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Nashua Telegraph from Nashua, New Hampshire • Page 35

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Nashua Telegraphi
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Nashua, New Hampshire
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'Network' Is Movie About The By BARCLAY NEW YORK (AP) -He SefkV'who 6 Ci a efsk W- rounding his film. Some tele- He's put out to aces around a darkened, screennlai fm. tfc lm le television vision moguls have denounced head of network I0r 1116 mOV16 lOOk the mnvio it ac i t. wnn i He's put out to pasture by the paces around a darkened, screennlai fnr 11 16 in tele vision moguls have denounced head of network news Max memory-filled office, chain- 0 6 TM vie 6 0 it as a fantasy trip; and others a i i a smoking tiny cigars, listening iTfilm Ught Jt Was an unfair applauded it for its real- Holden), because of bad to the hiss and buzz of an an- tributionS natlonal thought it ism. It has aroused some au- ratings.

Beale announces one "ur Heated news people verv i We tell a story about a net- favorably" 10 8 A ha efsky, Academy are lous y- Award writer, dis- inat the whole point of the misses the controversy sur- Ul cient radiator, this writer who has enraged television executives on both coasts. "Everything in 'Network' is Entertainment Briefs ANfiFJ.F.S A LOS ANGELES (AP)-Co- scholarships at UCLA to ies teo and Canada releases of two films produced by Sir Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment "The Eagle Has Landed," based on the Jack Higgins best seller, with Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, a and Jean Marsh. "March or Die," a French Foreign Legion saga with Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve and Max Von Sydow. LOS ANGELES (APS i new in i credits: among the titles for "A Star Is Born," starring Barbra Streisand: "Clothes the closet of Miss Streisand." LOS ANGELES (AP) MCA and Universal Studios a a i COFFEEHOUSE FRIDAY SATURDAY 8:30 a.m. p.m.

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PORK. BREASTS OF CHICKEN. TURKEY TAKE OUT SERVICE AND PARTY PLATTERS AVAILABLE New Year's Eve "BRANCH BROS." HOT COLD BUFFET ALL YOU CAN EAT! Doors Open 7:30 to 2 oi. Party Favors Surprises Risarvitions $10.00 per person Rte. 13, Brookline, N.H.

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So. festal. N.K. (603)888-2126 its musical figures. The scholarships are in the memories of Gil i record producer and jazz historian, and Stanley Wilson, creative head of the studio's music department.

LOS ANGELES (AP)-Jon Voight has been signed to costar with Jane Fonda in "Coming Home," a story of a veteran's return from the Vietnam war. Hal Ashby will direct the United Artists movie. The screenplay is by Waldo Salt, based on an idea by Miss Fonda and her associate, Bruce Gilbert. Filming is scheduled to begin in California Jan. 3.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Laurence Olivier has been a a a a i magnate in the film version of Harold Robbins' novel, "The Betsy." The film is scheduled to begin shooting in May of next year. Allied Artists will release the film in the United States, United Artists in the rest of the world. Daniel Petrie will be the director. diences to shout back to the screen that yes, they too are "fed up" and "mad as hell." "Oh, the network people will get over it the ones who are upset," he said. "But most of the people I talked to love it.

The characters all said what I think." It took the Bronx-born playwright IVz years to finish "Network." The movie tells of Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch), an aging, alcoholic, but once popular newscaster. night, on live network television, that he plans to commit suicide on camera in a week. He tells his audience he is fed up. Schumacher and other network execs decide Beale should not be allowed on the air waves again. But Beale has captured an audience.

Ratings surge for the ailing network. And hardedged, TV- weaned Diana Christenson (Faye Dunaway), who heads network programing, decides to turn the news segment into a variety hour starring Beale as the "mad prophet" of television, with a soothsayer, a gossip columnist and a live studio audience. a preaches with evangelical zeal of the evils of television and the staggering powers of corporate institutions. But when his ratings begin to slip again, network executives plan with cool a his on a a Nashua Teiefraph. Thursday, December 16,1976 i-Industry assassination by terrorists who had been hired by Christenson for a weekly dramatic series on terrorism.

Chayefsky, 53, says he hates television even though he flourished in the industry during its golden age in the 1950s. "When I was in television, they had terrific ideas and a i i programing," the bearded writer said, shifting new and then in his desk chair. "But television destroys talent. It doesn't allow for natural invention." It is the institution itself that destroys and not the people in it, he said, because television is dedicated only to profits and ratings. SUSSE HOUSE RESTZUJRANT Btst Shrimp FRIED SHRIMP 6 Jumbos A POTATO -SALAD- BREAD -BUTTER You pay $6 jr $8 $9 for thex ihrimp ind you don't git 6 OH Ave Evw Exit 5W Motor Lodfl NASHTU .1: THIS EVENING'S COMPLETE DINNERS THE WILLOWDALE SPA TYNGSBORO NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER $3 75 ROAST BEEF au $395 BROILED HAM STEAK with fr.it tm chotct of potato, COMPLETE CHILDREN'S MENU AVAILABLE BIRNIBY'S RESTAURANT 23 CANAL STRUT ffBBI ORDER YOUB SALMON ME TOMJ6HT FOR TOMORROW TONITE "OLIVER SUDDEN FRI.

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THE LOFT PUB 30 Ottorson Street TONITE "BUCKTOOTH" Strand Theatre 2 RATED ADULT FILMS MATINEE 12:30 EVES. 7 P.M. Sunday Continuous From 5 p.m. 34 KANQVEfl STREET DOWNTOWN MANCHESTER 62Z-672Z MOVIE RATINGS ForPartntsand Young People otjietivi a) th is iiforrn jUfMfs tlu of mtm cHtMl fw vitwMf thtir cttiMfw. fTH ALL AGES ADMITTED ky ALL AGES ADMITTED PtrMUl Guitaci RESTRICTED IKl Ufidif 18 LEU accflfflfiMying parwl or idult guardian r-- i PERSON UNDER 18 NOT ADMITTED For inlormilisft on liims contact thi thulrt rtis wit pnsitd a urvici tf itn NASHUA TELEGRAPH Presents DIRECT FROM LAS VEGAS THENORVELLS Featuring Burlesque-Style Comedy ALSO FOR YOUR DANCING PLEASURE THE STUD MUFFIN REVUE Appearing Thursday, Friday and Saturday Double Feature "THE SHOOTIST" ALSO "LIFEGUARD" PG One complete show at 7 p.m.

iirwr BRANDT HEATSE Now thru Tuesday 14 Railroad Square, Nashua, N.H. 889-8044 "Let it be known" I NEW YEAR'S EVE ALL NIGHT BUFFET! Featuring roast orime rib of beef baked seafood newburg EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BANDl "Ossia" formerly "Tuckahoe" 25 DOOR SURPRISES! A kiss from the "Moose" to $30 cash WATCH THE BALL DROP Bringing in the New Year in Times Square on our TV COFFEE DONUTS from 2 to 3 a.m.! PARTY HATS NOISE MAKERS! ADMISSION $10.00 Per Person Tickets Now on Sale Christmas Parties and functions reservations now Check our bulletin board for our daily food specials. SWEET PIE Dec. 16-17-18 Every Sun. JAM SESSION 6 p.m.

to 12 p.m. Follow the NFL Playoffs on our TV Screen BROTHERS 4 Presents Restaurant And Sampan Lounge D.W. HIGHWAY SOUTH, NASHUA HMfcp 1:45 ML tafcp I HfJMqi NM- 1:45 SERVING Chinesi Pojyntsiin Autrian Foods CALL Entirtiinmwt JOYS OF A WOMAN No one under 18 Admitted Photo ID Required EVES. 7 and 9 Now thru Tuesday Double Feature EAT MY DUST (PG) PLUS CANNON BALL (PG) 1 Comp. Show at 7 P.M.

TUESDAY NIGHT IS DOLLAR NIGHT BREAK AWAY TUBS, thru SUNDAY Boston's Hottest and Newest Disco Show Band TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR OUR NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY Featuring -FRANKIE FONTAINE Formerly of the Jackie Gleason Show and ALSO RCA RECORDING STARS RHYTHM Includes Full Roast Beef Buffet, Hats, Noisemakers, etc. NEW YEAR'S EVE TICKETS NOW ON SALE. FEATURING FRANKIE FONTAINE For more information cali 889-8671 238 AMHERST STREET, NASHUA, N.H. PROPER f.D. DRESS REQUIRED NOW FEATURING FULL COURSE DINNER SPECIALS FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIALS LARGE CUT ROAST PRIME RIB OF BEEF CHICKEN DIVAN imw TA SSc sE ou FRESH BOSTON SCHROD with GARLIC -BUTTER SAUCE 4.25 Full Course Dinner Special Includes: Choice of: Juice or Homemade Soup Potato Vegetable Choice of Pudding, Jello or Ice Cream Homemade Rolls and Butter Coffee, Tea or Milk The Fox features a full menu of steaks and seafood from steamed clams ($3.25) to our 24 oz.

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