing for the No narration necessary. Speaking of get it right the first time. same newspaper, raved about the fUm, as multi-national endeavors. A U.S. giant did Andrew Sarris of the Village Voice, corporation wanting to impress Chinese Here are a few of the reasons: who wrote that "Canadian cinema has mine directors with a Canadian made • CdS exposure automation with over-ride. come of age!" Daily News critic Kathleen fUm! CarroU described MON ONCLE • 13-76mm f/1.6 Canon 5.84:1 zoom lens. ANTOINE as "... an affectionate dissec­ TWO NEW DUBBERS AT FILM tion of life in a French-Canadian mining • Automatic loading, uses HOUSE standard 100' 16mm spools, town ... it has humor and a degree of Bob Crone of FUm House charm." • Rechargeable, instantly- reports that he is proud to have Len interchangeable self-contained. Abbot and Hugh Strain on staff, both (Broils per charge) HANDBOOK OF CANADIAN recently from England. Len Abbot's • Through-the-lens viewing and FILM TO BE PUBLISHED dubbing mixer credits on features in­ focusing. cludes TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER, • 16, 24, 32,48 fps Writer Eleanor Beattie coUected a whole THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, NOTHING running speeds. bookful of invaluable information on BUT THE BEST, STOP THE WORLD I Canadian film, during research trips WANT TO GET OFF, GIRL/BOY, and coast-to-coast recently. Pubhshed by CATLOW, and he has done THE Peter Martin Associates the book is due AVENGERS, THE PRISONER, THE for release sometime in August. Ms. SAINT, THE THIRD MAN, and THE Beattie profUes one hundred important PROTECTORS, to name just a few, on Canadian filmmakers, complete with bio­ television. graphies and filmographies. Canadian cin­ Hugh Strain came to Film House from ema is also included, along with a fUm Warwick Films in London. He's worked study guide to hbraries, schools; biblio­ on dubbing THE CARETAKER, WHAT'S graphies, and a survey of the present NEW PUSSYCAT, MORGAN, ULYSSES, situation concerning film co-ops, distribu­ MARAT/SADE, GET CARTER, THE tion outlets, and the film scene in general. VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY, and THE The book wUl be paperback, costing less GO-BETWEEN, among many others. than three dollars. Sounds hke a bargain! Both men bring with them years and years of technical excellence as weU as a refined artistic sense, judging from the A1£ERTA PLANNING FEATURES quality of the fUms they have worked on. Plans are afoot in Calgary to Toronto is lucky to have them here! make a feature film on the life story of John Ware, a legendary Alberta rancher, CINEMA CANADA needs information, speci­ who happened to be black. fically on Canadian filmmaking activities coast- to-coast! Attention production companies, Edmonton writer Sheila Watson's novel producers, directors, cameramen! Also inde­ THE DOUBLE HOOK might be made pendent filmmakers, experimental cineastes, Exclusive in Canada from into a fUm as well. Producers Samuel J. film students and visual artists! We would like Koplowicz and Dale PhUlips of FUmwest to know what you're doing, what you're Associates, Edmonton tentatively sche­ working on. How else can people find out dule Cache Creek, British Columbia as the Mackenzie Equipment about the epic being shot in Prince Edward location. CO. LTD. Island, or the cinematic voyage undertaken by 26 Duncan St., Toronto 2B, Ont. FILM FOR CHINA MADE BY three Canadian microbes equipped with micro­ scopic sync sound equipment through the EDITCOMM Telephone 364-2266 bloodstream of a newly liberated Arctic Derek Baker of Editcomm informs us penguin? Keep those cards an' letters comin', that he recently coiiiplctod an induotiial folks!

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