Aging moviegoer aids movie From Page 31 Crazy’® as proof of the steady emergence of finan- cially successful and aesthetically superior film- making taking place beyond American borders. A veteran of some 35 documentaries and various bigger budget Hollywood films such as ‘‘Melanie”’, ‘Bromfield says ‘‘Love At First Sight’, which starred Dan Akyroyd and was pro- duced for a paltry $140,000, has made the most money of “REX BROMFIELD © the films he has been involv- ed in. Bromfield emphasizes the inestimatable value of story integrity over technical flim flam and the growing mar- ket, charged by video rentals and pay TV, for the small independently made film. “The average age of movie goers is getting older as the baby boomer genera- tion gets older,” says Jac- ques, ‘‘so the focus of fiims is moving away from the teen exploitation genre to subjecis with more relevance to that generation.”’ Adds Bromfield, ‘‘I mean I keep getting offered things like Panty Raid Il. Those kinds of films have their place, but there has to be something else.’* Offering 39 investment units of $25,000 each in their $1,800,000 budgeted film to Vancouver area investors, Bromfield and Jacques hope to lay the foundations for a reservoir of confident western Canadian investors, who, seeing a return on their money from the first Hart Productions film, will have no qualms about investing in the subsequent barrage of comedies the two plan to unleash. ‘The problem right now,”’ says Jacqées, ‘‘is that Be Water Wise. Play it Safe.__ NSS pane rate, a lot of people don’t unders- tand film investment in Canada and are unsure of it, “because a lot of film in- vestment has gone bad in Canada.”’ Jacques stresses the close contact with investors that is his and Hart Productions’ basic philosophy. ‘‘The core of the film industry is sell- ing. It is a business and like any other business it relies on marketing.’* Adds Bromfield, ‘‘In con- trast to some of the clotheshangers in Hollywood who really scared the crap out of me because, believe me, they couldn’t tell the truth to their milkmen, we are going to be telling the truth to all our investors right along the line.”” Admitting that their own futures rest on the success of “Hartbreak Motel’’, Jac- ques says without hesitation that both he and Bromfield are confident the film will make back all initial invest- ment. Distributors for the film will be L. A.'s Atlantic Releasing Corp. who have been responsible for recent release of such films as ©1984’? and ‘Valley Girls’’. Atlantic has guaranteed the- atrical release for ‘‘Hart- break’’ throughout the U.S. a The Canadian Red Cross Society Savings on ~ Tes the bi Bacon-wrap .adozen 4.02. steaks only $27.95 vos $33. na or try the four-pack for only sib 50 and More Savings! We overstocked some of the items for our Steak Sale that just ended. We've got New Yorks, Filet Mignon, rib _ eye and boneless sirloin steaks in different: quantities at each.store. Ask your store manager about these special, continued savings. ped Filet Mignon sale ends Aug. 31/85. teak Sale items are while quantities last. Park Royal Shopping Centre West Vancouver eh (Market Place — South Mall) 922-6815 suman (essen: ig event for your backyard barbecuing. SAVE OVER $5, 00° on our all-time best-seller! The film stars Bromfield’s sister Valeri and Dave Thomas, ex-SCTV member and world renowned Mackenzie brother. “We want to build a film community in Vancouver that wiil be self-generating and self-perpetuating. We want to find guys with simi- lar talents, guys who are bet- ter than us so that Van- couver will become one of North America’s film mak- ing centres,’’ explains Brom- field, ‘‘We want people in Singapore to recognize one of our films and go see it because it’s something from those crazy guys in Van- couver. We want to help Vancouver develop its own film-making identity.” Bromfield will be hosting an information seminar for all interested investors Thursday night at the Rob- son Square Media Centre starting at 7:30 p.m. 33 - Wednesday, August maker 21, 1985 - North Shore News HOME FURNISHINGS Warehouse/Showroom OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (2 biks. behind the Avalon) at ‘ors Roosevelt Cres., N.Van. £3, 985-8738 Two North Shore News carriers will win BMX Bikes at PNE ’85. SUNDAY + WEDNESDAY + FRIDAY Thats right! The North Shore News and PNE 85 are giving two North Shore News carriers brand new BMX bikes! All North Shore News carriers with excellent delivery records for the month of August (and there are a lot of them!) will have their names put in a barrel for the BMX Bike Prize Draw. The winners - will be notified by telephone. Two lucky youngsters from North and West Vancouver will then go to the PNE and claim their bikes. More Prizes 25 North Shore News carriers will receive .FREE PNE ADMISSION PASSES. BMX Demonstration Demonstration Monday by the Super Socco BMX Team on the stage next to the Aqua Stage. Don't miss it! Circulation Dept. 1139 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver, BC. 985-2131