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aterson WifMosfZ EXTRAORDINARY ommunion Premiere flemington. BY BRUCE CHADWICK tc New Jersey will have its first major motion picture world premiere In more than 40 years Saturday when Alfred Sole's "Communion" debuts 5 in Paterson. The premiere audience will include city and county officials, JUTS Jackie Gleason daughter, film luminaries, the new media and members of the Passaic County prosecutor's office and Sole guarantees that nobody will get arrested. a a VI FASHION At Flemington you'll find all the exciting new every every every exquisite silhouette. SELECTION At Flemington.

v. you'll revel in the largest Sole is one of Paterson's best-known residents, but for all the wrong reasons. He and several actors were arrested in 1972 on lewdness charges for their participation in a hard-core porno fUni, "Deep Sleep" which Sole filmed in Passaic and Bergen Sole and others eventually pleaded guilty to a greatly reduced disorderly persons charges. And now there is "Communion," rated -R'. The film is Sole's chance to put poronography behind Mm and emerge as a respected, legitimate director.

"Communion," budgeted at $1 million has already impressed many people. It was selected from more than 1,000 entries as one of the 14 finalists in the prestigious Chicago Film Festival (Last year's winner was "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's XesC which went on to sweep the major Academy Awards) and will be distributed nationally by either Paramount or Universal-Premier Benefit The entire movie was shot in Pater-son and Newark, employed about TOO people and resulted in nearly $300,000 in local Proceeds from Saturday's premier will go to the Great Falls Development Corp, a nonprofit group which is restoring the Great Falls area. Trie film is a murder mystery which involves two young sisters. It stars Linda Miller (Gleason's daughter and wife of playwright-actor Jason Miller), Ov ill Alfred Sole local engineer, Joseph Marsico, developed a special knife for the stabbing I i I sequences and Ed Sailer of New Bruns wick helped Sole edit for the final version of the movie. Paterson's official view of "Communion" was quite different from collection of fine quality furs to be found, anywhere.

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I hope the film succeeds," said Kramer. So, for Alfred Sole, Saturday night will be one of the biggest of his life a chosen from world markets, insures an outstanding creation. SERVICE far cry from the night he was arrested At Flemington courtesy and personal service has been a tradition for more than half a century. VALUE At Flemington. you'll find exceptional value in the true and total exceptional quality at an exceptional price.

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Hitchock does that a lot. I worked on the script with a neighbor, Rosemary Ritvo. We received fantastic cooperation from everyone in Paterson. It was hard work, but it was a pleasure to shoot a major movie in my hometown," said Sole, who has lived in Paterson all his life. Sole never had doubts about the feasibilty of filming in New Jersey.

The last film to be completely filmed in the Garden State was Paul Robeson in "The Emperor Jones" in 1932. "New Jersey had everything I needed. Paterson has some great turban scenes, neighborhood scenes. For the church sequences we used "St. Michael's chapel In Newark.

If I was going to epend a Jot of money, I figured I might as well spend it in my hometown. I think it's very healthy that other films have been shot in Jersey this year and that others are planned," said Sole, 33. He resents being known as the "Deep Sleep" man. only way I could break Into film was porno. I wanted to make movies.

Ill always want to make movies. I won't go back to porn. I could have done 100 of them in the last four years if I wanted to go the porn route. I did none," said Sole. Emergency Funds The only good thing that resulted from his Sleep" conviction" was his introduction to lawyer Richard Rosenberg.

When production on "Communion" halted when funds ran out, Rosenberg raised emergency" cash and became the movie's producer. Practically everything about "Communion," from actresses (Mrs. Miller lives in Upper Saddle River) to the producer (Rosenberg is from Glen Rock) to extras, has a local flavor. The Paterson Police Department loaned Sole a polygraph and tthe fire department help LEATHERS, SUEDES, CONSUMER CLOTH COATS AND THOSE "FABULOUS FAKES" Fashion, selection, quality, service and value don't stop in our fur department. Our Town Country Fashion Center also offers an extraordinary shopping experience in the world of outerwear.

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