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Show Page B4 Thursday, October 7, 1982 The Newspaper by Hick Brough Now Open Thursday thru Sunday PARK CITY ft IWBGY 'Inchon' Korean War soap opera flops ' W M FLATBUSH (Country Western) Tonight thru Saturday Don't miss the BYNAMES Oct. 13-18 COWBOY BAH JAM SESSIOS Sunday 7:00 -No cover Bring your instruments & voices Everybody welcome Coming in October MARTIN B THORP - OCT. 21 ROOMFUL OF BLUES -OCT. 22 & 23 Halloween Costume Party Oct. 30th ACU$iv RevimiBWktei Good du!)ie-fejcurtr du!)ie-fejcurtr matirrul Time-kiltur For tni:A:!iM.s onlv Inchon The Reverend Sun Mvung Moon helped to ftauce the movie "Inchon" aid hn name is plastered en titv front of the credits x "Special Adviser " Th picture, therefore, h.u caught flak for Mjco's participation as if it didn't have enough troubles. m'A its plodding gung-ho tixox. ludicrous melodrama, xtxd embarassed-lookirg actors. The movie gets is pice from one of the most siTC victories by the Free World over Communism. la the early days of the war, the North Koreans stormed across the 38th Parallel, pushing the Southern army and UN forces back into a : :iy corner of Korea. Gene-rat Gene-rat Douglas MacArthur Av.unatically reversed their ;.:iunes by jabbing into .-"rmy territory with an ,isu,n at the coastal city of v vhon. In doing so, he defied .' experts who said its 'uvbor was too narrow for a v.wvssful landing.' the theme is America -vtorious. And a skeptic like awkeye Pierce is nowhere be found. You have to .SsYk for the history books the war's anticlimactic tiding. The Red Chinese ,' Uored the fray a miscalculation miscal-culation by MacArthur, some contend and beat Mck the UN forces again, resulting in a stalemate. In the midst of combat, the picture presents a gallery of dull-edged characters. Ben uazzara plays MacArthur's :iide, who is in love with a Korean girl. His marriage to the hoity-toity Jacqueline Bisset is on the rocks because she doesn't like the military life and she can't understand that an army man is "a special kind of cat." (This is Gazzara's jazzy appraisal of himself.) Unfortunately, Bisset and her well-known cleavage are trapped behind enemy lines. She is also loaded down with five Korean orphans, because be-cause the writers figure there's nothing more heartwarming heart-warming than five little kids, acting cute in unison. Another hokey sub-plot is about a Korean couple separated by the war on the eve of their wedding. Other characters include Richard Roundtree, as Gazzara's faithful blalck sergeant and Toshiro Mifune, as a faithful Korean friend. Everyone is very noblek Bisset is slightly less so, but she suffers while trying to escape with the other refugees, and thus learns the importance of what her husband has been doing. An entire bridge full of Korean peasants is blown up just to create a cliff-hanger cliff-hanger for her. After the explosion, Bisset's car dangles precariously off one end of the bridge. For the first hour, the continuity is so bad that you're never quite sure where the characters are or how they get around. Gaz-zara Gaz-zara is all over the map, hopping from one battle to another, while his wife is lucky if she moves one mile in a day. Director Terence Young brings little visual excitement excite-ment to the scenes of battle. He's content to show the same scenes of rolling tanks, North Korean shooting down helpless peasants, etc. As General MacArthur, Sir Laurence Olivier suffers many of the picture's low points. At the breakfast table, MacArthur's wife sends him off to the war with a chirpy little joke: "Don't say it. I know. 'I shall return!'" When he defends his invasion plan to fellow officers, he uses that hackneyed hack-neyed old device "of course the idea is impossible, and that's why it will work! " Olivier plays the general with a strangulated American Ameri-can accent that bears a passing resemblance to normal speech. One of the funniest bits occurs when MacArthur greets Korean President Syngman Rhee. And the Korean actor replies back in the same voice as MacArthur's. They sound like they're trying to imitate each other. "Inchon" is so bad it becomes enjoyable for that reason. It takes on a certain negative value. But you don't have to be suspicious of Moon-ies Moon-ies to conclude that it's one of the year's biggest losers. Budding actors, directors: this one-act's for you It's Ballet West's 'Don Quixote' Special Tonight and Friday BBQ Beef Ribs $135 This includes cover charge. Happy Hour 5:00 to 7:00, Dancing beg i ns at 9:00 Join us for dinner featuring BBQ ribs, steaks and; a great evening's entertainment 4 For dinner reservations and We specialize in banquets & parties. information please call 649-4146 Book your Christmas parties now "Don Quixote," presented by Ballet West, will be performed Oct. 6 through Oct. 11 at the Capitol Theatre. Choreographed by Bruce Marks, this full-length dramatic ballet was premiered pre-miered in Salt Lake City in 1976 with Michael Onstad, Bruce Caldwell and Christopher Christo-pher Fair in leading roles. This season, alternating with the original cast, will be Mark Borchelt, Malcolm Burn and Joseph Clark. Dancing in the featured role of Dulcinea will be Stacey Swaner, Leticia Hernandez and Liane Lurie. Ronald Mead Horton will return to conduct. Mr. Hor- ton compiled and edited the Home of Rj Crrv) RfcmwiGs presents little... TEN Nine LI Eight little INDIANS... by Agatha Christie Starring Dick Cummings Richard Scott Barbara Titensor Jere Calmes Chuck Folkerth Dick Mitchell Mike Philips Robin Riley Clayton Maw Madeline Smith Craig Murley Director: Don Gomes October 7, 8, 9 Curtain 8 p.m. Egyptian Theatre, Main Street, Park City $7.00 General admission $5.50 PCP members Group rates available For reservations call 649-9371 Tickets through Datatix at all ZCMI stores and the Salt Palace. music by Spanish composers Isaac Albinez and Manuel de Falla. "Don Quixote" sold out in 1976 and 1979. Critics praised the ballet for its lavish sets and exquisite costumes designed de-signed by Robert O'Hearn, principal American designer for the Metropolitan Opera. According to Bruce Marks, "Don Quixote is a ballet based on Miguel de Cervantes' Cervan-tes' novel that is filled with the fantasy of dreams and affirms that man's nobility is in his vision." Tickets are available at the Ballet West box office or by calling 533-3333. Ballet West will perform in Ogden on Oct. 13 and 14. An experimental series of one-act plays will be presented pre-sented soon at the Egyptian Theatre and offer an opportunity op-portunity for new directors and actors alike to participate. partici-pate. The purpose of this new vehicle is to present dramatists drama-tists and dramatic pieces that otherwise might not be presented and to give new directors and actors a chance to develop and work. According to Park City Performances director Don Gomes, there will be anywhere any-where from 10 to 20 pieces performed the first year, depending upon the interest in the project. Assisting Gomes in the steering committee com-mittee of this new group are Rick Brough, Steve Hunt and Susan Jarman. The first set of one-acts are slated for late November or early December. Persons wishing to direct or perform should contact Gomes no later than Friday, Oct. 15 for i open auditions. Separate open auditions will be held for each show. Those wishing to direct will be required to attend a series of four workshop sessions as pre paration. Each director will be able to choose his or her own show or will be assigned one. For further information contact the Egyptian Theatre Thea-tre at 649-9371. Wanted: little dancers Ballet West will be holding auditions for children's roles in the annual presentation of the Nutcracker. Dancers must be at least nine years of age, under five feet tall, and have at least one year of ballet training. Children may register to audition on Friday, Oct. 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. or Saturday, Oct. 16 from 8 to 10 a.m. in the Capitol Theatre. All children must register in person. per-son. Audition dates will be assigned at registration according ac-cording to height. Performances of the Nutcracker will be presented Dec. 16 through 31 at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, Jan. 4 at Brigham Young University in Provo and Jan. 7 and 8 at Weber State College in Ogden. Sri,-' - , , , . ; - - - J "Puma" oil painting by Farrell It. Collett photo ty Morgan Queal Old Town Gallery Collett exhibit includes local scenes by Morgan Queal The paintings of Farrell R. Collett, on view this month at the Old Town Gallery, are a rare treat for lovers of western and wildlife art. Collett, who has studied, taught and exhibited widely throughout the West, is a prolific and versatile artist whose oils and watercolors represent a love and understanding under-standing of his subjects. Especially outstanding are his exciting, fluid renditions of wild cougars, full of motion and strength. He is also a skilled painter of hor ses, builalo and bighorn sheep. There are some memorable works in the Old Town Gallery show for Park City residents. Collett, who lives in Ogden and is a professor of art at Weber State College, has done five major pieces depicting Park City scenes for the local exhibit. "Park City Stairs" is a striking example of his mastery over the difficult dif-ficult medium of watercolor. There are two sketches of Park City scenes, and two more watercolors, one of the old Coalition. Collett is a native of Idaho and as a boy observed wildlife in its natural habitat animals that he now brings to others through his paintings. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in art from Brigham Young University and has studied at many of the major art schools in the country, among them the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Collett's gentile, quiet yet powerful paintings of western and natural history hang in many galleries and private collections throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Park City is fortunate to be hosting the exhibit of 33 of his finest works at the gallery, located at 612 Main Street. Editor's note: Last week's issue of The Newspaper mistakenly announced that the Farrell Collett exhibit was being held at the Kimball Kim-ball Art Center. We apologize for the error. I Winter 1982-83 I LODESTAR advertising space reservation ends . Friday, Oct. 8 v.v.'.vi'i'....''''.; ft. I -i |