Disney Rescuers Cartoon Opens at Nevada Drive-In
Evinrude alerts as a distress call opens Walt Disney Productions new animated feature The Rescuers. Oscar winner Sammy Fain provides music for one of four songs. The film stars Bob Newhart Eva Gabor and Geraldine Page. Fain wrote Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella and Someone's Waiting for You with lyricists Carol Connors Ayn Robbins. Penny the kidnapped orphan drives the plot with Madame Medusa as the villainess. Fain has a long Disney association dating to Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
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Slap Shot director George Roy Hill on realism in film
Oscar winner George Roy Hill outlines the bold realism behind Slap Shot with a script by Nancy Dowd. He defends frank language and harsh portrayals as true to sports culture while distinguishing it from fantasy his earlier films embody. Newman stars alongside Ontkean and Crouse in Universal release.
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Zev Braun Produces Gripping Suspense Drama at El Portal
Zev Braun, a strong Hollywood producer, releases The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane at the El Portal theatre starring Jodie Foster and Scott Jacoby with Martin Sheen and Alexis Smith. Braun has backed Goldstein winner of a Cannes award and The Pedestrian Academy-nominated.
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Ann Reinking Named New Roxie Hart in Chicago
Ann Reinking is tapped by Bob Fosse to replace Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart in Chicago. The 27 year old dancer and former A Chorus Line star began rehearsals after leaving Chorus Line on January 1 and took over the role in February after Fosse hand picked her and mentored four weeks of rehearsal.
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