American Film, Volume III, Number 8
Subtitle: June 1978
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: June 1978
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Description: Cover photo of Burt Reynolds in "Hooper." Inner back-cover features a full page ad for "Capricorn One." $1.75 cover price.
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 4; title: Hollis Alpert; label: Letters
pagenum: 5; label: Comment: Public Television, The Price Tag for Quality
pagenum: 6
title: The President of PBS makes his case.; title: Lawrence K. Grossman; label: Lehman at Large: Camelot West
pagenum: 8
title: The games studio people played.; title: Ernest Lehman; label: The Burt Reynolds Game Plan
pagenum: 10
title: He knew what he wanted, and here's how he got it.; title: Gene Lees; label: What is Visual Literacy?
pagenum: 22
title: A key question in search of a definitive answer.; title: Richard P. Adler; label: About Television: A Modest Proposal to Pay for Excellence
pagenum: 26
title: Network taxation for representation.; title: Martin Mayer; label: The Return of Jaws
pagenum: 28
title: The monster shark has a twin; it's back in the same waters, chomping teenagers.; title: Michael Dempsey; label: Dialogue on Film: Jerome Hellman
pagenum: 33
title: The successful producer - "Midnight Cowboy," "Coming Home" - reveals a passionate commitment to filmmaking. He discusses his trials in bringing "Coming Home" to the screen, his relationship with his directors, and why he's made the films he has.; label: The Problem with G
pagenum: 50
title: Too many young people think G stands for kid stuff, and the family film is hurting.; title: Georgia Jeffries; label: Joris Ivens: The China Close-Up
pagenum: 59
title: The documentary pioneer has returned from China with twelve rare hours of film.; title: Robert Sklar; label: AFI News
pagenum: 66; label: Explorations: Critical Cogitation in Milwaukee
pagenum: 67
title: The critical superstars meet and agree to disagree; title: Jonathan Rosenbaum; label: Festival Report: Berlin
pagenum: 70
title: Restlessness in the new German cinema.; title: Nigel Andrews; label: Books
pagenum: 72
title: Reviews.; title: "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" by Jerry Mander.
label: Martin Gardner; title: "The Thrill of Victory: The Inside Story of ABC Sports" by Bert Randolph Sugar.
label: Kenneth Turan; title: "Montgomery Clift: A Biography" by Patricia Bosworth.
label: Brigitte Weeks; label: Periodicals
pagenum: 80