Times-Advocate from Escondido, California • 57

ThundafeDactl, 18S3 Nor Cwtfity.Magatfc 17NC4S Films, TV made in San Diego The following are some of the movies filmed, at least in part, in San Diego: 1C33: on th Night," co-written by Mick 1977-78: "A Force of One," starring Jennifer O'Neill and Chuck Norris. Shot primarily along San Diego Harbor. "Delta Fox," produced by Sebastian Films. "Mafia on th Bounty." produced by Adell Entertainment, i "ftordoore," starring George C. Scott.

Downtown San Diego, along Broadway near the harbor, again doubled as the Los Angeles porno district. "Attack of th Kilter Tomatoes," produced locally throughout the county, including North County tomato fields. "MacArthur," starring Gregory Peck. Shot along Camp Pendleton's beach. "Midway," a television movie.

1976: Stuntman starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey. Extensive footage shot at the Hotel Del Coronado. 1S50-1976: "Some Like It Hot" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Shot at the Hotel Del Coronado. I' 1 "Lt.

Robin Crusoe," starring Dick Van Dyke. "BuBy," a Teddy Roosevelt story. "Pepper," a TV movie starring John Astin. "Texas Across the River," starring Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. "ChtiDMCo," starring Susan Strasberg and Richard Egan.

"Dogs," a television movie. 'Tentacles," an Italian movie. Jagger with music by Ted Neely. The bulk of it was shot at the San Diego Sports Arena. "A Minor Miracle," starring John' Huston and Pele.

Filmed in its entirety in San Diego. "Striker," starring Michael Parks. Produced by a local company and shot in San Diego. "Splash," a Walt Disney production directed by Ron Howard. Coronado Beach doubled as the East Coast.

Apartment on the Wrong Side of the Moon," a low-budget feature filmed by Eirdan Co. of San Diego. "Scarface an Al Pacino picture. Second-unit filming only, for one day on Coronado Beach. Sec-" ond-unit filming uses, a limited crew to shoot background, location "Planetary Pal," a low-budget feature produced by San Diegans.

1S32: "Cannery Row," starring Nick Norte. Second-unit filming only. "Hrefox," starring Clint Eastwood. Second-unit filming only. "A Minor Mired," the same movie with Pele and Huston.

(It had to be re-shot.) "The Return of Frank Cannon," a made-for-tetevison movie shot in Valley Center and Escondido, starring WiWam Conrad and Arthur Hill. i "American Gothic," starring Parker Stevenson. The bulk of the TV movie was shot at the Roland Sahm residence mi Rancho Santa Fe. "Rodeo Girl," starring Katharine Ross and Candy Clark. Directed by Jackie Cooper at the San Diego Sports 6rM -v "The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything," Starring Robert Hays and Pam Dawber.

Several scenes Shot out front of San Diego Gas and Electric headquarters downtown. J1979: J' I "Hi God We Trust," starring Marty Feidman, Louise Lesser and Richard Pryor. Downtown San Di- ego doubled as the porno district in Los Angeles. I "Scavenger Hunt," starring Richard Benjamin, Cloris Leachman, Tony Randall. -Roddy McDowell, Dirk Benedict Vincent Price end several others.

Shot throughout San Diego, including Balboa Park, downtown and on the harbor. A I The Kid From Left Field," a TV movie shot at San Diego Stadium, with Gary Coleman and Tab Hunter The Padres win the World Series in this fairy tale. Sportscaster Jerry Coleman plays himself. "Laving Couples," starring Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Stephen Collins and Susan Sarandon. Shot primarily at the Hotel Del Coronado.

I "Rocky Marciano," starring Tony LeBianco. Segments shot in Julian. 1 I "Rate th Lord Grade production. Second-unit shots only, 1 I Hrt to Hart," one episode starring Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers. v.v "Borderline," starring Charles Branson with then-county Supervisor Roger Hedgecock in a bit part.

"Th Dvi and Max Devlin," a Walt Disney production. good to Me the physical set-up," he said. And Terxa wu Impressed by "the outpouring of Interest from the mayor on down. San Diego Is real eager." But CBS's movie department has no plans to film here, he said. Moreover, he said, "San Diego looks like Los Angeles." Not a factor on the plus side.

The Motion Picture and Television Bureau was created in 1976, after San Diego let "Harry 0," a television series, slip through its fingers after little more than one season. In 1975, David and the rest of the "Harry crew packed up because it became too expensive to fly extras to San Diego. This was before the Screen Extras Guild established a local union in San Diego. At the time, this area fell under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles SEG, which demanded extras be hired from L.A. Schlotter has been bureau director since 1978.

"When the 'Harry 0' show got kicked out of town, I helped set up the motion-picture bureau," said Roger Tilton. He has been producing television commercials in San Diego since the 1960s, and did some work for "Harry 0." A year ago, Tilton moved into a new, bigger studio, and is working on his first feature-length film, "Striker." It stars Michael Parks and Is about the U.S. Men's Olympic Volleyball Team. Tilton is advertising his complex as a full production facility. It is located on Sixth Avenue near the Gaslamp Quarter, about three blocks from where the regional convention center is scheduled to be built in 1987.

He opened the studio In anticipation of increased filming operations in the region, by his company and others who will be able to rent his facilities beginning some time next year. Gail Smith, Tllton's marketing director, said they expect that raising money locally for film projects will become easier. "San Diego people are not used to investing in films, but once San Diego (filmmakers) build their credibility, we'll see some unique money coming in." In Escondido, where a couple of made-for-televi-sion movie companies have been operating since 1979, there has been little effort to seek Hollywood dollars. The Escondido Chamber of Commerce is relying on its San Diego counterpart to promote the entire county, according to Dave Bolick, Escondido chamber manager. Suzanne Strasberger, manager of the Escondido Visitors Information Bureau, said she has conferred with Schlotter, but no plans have been made.

This year, portions of six feature films were shot in San Diego County. Most of the action was in San Diego and all of the features were low-budget productions, with the exception of "Scarface," star-ring Al Pacino. But the "Scarface" crew was here only for one day last January, for second-unit filming. That's footage In which the major players do not have speaking parts, or may not necessarily be here. "They discovered they needed more footage, so they came down for a day to shoot along the beach In Coronado," said Suzann Dwyer, Schlotter's associate at the motion-picture bureau.

"They came In with no hassles, no permits to get, no six-day waiting period. Those things happen in Los Angeles." In September, the bulk of "Blame It on the Night," co-written by Mick Jagger, with music by Ted Neely, was filmed at the San Diego Sports Arena. "Blame It on the Night" producerdlrectorco-writer Gene Taft chose San Diego because he wanted a location outside of Los Angeles that was not too far from Hollywood, his home. Taft'a first Inquiry into the use of the Sports Arena for 10 days was discouraging, Schlotter said. So he helped arrange use of 4he Sports Arena by putting Taft in touch with the right people.

A picture filmed in its entirety here was "A Minor Miracle," starring John Huston and socker star Pele. Filming was done at several locations, including the Gaslamp Quarter, Our Lady of Peace Academy and San Diego Stadium. The film was actually shot twice in San Diego. TV series shot in San Diego: "Harry 0," entire series shot here. David Janssen starred.

"Movki' On," two episodes in San Diego. Claude Akins starred. i is Enough," one episode, starring Dick Van Patten. 1 "Switch," one episode, starring Robert Wagner. Spocisls and talk shows, on location: Dean Martin Christmas Special at Sea World in 1981 Dean at th Wild Animal Park in 1982.

"Universe," a Public Broadcasting Service special, in 1982. Public television film crews visited the Wild Animal Park to film portions of a special featuring the Mormon Youth Symphony and the animals, in 1983. Talk show host Mat Douglas filmed a television pilot at Western Video, a production facility in San Diego's Keerny Mesa, in 1983. Ralph Edward filmed a "This is Your Life" at Western Video, in 1983. if "Ac Diamond," a television pilot starring Adam "Batman' West which was not picked up.

Art An-nechario, who lived in Poway at the time, produced the pilot in 1981." A Suzanne Sommers Special aboard the USS Ranger. Fiv specials produced in the 1970s, starring Steve Martin. Dinah Shore (she did two), Phil Donahue and Parry Como. First, it was filmed last fall, then the crews came back to re-shoot most of it early this year, according to Dwyer. Schlotter's office receives inquiries regularly.

Last month, a location manager for "Creator," a film that will star Peter O'Toole, was In the area scouting locations, Schlotter reported. And the county's theme parks always get calls. Tom Hanscom of the Wild Animal Park said, "Paramount Pictures called a while back and wanted to know If we had riding camels. They wanted to film a desert scene. We get calls like that all the time, but they don't often follow up.

"There's always talk that Hollywood is coming south. It would be nice." Indeed. But the Wally Schlotters and Roger Hedgecocks of San Diego have their work cut out for them. Even San Diego's weather has been a problem. Almost two years ago, a location scout for "The Right Stuff" was checking out the Oceanside pier.

The pier fell out of the running, when a storm made mincemeat of it. That's showbiz..