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Show Page Bl Wednesday, November 24, 1982 'Executioner's Song' A confused film about by Jeff Howrey NBC's dramatization of Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song" to be broadcast on KUTV in two parts this Sunday and Monday Mon-day night at eight o'clock is a fine affair as TV dramas go. But that's a backhanded compliment at best. Sort of like saying that cancer is better than most terminal diseases. Kathryn Halev as she ' ' ' i tit,, i ;f ,- ' . t V - v tr X , s iitf v . . CVV- I I t iv-' ' ' I t r dinner in scene from "Peter Pan." P.C. actress recalls work in TV movie If you see NBC's two-part movie "Executioner's Song" this weekend, you might see a former Park City actressemphasis ac-tressemphasis on the word "might." Kathryn Haley, who worked on the movie in the fall of 1981, is now in California, Califor-nia, looking for film and commercial work. She hasn't heard much about the film, and for all she knows her work (in two different roles!) may be on the cutting-room floor. "Executioner's Song," based on the Norman Mailer work, tells of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore and how he became the first person per-son executed in the United States in nearly 15 years. Kathryn told the Park City Newspaper she vied for the role of the wife of one of Gilmore's murder victims. The role went to another actress. ac-tress. "They thought she matched up better with the 'husband,'" said Haley. She was cast, instead, as a friend to the murdered man's family. Haley also found out, when she appeared ap-peared at wardrobe, that her Sing HandePs 'Messiah The best way to have a voice in the community is to sing Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, Nov. 28 with the Utah Chorale. The event is the Chorale's fifth annual Sing-In, set for the Sunday after Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Those who sing should plan to bring their G. Schirmer edition of the "Messiah." A limited number of "Messiah" scores will be on sale in the Symphony Hall lobby prior to the performance. The , Sing-In is free to the public, but seating is limited. Plan to arrive early. The Chorale will be accompanied by the Utah Chamber Cham-ber Orchestra, under the direction of Newell B. Weight, former musical director of the Chorale. This year's soloists include JoAnn Ottley, soprano; Susan Berndt Cook, alto; Michael Ballam, tenor; and David Power, baritone. This made for TV movie of Gary Gilmore's last few years falls prey to the tube's constant demand for violence violen-ce and sex. There's far too much Set. Rock and not nearly enougn scared convict con-vict in Tommy Lee Jones' portrayal of convicted killer Gilmore. And the first hour of the four hour production could be accurately summarized sum-marized in one sentencepetty sen-tencepetty criminal Gil- appeared in Park City character was going to be pregnant! "When I walked on the set, people thought I was pregnant!" she recalled. "They were making me sit down, were telling me I shouldn't walk around so much. When I got out of the clothes later, it blew everyone away!" Her part wasn't big in fact, one of her two scenes was canceled due to rain. But because she had worked so little, casting director Lynn Stalmaster brought her back two weeks later to play a different role a secretary to producer Larry Schiller. In Park City, Haley played the title role in "Peter Pan" and appeared as the scatterbrained scatter-brained Corie in "Barefoot in the Park." But her professional debut dates back some three years, to a New York appearance in the soap "Edge of Night." "I had a scene with this slick disco owner, who was trying to flirt with me," she recalled. Now she lives in Orange County, California, has an agent, and she's busy hitting auditions for commercials, more (Jones), a few months before commiting those atrocious killings in Provo, gets out of the pen and is real horny. So for an hour we get to see a lot of BYU-type coed T&A as Gilmore discovers that Utah girls don't go to bed with ex-cons. It's one of several painful lessons Gilmore learns as he awkwardly bumps around in the real world. Things get better for a little while when Performances' awards TV, and films. Currently, she said, she's waiting to hear about an audition for a deodorant ad. "I'd be playing racquetball for this Secret commercial," she said. She is also hoping to get more casting calls for theatrical work. "I just went on a casting call for a picture called 'Mermaid," which Kimball Guild keeps busy The Kimball Art Guild has been involved in many activities this holiday seas-son. seas-son. Thirty-five guild members attended a dough ornament workshop given by Connie Marolt at Rocky Mountain Christmas Gifts Nov. 10. Guild members also sold their home-made baked goods at the opening of the Art of Christmas Present exhibit Nov. 14. The bake sale netted $300 for the Kimball Art Center. Besides the bake sale, build members helped set up the many items that go into the Art of Christmas Present exhibit. Membership in the guild has grown to 65. New and a confused con he moves in with his girlfriend, Nicole, played by Rosanne Arquette. Arquette is the one true delight of the production.Her sultry sleazebag-airhead portrayal is sufficiently whacko and realistic to bring credibility to her failed double suicide pact with Gilmore. Their bizarre, psychopathic relationship is depicted much more in-triguingly in-triguingly than Gilmore's fight with the Utah courts (and the media circus which ensued) to let him go ahead and die once he had been sentenced. Gilmore is seen as a total manipulator of reporters, judges and his prison keepers the mass murderer mur-derer as super hero. Hardly. By the time the execution rolls around (the four hour "Executioner's Song" is about two too long), it's an-ticlimatic. an-ticlimatic. Problems are compounded by some choppy chop-py editing as well. Gilmore's brother and mother, for instance, in-stance, pop up late in the production and each do little Gallery guide is off the press The Park City Art Galleries Association is happy hap-py to announce that its new brochure "Art Gallery Guide" is ready for distribution. Some 20,000 copies have been printed to be distributed in Salt Lake City and Park City. Copies are also available at all the galleries. The association members , include The Family Jewels, Hand in Hand, Johnson Gallery, Kimball Art Center, Lido Gallery, Meyer Gallery, Old Town Gallery, Painted Pony, Scott Nelson Photography, and Walker Gallery. The Art Gallery Guide features a descriptive panel for each gallery, and a map with all their locations. Brochures of this type just signed Warren Beatty," she said. In the meantime, she does a lot of waitress work and jobs on weekends. "You keep your weekdays open. You have to get to a phone every two hours," she said. "I'm really positive not frustrated or disappointed," she said. "I know the right part's coming along." current members who want to be on the guild's mailing list should send their $5 membership fee by Jan. 1. All checks should be sent to the Kimball Art Center, P.O. Box 1478, Park City, Utah 84060 in care of the guild. The guild is involved in numerous center programs, including arranging docent tours of the center and sponsoring the summer Art Guild Auction. They also help with openings of new exhibits at the center. The next guild meeting will be in February when Guild President Nancy Nip-kow Nip-kow promises "to have something wonderfull planned." more than confuse matters with the tangential sub-plots they introduce and never resolve. The movie does do an admirable ad-mirable job of capturing local color. Utahns will recognize such familiar landmarks land-marks as KSL-TV news trucks and the Dee's clown. We even hear a lame Mormon Mor-mon joke. An LDS lawyer says that he met his wife at BYU where she was majoring in Home Economics. But they should have called it "Husband Hunting" instead. Yuk. Yuk. "Executioner's Song" features some nicely done tunes by Waylon Jennings, including his loping version of Neil Young's "Are You Ready for the Country." Several mid-'70s rock tunes pop up as well, blasting out of car radios for no apparent reason, typical of the generally disjointed tone of the production. Gary Gilmore was a confused con-fused guy. It's somehow appropriate ap-propriate they should make a confused movie about him. have been used in other resort areas, such as Sun Valley and Jackson Hole, with great success. The Park City Art Gallery Assoc. feels that the brochure will promote Park City as an art center, not just a ski resort, by focusing attention on the galleries and providing a route by which tourists can visit each gallery as they travel through town. iff 11 rty lyi ill ci liii uimm ! 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