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Television's Biggest Sleeper: ABC'S Roots, the eight-part saga of the black in America and the most successful show in history...
Also on Monday, a program of contemporary songs at BU. Guest artist Margarita Scack, soprano, sings works of Stelarc, Beurle, Copelent and Cage. Jacob Sleeper Hall, 871 Comm Ave. The recital begins at 8 p.m. For information, call...
...Trombone Ensemble--855 Commonwealth Ave. 8:00. Margarita Scack--Jacob Sleeper Hall, 871 Commonwealth Ave. at 8:00. New England Conservatory Chamber Wind Ensemble--Williams Recital Hall...
Spielberg must, in addition, contend with the comet trail of Star Wars, the summer sleeper directed by George Lucas that now threatens to surpass Jaws' $400 million worldwide gross. Close Encounters is also a science fiction film, and thus it will inevitably be compared to Star Wars. Since Spielberg's movie cost almost twice as much, Columbia Pictures, which financed Close Encounters, has gone to unusual lengths to protect its investment. From the outset, the film has been shrouded in secrecy to ensure that its suspense not be blown prior to release. Cast and crew have been forbidden to discuss...
Robert M. Young's film Short Eyes brings this nightmare to the screen by tracing the inevitable destruction of the title character in a New York state penitentiary. Filmed entirely in the Manhattan House of Detention, Short Eyes bears all the earmarks of the sleeper movie: a no-name cast that includes professional actors as well as ex-cons, an obviously low budget and an obscure distribution company, the Film League. This film probably would have received more attention eight years ago, when the smashing success of sleepers like Easy Rider and Joe aroused serious doubts as to the future...