THE MOVIE CHART

Films going into production:

A FISH CALLED WANDA (Prominent/MGM). Shooting in London. John Cleese writes/co-directs/stars in a look at the love-hate relationship between the Brits and the Yanks. Executive producer Steve Abbott. Producer Michael Shamberg. Directors Cleese and Charles Crichton. Also stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution Co.

GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Guber-Peters/Universal/Warner Bros.). Shooting in Kenya and the U.K. Sigourney Weaver stars in the true story of Dian Fossey, who died under mysterious circumstances while studying primates in Africa. Executive producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber. Producer Arnie Glimscher. Director Michael Apted. Screenwriter Anna Hamilton Phelan. Distributors Universal (domestic), Warner Bros. (foreign).

SEVEN HOURS TO JUDGEMENT (Trans World). Shooting in Seattle. Beau Bridges directs and stars as a judge who acquits some gang members in a vicious homicide case. The victim’s irate husband (Ron Leibman) kidnaps the judge in an attempt to achieve justice. Executive producer Moshe Diamant. Producers Mort Abrahams. Screenwriter Steven E. De Souza. Also stars Julianne Phillips (Mrs. Springsteen). Distributor TWE.

THROWBACK (David Weisman). Shooting in NYC. An unconventional comedy set in the world of boxing and the underworld. Producers David Weisman, Nelson Lyon and Mark Silverman. Director/screenwriter Paul Morrissey. Stars Ernest Borgnine, Sasha Mitchell, Anne DeSalvo and Sylvia Miles. Distributor FilmDallas. Spring release.