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Show came to recognize the fact that he was an alcoholic and what it did to him. "It is a sad story with a note of hope. Millions will see just what an AA meeting is like. I. think they will find it instructive and enlightening." Alcoholics Anonymous aids filming of 'Days of Vine and Roses' show ces and paper cups. In the front is a low platform with a microphone. About 50 people peo-ple are in the audience, a cross-section from all walks of life. That all of this, even to the faces in the audience, so realistically real-istically reproduces a typical AA meeting can be attributed to the thoroughness of the film's creators. And the cooperation coop-eration of AA, which sent a technical advisor; "I've attended meetings that looked exactly like this, even to the people," commented the adviser, who remained annon-ymous annon-ymous in accordance with the organization's wishes. "The only difference is that Jack Lemmon is sitting in the front row. "But when he gets up to talk, his speech is the same in essence as hundreds I've heard before. He tells how he became an alchoholic, how he Movie patrons who might never have expected to attend a meeting of Alchoholics Anonymous will witness a rea-alaistic rea-alaistic simulation of one in "Days of Wine and Roses", the power-packed Warner Bros, drama starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick now at the Paramount Theatre, Provo. The drama has received five academy awards; best ac-: tress, song and action. When producer Martin Man-ulis Man-ulis and director Blake Ed-wars Ed-wars created their AA sequence se-quence for the film, they set out to make it as much as possible like the hundreds of meetings which are conducted daily across the country. On the walls of the small meeting hall are the typical AA signs "First Things First", "Easy Does It" and "Live and Let Live" and of course, the familiar A A creed: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I ,can and the wisdom to know the difference." At the back of the room is a table with coffee, fruit jui-I |
