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Ii.in-,s as SB HOME OFFICE SI Sugar Hollow Road, Danbury, CT 06810 Phone: (203) 748-3889 • Fax: (203) 746-9306 Dan and Mary Miller Doug Teetor - FOR THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT CONCESSION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TECHNICAL SERVICES (RCA) BRANCH OFFICES NEW ORLEANS KANSAS CITY 1305 Distributors Row, Suite I 8220 Nieman Road, PO Box 14774 Harahan, LA 70123 Lenexa, KS 66214 Charles Achee, Perry Achee Gene Krull (504) 734-0707 Fax: (504) 734-0700 (913) 492-0966 Fax: (913) 492-1744 BALTIMORE CINCINNATI 7210 Ruthenbrd Road 3740 Clenway Avenue Baltimore, MD 21207 Nick Moenssens (301) 944-6230 Fax: (301) 944-0950 TAMPA Sunstate Commerce Park 4897A West Waters Avenue Tampa, FL 33614 Barney Bailey (813)884-7909 Fax:(813)885-6154 DALLAS 1620 North 1-35, Suite 308 Carrollton, TX 75006 R.W. Pinkston (2141446-2247 Fax:(214)245-1056 BOSTON 381 Elliot Street Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164 Jon Rhind (617) 965-6630 Fax: (617) 965-6632 Cincinnati, OH 45205 L.A. Simminger (513)921-7770 Fax; (513) 921-5558 SEATTLE 14020 NE 21st Street Suite C Bellevue, WA 98007 Lars Sorensen (206)641-4896 Fax:(206)641-9908 SANTA ANA 3100 W. Warner Avenue, Suite 6 Santa Ana, CA 92704 Bill Miller (714) 751-2628 Fax: (714) 75M517 KNOXVILLE PO Box 3002 Knoxville, TN 37927 Johnny Williams (615) 522-1535 INTERNATIONAL LONDON, ENGLAND BEIJING, CHINA Brian Hobbs Henry Tang 01 1-44-908-260-666 01 1-861-363277 Fax: 01 1-44-908-567-989 Fax: 01 1-861-801-1670 CONCESSION OFFICES TAMPA LOS ANGELES National Concession Supply L & L Concession Supply 601 North Willow 1710 Cordova Street Tampa, FL 33606 Los Angeles, CA 90007-1129 Ted Evans (813) 254-4063 CHARLOTTE Piedmont Popcorn & Concession Supply Box 18661 Charlotte, NC 28218-0661 (704) 334-6429 - Jim Irons Jerry Ireland (213)731-0981 Fax:(213)735-8220 MIAMI National Concession Supply 16300 N.W. 48th Avenue Miami, FL 33014 (305) 621-8665 RCA THEATRE & INDUSTRIAL SERVICE HOME OFFICE ATLANTA 1305 Distributors Row )l) Northeast Expressway, Suite ' Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 734-0707 NEW JERSEY 520 Fellowship Road, Suite A-105 Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 (609) 273-0940 BOSTON 318 Elliot Street Newton LJ[)per Falls, MA021(.l (617) 965-2610 Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 457-8003 CHICAGO 50 N. Brockway 4-11 Palatine, IL 60067 (312)934-8949 LOS ANGELES 3100 W. Warner Ave,, Suite 6 Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 557-3404 co-owned by Dolly Parton and which produced the recent "Jacknife," has announced several upcoming projects Among them is "The War at Home," a fictionalized drama about Edie Sedgwick, the doomed starlet who was a key member of Andy Warhol's creative crowd in the early '60s. Production was scheduled to begin in New York in March. Ira Deutchman, who resigned as Cinecom's president of marketing and distribution in January, has announced his own production and marketing company, to be called The Deutchman Co. Actual movie production is a ways off, Deutchman says, but the company will be involved in the marketing of Miramax's "sex, lies and videotapes" and Sony's "Best of the Best." A distribution deal has been signed between Triax Entertainment Group and Front Row Pictures, with Triax agreeing to release up to 13 First Run productions over the next three years. An initial seven-film slate budgeted at nearly S30 million has been announced, with all movies falling into the thriller or action genre England's only studio devoted to feature-lenghted animation — Hollywood Road Productions — has begun production on "F.R.O.7." about a man-sized frog working as a French secret agent. Production is expected to take two years, distribution is pending. PERSONNEL A promotion has been announced for Robert A. Schein of Orion Pictures. Now possessing the title senior vice president/general sales manager, Schein will personally assist executive vice president of sales and distribution Buddy Golden in all areas of sales and distribution. Schein will work out of Orion's New York offices. Mel Meyers, most recently assistant division manager for New Line Cinema's Midwest division, has moved east and is now vice president and Eastern division manager for New Line. Meyers, a 22-year distribution veteran, will concentrate primarly on the New York sales area. Field publicity and promotions for all Samuel Goldwyn Company releases will now be handled by Michelle Abbrecht, who was recently promoted to the position of field operations manager of publicity. She has been with the company since ACQUISITIONS MGM/UA: "True Love," a drama that won the grand prize in dramatic competition at the United States Film Festival. It studies the budding romance between two Italian- Americans living in the Bronx, and MGM UA is planning a late-summer or tall irl(-ase. S\ S Films: "An I'nremarkable Life," a dnima about the . tli.ii two cUU-rman. Patricia Neal, Shelley Winters ai Mako star; SVS has tentatively planned . October release. 12 BOXOKKKK
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Ii.in-,s<br />
as SB<br />
HOME OFFICE<br />
SI Sugar Hollow Road, Danbury, CT 06810<br />
Phone: (203) 748-3889 • Fax: (203) 746-9306<br />
Dan and Mary Miller Doug Teetor<br />
-<br />
FOR THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY<br />
TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT<br />
CONCESSION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES<br />
TECHNICAL SERVICES (RCA)<br />
BRANCH OFFICES<br />
NEW ORLEANS<br />
KANSAS CITY<br />
1305 Distributors Row, Suite I<br />
8220 Nieman Road, PO Box 14774<br />
Harahan, LA 70123<br />
Lenexa, KS 66214<br />
Charles Achee, Perry Achee<br />
Gene Krull<br />
(504) 734-0707 Fax: (504) 734-0700 (913) 492-0966 Fax: (913) 492-1744<br />
BALTIMORE<br />
CINCINNATI<br />
7210 Ruthenbrd Road<br />
3740 Clenway Avenue<br />
Baltimore, MD 21207<br />
Nick Moenssens<br />
(301) 944-6230 Fax: (301) 944-0950<br />
TAMPA<br />
Sunstate Commerce Park<br />
4897A West Waters Avenue<br />
Tampa, FL 33614<br />
Barney Bailey<br />
(813)884-7909 Fax:(813)885-6154<br />
DALLAS<br />
1620 North 1-35, Suite 308<br />
Carrollton, TX 75006<br />
R.W. Pinkston<br />
(2141446-2247 Fax:(214)245-1056<br />
BOSTON<br />
381 Elliot Street<br />
Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164<br />
Jon Rhind<br />
(617) 965-6630 Fax: (617) 965-6632<br />
Cincinnati, OH 45205<br />
L.A. Simminger<br />
(513)921-7770 Fax; (513) 921-5558<br />
SEATTLE<br />
14020 NE 21st Street<br />
Suite C<br />
Bellevue, WA 98007<br />
Lars Sorensen<br />
(206)641-4896 Fax:(206)641-9908<br />
SANTA ANA<br />
3100 W. Warner Avenue, Suite 6<br />
Santa Ana, CA 92704<br />
Bill Miller<br />
(714) 751-2628 Fax: (714) 75M517<br />
KNOXVILLE<br />
PO Box 3002<br />
Knoxville, TN 37927<br />
Johnny Williams<br />
(615) 522-1535<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
LONDON, ENGLAND<br />
BEIJING, CHINA<br />
Brian Hobbs<br />
Henry Tang<br />
01 1-44-908-260-666 01 1-861-363277<br />
Fax: 01 1-44-908-567-989 Fax: 01 1-861-801-1670<br />
CONCESSION OFFICES<br />
TAMPA<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
National Concession Supply<br />
L & L Concession Supply<br />
601 North Willow<br />
1710 Cordova Street<br />
Tampa, FL 33606<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90007-1129<br />
Ted Evans<br />
(813) 254-4063<br />
CHARLOTTE<br />
Piedmont Popcorn & Concession Supply<br />
Box 18661<br />
Charlotte, NC 28218-0661<br />
(704) 334-6429 - Jim Irons<br />
Jerry Ireland<br />
(213)731-0981 Fax:(213)735-8220<br />
MIAMI<br />
National Concession Supply<br />
16300 N.W. 48th Avenue<br />
Miami, FL 33014<br />
(305) 621-8665<br />
RCA THEATRE & INDUSTRIAL SERVICE<br />
HOME OFFICE<br />
ATLANTA<br />
1305 Distributors Row<br />
)l) Northeast Expressway, Suite '<br />
Harahan, LA 70123<br />
(504) 734-0707<br />
NEW JERSEY<br />
520 Fellowship Road, Suite A-105<br />
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054<br />
(609) 273-0940<br />
BOSTON<br />
318 Elliot Street<br />
Newton LJ[)per Falls, MA021(.l<br />
(617) 965-2610<br />
Atlanta, GA 30341<br />
(404) 457-8003<br />
CHICAGO<br />
50 N. Brockway 4-11<br />
Palatine, IL 60067<br />
(312)934-8949<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
3100 W. Warner Ave,, Suite 6<br />
Santa Ana, CA 92704<br />
(714) 557-3404<br />
co-owned by Dolly Parton and which<br />
produced the recent "Jacknife," has announced<br />
several upcoming projects<br />
Among them is "The War at Home," a<br />
fictionalized drama about Edie Sedgwick,<br />
the doomed starlet who was a key member<br />
of Andy Warhol's creative crowd in<br />
the early '60s. Production was scheduled<br />
to begin in New York in March.<br />
Ira Deutchman, who resigned as Cinecom's<br />
president of marketing and distribution<br />
in January, has announced his own<br />
production and marketing company, to be<br />
called The Deutchman Co. Actual movie<br />
production is a ways off, Deutchman says,<br />
but the company will be involved in the<br />
marketing of Miramax's "sex, lies and videotapes"<br />
and Sony's "Best of the Best."<br />
A distribution deal has been signed<br />
between Triax Entertainment Group<br />
and Front Row Pictures, with Triax<br />
agreeing to release up to 13 First Run productions<br />
over the next three years. An initial<br />
seven-film slate budgeted at nearly<br />
S30 million has been announced, with all<br />
movies falling into the thriller or action<br />
genre<br />
England's only studio devoted to feature-lenghted<br />
animation — Hollywood<br />
Road Productions — has begun production<br />
on "F.R.O.7." about a man-sized frog<br />
working as a French secret agent. Production<br />
is expected to take two years, distribution<br />
is pending.<br />
PERSONNEL<br />
A promotion has been announced for<br />
Robert A. Schein of Orion Pictures.<br />
Now possessing the title senior vice president/general<br />
sales manager, Schein will<br />
personally assist executive vice president<br />
of sales and distribution Buddy Golden in<br />
all areas of sales and distribution. Schein<br />
will work out of Orion's New York offices.<br />
Mel Meyers, most recently assistant<br />
division manager for New Line Cinema's<br />
Midwest division, has moved east and is<br />
now vice president and Eastern division<br />
manager for New Line. Meyers, a 22-year<br />
distribution veteran, will concentrate primarly<br />
on the New York sales area.<br />
Field publicity and promotions for all<br />
Samuel Goldwyn Company releases will<br />
now be handled by Michelle Abbrecht,<br />
who was recently promoted to the position<br />
of field operations manager of publicity.<br />
She has been with the company since<br />
ACQUISITIONS<br />
MGM/UA: "True Love," a drama that<br />
won the grand prize in dramatic competition<br />
at the United States Film Festival. It<br />
studies the budding romance between two<br />
Italian- Americans living in the Bronx, and<br />
MGM UA is planning a late-summer or<br />
tall irl(-ase.<br />
S\ S Films: "An I'nremarkable Life,"<br />
a dnima about the . tli.ii two cUU-rman.<br />
Patricia Neal, Shelley Winters ai<br />
Mako star; SVS has tentatively planned .<br />
October release.<br />
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