The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 73

-V -r MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980 PAGES 73 TO 84 SPORTSUNE INSIDE: GENERAL NEWS THOMAS SCHNURMACHBT A i iLa i 1 ft-t i A Angy director leaves Argentina Armando Bo, one of the most successful film directors in South America is furious at an Argentine government agency that has refused to grant him a subsidy for his latest film. How furious is he? Armando is so furious that he is planning to leave Argentina to pursue his film career elsewhere. New York and Hollywood will probably be his first stops, but there is considerable speculation that he will be making his next film here in Montreal. As I write this, I can't help thinking what would happen if Bo Derek married Armando Bo. She would then be called Bo Bo.

Some people call her that already. there were no less than two wrap parties in town earlier this week. A "wrap party" is film jargon, for a final shindig thrown by a producer in sheer gratitude that the ordeal is over. Such a gathering provides the cast and orew with one last opportunity to good-naturedly bad-mouth other Canadian filmmakers. It is the last chance to plug into the grapevine to hear about another film, another job.

A I 1 I' 9 3 S1 AP Laser ptwto xk fJ Here's the new 'Saturday Night Live' cast Fright starring Lee Grant and Bill Shatner had its wrap party at Le Prive while the people who made Antoine et Ses Anges convened at Broadway Live in the heart the Montreal fur trade to listen to Danny and the Band featuring Big Moose Walker. New cast members of the National Broadcasting Company-TV's remodeled Saturday Night Live frolic on the roof of the RCA building at New York's Rockefeller Centre. The six cast members succeed the program's are: Gail Matthfus, Charles Rocket, Denny Dillon, Ann 'Not Ready for Prime Time most of whom have Risley, Joe Piscopo, and Gilbert Gottfrid. The pro-gone on to other acting endeavors. From left to right gram can be seen In Montreal on Channel 5.

BILL SHATNER Stars in 'Fright' IS RENOVATING TO SERVE YOU BETTER Actor William Katt is the star of the New York production of Montreal playwright Michel Tremblay'a Bonjour la Bonjour. Katt played the Robert Redford role in the movie Butch and Sundance: The Early Years. Trivia buffs will also remember that Katt is the son of actress Barbara Hale who played Delia Street on The Perry Mason Show. Singer Ginette Reno attended the 9:45 showing of the movie Divine Madness at the York Theatre on Monday night. La Reno said that she just loved the film and thought Bette Midler was sensational.

1 i -r Nina Simone fans were disappointed when she failed to complete her engagement at Rock-head's Paradise over the weekend. While Simone is one of the most amazing stage talents in the business, her late arrivals, no-shows and cancellations lose her many a fan. NINA SIMONE ShVs losing fans Munro wins book award TORONTO (CP) -Alice Munro's book of short stories and Hal Lawrence's non-fiction book about the navy have been named the best English-language Canadian paperbacks of the year. The selections were announced at the fourth annual Author's Awards dinner for outstanding English paperback books, magazine articles and short stories, sponsored by the Periodical Distributors of Canada. The award for paperback fiction marked the third literary prize for Munro's Who Do You Think You Are, a collection of 10 short stories about a woman living in a small southwestern Ontario town.

Munro, a resident of Clinton, previously won the Governor-General's Award and the Canadian Australian Literary Prize. Lawrence's A Bloody War, which won in the non-fiction category, describes the contributions of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Munro's book edged Kathcrine Govier's Random Descent, about the struggle to keep a family together, while Lawrence's was selected ahead of Bronfman Dynasty, by Peter C. Newman. Talks resume HOLLYWOOD (AP) Contract talks between striking musicians and producers of movies and television shows resumed Monday for the first time in three weeks.

But there was no clue to when the three-month-old walkout would end. The talks resumed between the Motion Picture and Television Producers Association and the American Federation of Musicians at the producers' offices here. TABLE, CHINA, 4 SIDE CHAIRS ARMCHAIRS Reg. $2895. SPECIAL: 2295.

Quickies: Dick Walsh whose genius amazed spectators at his daring Picasso show at Re-gine's is already hard at work preparing a Hollywood night at Regine's for New Year's Eve Director Daryl Duke will be coming to Montreal to direct a film called Hard Feelings. The screenplay was written by W.D. Richter and John Herzfeld. Richter wrote the script for Brubaker which starred Robert Redford If you thought the 7.50 New York City admission price for the movie Caligula was too high, just wait until the movie opens in London, Eng. Admission price will be an astonishing $15 per person The Montreal-made movie Terror Train was number three Variety's list of the 50 top-grossing films for the week ending Oct.

8. Dallas fans should reserve a spot near a TV set on Nov. 21. That's the date that they can tune in to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to finally find out who shot J.R. Afterwards, they can march over to the stereo and play Peggy Lee's Is That All There Close to 45,000 people attended the Quebec production of La Cage aux Folles at the Theatre St.

Denis. The hilarious comedy starring Real Giguere and Georges Carrere returns Jan. 8 for a further three-week run. Thomas Schnurmacher can be heard at 7:20 a.m. and 5:20 p.m.

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