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Show Nukes , New Wave and more in festival films by Rick Brough A filmed investigation of a 20-year-old nuclear accident ... a ghost story set on the shores of Nantucket ... an inscrutable in-scrutable search for a man in Chinatown ... a horrifyingly funny look at government propaganda on nuclear war ... a black comedy about two mundane murderers. Where could you find all this in one place? Yep, it's time once again for Park City to host the U.S. Film and Video Festival. Festival sources have announced an-nounced that 24 dramatic and documentary films have been chosen to compete in the festival. The event will run in Park City Jan. 17-23. The following films have been selected for the dramatic category: -"The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez." Robert Young (not the guy who sells coffee) directed this true story of a fugitive Spanish-American in the early 20th century who became a symbol for Hispanic rights. Edward James Olmos (star of "Zoot Suit" and "Blade Runner") portrays Cortez. -"Citizen." This film follows the apparently random ran-dom journey of a group of American adolescents across a landscape strewn with discarded images and displaced persons. The utterly ut-terly optimistic message is that personal anarchy reigns, and you can do what you will with your life. "Chan is Missing." In San Francisco's Chinatown, two cabbies search for their missing business partner, Chan. Their search becomes an Oriental conundrum. The more they find out about Chan, the more unfathomable un-fathomable he becomes. "Dream On." A group of theater people attempts to put on a show. It stars Ed Harris, who has been featured in the George Romero films "Creepshow" and "Knightriders." "Eating Raoul." An acclaimed ac-claimed black comedy about ipPairk (City Live! As far as live music is concerned, con-cerned, it looks like one of the hottest tickets in town New Year's Eve will be at Adolph's where the pride of Park City's New Wave, Andrea An-drea and the Strap will perform. per-form. It will be the group's first major performance in town since they wowed 'em at the Snowflaker's Ball a few weeks back with a repertoire that included top-notch cover versions of material by such New Wave acts as the Pretenders, Blondie and Bow Wow Wow as well as tunes by more mainstream acts like Stevie Nicks and the ever popular Beatles. The group is fronted by the alluring, throaty Andrea Metos, who is well known to Park City audiences via such previous musical projects as the lead role in the local production of "Cabaret" and Wmw 649-2572 Members T.V.-$8.00 VCR -$7.50 Movie -$3.00 VHS STORE HOURS Mon. - Sat. 10-8 Sunday 12-6 Call us -WE DELIVER 649-2572 two nondescript Middle-Americans, Middle-Americans, Paul and Mary Bland, who want to open a gourmet restaurant called Chez Bland. To finance their dream, they kill strangers with Mary's trusty frying pan and lift their wallets. Then one day a young hood named Raoul tries to horn in on their racket. -"The Eyes of the Amaryllis." A charming ghost story about three people waiting for a supernatural super-natural message from the sea. There's Gran, the widow of a sea captain who went down with his brig Amaryllis thirty years ago; her grand-daughter; and a ghostly man named Seward. It was directed by Fred Keller, who brought the fantasy fan-tasy "Tuck Everlasting" to the festival two years ago. "The Mediterranean." Paul and Joan, who first fell in love on the Mediterranean, move to an isolated ranch to try reviving their romance. The film mixes past, present and future as it deals with the inability to communicate and the difficulty of nurturing nur-turing and keeping love. -"Mission Hill." A brother and sister take different dif-ferent routes to escape their blue-collar heritage. "The Personals." An independent in-dependent film that has already been shown in major theaters. Bill Schoppert stars as the Midwestern equivalent to Woody Allen a pudgy, balding divorcee who looks for a new relationship through the classified ads. -"Purple Haze." The story of one survivor of the tumultous late 1960s. Matthew Mat-thew Caulfield begins the summer of 1968 by getting expelled from college for smoking marijuana. The film follows his disturbing, funny, and crazy odyssey through the most turbulent summer of the Vietnam era. "Smithereens." A young girl named Wren tries to find her niche in life by hanging out with a New Wave rock nightclub appearances as part of folk and country-rock ensembles. Cover charge at Adolph's on New Years will be $80 per couple. The charge will include in-clude entertainment, a gourmet menu, liquor service ser-vice and party favors. Festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. Up at the resort, the Rusty Nail will be closed to the public on New Year's Eve in order to accommodate patrons of the gala Egyptian Theatre benefit. But the bar will continue to provide live entertainment throughout the week. From 3 to 7 p.m. each afternoon through Saturday, Colin James will entertain skiers who want to relax after a hard day of attacking the slopes. Each evening through Saturday (with the exception of New Year's) the Water Brothers will entertain. enter-tain. The Rusty Nail will also City M&nne WM Sales and Rental of Video Equipment 1729 Sidewinder Rent 4 movies for the price of 3 Membership - $30.00 - Lifetime New Releases Arriving Weekly Over 600 movies in store Pocket Size Video Games $39.95 Free Star Wars posters. aX Vu in g A a n ..RCDlllU " band. This is the only independent in-dependent film that was invited in-vited to this year's Cannes Festival. The following films have been chosen for the documentary category: "The Atomic Cafe" This film has attracted much attention at-tention in the current national debate over nuclear arms. It's a compilation of government films from the 1950s that taught Americans how to stop worrying and love the bomb. For instance, the chirpy song "Duck and Cover" advises people to protect themselves in an atom blast by ducking under a jacket or wooden desk top. "Becoming American." A Laotian family suffers the culture shocks of settling in the U.S. "Burden of Dreams." Truth proved more remarkable than fiction when German director Werner Wer-ner Herzog filmed his movie "Fitzcarraldo." Filmaker Les Blank recorded Herzog's struggle against native Indians In-dians on the Amazon, government govern-ment red tape, weather and the gargantuan task of actually hauling a steamship up the side of a mountain, mountain. "Coming of Age." An unflinching documentary about a raciallysexually mixed group of teens who gathered at a summer camp to confront issues about parental relations, sex, and families. The film oscillates from quiet to extraordinary emotional heights. -"Dark Circle." The stars of this anti-nuke film include an emotionally-scarred emotionally-scarred survivor of the Nagasaki bomb, and a man living near a Colorado nuclear plant who lost his daughter to cancer. It took four years to make. "Fire on the Water." This film examines the competition com-petition between two groups for depleted shrimp resources resour-ces off the Gulf Coast. Long-established Long-established Texas fishermen clash with the new, industrious in-dustrious Vietnamese com feature a dinner special Thursday night when a $3 cover charge will get you not only music but all the tacos you can eat. Beginning next Monday, taco night will become a regular weekly event. The Alamo on Main Street across from the Post Office will continue to present live performers on selected evenings. Thursday and Friday will find Brad Wilkin up on the stand. At the Black Pearl, the venerable rock violinist David LaFlamme will continue con-tinue his extended engagement. (See review, this section.) The Cowboy Bar, up Main Street a bit, will feature a Colorado-based group called New Moon through Jan. 1. New Moon plays everything from country to jazz to rock. On New Year's Eve, they Former Location munity, and the local Ku Klux Klan become involved. A gripping, objective story. "Moses Pendleton Presents Pre-sents Moses Pendleton." Choreographer Pendleton has been called "The Charlie Chaplin of the dance world." But the film focuses not on dance, but the eccentric Pendleton himself, who wears his grandfather's clothes and lives in a 22-room 22-room Victorian mansion. "Poto and Cabengo." The story of two young sisters, thought to have learning learn-ing disabilities, who have actually developed their own language. -"Miles to Go." In the wilderness, a group of women confront themselves and each other. "Rodin: The Gates of Hell." Focuses on the famous sculptor and his most spectacular master-work. master-work. "SL-1." In January, 1961, the first nuclear reactor reac-tor accident in the U.S. killed three men at the SL-1 plant near Idaho Falls. The accident ac-cident apparently occurred due to extreme negligence by one of the victims, but how could this happen? Utah film-makers Diane Orr and Larry Roberts studied government investigative documents to present their filmed hypothesis of the 72 hours leading to the accident. acci-dent. Their theory indicts the hazards of nuclear radiation, and its vulnerability to an unstable person. "Say Amen, Somebody." Some-body." A much-praised film that tells how ragtime music snuck into the churches, over the objections of the pastors, and became gospel music. The "sleeper" of the New York, London and Telluride festivals. "Vernon, Florida." Errol Morris, who brought you "Gates of Heaven," takes another look at deliciously-eccentric Middle America. The denizens of Vernon, Florida include a man whose passion is hunting hun-ting wild turkeys. will share the bill with 004, the popular Salt Lake ska and New Wave rock outfit. Jan. 2 through 4 the Cowboy will feature the acoustic country sounds of the Jeff Colgrove Trio. Jan. 5. through 8 the rockin' r&b style of the San Francisco-based Dynatones will liven up Cowboy's dance floor. In future weeks, the Cowboy will present such acts as the Ventures (Jan. 14 and 15), Taj Mahal (Jan. 18) and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (Jan. 21 and 22). Call 649-4146 for more information. infor-mation. Other local establishments regularly featuring live entertainment en-tertainment include the Down Under and the Ore House, both located on the lower part of Main Street. Their talent lineups were unavailable at press time. 649-2572 Non-Members T.V.:$ 10.00 VCR -$10.00 Movie -$4.50 BETA NEW MOVIES IN STORE Annie Superman II Tron Six Pack Darharosa Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Babes in Toyland Alice in Wonderland Reds 'Ro.ky III Poltergeist Rollover Personal Best BtltlilM : - ' "" m 1 AT Filet SHADOW RIDGE From V :00 Enjoy the finest gourmet continental cuisine in our casual but elegant surroundings. Superb wine selections, piano bar, apres ski hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Casual attire is appropriate. New Year's Eve Celebration -Menu- Beef Consomme of Sole Bonne Femme Salad Vinaigrette Intermezzo 1 ' ' Price includes dinner, set-ups, hats, noisemakers, free champagne Please call for reservations. 649-3912 649-3911 Park City News Thursday, i 4 v i From 9 11:30 Roast Tenderloin of Beef Sauce Bernaise Chocolate Mousse Cake $16.95 December 30, 1982 Page B7 1 i 0 6-10:30 |