Word: conways
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hero-in Shelby, N.C. Teen-age actors play at deadly gang wars-in Boston. The radical political spirit of the northern frontier is put on film-in Crosby, N. Dak. A company of actors turn 30, and another young man makes a movie about it-in North Conway, N.H. Tab Hunter and a 300-lb. transvestite named Divine enact a suburban passion play-in Baltimore...
...Living Legend, which he produced and starred in, has grossed $11,284,028. John Waters (Baltimore), who earned a cult reputation with the fecally funky Pink Flamingos, is going respectably R rated with Tab Hunter and Polyester. John Sayles' no-budget comedy, Return of the Secaucus 7 (North Conway), has earned $1.2 million in small theaters around the country. And a group of ornery independents have organized to show their films in a Manhattan art house. Viewers who might otherwise catch Caveman will discover 17 fiction features and documentaries, including John Hanson and Rob Nilsson's painterly Northern...
Mandavu alive and, even more important, breed rare varieties. Says William Conway, head of the New York Zoological Society: "More species are going to have to be sustained in captivity if they are going to survive...
Breeding raises serious ethical questions. Which species should be selected for such programs? And how can problems of genetic inbreeding be avoided in limited zoo populations? In September, the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums set up a "species survival" program to deal with such issues. Warns Conway: "If zoos are going to function as an ark, it's going to have to be a rather exclusive...
...brazening out the strike. "We are just running repeats, made-for-TV movies, film features and sports," says an ABC spokesman. Only 20% of its series schedule, including Monday Night Football, will be new. CBS has 25%: new episodes of 60 Minutes and The Tim Conway Show, plus theatrical and made-for-TV movies...