BY INA WARREN MONTREAL (CP) - After the Axe is a slick, slyly funny new Canadian film that should do much to dispel the public's notion of the corporate world as a ruthless jungle.The jungle was never this nasty. Ostensibly about the growing North American phenomenon of top execu- tive firings. After the Axe also provides a chilling insight into the code oi conduct - or rules of war - governing today's corpo- rate elite. Filmed mainly inside the executive eyries of the Toronto skyline, it intro- duces the viewer to the new, self-styled breed of “businessman-warriors,” “head-hunters” and "term- ination consultants” Iki the i A4 =e just 19, 198) ; = 5 An insider's view of corporate jungle World, Film Festival and has been bought by the OBC for telecast this fall. After the Axe skillfully melds real people and situations into a fictional story. Some of the film's best mements were shot at Toronto's Cambridge Club, an exclusive men's health spa where top executives spend lunchtime kicking and grunting through karate ciasses. BELT GETS RESPECT The club's real-life stress doctor explains that a chief executive with a brown belt gets more respect in the boardroom, lessening his chances of being axed. These men, we're told, are “exemplars of the businessmen-warrior class." suite in these economically uncertain times. The film will be shown at this month's Montreal The 60-minute produc- tion is the first combined effort of Sturla Gunnarson and Steve Lucas, two Vancouverites in their late 20s living in Toronto, It was made for the Ontario regional office of the National Film Board. Lucas was sacked from a job in an advertising agency and heard ofa place in Toronto where fired take much to spark them," Lucas says. He says the business community “bent over backwards" to help them make the film, from provid- ing locations and informa- tion to helping script of interviews conducted by the film-makers with sacked executives. Bill is a 44-year-old marketing vice-president in a food company, a loyal 16-year man whose climb: up the corporate ladder CASTLES. NEWS (_ENTER’ executives hang out. All but one of the performers in After the Axe are executives or the professionals who handle them - executive recrui- ters, relocation counsellers and termination consult- ants - playing their life roles with obvious relish. “All these guys really make their living with their mouths, so it doesn’t scenes on the set. “To a large extent the film’s an insider's view brought to you by the people who actually live and work there,” says Lucas. FEATURES ONE ACTOR The film's one profe- ssional actor, James Douglas, plays central cha- racter Bill Wilson, a fiction- al creation based on dozens AINMENT_/ was accelerated by his coups marketing Alpine and Chew Bob cereals. He assumes he'll get the company presidency but is passed over for a younger colleague with whom he never got along. A few months later. he's fired “terminated” in today's corporate jargon, A termination consult- ant handles the dirty work, making sure Biff turns in his company keys and credit cards and leaves the building without a fuss, As a top Toronto execu- tive recruiter, or head- hunter, puts it; “To dedi- cate yourself to your or- ganization is a licence to become as obsolete as a d idge." h of the rest of the film deals with Bill's attempts to find a new job and his experiences with a relocation counselling service provided by his old employer. The man who terminates Bill in the film is Eric Barton, a Toronto termina- tion consultant, relocation counsellor and born-again Christian who compares his work to that of a missionary friend who helps lepers. Poser to be host New ' host of “All-Star Wrestling”, produced in the BCTV studios, will be John Pozer, Pozer assumes the position following the passing of long-time host Ron pociieats |, PLAYMOR BNCTON In HWY. # EM 7 DAYS A WEEK 8u.m. - 10 p.m. Russian & VALUABLE COUPON Valid only if presented on registration FOR 1 HOTEL Kedpahh AND MOTOR iNN SPRAGUE & inst AVE., SPOKANE DOUBLE ROOM OCCUPANCY FOR THE PRICE OF ONE Friday, Saturday of Sunday Night U/17 Free CALL TOLL FREE vor Abb — Het 1-800-! ie Socorro TELEX NUMBER: ee We. 10 bear'-tS Tix 8 a in be seen demon- strated by Sophie igs de Thursday at 6: 30 p.m. Well VANCOUVER (CP) — Jazz musician Fraser MacPherson says during his recent tour of the Soviet Union, he was surprised by the Russian’s knowledge of jazz. He said durin the two-week tour audiences applauded en- thusiastically, not just for what he calls the ‘‘flag- waving stuff,"’ but also for the ballads his trio played. MacPherson, 53, plays ten- or saxophone and was accom- panied on the tour by guitarist Peter Leitch and bassist Steve Wallace. He described the tour as leisurely — 12 dates in {bree cities. (Community TV) : ison, a tour in 1978 consisted of 13 dates in nine days through Moscow, it d and Riga. THURSDAY NIGHT ? SCHEDULE. 5:30: ‘Sign on and “program information. 5:35 5-day weather report from the West Kootenay Environment office. 5:40 Castlegar Library Sto- rytime with Judy Wear- mouth, Librarian. 6:00 W.A.R.P. update - Jo Wild and Bert Taylor provide consumer information, food in Vancouver. This program (Js of sdmportance #0 anyone pS interested, in, the, future of arts and: culture’ in Canda 8:00 Perspectives on human rights - this series of pro- grams was produced by the B.C. Human Rights Commi- ssion to inform the people of B.C. about human rights issues in the province. To- night's program includes Nola Landucci, past director of the human rights branch, and it buying and p tips as well as items to be boycotted for the West Koot- enay consumer. 6:30 Ukranian Easter Egg decorating - Sophie Janicki of Castlegar, explains the art of egg decorating during 2 workshop sponsored by the National Exhibition Centre, April 11. 7:00 Federal cultural policy review hearings - this is the final sigment of a two-hour highlight package edited from 37 hours of hearings which took place June 16-19, director, of the Human | Rights MacPherson said he was treated well by the Russians. “Iwas a nece experience to Vancouver jazz received in Russia have pretty girls running up on stage to bring flowers during and after the perfor- mances.”” i He particularly remembers the ‘‘absolute, total effic- iency"’ of the group's inter- preter. ‘‘The restaurants have differeiit hours there than her. She'd arrange, if it was open or not, for us to be able to get breakfast. She’s make sure they stayed open after our performances so we could have dinner. HAD USE OF BUS “*And in Leningrade, there was S0-passenger bus with a driver sitting in front of the hotel all day, just for the three of us."" MacPherson said he would definitely be interested in anorhes Russian tour ‘‘if they ask m “At his apartment in Van- Study in pastels display at DTUC An exhibit of pastel paint- ings by Jack Campbell, exam- ining mainly human fugures, will show at the Kootenay School of Art Gallery at the Ss then Part I, on senior citizens, is aired. 9:00 Peter Wollheim, photo- gtapher, is interviewd by Bernje Bloom of the National Exhibition Centre, during a recent workshop. Peter is a B.C. photographer and film maker who is best known for his critical writing on photo- graphy. During the program he shows slides and discusses his work. 10:00 Sign-off Says hucksters abuse the memory of Elvis To the despair of the first man to recognize his talent, the late ‘*king of rock ‘n’ roll’’ has become a souvenir-sell- er’s sovereign. Elvis Presley ‘“‘has been abused in death by these hucksters and people that may or may not have cared that much about,’” Sam Phill- said in an interview shor- tly before the fourth anniver- sary of Presley’s death, Aug. 16, 1977. “But they saw a chance to Tues.-Sat. 5tol0 p.m. Sundays 4:30 to 9. Closed Mondays 602-18th St. 365-2421 “mmake'some money. I've been distraught about. it- But I believe:in the free enterprise system, and there was no way to avoid it.’” Phillips has watched each’ year as the memorablia haw- kers offer T-shirts, Elvis pho- tographs, jewelry and other items for sale. But Phillips, who first re- corded the young trucker on the Sun label in the early 1950s, thinks Presley’s mem- ory willendure the onslaughts of hucksterism. David Thompson University Centre from Aug. 17 through Aug. 28. “I'm working from the undraped figure, stylizing and experimenting with colors,” said Campbell, “I use some fairly strong colors.” “The exhibit is actually part of a larger show, an ongoing series dealing with figure and beach scenes,” Campbell explained. Campbell who taught painting, drawing and ana- tomy at KSA from 1972 to 1979 is returning to KSA faculty this year to instruct in the graphic design and fine art programs. He comes to DTUC from the Okanagan where he has been an artist in residence. Most recently he taught at the Kootenay Lake Summer School of the Arts in Nelson. The gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Mon- day to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To Advertise Your Live Entertainment, Music, Dance, Efe. - « -CALL 365-5210 {