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Show llMmIln Park Record Thursday, January 22, 1987 Page B1 World Premiere b- tin- i r it Jr. 7 1 4 4 S Jane Alexander who was one of the executive producers of 'Square Dance" and also starred in the movie, attended at-tended the show's World Premiere at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre and the private reception at the Hansen Ptanatarium. .. - . - " ""S Channel 45 and KPCW were represented at the show and party by Amy Finegan and Rick Brough - if '1 IV, hi if; 4 . nil1 ' u ' At -' ' v Tkn .1 1 1 o A r it nr. r..j. .it c atai wi ouciic uaiiKc, Tvyuiuia nyuci, was u smiles at the party after the movie premiered. ! J !J i ! ) '-ax 4 Hi i' W &(f W m H k U ' Glitterati gather for grand promenade Q - ..V? i" 1 7 ViV 1 t 1 ;Av. r IS f - , . . . ; t Jim Palmer, left, agent for Wyonna Ryder, Barbara Robertson, a Park City-based actress and Dean Lyras, a film producer were just three of the thousands of people who attended the movIe photos by len Comes Haid is not just 'Renko' anymore by JOHN KINCH Record contributing writer Catching breakfast at the Main Street Deli Sunday morning, Charlie Haid talked about "Square Dance," which he produced; the last season of "Hill Street Blues;" independent films; the U.S. Film Festival and other things. "With "Square Dance," we made a film for Middle America," said Haid, who has played Officer Andy Renko for seven years on television. "The idea was that the film was about a national crisis which has to do with family, that the divorce rate is so high and people don't know where they belong. It's a deeply traumatic thing. It becomes a nomadic society where people don't really have a home to go to. " "Square Dance," which had its world premiere last Friday night in Salt Lake City, is a "coming of age" story about a young girl in a broken family. "An interesting parallel with 'Square Dance' and 'River's Edge' (a drama about teenagers and murder) is it showed neglective parents. Children neglected of carrying car-rying on any kind of a cohesive family fami-ly life. I think that family is a very important thing. It's one of the reasons why there's a kind of an angst In society. Where do I go home? Where do I belong? It makes it harder for people to bond. If people peo-ple can get that from our film that's our big message." 1 "Square Dance" co-executive producer, Charlie Haid, (also known as Andy Renko on "Hill Street Blues") was in Park City last winter helping out with the Special Olympics. Haid felt the violence and grim theme of "River's Edge" is a chance that an independent filmmaker can take. "That's the most important thing about that and the most important thing about the festival. You get to see the different perspectives," Haid said. Haid said "Hill Street Blues" often tested the parameters of television by dealing with unpleasant subjects. He said that after this season "Hill Street Blues" will be canceled, essentially, because seven years is a long time for a series and everyone wants to move on to other projects. "It's safe to say I'm going to get away from television acting," he said. "I think when you do a telev-sion telev-sion series you spread yourself a little lit-tle thick. And you become known and recognizable for one person." Haid often gets confused with his television character. "Hi, Renko," people often say to him. "I think one has to aspire to change that. I think I may hide behind a tree for awhile and come out looking different." Haid is working on several projects pro-jects including a television show and another movie. He would like to act in another movie, he said. His last well-known role in a feature was the colleague of William Hurt in "Altered States." One of the more moving experiences ex-periences Haid has had recently was moderating a public forum with Vietnam veterans in Madison, Wisconsin, that was broadcast on PBS last year. Haid served on a submarine early in the war and related a chilling story of discovering the sub had nuclear strike capabilities. Other vets, sometimes weeping at the memories, told similar stories. "What made it work was it was their words, how they felt, what they did. I think they should show it to high schools. It's a lot more realistic about what war's all about." Haid said he is going to buy a home in the area because he likes to ski. But sitting in the Deli, all Haid could do was think of skiing because of a recent shoulder injury while on his mountain bike. "It's killing me to see all this great snow," he said. aidiMQfflrdiMieiHic an i |
