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Show ;i liJ I - ' j .... AV tH I I r-- -i . . V; ; , v - , t.D . .t , . It? X ' ih ' . x '--wr K Sf - b f'' i d " 1 - v . v t ! ' -s ? .4 fji 1 1 1 1 I V ' -VVIV:-- i J i "t I I ' .l.llt -. s ; i M - ! -:. 1 : v j . ;!! i ! : I ' i t , i , .; ''i . 1 I ! i -'-i , ; - ; - - 1 , i ' ;j ? I ' - 11 ' , ! I V 'u . ' -'J r ; ft ' 1 5 ' . j , . - NBC TV technicians prepare to shoot scenes inside the Pleasant Grove Rev iew-P.G. Printers Office in Pleasant Grove. !p.G. becomes 'American River' -in pilot for possible TV series By MARCEL1A WALKER f Pleasant Grove's Main Street ' wame a Hollywood set last Wed-. Wed-. lesday when NBC TV filmed the I lilot for a new series in town. The movie is to be called "Ameri- an River", which is supposed to be lie name of a small town in Wash- ngton. The story is about a mother and lertwo daughters who live in the nountain town. The mother, M by Helen Shaver, runs a mckstop-diner, and is struggling make it succeed. Her father is played by Claude Utins, the well-known lead from a e series "Moving On." Some developers come to the ommunity and want to change it nto a ski resort. They want the wi tobe changed into a Bavarian-3Te Bavarian-3Te Village. This seemed like deja vu to team Grove City leaders, who Wthe same proposal put to them 1 consulting firm a couple of Jws ago who wanted to make the y into a Bavarian- style village. m proposal presents a di-imatotheresidents di-imatotheresidents of American vef because it would be an eco-flfjwboontothetownbutthelittle eco-flfjwboontothetownbutthelittle tf(pumty would be changed for- 'Lfc the mother P'ayed by C ,T'has two daughters. , '"rebellious and wants to leave ,a e town but the younger wis an honor student who gets a chance to work on the local newspaper. As the one girl is preparing to leave town, the town council holds a meeting in which Claire stands up and gives an eloquent speech about the community. She tells about how her father and grandfather had fished in the streams, walked in the woods, and the beauty of the surroundings which would not be the same if the town is made into a ski resort. The older daughter hears her mother's speech and decides to stay. For love interest, Claire's old boyfriend, a former ski champion, arrives with the developers and Claire becomes involved again with the champion, who is played by David Mcllwraith. Erica, the villainess, is played by Ellen Dolan. Perry Reeves plays the older daughter and Marcianne Warman is the younger daughter. The movie is directed by Matthew Mat-thew Robbins, who wrote "Sugar Land Express," Steven Speilberg's first picture, among other credits. He directed "Batteries Not Included," In-cluded," another Steven Speilberg production. The producers are a husband-wife husband-wife team, Willard Huyck and Gloria Glo-ria Katz. They wrote "American Graffiti" as well as "American River." Emily Kaufman is the associate producer. f ; I i -. a I v I 'j - I "American River" star Claude Akins takes time out to pose for photograph. Judy Marlin, assistant to the director, said that if the pilot does not result in a series, it will be shown as a Movie of the Week on NBC. In Pleasant Grove filming was done at Vector Video, Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Craft, the Pleasant , Grove Review-P.G. Printers, and Beacon Finance buildings. They are expected to return later in the month to film at Christensen's Department Store. Interior filming was done in the news office where printer, Jack Pace, was asked to be an exta. Other local residents were used as extras to walk up and down the street, or drive cars on cue. Cindy Howard, a local actress, was asked to be a standin for Helen Shaver. The Pleasant Grove City water truck was used to help create snow for a scene early Wednesday morning. morn-ing. Vehicles had artificial snow on them, also. It turned out to be a very warm day, and performers were dressed in heavy winter coats as it was supposed to be a winter day. Some became very uncomfortable before filming was over. Mr. Akins was cordial and friendly and signed autographs, had his picture taken with the police po-lice officers on duty, and even helped serve lunch to Mayor David Holdaway and other city officials at the chow wagon. Filming was done all day Wednesday Wed-nesday and Main Street was all or partially blocked off from Center to 100 South. Businesses, for the most part, reported good sales to the movie people, although some had complained com-plained that blocking off Main Street might cause them to lose business. The publicity from the filming, however, was felt to be a boon to the community, according to the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove City Council. |