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BY HERBERT G. LUFT
(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)
insanity. An expose such as
"Hearts and Minds" must
have a sobering influence on
those who delude themselves
with the concept of knights in
shining armor rushing to the
defense of the wretched and
oppressed.
Hannah Senesh, the Hungar-
ian-born Jewish heroine who
sacrificed 'her life during World
War II vainly trying to free one
million Jews trapped by the Na-
zis in her native country, will
appear on the screen in a mo-
tion picture to be produced by
First Artists Productions, the
company owned by stars Bar-
bra Streisand, Paul Newman,
Sidney Poitier, Dustin Hoff-
man and Steve McQueen.
Each one of the film stars has
been making pictures independ-
ently through First Artists for
Warner Bros. release. The Han-
nah Senesh epic, however, is
being contemplated as an NBC
"Movie of the Week" to pre-
miere as a network TV show.
Phil Feldman, First Artists
president and a motion picture
attorney with 20 years of indus-
try experience, has been asso-
ciated with the production of
such films as "The Wild
Bunch," "The Way We Were,"
"For Pete's Sake," Summer
Wishes, Winter Dreams." He
started his Hollywood career as
producer of Franics Ford Cop-
pola's very first directorial
chore, "You're A Big Boy Now,"
in 1967. Feldman made a brief
screen appearance in Coppola's
"Godfather II," as a U. S. Sena-
tor on the crime investigating
committee.
Feldman says Dustin Hoff-
man will complete his first
starring feature for "First
Artists" within a few months,
based"on the autobiographical
book by Edmund. Bunker
about an ex-convict trying to
adapt himself to society,
somehow an extension of the
character portrayed by Hoff-
HANNA SENESH
man in "Papillon" a couple of
years ago.
Feldman also announces a
new Barbra Streisand film,
"Gift Shop," based on the sus-
pense novel by Charlotte Arm-
strong, with Robert Benton, co-
author of the screenplay. David
Newman is being considered as
the director. Ms. Streisand,
meanwhile, is completing pre-
production on the streamlined
version of "A Star Is Born," the
second re-make of the yarn,
thereby following in the foot-
steps of Janet Gaynor and Judy
Garland.
theatrically by Warner Bros.
and has been selected for Aca-
demy Award nomination.
Walt Rostow, national secu-
rity advisor to the late Presi-
dent Lyndon Johnson, claims
that a selected portion, out of
context, was included in the
documentary film footage
somehow as a counterpoint to
the visual story. However, War;
ner Bros. decided to go ahead
with the release and with the
entry for "Oscar" consideration.
,
Newsreel films from the
battle scene — ground combat
* * *
and the effects on the villag-
ers of air attacks on both the
Bert Schneider's "Hearts and North and SoUth, with off-
Minds," the controversial docu- scene commentary appraising
mentary dealing with our in- the ice-cold cynical viewpoint
volvement in Vietnam and Cam- of politicians and military
bodia, originally made for _ leaders — are combined into a
Columbia, will be released
stirring indictment of war's
WEINSTEIN
NEW YORK (JTA) — For-
mer Israeli Cabinet Ministers
Moshe Dayan and Abba Eban
will highlight the upcoming
aliya drive scheduled to begin in
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and which will continue until
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