American Film, Volume VIII, Number 9
Subtitle: July-August 1983
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: July 1983
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1983
Other titles: Volume 8, Number 9
Description: Cover photo of Judy Garland from "A Star Is Born." Cover price increases from $2.00 to $2.50 with this issue.
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 6; label: Letters
pagenum: 10; label: Newsreel
pagenum: 12
title: Short news stories; title: Howard Hesseman, Ed Asner, Penny Marshall, Louis Arquette, Chevy Chase and others back political candidates.
label: Stars Shine on Politicians; title: Brazilians mourn the loss of "Summer Sun" actor Jardel Filho
label: Bye-Bye Heitor; title: PBS tries to acquire "Matters of Life and Death" and others despite budget cuts.
label: Tales of "Life and Death"; title: Dudley Moore, Al Pacino, Woody Allen and other popular actors of short stature.
label: Short Subjects; label: The Industry: Made-From-TV-Executives
pagenum: 16
title: When studios raid networks for management, how does it affect the way movies are made?; label: Dialogue on Film: David and Leslie Newman
pagenum: 23
title: The dynamic duo behind the Superman films discuss the delicate art of combining marriage and screenwriting.; label: A Star Is Born Again
pagenum: 28
title: The search for the missing half hour from George Cukor's classic had all the ingredients of a detective story.; label: One Fortunate Cookie
pagenum: 34
title: How Walter Matthau can survive a major heart attack, heavy-gambling debts, years of typecasting and mediocre films, and still come up a winner.; label: For Our Eyes Only
pagenum: 40
title: When is an educational film not an educational film? When Uncle Sam says it's propaganda.; label: The Twilight of the Drive-In
pagenum: 44
title: In Texas, the drive-in is still the place to be on a hot Saturday night, but elsewhere the picture doesn't look so bright.; label: Summer Books
pagenum: 51
title: From scandal to social history, from overground to underground, the season's crop of film books covers a wide stretch of the beach.; label: VideoFile
pagenum: 61; title: Americana for him means musical saws, ugly dogs, and double-Dutch championships.
label: Skip Blumberg's Great Performances; label: Politically Wired
pagenum: 64
title: Politics and cable companies.; label: Majesty's Hunt
pagenum: 65
title: With the James Bond 007 series being issued on video to coincide with the theatrical release of 'Octopussy,' 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is noticeably absent.; label: Chinese Food for Thought
pagenum: 65
title: Yaping Wang's 'East to West'; label: Collector's Choice: Ten Tough Broads
pagenum: 66
title: A collection of role models for those who detest cheap sentiment.; label: Classified Ads
pagenum: 73; label: Calendar for AFI Members
pagenum: 76; label: Trailers
pagenum: 78
title: Mr. Mom, Daniel, Krull, Staying Alive and Class; title: 80
label: From the Director: NBC's Special Bulletin: A New Form of Fiction; title: NOTABLE ADS; label: RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video
pagenum: 2
title: One from the Heart; label: MGM/UA Home Video
pagenum: 8
title: The hottest hits of the year (2-page spread): My Favorite Year, Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City, Victor Victoria, Village of the Damned, The Lone Ranger, The Secret of NIMH, The Compleat Beatles, That Championship Season, Carol King One-to-One; label: CBS Video Club
pagenum: 17
title: Star Wars, Rocky II, The African Queen, On Golden Pond; label: Maxell Videotape
pagenum: 60
title: "Play it again, Sam" (Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca ad); label: MCA Home Video
pagenum: 68
title: 2-page spread of VHS, laserdisc and CED Discs (The Pirates of Penzance, Olivia Newton-John in Concert, Jaws 2, The Sting II, Halloween III, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Daylight Again: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Missing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Thing); label: RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video
pagenum: back cover
title: Lawrence of Arabia