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22' Friday-, May 29; 1981

Israeli Backing Four New Films

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By HERBERT LUFT

(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)

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HOLLYWOOD — Arnon
Milchan, the 36-year-old Is-
raeli industrialist and mo-
tion picture - financier, a
10th generation Sabra who
has co-produced films in
America, England, France
and his home country, was
in Hollywood on a brief visit
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pany, New Regency headed
by Barrie Osborne.
I talked with Milchan
who reveals the develop-
ment of four multi-million
dollar pictures, foremost
"Queen Story" in conjunc-
tion with Richard Dreyfuss'
company, with Dreyfuss
co-authoring the screenplay
with Sue De Puccio and por-
traying the central char-
acter.
The yarn deals with a
young idealist who wants to
do something about the liv-
ing conditions of the poor.
He takes things into his own
hands by moving into Har-
lem and re-building a
broken-down tenement
thereby challenged by
high-powered interests of
local real estate owners.
"Queen Story" is termed a
battle of survival.
Through his New York
based film company Mil-
chan is preparing a new
Martin Scorsese picture,
"King of Comedy," co-
starring Robert De Niro
and Jerry Lewis, to the tune
of $15,000,000, from a
screenplay by Paul Zim-
merman with a Twentieth
Century-Fox release.
In Italy and the U.S., he
plans to produce Sergio
Leone's "Once Upon a Time
in America," a gangster
story about the lives of two
men from 1920 to 1965
based on the novel, "The
Hoods" by Harry Gray with
Norman Mailer one of the
screenplay authors. Warner
Bros. will release the pic-
ture in the States for the
Ladd Company.
In Israel, he is heading
Roman Polanski's
forthcoming film 'Ti?
rates," a large-scale
swashbucker to be filmed
early next year throughout
the Holy Land with addi-
tional exteriors in Thailand
and studio work in France.
Polanski has written the
(English-language)
scenario with Gerard Brach

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who also collaborated with
him on "Tess."
Milchan, who owns 30
petro-chemical and aero-
space research plants in 17
countries, was also the driv-
ing force behind the eight-
hour television epic,
"Masada," co-produced by
him with Universal for
ABC-TV to be released out-
side the U.S. as a theatrical
feature in a condensed ver-
sion. He has, for a number of
years, financed and co-
produced films but hardly, if
ever, before taken any sc-
reen credit.
ED WYNN was honored
at the celebration of the
"50th Anniversary of the
Texaco Star Theatre" by the
Society for the Preservation
of Variety Arts in Los
Angeles. As the oriiinal
Texaco Fire Chief on radio,
Ed Wynn received his first
check, then an unheard of
large sum, of $5,000 on
April 24, 1931. A replica of
the check is now in the Ed
Wynn lobby of the Society,
together with hundreds of
framed pictures, including
his earliest hand-tinted
vaudeville poses and radio
plays of the 30's and 40's.
Wynn's career spanned a
period of over a half a cen-
tury of vaudeville, Broad-
way shows, radio and tele-
vision. He was the first
major star to go on radio on
a regular basis and one of
the first in the medium of
television as early as 1949.
He was on the opening bill
of the New York Palace
Theatre on March 25, 1913.
During the latter part of his
career, he became a serious
screen performer and ren-
dered heart-breaking por-
trayals in "Requiem for a
Heavyweight" and "The
Dairy of Anne Frank."
MARTIN POLL'S pic-
ture, "Nighthawks," with
the urgency of today's head-
lines, brings to the screen a
chilling account of interna-
tional terrorists invading
the United States to create
havoc in the UN building
and throughout the streets
of New York. Written by
David Shaber and Paul Syl-
bert, the hard-hitting story
pulls no punches in expos-
ing the intrigue of foreign
mercenaries hird to under-
mine Western civilization;
men and women who will
stop at nothing — even
using babies as bait in their
kidnapping schemes.
Sylvester Stallone ap-
pears in the role of a police
sergeant playing it straight,
without his usual prize-
fighter mannerism and
mumbling. Persis Kham-
batta, the East-Indian
beauty from "Star Trek," is
the female companion in
crime of a Germanic giant
called "Wulfgar," leader of a
terrorist gang from central
Europe, portrayed with ob-
sessive intensity by Rutger
Hauer who is remembered
for the title role in the
Dutch picture, "Soldier of
Orange." Bruce Malmuth
makes his debut as a feature
film director.

Done to death by slander-
ous tongues.

ADL-SBC Unit to Promote
Jewish-Baptist Relations

pastor-rabbi institutes on
anti-Semitism, faith, Is-
Development of a com- iael, Zionism, church-
munications program to state issues and religious
improve American freedom, to be held in
Baptist-Jewish relations such southern cities as
via pastor-rabbi institutes, Atlanta, Nashville, Dal-
radio and television pro- las, Houston, Miami and
grams and academic semi- Memphis.
nars is the goal of a joint
Smith expressed deep re-
committee announced by gret at the meeting for any
the Anti-Defamation hurt to the Jewish commu-
League (ADL) of Bnai Brith nity, declaring he stood
and the Southern Baptist with Jews for an American..-
Convention (SBC).
pluralistic society am
Rev. Bailey Smith, SBC against anti-Semitism. Dec-
president — who made a laring he had distinctive
widely-publicized state- theological beliefs he could
ment last year that God not compromise, he said he
does not hear the prayers of stands with the Jewish
Jews — and Rabbi Ronald community for total reli-
Sobel, ADL program com- gious liberty. Smith said
mittee chairman, are co- that, if he had to do it over,
chairmen of the joint com- knowing how it would be
mittee.
misinterpreted, he would
Sobel, senior rabbi of New not have made his controv-
York City's Temple ersial comment.
Emanu-El, said creation of
Smith attended a private
the joint committee im-
plemented an ADL-SBC Passover ceremony with
agreement to improve Mark Briskman, director of
methods of communication North Texas-Oklahoma
"to further mutual respect ADL office. Smith met with
and understanding" be- Briskman at Briskman's
tween Baptists and Jews. home just north of Dallas.
The agreement emerged After attending the
from ADL-SBC talks last Passover ceremony, the
December which were ar- Baptist leader said he did
ranged after Smith made "indeed want to do every-
his comment about prayers. thing possible to promote
Sobel said that plans the Jewish people and the
are being made for sincerity of their faith."

By BENGALLOB

(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)

Editorial Hits Anti-Semitism
and Calls for Mutual Respect

By RABBI MARC
TANENBAUM

Seven Arts Feature

with Jews so plain that
when anyone attacks
Jews as Jews, or displays
any form of anti-
Semitism, he must know
that he is also attacking
evangelicals and violat-
ing their basic convic-
tions. And he will then
need to do battle against
both Jews and evangeli-
cals."
To obtain a copy of the ar-
ticle, write the American
Jewish Committee, 165 E.
56th St., New York, N.Y.
10022.

The lead editorial in the
April 24 issue of the major
evangelical journal, "Chris-
tianity Today," which pow-
erfully condemns anti-
Semitism and calls for
mutual respect between
Evangelicals and Jews, is a
fundamental contribution
to the strengthening of
American democratic
pluralism.
Written by Dr. Kenneth
Kantzer, the journal's
editor, the statement was
first presented as "an Summer Seminar
Evangelical manifesto" at a
conference of Jewish and Set for Seniors
Evangelical leaders in at Two Schools
Deerfield, Ill., last De-
NEW YORK — Brown
cember.
Published to commemo- University (Providence,
rate Holocaust Remembr- R.I.) and the University of
ance Day, the editorial re- Maryland will be the loca-
called "the unspeakable tions for an Elder Seminar,
tragedy" of the Nazi a new summer program of
Holocaust. "Christianity Jewish studies sponsored by
today," it said, "joins with the American Jewish Con-
the Jewish people in re- gress.
The week-long sessions at
membering this infamous
event. With them, we are each of the two universities
determined that nothing are scheduled for July 19-26
like it shall ever happen and July 26-Aug. 2.
The Elder Seminar pro-
again." The editorial then
called on evangelicals past gram is intended for people
anti-Semitism and declare 55 years and over and is
modeled after the Elder
it to be sin."
In a forthright expres- Hostel program, which pro-
sion of solidarity with vides intensive, week-long
Jews, Dr. Kantzer wrote, courses in a university set-
"Christians need to share ting, taught by the univer-
equally with the Jews in sity's faculty.
The deadline for registra-
the ongoing battle
against anti-Semitism. tion is June 15. Registration
They must make all forms and information can
legitimate Jewish con- be obtained from: Elder
cerns their own ... We Seminar, American Jewish
evangelicals need to Congress, 15 E. 84th St.,
make our identification New York, N.Y. 10028.

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