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Show 8 The Signpost - Friday, Jan. 20, 1989 titetfaitt fFilm Festival becomes the Mecca for independent films ttttlu The eleventh annual United States Film Festival comes to Park City, Utah, January 20-29. The Festival, sponsored since 1 985 by the Sundance Institute, is the premiere American showcase for independent film and offers audiences a unique opportunity to see original films being created in America today, and to see them first. As in previous years, the heart of the festival is the Independent Film Competition. Fourteen documentaries and seventeen dramatic films will be competing for grand jury prizes in their categories. In addition to the annual jury awards, the festival offers ten new awards. The Audience Awards offers the public their first opportunity to select festival favorites by ballot while the Filmmakers Trophy will be given to a fil-maker by their most interested and supportive audience their peers. Program Director Tony Safford feels that the 1989 Independent Film Competition is stronger and broader than it has been in years and reflects a renewed energy in American independent filmmaking. Documentaries include new films by Tony Buba "Lightning over Braddock," Christian Blackwood "Motel," Lourdes Portillo and S usana Munoz "La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead," as well as portraits of jazz musician Chet Baker "Let' s get Lost," Modern Dancer Isadora Duncan "Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul," and director John Huston "John Huston" and an in-depth look at the Iran-Contra affair "Cover-up." On the more humorous side, "Heavy Petting" offer its audience a look back at the sexual mores of the fifties, and "Funny" tries to determine what makes people laugh. The dramatic entries range all the way from the sinister to the silly, and reflect the broad range of filmmaking styles and subjects from political thriller "Apartment Zero" to Vietnam war film "84 Charlie Mopic." The festival also features a variety of original programs. A new 35mm print of F. W. Murnau's luminous silent classic "Sunrise" will be screened at Symphony Hall in Salt Lake City, accompanied by a musical score written especially for the film by composer David Newman. Newman will conduct the Utah Symphony for this pre-meire presentation. Several films will also receive their American or World premeires at the Festival. Chief among them is' Brian Gibson's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story," a two-part biographical portrait of the famed Nazi hunter starring Ben Kingsley. Two live performances will give Superbowl Sunday and Domino's Pizza... A Great Team! JC? Call Us! Lay ton 546-3330 Clearfield 776-1440 So. Ogden 479-3600 Central Ogden 399-9999 When the NOID hits the gridiron against Domino s Pizza, he s m bio trouble Domino s Pizza is always the winner and so are you! 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Mimeclownperformance artistBill Irwin will perform sequences and sketches from his Bessie Award winning "LargelyNew York (The Further Adventures of a Postmodern Hoofer" while Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre will bring their own blend of post modern humor to Park City for an evening. Duck's Breath will also unveil their first feature film, "Zadar! The Festival will also showcase seven Latin America films, each one based on an original short story and screenplay by acclaimed author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Several of the directors from throughout Latin America and Spain will participate in a special seminar panel discussion about the state of Latin American cinema today. . , For more information and ticket reservations, phone 322-1799. High school bands come to perform at Weber The Weber S tate College Department of Performing Arts will host the High School Honor Band Festival January 20-21. The culmination of the two days of workshops and clinics will conclude with a concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Austad Auditorium of the Val A. Browning Center. The community is invited to attend this free concert The band will include performances by select high school students from Weber, Ogden, Davis and Box Elder districts to Dr. Thomas Root, director of bands at Weber State and coordinator for the event. A.G. McGrannahan III will be the guest conductor for the concert on the 21st. He is presently serving in his eleventh year as Director of Bands at the University ofNevada-Reno. McGrannahan has been teaching atUNR since 1975. He directs the Wolf Pack Marching Band, Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. In addition, he instructs all trombone, euphonium and tuba students at the university and conducts the Trombone Choir. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, McGrannahan received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Murray State University and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in trombone performances from North Texas State University.McGrannahan has been the director of the Lake Tahoe Music Camp for the past ten years. He is currently the principal trombonist in the Reno Philharmonic and Nevada Opera Orchestras and performs with the Great Basin Brass Quintet. Murphy rules the teenagers Eddie Murphy, who first gained fame for his antics on "Saturday Night Live," has been voted top hero in the ninth annual Heroes of Young America poll cunducted by "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1989." Murphy, 27, was also the winner in 1985. His first two "Beverly Hills Cop" movies are among the top twenty highest grossing films of all time. Voting for Hero of Young America was done in May and June by 3,000 high school students representing a geographic cross-section of the United States. Ballots were distributed by the 100 newspaper co-sponsors of 'The World Almanac." Students in grade 8 through 12 were asked to select those individuals in public life they admire most, to rank the qualities they considered most important in making their decisions, and to choose their top heroes in eight categories. For the first time in poll history, students were also asked to choose their favorite book. America's teens demanded that their heroes be, above all, intelligent; that they be articulate was of little concern. Other popular choices were brave, honest, responsible, funny, tough, cool, daring, sincere and sexy. Finishing second was Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. The rest of the list goes as follows: 3) Bill Cosby 4) Oprah Winfrey 5) Patrick Swayze 6) Arnold Schwarzenegger 7) Oliver North 8) Mike Tyson 9) Reverend Jesse Jackson 10) Larry Bird Students were also asked to choose their top male and female heroes in eight separate categories. Those winners were Schwarzenegger and Whoopi Goldberg for movie pcrformersnon-comedy; Bruce Willis and Winfrey for television performers non-comedy; Murphy and Lisa Bonet for comedy; Eddie Van Halen and Whitney Houston for music and dance; Tom Brokaw and Barbara Walters for news and sports media; Steven Spielberg and Judy Blume for artists and writers; Debo Thomas and Jordan for top sports heroes; and Jackson and Dr. Ruth Westheimer for politicians and newsmaker.America's teens chose Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" as their favorite book. Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" finished in a tie for second. |
