CINE Helping you put it MAG alltogetheriswliat we're all about. TRADE NEWS THE • Current production pro­ 2 animated features, 1 suspend­ and Fprt Apache, the Bronx file: Canamedia's The Cana­ ed film and one low-budget ef­ goes over $1 million. After 5 dian Caper, and R.S.L.'s Para­ fort shooting on week-ends. weeks, playing in one theatre GROUP dise in front of the cameras, Outlook still bleak See Pro­ in five cities, Tess makes a FILM HOUSE QUINN LABS QUINN SOUND with LC.C.'s Quest for Fire duction Guide p. 52. handsome $663,130. Cage aux 22 Front St West 380 Adela.de St West 409 King St West Toronto. Canada ready to resume. Otherwise, 4 • Distribution notes: 9 to 5 FoUes begins year two in Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada M5J 1C4 MSV1R7 M5V 1K1 feature length documentaries. reaches $3,500,000 in Canada Quebec. For Grosses, see p. SO. (4161 364-4321 (416) 869-1781 (416) 869-1781 lATSE 644 cameramen (Toronto) Les bons debarras sweeps vote to take control in indy Cdn union Genies as Academy picks best TORONTO - The Canadian which effectively stripped the neutral territory to consider its TOROIVTO-A rather sedate rection, Costume Design and members of lATSE local 644 Toronto membership of, any next action. gathering of Canadian film in­ EditingT The first two awards (New York) have applied for a freedom within the N.Y. local. According to Richard Leiter­ dustry luminaries met at the went to Anne Pritchard, for her charter from the Canadian The points were described to man, the committee realized Royal Alexandra Theatre on art direction on Atlantic City Labour Congress to form an CineMag as follows: that the crunch had come. Jim March 12 to watch the Quebec and her costumes for Fantastica. autonomous union of Canadian Keating who had been stripped wang of the industry walk off Pritchard was absent and had of his authority to negotiate for with all but two of 1981's seven­ asked Sarandon to accept for cinematographers and camera The nine points the Toronto cameramen by the teen Genies for feature films. her, casting the actress in the operators to be known as 1) Toronto lA members will no announcement, informed the The sweep was led by Les dual role of presenter and ac­ CAMERA (the Canadian Asso­ longer be involved in Montreal committee that regardless of bons debarras, which took eight cepter. ciation of Motion Picture and — all Montreal sHfcots are to be the decision of the committee, awards, including Best Picture, Pritchard's absence high­ Electronic Recording Artists). controlled out of New York he would resign his position Best Actress (Marie Tifo) Best Di­ lighted the important number A statement from CAMERA 2) Minutes of executive meet­ with lATSE 644. rector (Francis Mankiewicz), said the establishment of the ings must be confirmed in ad­ The committee soon realized Best Original Screenplay (Rejean (cont. on p. 15) new union would end "an era vance by New York that they bad two alternatives. Ducharme) and Best Support­ of divisive manipulation by 3) New York must be informed "One," said Leiterman, "was to ing Actor (Germain Houde). three American locals of lATSE as to all jobs performed by the write to New York and be good Then The Lucky Star and At­ , - local 644 (New York), local Toronto membership. Shoes of Clay little boys and girls and follow lantic City, V.SA look three ' 666 (Chicago), and local 6S9 4) Agenda for all meetings in their instructions, forgetting each. Bringing up the rear, with (Hollywood)." Toronto must be approved by everything we'd been fighting a jingle award, were Hounds of The decision to form a sepa­ New York prior to the meetings. for for the past year. The other Notre Dame, Tribute, and Fan- go to Cannes rate union was made Sunday 5) The executive committee of was to leave." tastica TORONTO - Alligator Shoes, a March 29, after the e.xecutive the Toronto membership is The members of the committe The presentations left little to low-budget film produced and committee of lATSE 644 (Toron­ declared ineffective — it is now then divided up the member­ chance, and the evening moved directed by Toronto filmmaker to) met with its business agent, to be considered an advisory ship list of lATSE 644 to contact along very quickly. The lack of Clay Borris, has been selected Jim Keating. Earlier, the Cana­ committee. members of the local and gain cue card fumbling and comic for the Director's Fortnight at dian cameramen had applied 6) All negotiations involving . approval to leave the union. interplay between presenters the Cannes Film Festival. to the New York office of lATSE the Toronto membership will They soon had commitments (there was only a single pre­ 644 for a charter which would include either Larry Racis .41/igator Shoes, shot in by telephone from almost 2/3 senter for each award), left the have granted autonomous (local 644 business manager) or Toronto and Bellevue on a four of the Toronto members — 90 moments of surprise to the status to the Canadian camera­ Chuck Austin (president of week shoot for $350,000, fea­ of the 140 members. award winners. men within the lATSE Inter­ local 644). tures Clay Borris, Ronalda When CineMag spoke to Lei­ The most impassioned speech national. 7) Toronto member meetings Jones and Gary Borris in a story terman shortly before press came from Best Actor Thomas (To date, the Toronto mem­ are no longer to be considered about a family trying to keep time, he said that CAMERA has Peacocke, who played Pere bers of 644 form an integral official meetings — any action together against the lure of the written commitments from Athol Murray in The Hounds of part of the New York local, just taken must be approved by big city. sixty members. Notre Dame. Peacocke thanked as the Canadian cameramen in New York Borris, when contacted by The new union's temporary everyone arid then noted that Vancouver's local 659 form an 8) The Toronto representative CineMag, said, "Of course, I'm executive consists of Richard "You know what the sad part integral part of the Los Angeles (Jim Keating) no longer has any overjoyed. Its the biggest thing Leiterman, President and Vice- is ? I'm playing a hero and no local 659. Neither Canadian authority to sign agreements — in the world that can happen to presidents Jim McGammon one's seen the movie ?" Francis group benefits from a charter all agreements will be signed you as a filmmaker, especially and Marc Champion. Jim Keat­ Mankiewicz, in his acceptance or from independently elected by New York. on a first feature." According to officers. Both groups pay dues ing will serve as business agent speech for the Best Director 9) New York is evaluating Borris, different people have directly to the U.S. offices of and Lyn Kelly as recording statuette, spoke entirely in whether the Toronto facility been calling, expressing in­ their respective locals.) secretary. French, yet accepted Marie is valid terest in distributing Alligator The March 29 meeting was It is ironic that Leiterman, Tifo's statuette for Best Actress Shoes, but he has been adopting called to hear the response from The response of the commit­ who waged a considerable in English. a "wait and see" attitude, put­ the N.Y. local to Toronto's re­ tee (Richard Leiterman, Rick battle to get into lATSE in the The funniest moment of the ting off the decisions until after quest for a separate charter. Mason, Doug Connell, Jim Mc- early seventies, should be the evening came after Susan Sa- the Cannes Festival. President pro tern of a break­ The request was turned down. Gammon, Bill Langstroth, David randon accepted the Award for Last year, Canada was repre­ away union : "The struggle has Keating presented the meet­ Appleby and Marc Champion) Best Foreign Actress, and im­ sented in the director's Fort­ always existed — for a while ing with a list of nine points, was to adjourn the meeting mediately returned to the stage night by Micheline Lanctof^ formulated by the N.Y. local from the lA offices and move to (cont. from p. 11) to present the awards Art Di­ L'Homme a tout faire. ADVERTISING MOTION PICTURES IS OUR ONLY BUSINESS « WmJ « O• • • • • Pro(Jucf Reels • Theatrical Trailers • Teaser Trailers • Audio-Visuals 1407 YOI^GE ST. • Television Commercials • Ra(Jio Commercials • Print Advertising TORONTO, ONTARIO M4T IY7 (416) 964-7539 April 81 - Cinema Canada/S CINE MAG All screens not equal says Ontario censors to the Funnel and AGO TORONTO - The Ontario Cen­ Chairman Mary Brown, per­ by their (the Board's) statement for the communities involved if one is charging admission for sor Board is in the limelight mission for the screening was that a screening of Bameau's — women, labour, human "direct gain." again. This time the issue does granted "in deference to Mi­ Nephew... at the Art Gallery of rights. Rather, "We refuse to Fuse contends that since not involve a major distributor chael Snow's international Ontario ""would seem appro­ comply with the Act as it is in­ they are merely charging ad­ or an Oscar-winning foreign reputation and the social con­ priate and not appear to con­ terpreted." Robertson claims mission to defray some of the picture, but rather the work of text of the scene " travene the spirit of the Act " the issue is jurisdictional, and costs of the screening itself - Canada's most renowned ex­ The implication is that a screen­ involves the issue of charging the series is being run at a perimental filmmaker, Michael Snow responded by cancel­ ing at the Funnel Theatre would admission.