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...With the earthquake that hit Hollywood ... ((God)) has shown where his sympathies lie." -- FRENCH FILM MOGUL DANIEL TOSCAN DU PLANTIER, REFERRING OBLIQUELY TO THE TRADE BATTLES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND FRANCE OVER AMERICAN MOVIES
There are several explanations for France's movie mania. The simplest is the deplorable state of French television, which is vastly inferior to that in neighboring countries. "People are fleeing their homes in search of entertainment," says Daniel Toscan du Plantier, president of Gaumont, the country's biggest film conglomerate. "Everyone knows that our television is the most boring in the world. The Socialist government has programmed intellectual talk shows for Saturday night at 8:30. Even Socialist countries in Eastern Europe wouldn't dream of doing that. There would be riots in the streets...
That is something that the Paris moguls would like to change, and they believe that they have found the way to do it "With cable TV, there's a whole new and very large American market out there for French films," says Toscan du Plantier. "The cable audience wants movies that are made for legitimate theater release and that are made with a quality that can't be found in the usual made-for-TV product. The cable networks need 1,000 movies a year. U.S. studios don't have the talent to satisfy such a vast...
...stimulate a mass taste for the Gallic product, Toscan du Plantier's company is planning a February release of one of its biggest hits, La Boum, which can be compared to the Gidget movies that appealed to American teen-agers in the '60s. Similar films will follow, all dubbed into English, and by the end of 1983, there will be, inevitably, something called La Boum II. By 1984, presumably, Toscan du Plantier will know whether he has a La Boum III or Le Bust...
...national finalist while in high school, Penn's Gary Plantier grabbed a win in the 1000 freestyle. Harvard finished 1.2 in the 200 free, behind the performances of Brent Haywood and Paco Canales...