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Says directorKotcheff North Dallas on eyeopener TORONTO CPI It exposes professronal football as world drugs violence and ruthless business deals But the director of North Dallas Forty doesnt believe his movie will tarnish the games image for its avid fans In fact it may be an eye opener and enhance the game for some of them says Ted Kotcheff Maybe the fans will yprecrate the game lot more they have an idea of what goeson The film gives the feeling of what the game is like from the prospective of the players Kotcheff Toronto native said Most of the action takes place at practice sessions where coaches treat their family like naughty kindergarten chil dren chastising them for their mistakes and reading silly in spirational poems in the locker rooms with trainers trying to ChorIebois says hes mellowing MONTREAL CPI Even though he no longer sets the pace on the Quebec rock scene Robert Charlebois expects to be in show business for few years yet There is no question that the fuzzyhaired p0p stars p0pu larity has waned in the decade since he began revolutionizing Quebecs popular music with his energetic celebration of the Quebec identity on his first hit song Lindburg His latest album Solide is selling well The tough rolllt icking voice now has smooth melodic sound refitted enough to appeal to broad adult au dience And although music critics have been tough on him for mellowing Charlebois doesnt seem to care Im more interested in my career as father and human being than trying to maintain certain position in Quebec he said in recent interview Lets not talk about poli tics he said sitting down at nearby bar COMFORT MAIN CONCERN It was telling remark For the last few years Char Iebois favorite conversation topics have been tennis golf scubadiving and his Jeep giv ing his detractors plenty of evi dence for their argument that the singers concerns centre on his personal comfort This time he talked about windsurfing It gives me great sense of freedom he said mild look of euphoria on his face gt II IISID I006 We Buy Sell ond Trade New and Used Books ADAM BOOKS Inc 147 Dnlop St tape or drug battered bodies into shape and at wild after hours parties where good time is picking up women and throwing color television sets into swimming pool There is little actual footage of the game itself in keeping with Kotcheffs aim of showing football from the players view From down on the field the film brings the alltooreal sights and sounds of teanng ligaments broken noses and 250pound linebackers personal relationship Its the movie rd ed Richard Nixon smashing into running backs old story of the individual ver The team tried to throl Eygttcrsagzg 2331 Era The eighthour series stars Martin Sheen as John Dean llESITANT AT FIRST sus the organization stann our way when making ending that Kotche describes and Theresa Russel as Mrs Dean While Kotcheff admits to being dedicated fan himself its one of those things where your head says No but your entrails say Yes he claims he was hesitant at first to make the movie didnt want to make movie just about football But think this is more than sports story You dontu7ve to know anything about football to like this movie The story based on the novel of the same name by former Dallas Cowboys player Peter Gent is story of manipulation and alienation the director said in recent interview Its metaphor for lot of other things Its about Ipeople who cant function insi the system whether the system is football team business or Nick Nolte stars as the wise cracking hero Phil Elliott an aging wide receiver whose legs are going can barely breathe through his broken nose and pumps an endless stream of drugs into his badly scarred body The film follows Elliott and his Dallas Bulls thinlydis guised version of the Cowboys through an eightday period building up to semifinal game Elliott still is valuable player who manages some key plays but he has to be disposed of because he threatens to un dermine the managements militarylike discipline Kotcheff claims the movie is not antifootball but admits that the Dallas organization hated the book and hates the the movie which was filmed in nearby Houston Tex The Dallas organization for bade one player to be in it and persuaded the Houston Oilers not to cooperate he says collection of players from other teams finally were assembled to play the sup porting roles si and nds Librarians workshop Sanderson Layng consultant to CBCTV will be the guest speaker at Workshop for childrens librarians to be held Sept 25 at Georgian College The workshop sponsored by the Georgian Bay Regional Library System will focus on iv the influenceof televisiononchildrens reading Layng is the author of Coping with TV Guide for Parents and Children He also lectures at the Childrens Broadcast Institute in Toronto Childrens librarians from throughout the Georgian Bay Region will attend the daylong workshop at the college Miniseries on CKVR Blind Ambition is an appropriate title for the fourpart Watergate documentary starting Aug 30 on CKVRTV The series based on Maureen Deans bestselling autobiography and John Deans personal recollections is more than just an informative look at the Watergate crisis its dramatized version of the Deans life dumg this time period leading up to the final resignation of President The professional players he worked found the film to be an accurate portrayal of the game particularly of the use of drugs and of the coaches he says With the exception of the movies ending Elliott quits the game to run ranch with his girlfriend when he is dis missed from the team the film closely follows the original book by Gent who also worked on the screenplay In the book Blind Ambition drew an estimated audience of 60 million viewers when it was first broadcast on the CBS network OIIIIA Titania ENEVA rowesr ST 3266331 BARBRA STREISAND RYAN ONEAL as gratuitously nihilistic That book was written in 1972 the time of Watergate and Nixon There was hor rible sense of hopelessness and the ending suited the times But its not appropriate now Gent said he wouldnt write the same ending today IAMOUS DLAVIIIS Iunvns the examiner Saturday August 1a 1079 ifrm as Hes winner Comedianactor Gabe Koplon counts his chips as he wins $200000 at poker last weekend in Las Vegas Kaplan challenged Hal Fowler winner of the I979 World Series of Poker to $200000 freezeout in which each player put up $I00000 in winnertokeall game of Hold em the Texasstyle poker game AP Photo ADun ENTERTAINMENT Destseller that made gnlllons believe In the unbelievable entertainment Editor Stephen cher7266537 SAVII EL ARKOFI PRESENTS IKtitlltlAL FILMS INt PRESENTATION JAMES BROLIN MARGOT KIDDER and ROD STEIGER Wino THE AMITXVILLE HORROR 17w wasqu Isu Slnrring XIIITIIAY IIIIITI IV Musir LALO SCIIIFRIN IIutulru in Charge ul Production JERI IIITNSIIAW FJITUIHI Producer SAWIIII ARKIIII SCrHann bi SANIXNI STERN NOW PLAYING HMS ll UIEITIIHII Elvis mode black music acceptable MEMPHIS Tenn AP Elvis 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