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Show ti The Sail I.ake Tribune i December 3. 1W By Boti Thomas Assonated Press Writer lf 'I LYWOOD It inniuent time whim )ns of stieets ago, that anked off the and hyped into so setnis could long - Tw enty years ago he was the biggest starmaker in the pop music world, a Svengali who seemed able to convert unknowns into million-dolla- r attractions Frankie overnight His most notable creationsAvalon and Fabian (Forte), who are represented in the film by Gallagher and Land Table-Hoppin- g The Idolmaker began with a providential M of at La ...cala restaurant in Beverly Hills "It was in February 1976, Marcucci recalled I stopped by Gene Kirkwoods table to congratulate him on 'Rocky" (on which Kirkwood was executive producer). I had managed Gene for a brief time when he was 17 and wanted to be a teen idol But when I heard his New York Tony Curtis accent, 1 said, Forget it table-hoppin- g Gene asked me what 1 was doing, and 1 told him 1 was writing a book incorporating my experiences in the music business Not an autobiography, because then I would have to mention names This would be fictionalized history, w Inch is the kind of book I like to read After J told Gene about it, he said, I want to do Peter Gallagher plays character similar to Frankie Avalon in The Idolmaker. it Attenborough weathers controversy as Gandhi story goes before cameras Washington Post Writer NEW -- DELHI Cameras started grinding here this week for a British feature film on the life of Mahatma Gandhi that has generated enormous controversy in India over how the guiding light of this countrys fight for independence will be presented to the outside world. Gandhis oldest Living associate, said it was "premature to make a film on the life of Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1948, five months after India gained indepe- ndence from Eritain. Furthermore, tioned Great he ques- whether any foreigner could possibly do justice to the man whose title mahatma" means great soul or saint and who is revered in India as a combination of George Thomas Washington, Paine and St. Francis of Assisi "I am somewhat stag-- ; gered by the extent of the said Sir controversy, Richard Attenborough. The British actor, producer and director of A Bridge Too Far and Magicie, said he has dreamed for 18 years of being able to film the life of Gandhi, whom he called probably one of the most remarkable men that has lived in the last hundred years or so. Fuels Controversy Fueling the controveris the question of money, which arose when the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (no relation) agreed to invest $6 milhon of the almost film's total cost of 120 million in the production The money will come from an agency set sy one-thir- d UTAH up to support innovative Indian filmmakers who complain that they get only small amounts while a foreign-mad- e production can walk away with millions. But it is the image of Gandhi himself, and the way India has lived up to his selfless ideals during its 33 years of indepen dence, that arouses the greatest concern among Indians "Gandhi is very, very controversial, even m India, said an Indian reporter during a news conference here that consisted mainly of loaded questions and assertions by a generally hostile Indian press Moreover, the idea of presenting Gandhi to the world in a dramatic fashion threatens to open all sorts of wounds that In- dians would rather forget. For this reason, no Indian has dared make a dramatic film of Gandhis life The one film made by a Westerner American director Mark Robson's Nine Hours to Rama" is still banned in India 17 years after its release in the rest of the world. Attenboroughs film will depict communal riots: the violence between Hindus and Moslems that led to bloody massacres at the time the British raj was par- titioned into largely Hindu India and Moslem Pakistan This carnage, still part of today's India, was the opposite of everything Gandhi stood for in his nonviolent drive for Indias independence an effort that forced Great Britain to give up the crown jewel of its empire in a way no armies could Nervous Laughter "How are you going to depict communal noting Will you generate some an Indian repor- ter asked Attenborough to nervous laughter Yes sir," the director replied. How else do you think? If you are making a movie and you have a battle or a riot or whatever, you have to find people who are extras, actors, stunt people or whatever who will do that. And so we but communal rioting under control, please God." The Indian press wanted to know what slant there might be to the film. Attenborough said there is none. Gandhi said, My life is my message. So we have attempted to pick out the incidents and the moments and the relationships which reflect the manner in which, as far as I can learn, bapu (Indians affectionate means respected Kirkwood, who had tamed to production after an was forming a partnership with Howard W Koch Jr , son of the producer and himself subject of musical Multiple Rewrites "The Idolmaker" made the rounds of the studios and underwent multiple rewrites until the project finally connected with United Artists First-tim- e direc tor Taylor Hackford filmed the $5 million movie in and around Los Angeles, which doubled for New Jersey and New York of 20 years ago. An original musical play wntten by Salt Lake City resident Paul D Maritsas will be presented Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m in the South High School Auditorium 1575 S. Main. A New Beginnmng commemorates the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first Greek immigrants in Utah. acting career, South Philadelphia heartthrobs foi teen age Amenta The music business has traveled light years from those days of the late t)s and early l0s Those who wish to relive that era can attend The Idolmaker," starring Ray Sharkey as Vincent Vacarri, withTovah Kcldsuh, Peter Gallagher and Paul Land The credits list Robert Marctuci as technical adviser It figures Sharkey s character might as well be ailed Marcucci By Stuart Auerbach Greek The Svengali of popular music veteran of filmmaking Marcucci dismissed Kirkwoods conversation as restaurant chatter. Six sent writer Edward Di months later, Kirkwood-KocIxircnzo to work with Marcucci m devising a script liked the picture, Marcucci admitted. "I think the director did a good job of making the period and I the action seemed authentic Its not really the story Avalon and Fabian. 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