European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes faces n places tuesday january 25,1994 film to recount life of Rock impresario Graham from wire reports the wheels of the development process in Holly Wood Calif., have begun to turn for production of a $3 million documentary on the life of late concert producer Bill Graham. Graham s company Bill Graham enterprises has signed up director Dill Couturie and is looking for a studio to distribute the film tentatively titled stages the life of Bill Graham. / Nick Clainos president or Graham s company promised that the movie will not be another re hash of the 60s." it s going to be a blend of the life and times of Bill both As a Force in the music Industry and As a Man Clainos said. We won t pull any Graham a key Force in establishing Rock concerts As a profitable cultural event died in october 1991 in a helicopter crash while flying Home from a show in Concord Calif. Graham Graham s company has thousands of hours of footage of Graham who devel oped a reputation for volatility during concerts and with most major Rock stars. Couturie who produced the Academy award win Ning film common threads about the aids quilt has been going through the footage while the company has started the process of obtaining permission from celebrities for inclusion in the movie. It s been More or less a Given that we would eventually do a film on Bill Graham s life Clainos said. For me the most exciting thing is that we be got Bill Couturie signed up to direct. I think we be got a great Clainos said the film May be completed by the sum Mer and he was optimistic that a studio will want to pick up the costs of making prints and distribution or what is called in Industry jargon a negative Dole mulls Sun gig sen. Robert Dole of Kansas would love to do sat urday night live. As Long As he would t have to do wednesday thursday and Friday nights too. The Senate minority Leader said he can t spare the four Days needed to rehearse the Abc show. You be got to work every Day and rehearse to know what you re doing which is normally not a requirement in our Job. And then on saturday you have to do three programs. One and then you do a dress rehearsal and then you do the real thing Dole said. Dole said he has told sol producer lome Michaels that he would be willing to make a Cameo appearance but Michaels is Angling to get Dole As a guest Host. Snow Job British odor Roger Moore of James Bond Fame and Julia Kurochkina miss Russia 1993, share a laugh during the baptism ceremony of a balloon at the 16th International hot air week at chateau d sex in the Swiss Alps on saturday. In either Case Dole said he d have to know what kind of skits were planned before he accepted. I Don t want to get on some program with some off color material he said. Joel dumps the old stuff add one More name to the list of people who Are sick of Billy Joel s greatest hits Billy Joel. Joel said he has stopped performing some of his most popular tunes because frankly he s tired of them. I Don t do just the Way you Are Joel said thurs Day during a concert Stop in Albany , it s a Well written song but playing it makes me feel like i m in a wedding band or in a cocktail lounge. There is some thing hackneyed about same goes for Tell her about it which Joel com pared to something Tony Orlando and Dawn would have and Don t Tell Model Christie Brinkley Joel s wife but Uptown girl has been at least temporarily retired from his repertoire As Well. It May come Back Al though i May have to be castrated to hit the note again Joel said. So what song is Joel performing these Days try purple Haze. Joel strapped on a guitar to play the Jim Hendrix song at his Albany concert. Hendrix was one of my idols he said. Stripes education Page starting tomorrow you la find our education Page in the wednesday Issue of the stars and stripes. Education in Dodds is the focus of this Page. We keep an Eye on classroom developments interview the top school officials and visit with students to get their stories. In addition to education stars and stripes special interest pages also cover automotive computers and religion every week. Here s a list of other Days offering you More of what you re looking for in timely news and information that affects you automotive monday gears you up on the latest automotive news from around the world. The emphasis is on personal transportation with reviews of new car offerings from tuesday gives you megabytes of up to Date advances in computer technology. Filled with reviews of the latest programs and software our computer Page keeps you in touch. Religion saturday brings you religious stories from around the world providing you with a special focus on religious news from Back Home in the United states. Nobody does it better
