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Show Monday. May 8, 1978. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah-T- V23 Producer Tells of New 'Roots' Shows NOTE: (EDITORS i QUESTION: Drama- QUESTION: From where is the material tically, will the new drawn for "Roots: The program, be as exciting Next Generations"? as the first? WOLPER: It's drawn WOLPER: Yes. from the book, "Roots." "Roots" and now It's also drawn from Alex "Roots: The Next Principal photography is now under way on "Roots: The Next Generations," the continuation of Alex Haley's epic drama of the triumph of an American family. The - dollar production, a David L. Wolper Production in association material supplied by him. Alex has given us a lot of material outside of the book because the book, "Roots," only had 40 pages from the Civil War until today. When he did the research on "Roots," which took 12 years, he gathered material on all the generations right up to the current time. presented as an "ABC Novel for Television" season during the 1978-7- 9 on the ABC Television Network. Following is an interview with Mr. Wolper, the guiding creative force behind WOLPER: This is not a sequel. A sequel means that you finish the story and somebody goes out QUESTION: When did and writes a new part of "Roots: The Next the story or makes up a h shooting schedule completes its first week.) AUTHOR JAMES MICHENER 9 (left) looks over indian artifacts on the NBC-Tset of Centennial. Actor Richard Chamberlain stars as McKeeg a fugitive fur trader. The show airs in September. (Con'l from page 22) 7:00 O O THE WEST WAS WON ALL IN THE FAMILY Edith 1s stunned Unsuspecting when she discovers the real reason behind the bargains she's been getting at the butcher shop. HOW H) (D FEELING FREE Gordon and Ginny work together making a pot: Laurie learns how to walk with a cane; Joe introduces an actor for the National Theatre Of The Deaf. i:00 O MASTERPIECE THEATRE "Our Mutual Friend" Mr. Venus and Mr. Wegg are after John Harmon's will; Bella sees John Rokesmith with new eyes. (Part the production and how long something that was in the a shooting schedule are original. This is a continuation of the book. We you plannjng? were given 12 hours the WOLPER: We've been first time by ABC and in preproduction three couldn't do the whole months. The scripts have book in 12 hours, so we been in the works about did most of it. And now six months. We began we have four more filming on April 18 and generations to do so we'll be filming until the we're really continuing first week in November. the of 7) (D BYU DEVOTIONAL 5 ii i STEAM 9:45 (D LDS CONFERENCE REPORT One Day village where Kunta Kinte was captured. QUESTION: The first program began in Africa and moved to the United States. Where does the concerned, we will new program take place? recreate the battlefield WOLPER: The new here in Southern Califor- - ir--ni SPRING Service CLEAN-U- 10:00 O ALICE When Mel hires a waiter at a higher salary than the girls, Alice. Flo and Vera quit their jobs to emphasize a stand for equal employment (R) O PREVTN AND THE PITTSBURGH Brahms Requiem" The requiem is followed by an informal talk by Previn, revealing his deepest feelings on "Sixty Minutes To Kill" A spoof of contemporary music with Martin Mull and Flo and Eddie. (D DAVID SUSSKIND "Saturday Night Fever - The Real Tony Maneros" 10:30 O O TAKE J the piece BAR ETTA "The Snake Chaser" Baretta is injured in an explosion which sets off an investigation into a (D OLD FRIENDS... NEW drug syndicate. FRIENDS "Uncle Miltie And The Whiz" Fred Rogers vmU Milton Berle and Joe Restivo in their homes. They explain that the business of comedy is not all fun 8:00 O WHEELS O Q 10:55 a TATTLETALES O MOVIE 11:00 ABC MOVIE 11:25 CBS MOVIE "Hrannigan" (1 975) John Atlenborough A cop pursues a Wayne, Hichard lough Chicago racketeer to only to find that has the man knlnapped (D INSIGHT The Day God Died" been Carpet Care O MATCH GAME P M. O MOVIE 4 Rooms $35.00 11:55 O NEWS O ABC NEWS 1:00 Senior Citizens tremendous experience. The audience just doesn't know their names. We will use nobody from the first show with the exception of Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne Moody, ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS Wmsn 100 telar keitnj sjstea B mm mMk m Utah. This iitniM srstea tftn htit, 1 immni imtit perttrmanc ent The let now (save Gemlets Set of 4 Chairs Set yourself down in one of these padded chairs ani just see how comfortable they are. Ideal for kitchen or dining room. ncJ rt';fe YE OLD CURIOSITY ANTIQUE SHOP J (i .nn 1091 H. 750 W.Oreffl PwH Fewlke. owner iS 0-l- M.miliK thru l row.. 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A wealthy woman fears lor her life when she suspects that she is being followed by a jewel thicl and murderer and Richard NO 374-160- 0 VIS slightly different note, one of the most succes 10:35 J) Leave Yesterday Behind" (Premiere) John Hitler. Carrie Fisher Following a tragic accident, a college athlete learns to live and love again with the help nf a female companion. (WkRIl) Fonda Thomas. Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne Moody are back from the first SOLARGENICS CBS NEWS Detective" (1968) Knca begins shoplifting as her www "The Lee Remick. A mental health deteriorates while Frank Sinatra, finds that the wrong Adam rekindles bis affair with detective electrocuted for the Barbara and "The Hawk" man was murder of a young homosexual. project u reactivated (Part 4 of O U WOLPER: Yes. We have already cast Henry P m MOVING DEODORIZER COLOR BRIGHTENERS 100 MONEY BACK GUARANTEE COMMERCIAL (Special Rate) NEWS QOf) O SOUNDSTAGE Inia. mixed familiar faces with newcomers. Will the casting philosophy be the same? ANY 2 ROOMS RESIDENTIAL FURNITURE 7:30 QUESTION: Will you in all these places? WOLPER: We are not going to travel to these places because they don't look like they did in 1890. What we have done is that we have built the town of Henning, Tennessee, here in Southern California, 1890 style. As we go from generation to generation, the city will change from the 1890s to the 1910s, 1920s, '30s, '40s and all the way up to the 1970s. From April 18 when we started filming to November 6 when we finish, the town will age a period of 80 years. As far as France is film span it it ir irii CARPET CLEANING ii Ithaca, Tennessee, where Alex grew up as a youth, where his father and mother lived. Wherever they go they always come back to Henning, which is the central location of the piece. WOLPER: It goes from 1882 to 1970. The show will end with Alex Haley in Joffure, the African story. ni time begin new story based on chronologically? Generations" in New York, and New York City. It travels around. But it always comes back to the town of Henning, family drama based on very strong family ties. The new film will take you into four more generations of the Alex Haley family. We're going to see his great grandfather, his great grandmother, his grandfather and grandmother, his mother and father and his own life. It will be the same kind of drama as the first program. Of course, it's a different time so the stories will be different. The first film was about freedom and the second film is about equality. QUESTION: What is QUESTION: Why did you decide to do a sequel to "Roots"? both television productions, offering a firsthand production backgrounder seven-mont- France where Alex's father was in World War I. It takes place in the Pacific where Alex was in the Coast Guard during World War II. It takes Haley's new book, Generations" have place "Search,' and from new always been to me a with Warner Bros. Television, will be as the show takes place in Henn-insful aspects of "Roots" Tennessee, and in was the casting which Green Acres Nursery Humphries Nursery I |
