About this season
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 (14)
1. Premiere
Aired 7 January 1974 • 30 min
Some 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.
2. The Canadians
Aired 14 January 1974
Host William Shatner examines the film industry in Canada.
3. Anne Bancroft & Mel Brooks.
Aired 18 January 1974
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".
4. Clint Eastwood
Aired 25 January 1974
Violence on the motion picture screen is discussed by the World's biggest box office draw Clint Eastwood.
5. "White Dawn" / "Doc Savage" / Joel Grey
Aired 2 February 1974
Three 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".
6. Above the Line
Aired 8 February 1974
Interviews with people involved in different aspects of movie-making. writer Garson Kanin, producer Martin Ransohoff, director John Frankenheimer and actor Richard Harris.
7. Pot Pourri of Movie Production
Aired 15 February 1974
A montage of features about the film industry. Included scenes from the filming of "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" being made in Montreal.
8. Edith Head
Aired 22 February 1974
Costume 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.
9. Science Fiction
Aired 1 March 1974
Host William Shatner traces 72 years of the history of Science Fiction films.
10. George Cukor / John Schlesinger
Aired 8 March 1974
A talk with movie directors George Cukor and John Schlesinger.
11. Lloyd Bridges / Jeff and Beau Bridges
Aired 22 March 1974
Interview with actor Lloyd Bridges and sons actors Jeff and Beau Bridges
12. Paramount Studios
Aired 29 March 1974
Scenes 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.
13. Jack Lemmon
Aired 5 April 1974
Unique 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".
14. Special Effects
Aired 12 April 1974
William Shatner deals with the creation of special effects for the movies. [14] Flick Flack [Final New Show]