American Film
Subtitle: American Film, Volume IX, Number 4
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: January 1984
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 88
Copyright date: 1984
Other titles: January-February 1984, American Film, Volume 9, Number 4
Description: Cover photo of a cigarette smoking Jack Nicholson. $2.50 cover price.
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 5
title: A look back at the films of 1983.; label: Letters
pagenum: 8; label: Newsreel
pagenum: 10
title: Short news stories.; title: Francesco Rosi's "Carmen"
label: Carmen Glut; title: Mary Jo Deschanel in "The Right Stuff"
label: Career Reentry; title: World Championship Wrestling on WTBS
label: Make Way for the Road Warriors; title: A documentary on Grenada titled "The Future is Coming Towards Us."
label: Under Fire; label: The Industry: Risky Business
pagenum: 14
title: Can movies be sold like soap? With Madison Avenue writing the script, Hollywood is betting the answer is yes.; label: Dialogue on Film: John Huston
pagenum: 19
title: The veteran writer-director reflects on a tumultuous half century in film, getting his way with actors, and his experiments with color.; label: It's All Right, Jack
pagenum: 24
title: The last decade has been an uneasy ride for Jack Nicholson - great roles have come less often, success as a director has eluded him - yet he remains the most formidable talent of his generation.; label: Saints and Savages
pagenum: 38
title: Films like "Under Fire," "Beyond the Limit" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" portray a one-dimensional Third World where the natives pull liberal heartstrings - until they get restless.; label: Jonathan Demme on the Line
pagenum: 44
title: He apprenticed in Roger Corman's exploitation factory, but has evolved into a compassionate observer of the Americana with films like "Melvin and Howard" and, now, "Swing Shift."; label: Where the Girls Are
pagenum: 48
title: What do you do after you've had your consciousness raised? A new generation of filmmakers are taking up where their older sisters left off.; label: Books
pagenum: 54
title: Reviews; label: Rupert Murdoch's Battle with the Stars
pagenum: 57
title: The Australian press lord's U.S. satellite plans take off - almost.; label: Collector's Choice: Rock of Ages
pagenum: 61
title: Remembering that old-time rock 'n' roll - on cassette.; label: Calandar for AFI Members
pagenum: 78; label: American Film Classified Ads
pagenum: 83; label: Trailers
pagenum: 86
title: A brief look at the upcoming films "Love Letters," "Unfaithfully Yours," "The Lonely Guy," "Footloose" and "Seeing Red."; label: From the Director
pagenum: 88
title: David Puttnam: The Producer as Patron; label: NOTABLE ADS; title: Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born" (Inner Cover)
label: Warner Home Video; label: Mobil Showcase Network
pagenum: 5
title: King Lear starring Laurence Olivier; label: Embassy Home Entertainment
pagenum: 7
title: Eddie and the Cruisers; label: MGM/UA Home Video
pagenum: 16
title: The Beastmaster, Poltergeist, The Hunger, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Village of the Damned, 10 to Midnight, The Year of Living Dangerously, Coma (2 pages); label: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
pagenum: 23
title: Tootsie; label: Sony
pagenum: 27
title: T-120, L-750HG and UCX-90 video tapes; label: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
pagenum: 63
title: Christmas ad featuring Blue Thunder, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Dolly Parton in London, Gandhi, Spacehunter, Luciano Pavarotti in London, and The Survivors.; label: CBS Fox Video
pagenum: 66
title: Gilbert & Sullivan titles for home video including Ruddigore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Gondoliers.; label: CBS Video Club
pagenum: 69
title: Star Wars, Porky's, Sophie's Choice, On Golden Pond; label: The Nostalgia Merchant
pagenum: 87
title: 100 Classic Movies on video cassette.; title: The Wild Geese (inner back cover)
label: CBS Fox Video; title: Featuring Dick Van Dyke and dancing penguins, TRON, Alice in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, Chip and Dale, The 3 Little Pigs, Old Yeller, Zorro, Pete's Dragon, Goofy, Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Herbie and more. (Back Cover)
label: Walt Disney Home Video