Synopsis
Flick Flack was a Canadian television series broadcast by Global Television Network in 1974. The series featured interviews with motion picture industry personalities combined with excerpts from films. William Shatner was the regular series host. "It was a TV show produced for Canadian TV. A handful of shows that aired every fortnight for a few months in the 70’s." @WilliamShatner · Sep 15, 2020
Episodes
Season 11E1PremiereSome of the great Animal Stars are featured. Host William Shatner meets with some of the people who, with skill and love, coach the animals for their parts.30m2E2The CanadiansHost William Shatner examines the film industry in Canada.3E3Anne Bancroft & Mel Brooks.An interview with Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft and her husband writer-director Mel Brooks, the talented Oscar-winning writer and director of "The Producers" and "Twelve Chairs".4E4Clint EastwoodViolence on the motion picture screen is discussed by the World's biggest box office draw Clint Eastwood.5E5"White Dawn" / "Doc Savage" / Joel GreyThree aspects of filmmaking are examined. The birth of a production is shown, through scenes from "White Dawn" being shot in Baffin Island.
Also featured is the worldwide talent search for an actor to star in a new film -"Doc Savage". Academy award-winning actor Joel Grey talks about his role in "Cabaret" and claims, "the harder I work, the luckier I get".6E6Above the LineInterviews with people involved in different aspects of movie-making.
writer Garson Kanin, producer Martin Ransohoff, director John Frankenheimer and actor Richard Harris.7E7Pot Pourri of Movie ProductionA montage of features about the film industry. Included scenes from the filming of "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" being made in Montreal.8E8Edith HeadCostume designer Edith Head winner of seven Oscars and twenty-five nominations, demonstrates with models, sketches and movie clips, the talent that has kept her at the top of her profession for over forty years.9E9Science FictionHost William Shatner traces 72 years of the history of Science Fiction films.10E10George Cukor / John SchlesingerA talk with movie directors George Cukor and John Schlesinger.11E11Lloyd Bridges / Jeff and Beau BridgesInterview with actor Lloyd Bridges and sons actors Jeff and Beau Bridges12E12Paramount StudiosScenes from Serpico, The Godfather, The Great Gatsby and Love Story are featured in a look at the history of Paramount Studios in Hollywood from 1912 to 1974.13E13Jack LemmonUnique insight into the life of Jack Lemmon. His life and career are discussed, and clips are shown of many of his greatest performances. He talks to host William Shatner about his early days in Hollywood, and how he gradually reached the height of his career by winning an Oscar for "Mister Roberts".
*Note: This was scheduled to be the first episode of the series but due to a dispute between United Artists and Global, the studio withdrew approval for Flick Flack's use of clips from "The Apartment" and "Some Like It Hot".14E14Special EffectsWilliam Shatner deals with the creation of special effects for the movies. [14] Flick Flack [Final New Show]
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