CineMag (Dec 15, 1980)

wees ' fONTON After an initial +} sions the West, the distribution of The Hounds of Notre Dame is being put on ‘hold’ as the pro= | dacers rework the -promotional Spec ames Producer Fil Fraser s been screening the film with Sc pative people in L.A. in orderto . ove the film’s campaign and <j 7 ae 4 ri oe hey _— <eiman? | a Fos ea Jes * ¥ p> ole | Dalen, recently was named Best’ cue ibe Alberta Motion Pic y Association awards + 1980: it also won Best Per* gi for: Thomas Peacocke Sank oe Be: ‘been picked up by the CBC is | fi Soiled amid comments 3 4 | TORONTO — > Results ofa 10| year survey of CBC support for Canada’s independent television industry were released _~ | Nov. 20, and in’ the words of ees, ci Re Pat Ferns, *“confirm eVOnd — 1 266 hours of television time over ia eee Total proBS prac: cost of these programs | ust, 523,400 of which CBC’s contribution was, “$4, 710,600 (26.88%) while presales to clients other than CBC amounted © to — | (39. 17%). «teen The CFTA asserts thai in re east — mal eee wh a cent years, CBC pre-sale commithave accounted for only 88% of the total production of independent films and = tapes. Says Ferns, the or eee ve cen ree a cciisuey wa malo oe Be ceae aetinona c of these are involved in gram production. Of the 266 irs, the CFTA says 81 hours ¢ in 60 minute or longer forL 182 hours in 30 minute ~~ Hounds, directed by Zale | | who holds the lead role. “The film | doubt what we have : '} survey also addressed the pur $6,864,500 | | ganization’s president : “There is. € as much evidence as we: — For Hounds To Chew about it being the best Canadian film seen to date, The Berlin Film Festival is currently screening it with an eye to F ebruary’s festival. Despite good reviews, and an enthusiastic response in Regina, the film did not do as well -as expected in Alberta where Roke Distribution was handling the film for Pan-Canadian. “I don’t want to bring the film East until I’m convinced that the campaign is just as good as it can be,” com~ments Fraser, For future films, Fraser intends to include $100,000 in the pro-. duction budget to allow for the ‘création of a promotional cam paign at the same time the film is © shot. C Independent Support | Boor Reveals CFTA Study Fert and 3 hours i in 15 minute or shorter format. Of the 69 projects, 11 were produced in 1980, 16 in 1979, 13 in1978, 5 in1977, 6 in 1976 and 4 or less in each of ° the preceding years of the decade. — In addition to pre-sales, the chase of productions after completion and the total yalue of CBC purchases amounted to $1,191,600. Sales after production to other ielients to $1,684,400. : | “> Combined; the total CBCc com mitment to independent production was 33.68% of total produc ‘tion costs. The CFTA noted that “only in the area of pre-sales does CBC’s commitment assist in making those productions happen. CBC’s contribution in terms of pre-sales was 26.88% while presales to other clients accounted io ays} by be Leas These figures are sufficiently representative to confirm beyond doubt what we have believed all along,” says Ferns, ‘‘and we have seen no evidence_to contradict them, Thus Canadian independent producers, if they can only command between 20% and 30% of the production costs from the domestic market, are in a substantially worse position than independent producers in most other significant television markets. Without CBC there would be practically no activity — but without higher prices there will | never be an indigenous indepen3 dent industry.that can praapet.or even survive.” The survey also revealed that of the $17,523,400 worth of production, $3,782,800 (or 21.599) was assisted by Capital Cost Allowance financing. The survey was conducted by the Chartered Accounting firm Johnston and “Anderson, CBC Pre-sale Total CBC Contribution é ~ CineMag | 2 yy ed Snngo no noon ono nooo ooo motion, Just Another Absent in 1980, ‘Marshall Back In Film With Hockey Syndicate TORONTO — Bill Marshall, of Film Consortium of Canada, has announced the first feature to:be made by a new syndicate of . hockey players who will provide financing for a three-year, 10 picture deal with Film Consortium. The first film wil be Hank Williams, The Show He Never Gave, toplining Sneezy Waters as the great country singer-song writer. Originally a stage produc tion featuring Waters, Hank Williams is Slated to go before the cameras in Toronto December 17 under the direction of David Acomba, a Montreal-bom filmmaker whose first commercial feature, Slipstream, won several Canadian Film Awards. He has also directed TV specials in Canada, the U.S., and Britain.’ It is scheduled to wrap February 15, 1981. Ted Watkins is the film’s art director and Danny Franks is set i as lighting director. Although Marshall was uncertain as to whether the film would be released theatrical, he said that he had already had one offer from _an American network for televi sion showing. He would not mention which network, and was equally mum on the film’s budget. There is no CFDC money in the film, Marshall's fifth as producer. -Season’s. Greetings — from WARNER BROS. A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY DA ORR ee eee reas 72 te PARY ORAS Ce! Kid Debd ee & C®K ewe PSA GS ¢ 0 2.%287 eT we Pelt Stony JD oP _ i. > ds bhevteads TP eee LY yw Te