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see why he got his FSM MAN OF THE YEAR AWard?
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In 1974, Universal Studios produced a television movie called "Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic." The film, which aired on NBC-TV on 11 February 1975, starred Linda Blair, Larry Hagman, and Verna Bloom. Also in the cast, billed sixth after Michael Lerner, was Mark Hamill. In the late 1970s, after Hamill became a bankable actor because of STAR WARS, Universal released "Sara T." as a theatrical feature overseas, and billed Blair and Hamill as co-stars, with the tagline "Sensational Stars of Exorcist and Star Wars" A pre-SUPERMAN Richard Donner directed the film.
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I recently purchased a copy of the 1969 TV movie "Then Came Bronson" from the Warner Archive Collection. I noticed that the disc's case indicated that the film was rated [GP]. Curious, I confirmed with the MPAA that the film was indeed given a [GP] rating back in 1970. It would be unusual for MGM to go to the bother and expense of getting a TV movie rated by the MPAA unless there were plans for a U.S. theatrical release. However, I have not found any evidence, or even any mention that "Then Came Bronson" received any theatrical bookings in the U.S. (or overseas for that matter). Perhaps the plans for a theatrical release were abandoned after the TV series based on the film failed to take off.
While there is still no evidence that the telefeature THEN CAME BRONSON had any theatrical showings, I did find a one-sheet poster that M-G-M prepared in 1970.
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On 20 February 1970, CBS aired the television film THE CHALLENGERS about racing drivers competing for the Grand Prix. The film starred Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison, and Anne Baxter. Filmed in March 1968, it was originally scheduled for airing on 28 March 1969, but was preempted because of the death of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the summer of 1970, Universal put the film into theatrical release in Europe. Leslie H. Martinson directed the film, which was scored by Pete Rugolo.
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HAUSER'S MEMORY was a Cold War thriller about a scientist who injects himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile defense secrets. Directed by Boris Sagal (THE OMEGA MAN), the television film starred David McCallum and Susan Strasberg, and aired on NBC on 24 November 1970. In 1972, Universal put the film into theatrical release overseas. Billy Byers scored the film.
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Hauser's Memory, produced by Jack Laird (Cf. Rod Serling's Night Gallery):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE3WgkayzNA
Notes:
They recycle the medic stretcher footage for the second pilot of "The Six Million Dollar Man".
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Speaking of YouTube, Check out THE LONGEST HUNDRED MILES mentioned above
from 1967 on YouTube, in two parts, if only to sample Franz Waxman's final score:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ53DdHA3Y0
Lord only knows how long it will be up there before the authorities take it down.
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Presumably intended as a follow-up to his successful "Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea" television series, Irwin Allen's TV movie CITY BENEATH THE SEA had a group of 21st-century colonists inhabiting Earth's first underwater city. NBC aired the film on 27 January 1971, and later in the year it was put into overseas theatrical release. The film was scored by Irwin Allen's frequent television composer, Richard LaSalle.
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Hey, Bob, whassamatter? Ain'cha got no pictures of The Red Pony or Earth II or Gulag (can lend you a poster of the latter if you're stuck...)
JMM.
Actually, I've got nothing for any of those, other than a wordless image poster for Gulag.
Earth II turned up then, Bob! Nice to see...
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