In this sequel to
Citizen
Kane,
Charles Foster's bastard son, Christopher, continues to search for the meaning
behind his father's famous final word but fails to discover it and in
the end is institutionalized.
The film is called Kit Is Insane.
As a variant to his groundbreaking On the
Waterfront, Elia
Kazan's newest production portrays life in and around the world of horse
racing experienced by Edie Doyle's younger sister, a dwarfling.
Elia calls
his new movie Wanda, Odd Turf Runt.
With production
of Wanda well under way, cinebuffs
learned that a Mexican film company is developing an animated sequel to Kazan's original classic which will relate the adventures of a young Chicano
who escapes LA gang life to become A&R man for a group of
performing sea mammals living and working in the waters off the Baja
Peninsula.
Planned for a Christmas holiday release, the film is called Juan the Otter Front.
In what the press is calling Wuthering
Heights II, Heathcliff and Cathy depart
the Yorkshire moors for a West Indies sugar plantation where they
spend their lives harassing a native population in bondage.
The
working title of this sequel is Hovering Whites.
In re-envisioning The Maltese Falcon as biopic, documentary
film makers feature journalist Muggeridge playing himself
and claiming full responsibility for Original Sin.
The film is called
The
Fault? 'Tis Malcolm's.
This
made-for-TV feature takes a U-turn from its model, The Grapes of Wrath. In the revision, Grampa Joad, after dying
of the drug overdose administered by his family, returns to confront
Tom, Rose of Sharon and the others, ultimately convincing the lot
to eighty-six their trip to
California and to emigrate instead to Bar Harbor, Maine.
Rated R for
language, the picture is called The Wraith
of Gramps.
