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Show y uni n m ijjn C 4 yi iitiroJyrTQi'"wiiJ The Salt Lake Tribune. Monday. December 7. 1981 Happening Today d i Kranes' Ba " . hinck T h c a I i a n c c r i v Mi'iilunai Theatre. I'm M sitv el I tali, v p m "M Turn On Earth." 1 MulT.IV High I s 111. k ' Star The e hc m " . 2. a in I Beth of ( H a n s e n Pi S Slate. ami x ill Planetarium. I ml 111 illll s stall illliilllim II S( J.u Mathews Knight R aider Writer BURBANK. Calil - You hear the line al! over Hollywood "II you can predict what a moy u yy ill do al the ho nllicc. you can yyrite your oyyn ticket Frank Price, president of Columbia Pictures doesn't haye a pellet t record, but he's about the best lorecash r in the him industry, and sure enough has wnhen Ins oyy n ticket Price is in the first yearo! a $hl million, lour year contract laced with enough m.meial yyeetenei s to make Magic Johnson ealo Infallibility is not something I yyould lay il.nm to s.nd the fn year old Price, i usually dressed m a w eater oiduroy pants and tennis shoes m his office at the Burbank Studios ' I pist like to operate on the Iglit I'k eyy aid basis Price is one ol Hie handlul ol moy ic executives w itli the authority to say yes or no to a him protect on hi' own. and since moy mg from I'myersa! to Columbia ill 1979. Ins record for saying yes to the right ones has been phenomenal. Hollywood's Hottest Studio It yvas Price who said yes to "Kramer rs. Blue Lagoon" and Kramer." "Stir Cra.y. e hits, which have "Stripes." lour huge made Columbia the hottest studio in Hollywood His record for turning down projects is just as impressive Price said he read and rejected scripts lor suey recent box olfice duds as "First Monday in October " "Outland." "The Postman Always Ring-- . Twiee" and "All Nighl Ding " each one blessed with lug name stars "You start by asking yourself whos going to he interested in the story." Price said. "If nobody's interested, you can have the greatest directors and the biggest stars and no one will come. I didn't think anybody yas interested in those stories." Price, who said he reads more than 1.000 scripts a year, produced a list of about 25 movie titles that other studios have made since Columbia turned them down II the figures were aeeuate. the films cost an aggregate $2110 million to make and have so far returned only $50 million in rentals. That's not very good business.'' he said, allowing lumsell a little smirk. Price, a former w riter and story editor who made his executive reputation at Universal developing B v D a 1 "l.aserium Starship." p in "Rockalive," 9 7 .' m Hudson f ( (Is isix-oftie- line LOS ANGELES AP) Actor Ruck Hudson. who iiinlei'wciit heart bypass surgery a month nun. was reported leelmg line this weekend and ready to return to work on Ins new NRC-Tsenes. The Devlin Connec-- t ion Hudson will return to Hie studio lor lour hours Monday to dull dialogue, then take a Caribbean cruise and not report to work until Jail. 11. said Tom Clark, his manager Rock is feeling fine," he said "It was a painful operation and those sears hurt He has a high tolerance lor pain. He doesn't say anything about it He feels line. "But the last few weeks hae been hard for him. William Holden and Natalie Wood were both such close friends." Hudson was operated on Nov. alter 2 A COMFORT F0I 2 6 00.4 00, 6 00 7 50. 9 40 7th E stole hK;rv! OH TIME dis- rr Sfsw 00. TROLLEY 24r I I Outside Investors Price won his ease and eventually assigned the making ol "Annie" to producer Ray Stark, whose R.islar Films is a Columbia Pictures subsidiary. "The only thing that can really fool you is poor execution." Puce said "That's the X factor that can turn a very good premise into a picture that doesn't woik My biggest contribution on Annie' was to make sure the right people were executing it. Ray Stark is the most successful big producer in the business " Price declined to break down the financing on ENDS SOON! PG Y Q- -i TBOI LEY SOHARf Yy I TROLLEY f.,.r.,n Irai D.O.A. 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SORRY NO PASSES ACCEPTED East Southjfrmgit since the 7 30 2.00, MON-FR- CORNERS s TrhEast ADVANCE isi 15. 7 364 6183 Y fnl It lit till ' E. m m 't " ARU Ml HOU FY 260 - y 1 1 SUGGESTED SuCAKCi pARFHTAi MA'UA Mi Ol UMBU Miss Wood's husband. Robert Wagner. The actor taped an interview Friday with Rona Barrett for telecast Saturday on the premiere of NBC-TV'- s "Television: Inside and Out j EXCLUSIVE STEP surgery was at the funeral o! Natalie Wood on Wednesday. He pail of Thursday s HEAT .JANDITS 5 PG BODY CIEESE CONNERY SUN charged from the hospital Nov. 11 and celebrated his 5tith birthday at home Nov. 17. Hudson's first public ' As fhe temperature rises the suspense begins at 5th S .llu Columbia Price 'aid he via' disenchanted at Universal's decision to buy the rights to two other musicals while letting The Wi" and "Chorus Line" aiiothel studio yet "Annie " ' I thought those plays had a limited movie Whereas Annie' appeals to audience," he said everybody The rights for ' Annie" had been bought by Columbia lor $9 5 million while David Begelman was 'till running the studio Begelman resigned over embezzlement charges, and Price, who had already come over as the No 2 executive, took it over. "There was a body ol executive opinion when I came in to get out of the 'Annie' deal." he said. "We had already spent a lot ol money on it. and there were concerns about public domain and so forth "1 argued strongly that we should go ahead with it There ate so low properties that have the potential ol Annie' has it but if you asked being gigantic hits me what's next, d he at a loss." M FAMILY 139 ing of chest pains about two weeks earlier. Clark said Hudson was lucky his doctor ordered the surgery immediately. appearance -- ' 'Ut 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 LBJ FILMS d HEAUY METAL Powrn Roolhe CENTURY lie rattled od its Iit ol advantages $!5o million in four years, a play that has nros-.eallium that has sidd a million copies, a story known to and virtually everyone lug 'tars a great director Mime" i' one ol Ihe renMiii' he fame to '.od ,i "Annie." except to sax that as with al! Columhia Pit tares some ol the money coir.es trom out'ide investors who use motion picture properties as tax sh iters and some t omes fiom Columbia We believe m having a little pro'cction on the downside he said, meaning that if a nun ie loses money it's not all Columbia's Figures fmin other sinner. show that Columhia put up about $125 million tor all ot its lust film production 25 pen cut ol whith tame from outside investors Releasing 15 movies a year, whith I' the current Columhia program, is a risky business at today's prices '.u average film costs nearly $19 million When advertising, print and distribution costs are added in there s a tolal exnsure of about $21) million SCIENCE FICTION SOUTHERN 70h uch Mpular TV mji ic as Ironside. "Kojak and Tlie Six Million Dollar Man.' thinks Columbia's $U million adaptation ol Ihe musical "Annie" may do the he- -t business ev er w hen it N released next summer -- BEYOND It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there. complain- Hudson was y y jy""nf' "qr-y- Studio president betting $38 million on 'Annie Whats " Hora "" SOUARf 7tl J 4X. ARKtN MARIETTE HARTLEY |
