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nephew , to compete in a silly race to see
who wias the estate Producer George En
glund Ls one of the men behind this. He s
also involved in The life of Walter Liftpman
starring Paul Newman as the influential
American political pundit (that'll be an .ABC
TV movie). Englund says he's also pur
chased rights to the Ron Settles story— Set
ties, a Long Beach State University star
halfback, was recently arrested, and later
found hanged in his (ail cell Not a suicide
Gainfully Employed *
A IKPLASE'S ROBtRT HAYS I ins up W ith
ai sufiennan s Margt« Kidder in Trench
coat a comedy mvsten from Disney filming
in Malta and San Francisco Bee Gee
Barn Gibb will star in Myron about the
romantic English poet and his role in
Greece s struggle for independence from
Turke\ Gene Flackman stars m Eureka, a
murder mystery locationing in British Col
umbia and Jamaica, directed b\ Nicholas
Roeg (Don’t Look Sou . Terfurmance)
William Hun won t be making any movies
for awhile-. he s playing Richard II on stage
in New York Richard Prvor will star in
Color Man. turned down bv Bill Murray, it's
about a "color" sportscaster (a TV term for
the jock interview er, commentator) Dus
tin Hoffman stars in Tootsie as a transvestite
soap opera actor in New York, which may
or may not interfere with the rumor that
Hoffman is first choice to star in Gorky Hark
Cariy Simon will make her acting debut
in a CBS cable movie, she’ll plat a dual role,
one a Forties torch singer, the other a mod
ern thrush There will be more link
Panthers, even without Peter Sellers Ted
Vi ass (formerly Danny of Soap) will be the
new Clouseau Kenny Rogers stars in Six
Pack, to be directed by Daniel Petrie (Re
surrection Fort Apacbe. the Hronx) in Ai
lanta The Billy Crystal Show (he was Jody
on Soap ), a one hour comedy variety show
will emerge on NBC soon if not already
Michael McKean. Lenny of Du erne and
Shirley is starring in Young Doctors in Dot e.
(another ABC feature film) which marks the
directorial debut of producer Garry Mar
shall ( same show , among others), for which
no one has been waiting with hated breath
Mary Steenburgen will plav Marjorie
Kinnan Rawlings (author of The Yearling,
one of the most affecting bcjoks youthful
Americans are encouraged to read) in Cross
Creek, to film in Florida Two best sellers
of a few years ago are finally headed into
film: Dee Brown's Amerindian Saga Bury
My Heart at Wounded Knee will be a five
part TV ministries; The Snub Wave, Eugene
Burdicks' novel of American politics, w ill be
a feature
We Heard It Through the
Grapevine, Too
CHERit records out of Detroit recently
started showcasing some of its acts in
that city's Hotel Pontchartrain in order to
lure major labels into distribution deals At
lantic had already snapped up Jerry Carr
( This Must Be Heaven”), but so far no deal
for their ace artist, Barrett Strong, one of
the first artists ever signed to Motown, co
writer of Money' and I Heard It Through
the Grapevine His new album is all fin
ished, waiting for a distribution deal; titled
Love Is You, it features all new Strong songs
What’s Bruce Springsteen Up To?
ackstreets, devoted to news of
Springsteen and band, tells us that Big
Bruce will be producing an EP for Dick
Dale, once known as King of the Surf Guitar
back in the dawn of the Sixties Dale, who
once liarbored dozens of wild animals in
his suburban C<ista Mesa, California yard,
was, according to backstreets, the first rock
n roller to appear on the Ed Sullivan
Show Anyone interested in subscribing to
backstreets should send inquiries to
Stephen Rvan. 1S(X) Coachwood Street, La
Habra. CA 90631
Still Busy
rw/VGS a ft t touch all <>vm is the next
Cheech & Chong him. and here's the big
scoop no dope Just one small reference to
the devil weed Their wives (Rikki Marin
and Shelbv Chong b\ name) also appear in
the him. as French women, while C&C por
tray themselves and .Arabs All directed
b\ Tom Avildsen, cousin to director John,
and hlmed in Las \egas and Chicago
Snrvi tesich wtio wrote fireakntfi Auer,
Fveu'ttness arid Four Friends is now hn
ishing UVealberrnan about a Chicago TA
weatherman who becomes politically in
fluential Robert Bedford wili supposedly
star, but don't hold your breath. Bedford s
last him. The Verdut is proceeding without
him Tesich has also completed his first
novel Summer Crossing wluch occurs in
the same time and place as lour Friends
(Tesich admits to a strong autobiographical
bent)
Sea Wave Old Enuff for
Comebacks
S Hanoi siNNAMON is going public again
For those who missed the first go-round
Ms Sinnamon was a rising star on I. A s
New U ave scene two years ago Capacity
crowds at tier Troubadour appearances
Tougti girl charisma Producer Mike Chap
man. then cresting on successes w ith the
Knack (' My Sharona") and Blondie ( Heart
of Glass ), but currently unable to get him
self arrested, lagged Shandi as his next
disc-overy But the record flopped.
An Hour Later, They W anted to
Hear Again
n a kh im ntip to c.hika. director John
V^/ Landis screened The lilnes Brut hers
Movie for curious film industry people
They were impressed by the intricate work
with miniatures required for the movies
several dozen car crashes Then the> were
dumbfounded to learn that those were all
real life-sizers, crunching at tfie rate of sen
eral thousands of dollars [>er second
They dug Aretha f ranklin, those Chinese
fiipsters. but couldn't connect any sigmfi
cance to the various blues, country and rock
music scenes They said it all sounded
alike to them,'' reports Landis
W here Are They Now &
Who Cares? Dept.
r john, the infamous Night Tripper,
JL/ has laid down a soundtrack of bar
relhouse boogie-woogie piano for Cannery
how that’s probably the best thing aln jut the
flick Root Bos Slim, whose bid for stardom
entitled Boogie Till You Puke did not In
come an I'M radio staple, is recording for
Moonlight Records. Arthur Brown, as in The
Crazy World of, is waxing tracks for Lone
Star Records