American Film, Volume IV, Number 5
Subtitle: March 1979
Series: Magazine of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: March 1979
Place of publication: New York, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1979
Description: Cover photo of Tom Skerritt in "Alien." Color spreads for "Alien," "Hair," and "The Great Train Robbery." $1.75 cover price.
Table of contents: label: Advertisement
pagenum: 2
title: The American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock; label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 4; title: Hollis Alpert; label: Point of View: When is a Film THE Film?
pagenum: 6
title: In search of the authentic film version.; title: David Shepard; label: Lehman at Large
pagenum: 8
title: "Exteriors," Ingevar Broodman's first comedy; title: Ernest Lehman; label: Letters
pagenum: 10; label: About Television: The Nielsens Versus Quality
pagenum: 11
title: What price quality?; title: Martin Mayer; label: Explorations: Disc Fever
pagenum: 13
title: At long last, the videodisc.; title: Gary Arlen; label: Space Gothic
pagenum: 17
title: With "Alien" Ridley Scott, director of "The Duelists," adds a stylish horror to the space genre.; label: A Tribute to Hitchcock
pagenum: 23; label: My Friend Hitchcock
pagenum: 24
title: A reminiscence by Francois Truffaut.; label: The Hitchcock Moment
pagenum: 26
title: Famous moments from the films.; label: Hair: The Second Dawning
pagenum: 29
title: Aquarius returns in the disco age.; label: Test-Tube Television
pagenum: 32
title: At WNET's experimental workshop, video artists are free to explore the limits of their imaginations - and often with national exposure.; title: Debra Weiner; label: Dialogue on Film: Joan Tewkesbury
pagenum: 35
title: The writer of "Nashville" talks about two films she's just directed, her work with Altman, and the art of screenwriting.; label: Ready When You Are, Dr. Crichton
pagenum: 48
title: Trained as a doctor, Michael Crichton moved on to best-sellers, screenplays, and is now proving himself as a director. His latest - "The Great Train Robbery" - from his own novel, naturally.; title: Patrick McGilligan; label: Clipping the Movie Past
pagenum: 54
title: Can a critic find happiness compiling film clips for TV?; title: Richard Schickel; label: Prime-Time Psychology
pagenum: 59
title: From "Charlie's Angels" to "Family," television's dabbling in social relevance is giving way to a stream of pscyho-babble, self-help lessons and psychiatric do-gooders.; title: Robert Sklar; label: Festival Report
pagenum: 65
title: Low budget London.; title: Harlan Kennedy; label: Focus on Education: The Mackendrick Legacy
pagenum: 68
title: The director's dream for CalArts.; title: Patricia Goldstone; label: Books
pagenum: 70
title: Reviews.; title: "Politics and Cinema" by Andrew Sarris.
label: Morris Dickstein; title: "Lauren Bacall by Myself."
label: Brigitte Weeks; label: AFI News
pagenum: 75; title: edited by Sue Donoghue; label: Periodicals
pagenum: 80