San Bernardino Sun, 21 July 1978 — Page 51

THE SUN-TELEGRAM

Fri., July 21, 1978

Can James Bond beat the Brazilian bureaucracy ?

By EDGAR MILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Much of James Bond's next muItimilHon dollar spy movie will take place in Brazil if nature and the Brazilian government decide to cooperate. One of the main scenes in Brazil, says English director Lewis Gilbert, would be at Iguazu Falls on the Brazil-Paraguay border. But a severe drought in southern Brazil has left the normally spectacular falls a barren cliff with only a tiny stream of water. Gilbert, whose last James Bond movie, "The Spy Who Loved Me," grossed, he claims, more than $100 million, says filming of the Brazilian part of "Moonraker" will begin In January and that by that time, he hopes summer rains will have filled the Parana River with water again. The other problem the production company is facing is Brazilian bureaucracy. The scripts of all movies filmed in Brazil must be approved in advance by the government. So far, the "Moonraker" script is languishing on some bureaucrat's desk in Brasilia. "I don't think we'll have any real problem with the Brazilians," Gilbert says. '"This is the most fantastic advertising that Brazil could have." He said that Brazilian authorities apparently are concerned that foreign movie producers might show the seamier side of Brazilian life. "But they don't have to worry because we only show the beautiful part," Gilbert says. "James Bond is a creature of luxury and he doesn't hang around in favelas." Favelas are Brazilian slums.

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Question: What's Rock Hudson's real name? CM., Lexington, Ky. Answer: His real name is Roy Fitzgerald. Q: I recently saw the 1951 musical "Lullaby of Broadway" with Doris Day and Gene Nelson on a local channel. I went to Santa Monica High with Gene (then Gene Berg). He was very good in movies, but I haven't heard anything about him in years. What is he doing these days? M.C., Pittsburgh, Pa. A: If you'd read the credits on such series as Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, Hawaii Five-O, The Rifleman and many more, you'd notice that Nelson is a TV director. Q: Does Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch in "Wizard of Oz" play Sara in the Maxwell House Coffee commercials? K.L.Z., Lansing, Mich. A: Yes, that's Margaret Hamilton brewing the coffee. Q: Years ago there was a TV show (perhaps with Ken Murray?) that was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. At the beginning of the show you'd see huge iron gates open and the huge Clydesdales would pass through hauling a truckload of beer. At the end of the show they would return and the gates would close. What was the show? G.P., Houston, Texas. A: That was the Ken Murray Show on CBS, one of the pioneer variety series that aired from 1948-1953. In Murray's company of entertainers were Art Lund, Anita Gordon, Joe Besser, Betty Lou Walters and Johnny Johnston.

Gilbert says tourism in Egypt jumped tremendously after "The Spy Who Loved Me," much of which was filmed there. Other scenes from "Moonraker" will be filmed in Paris, Venice, San Francisco and Guatemala. The movie will have little in common with the Ian Fleming novel of the same name, Gilbert says, except for Bond, to be played by Roger Moore, beautiful girls and the villain, Khugo Drax. As for plot, Gilbert

would only say it will deal with space, noting the whole concept of space has changed since Fleming wrote the book. Carnival scenes from Rio's famous pre-Lenten celebration were filmed earlier this year. "We'll use them for backdrops and re-create our own carnival for Bond," Gilbert says. The famous Bond escapades are a "top secret" but Gilbert promises they will "top anything up to now." Cost of the production will be considerably more

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