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SHE'S A BUNDLE OF NERVOUS ENERGY Eo0 Anflele States moo. spt 24. 79 Part IV 1 5 A Champion of Independent Films nmr in 1: Hrrrrrs BY CLARKE TAYLOR PtrotlM coaonsMa mb-uo-kwo Everglades," starring Christopher Plummer and directed by the late film maker Nicholas Ray. Sandra Schulberg eventually wants to produce her own independent features but more immediately she plans to -wo- HOLLY i M.VWD.H. tWLCOX m-zm MB Ml Of Mil depicts what's going on now.

Considering her proximity to the projects, she was remarkably objective. Left to her own devices, Schulberg said only new films would have been chosen for American Independents, but she needed the Film Fund, a two-year-old funding agency for independents and sponsor of the conference, and the fund was apparently determined to tie in with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, sponsor of the New York Film Festival "Whatever else," Schulberg acknowledges, "the film festival is sexy. It gets us press, prestige and even added funding for the conference. But there was perhaps the inevitable clash between mainstream and independent focus. In years past, the film festival has been accused of elitism in its choice of films and this year, in spite of the apparent nod to the independents, festival directors appear to have at least acted cautiously, by applying restrictions to the adjunct, independent festival In the first such major exhibition of work by independents, nine of the 15 films chosen are retrospective or earlier works.

Only six are drawn from what Schulberg called "the new movement of film makers." Not all the 100 films submitted, in response to letters sent and personal contacts made nationally, were seen by the entire selection panel, but Schulberg says she had to fight to get even the six new films. "They said they feared ghettoizing the program from the main film festival should the new films not appear good enough for that festival," Schulberg says of the film society leadership. "On the contrary, I see this as a natural and appropriate way of showcasing a new movement." VROXY C0aC0MMMtT7l(r BOM UUtIK) 417 1 nASTiNGS -un4yi K6HMHM0 OTtltBfB(fc48 BI-UWl(r rasiKiMiMO 7) I COLORADO I 7HC4-MM I UMMiiJban(pi 7-1 21 MONTCLaIR Last 4 davt ROLLING HILLS CWWHANN 8MrDiVlJr. J7H0LT moutiM-tM Hnrrpi iib Bnwn vuun BuunmotiiviM concan ia ROLLING HILLS trtmmniKM UW COUCH? iiB-tm LBII) SS CARRIAGE SQ. CAPRI m4i6-i7a ma ItniUOf Of Mill Mlt NEW YORK-Sandra Schulberg, 29, a woman who may turn out to be a major champion of independent film making in this country, appeared a diminutive bundle of nervous energy the other day, over brunch.

She was taking time from planning both a conference, held last week, for independent film makers from around the country, and American Independents, a film festival that opened Saturday as part of the 17th New York Film Festival. "We're trying to bring together not just film makers but other segments of the film community (including what she called "the new wave of in order to get films into theaters and to get money to make more films, and the festival will show both the industry and the moviegoing public what they've been missing." Schulberg also seemed to be well organized and armed with informatioa "This is a major cultural force with worldwide implications, and we want to come out of the conference with a set of policies and specific programs to provide the basis of support and legitimacy for a strong, independent Schulberg was quick to point out that she's not alone in spearheading this effort to place independents on firmer ground; she cites a dozen or more film makers around the country who have contributed ideas and energy, and most of these will be highly visible at the conference. Something of a missionary on behalf of the film makers, Schulberg has committed herself to their cause while representing their films abroad. "The experience taught me that these films have to be seen here; they're for and about America," she says. She first became aware of the problems facing independent film makers while she was story editor for the PBS "Visions" series, where 12 independent films were produced.

Previously she worked with an organization that helped provide public access to cable TV, but Schulberg's been nurtured on film making. Her father, who died two months ago while she was at the peak of planning the current programs, was Stuart Schulberg. An independent film maker before joining NBC in 1961, he produced such shows as "The Today Show," "David Brinkley's Journal" and documentary specials. His father was B. P.

Schulberg, head of production for Paramount Pictures during the '30s. Together with her uncle, writer Budd Schulberg (founder of the Watts Writers Workshop), Schulberg's father wrote and produced the highly acclaimed "Wind Across the URRlSFfifl BOUFYOI COVIHAD.I. KSSbvJpSI AMOWfiAANO BtUI TUB) RONfRY(PC) S1-S233 Mm tm qrtoad FaMowNwCimffli RMoSounH LAMIRADADI l-MALOMMA B1-17W COVINA BOT STwriN BCUM MVOt UVI CONCBtT 1M VUMI AffiOWeMNO Prict Cartud 331-66(0 I ItOTBS MOT MACUU(I) gnow mnt it outit smp mm WML, stt. sun. TTTffTT.T.TTTffTT.yTTTTTT.mT SANDRA SCHULBERG urging an independent cinema.

continue work at whatever comes out of the conference "to create a strong independent movement." "Film has helped me understand the economy of this country and what this does to people, their means of survival, their relationships," she says of her experience with "grass-roots" films. "As film makers, we have the same kind of struggle. We need to find humanistic, socially responsible ways to contribute to society, and be entertaining, but if we don't make this movement succeed, we're going to be in hock to the major studios, and that will take the work away from our souls." Such reasoning has resulted in Schulberg's own reservations as to whether the current film program as a whole "Imogene Coca is an unqualified Ron Pennington. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ROCK HUDSON IHOOEHE CQCfl JUDY KATE Hcnruni NnMrt Cndf 70imiDoIw APOCALVKi BOWJlj 1-4AI-7-1(U6 NEWPORT iMnfHi unniBjpiMr I I NnMOrt CiUMf I (7Ml44-07M Bl-UWilfS) 'i LIDO VkTSS' I7HH73.M0 tsemmm V.TrZlC75TC:JYCS 1773 coNcotN- MOVIE REVIEW 1714) ut-am uws(f)7-io CHARGE TICKETS ON SALE AT: PAVILION OF THE MUSIC CENTER HUNTINGTON BY PHONE aoar i(r) oo fSCAff ROM MTlLril7-lt05 bWCR-RIm Sammy Davis Jr. as Littlechap 135 No.

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Though an admirable message, it's old and overworked and makes a rather brittle skeleton for a play. "Sammy Stops the World" is really the Sammy Davis Show. He's the dominant figure, laboring furiously and as skillfully as possible under the circumstances. This is a star vehicle but he can't really make it go. Davis, who can be an overpowering presence on stage, doesn't come across vividly and forcefully in this play-movie.

It's not totally his fault His efforts don't add up to much because he has no exceptional material to work with. Putting Davis in this production is like renting a cannon and filling it with blanks. "Sammy Stops the World" is now playing at the Plitt in Century City and the Paramount in Hollywood. Just about everything you'd expect to be wrong with a filmed play is awry in "Sammy Stops the World." This is a movie of a production of the Anthony Newley-Leslie Bri-cusse musical, "Stop the World I Want to Get Off," starring Sammy Davis that was filmed on stage at the Long Beach Terrace Theater. At a theatrical production you readily accept the limits of the stage but you don't accept those same limits as easily in a movie theater.

After seeing a play-movie like this, you realize some the things you take for granted about movies and how much you miss them when they aren't there. In a film you expect lively visuals generated by lots of camera movement and editing. In their absence, you are prey to restlessness and a kind of claustrophobia. There are closeups and attempts at creative editing in this film but these elements aren't nearly enough to make it more than a statically filmed play. Seeing this movie isn't much better than having a front-row theater seat A movie should be a different experience.

Actually this film, directed on stage by Mel Shapiro and brought to the screen by Bill Sargent, was doomed from the start Evidently it was mostly plodding and lackluster on stage so transferring it intact to the screen wasn't going to magically perk up the turgid dialogue or tone down the 7OT- 714530-4401 FT. VALLEY FT. VALLEY BfHt MOVIIC 7-10SI SA iifi vV .1 aocpwuaijsl iwn-a T033 Bain aovi6; SADDLEBACK rm 8m Owh Fvy. HBTmM. 7MSi1-StM MAMEVBrrlKI ooBAa(fe SADDLEBACK 8m Dnmjo Fwv.

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