American Film, Volume V, Number 5
Subtitle: March 1980
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: March 1980
Place of publication: New York, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1980
Description: $1.75 cover price. Cover photo of Gary Busey, Jodie Foster and Robbie Robertson in the film "Carny." Full-page ads for "Cruising," "Just Tell Me What You Want," "Little Darlings," "Laurel and Hardy on Videocassette," CBS's Tribute to Jimmy Stewart, and celebrity ads with Stewart (Kodak), Carol Burnett (Save the Children) and Sally Struthers (Christian Children's Fund).
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 4; label: Letters
pagenum: 6; label: Advertisment
pagenum: 8
title: Jimmy Stewart for Kodak; label: Lehman at Large
pagenum: 10
title: "And the Winner Is..."; label: About Television: Your Friendly Pitchmen
pagenum: 12
title: This year may well be the worst yet: More money will be raised and spent for televised politicking than ever before, and what is offered by the candidates will be more tightly controlled by the clownish insights of the "media consultants."; label: Advertisement
pagenum: 13
title: Save the Children with Carol Burnett; label: Advertisement
pagenum: 15
title: "Little Darlings" with Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol; title: Developments in programming and technology affecting the Home Viewer
label: The Video Scene; title: Cassette Art; title: New Initials for TV: HBO
pagenum: 20; title: RCA Tips Its Disc (Select-a-Vision Videodisc)
pagenum: 22; label: Carny: Bozo Meets Girl
pagenum: 26
title: A new film presents a twist on an old story: Girl, not boy, runs away with carnival, not circus. The girl is former child star Jodie Foster and her "bozo," the star of the midway, is played by rising actor Gary Busey. Also in the cast: a 600 pound man, a dwarf, a giant, several contortionists...; title: Robbie Robertson, Crossover to Film
pagenum: 46; label: God's Television
pagenum: 30
title: Heard of those big new television hits "Hour of Power" and "The PTL Club?" They are reigning favorites in evangelical television, a booming industry that serves God and mammon. Praise the Lord and pass the money!; label: The Brethren: Inside the Critics' Establishment
pagenum: 36
title: Is the power of film critics overrated? Have they become celebrities with all too cozy relations with the film industry? Finally, is there too much film criticism? An examination of the current state of the artful critique.; label: A James Stewart Album
pagenum: 41
title: And a letter to this year's Life Achievement Award Recipient.; label: Movies Are Better Than Ever - On Television
pagenum: 50
title: The once disdained made-for-television movies are increasing in number and quality. As the form grows in prestige, so do its exciting prospects for filmmakers and audiences.; label: Dialogue on Film: Fay Kanin
pagenum: 57
title: One of television's most acclaimed writers ("Friendly Fire," "Hustling"), talks about her switch from feature films to television films, her screenwriting days, and her labor of love as head of the motion picture academy.; label: Festival Report
pagenum: 65
title: Gasping for air in London.; label: Explorations
pagenum: 68
title: The ambiguities of Yvonne Rainer; label: Inner Circles: Taking Stock in Movies
pagenum: 70
title: How to invest in movies.; label: Books
pagenum: 72
title: Reviews.; title: "Hollywood: The Pioneers" by Kevin Brownlow; title: "Front and Center" by John Houseman; title: "Walking the Tightrope: The Private Confessions of a Public Relations Man" by Henry C. Rogers; label: AFI News
pagenum: 80