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Show Film Clips Orem-Geneva Times- -December 13. 1979 1-rrrrinrirTnrinrirTnnrrrTn V ) h m n ii tnlnnnnonnnr Red ford returns to the big screen Robert Redford is before the camera for the first time in two years, with Columbia Pictures' soon to be released 'The Electric Horseman.' He was last seen in a segment of the multi-star 'A Bridge Too Far,' which followed his highly successful production, produc-tion, 'All The President's Men.' Redford says he has "always been interested in the individual and the forces that overwhelm him . . . also the forces that seem to dominate this country's machinery." Thus his first independent production, 'Downhill Racer,' dealt with America's Amer-ica's obsession with winning, win-ning, and the effect this has on our athletes. His next, 'The Candidate,' explored ex-plored how the electoral process shaped the office seeker. Profile When Watergate broke, Redford decided to do a film on investigative reporting. report-ing. It was at his urging that Robert Woodward and Carol Bernstein wrote the inside story of their own reportorial experiences, 'All The President's Men,' and the resultant film, dubbed by many as the best picture ever made about newspapering, was both a critical and popular success. 'The Electric Horseman.' in whose preparation Redford Red-ford has been intimately involved for over a year before filming, fits the mold. "You choose a one-dimensional one-dimensional character with little education, no real sophistication, and suddenly sud-denly catapult him into the world of merchandising and big business," says the actor. "Here in the 'Electric 'Elec-tric Horseman' we have the rodeo star removed from his natural habitat, roped into the corporate world. In this instance the premise offers opportunities opportuni-ties for action, warm comedy and bittersweet romance, all delivered with a point of view.". Redford left college in 1957 to travel abroad, studied painting in Europe, settled on a career as a designer for the stage. But at the American Academy of Dramatic Art his interest switched to acting. Minor roles in the New York theatre and on TV led ultimately to starring roles on Broadway in 'Sunday In New York' and 'Barefoot In the Park,' among others. Several years later he repeated 'Barefoot in the Park' on the screen, teamed with Jane Fonda. A worldwide favorite, his pictures include 'The Way We Were,' 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' 'The Great Gatsby,' 'Six Days of the Condor' and 'The Sting.' Interested in all facets of film making, he is currently directing u x V-n I . : "I f "T ' ? ?- ' I ' ' ' ' X - ""roe0"- ' .ks :- . : ' 'T' f i t . - 1 r a - " $ I I .1 II j ' V ' ' if .L in,, i ,1 .11 1 in smm-m i Female athletes such as Nancy Lopez (left), who once again was a dominant figure on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour, and tiny 12-year-old Tracee Talavera, whose exhilarating performances reflected the emergence of a revitalized U.S. gymnastics program, along with many others, will be spotlighted when NBC Sports presents SPORTS YEAR '79: THE YEAR OF THE CHAMPION, a year-end review of sports in 1979, airing Saturday. Dec. 22. m j i m ii h r |
