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PLAINT, the controversial book by Philip Roth which will star Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant and Jack Somack.
MGM has JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM filmed in Isreal and starring Bruce Davison, Daria Halprin, Nicol Williamson and Donald Pleasance, produced by R. Ben Efraim and directed by John Flynn. Also, GOING HOME, with Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent.
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READY FOR DATING COLUMBIA PICTURES now have in release NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA produced by Sam Spiegel who has to his credit such hits as “Bridge on the River Kwai,” Lawrence of Arabia” and ‘‘Patton’’. Roman Polanski’s MACBETH shot on location in Wales, $(DOLLARS), the Mike Frankovich production § starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA JUNE, the Mark Robson film starring Rod Steiger and Susannah York, from Kurt Vonnegut’s screenplay version of his own hit Broadway play.
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX are ready with MADE FOR EACH OTHER, an off-beat comedy starring Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, shot in New York, produced by Roy Townsend and directed by Bob Bean.
MGM _ offers its action-western CATLOW, starring Yul Brynner in the title role, produced by Euan Lloyd and directed by Sam Wanamaker. Screenplay by J.J. Griffith and Scot Finch.
“PLASTIC MAN’ FILMING IN VANCOUVER
More and more American producers are turning to Canadian location sites, the latest being Vancouver where Hal Roach International and Universal Studios are planning to shoot THE PLASTIC MAN, starring George Peppard.
Executive producer will be Earl A. Glick, president of Hal Roach Inter
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national, which is the first all-Canadian company to undertake a multi-million dollar production for International distribution.
A ssuspense-action drama, THE PLASTIC MAN has been adapted from a novel by L.P. Davies, and will be directed by Lamont Johnson,
MIKE FRANKOVICH TO PRODUCE TWO
Independent producer Mike Frankovich has announced that he has signed directors and has on hand first-draft screenplays for two Frankovich Productions to be released by Columbia Pictures... BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE and STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.
Jackie Cooper is set to make his directorial debut with STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, an original screenplay by Bernard Slade, all set to start filming in mid-September in Hollywood. This is a contemporary comedy on Women’s Lib.
Milton Katselas who stage-directed BUTTERFLIES in London, Los Angeles and on Broadway, has been signed to direct the screen version, scheduled for filming early in November on the Columbia West Coast lot.
SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL FILMS JOINS
MAJOR PRODUCERSDISTRIBUTORS
A new major International motion Picture production and distribution Organization, Scotia International Films Inc., has been organized by Boris Marmour, S. Benjamin Fisz, Robert Goldstein and Philip Yordan.
The parent company is Britishbased Scotia Investments Limited, heavily involved in the leisure field. Yordan is president of the new company, and Fosz and Goldstein are
directors. Scotia plans the production of 12
feature pictures a year, with the first three set for release in July, August and September of 1971.
The three releases are A TOWN CALLED BASTARD with Robert
Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens and Martin Landau, CAPTAIN APACHE starring Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker and Stuart Whitman, and BAD MAN’‘S RIVER with Gina Lollobrigida, Lee Van Cleef and James Mason.
Scotia International has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Rome and Madrid.
NATIONAL GENERAL ACQUIRES EAGLE IN A CAGE
World-wide distribution rights to EAGLE IN ACAGE, starring Kenneth Haigh, Billie Whitelaw, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson have been acquired by National General Pictures Corporation.
A story of power and deep human passions, EAGLE IN A CAGE revolves around Napoleon’s life in exile on the island of St. Helena after the Battle of Waterloo, and was filmed on location in Yugoslavia.
Produced and written by Millard Lampell and directed by Fielder Cook, EAGLE IN A CAGE is scheduled for Fall release.
C.F.D.C. ANNOUNCES GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Canadian Film Development Corporation has named the winners of non-repayable grants in its recent comPetition for aspiring feature film makers on the West Coast.
Grants of $7,500.00 were awarded to — Jack Darcus for his MAKE IT A HABIT, Al Razutis for THE BEAST, Miss Sandy Wilson for her entry THE BRIDAL SHOWER and Don Wilson and David Curnick for their THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
$4,000.00 grants were won by Miss J. Eglington for her KIMI, Andrew de Lilio Tymsza who produced THE RETURN OF THE COWBOY, A. Schroeder for his THE LATE MAN, Phil Surguy for THE GREAT TAMBOURINE CONCERT and Doug White for his entry, THE RULES OF BOWLS.
The winners were selected from some forty applicants by a jury representing the West Coast film industry which examined screenplays, budgets and earlier film efforts from each applicant before awarding the grants.