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Show Page Wednesday, March 10, 1971 HERALD, Provo, Utah 2Q-- THE By CONNIE HANSEN f x n.vini : . - inno nmrrinpnt inrtastrv for Southern Utah -- has worked its farther up the state to the kV 1 .rl ' "" """"f"?, High Umta areas thanks to Robert Redford. For several weeks the major I Vl; J , ! i I ,. I 1 I 11 v f 1 even for these times, and the areas in which filming is done will rereive a sizeaNe oortion in supplies, leases and payment ot " vt I s r i extras. dozeri imported wild animals were used in the film, by a man in Southern Utah who makes a speciality of movie dustry. for ey 1 bears and tw0 deeri four wolveS( plus elk 3 beCame twQ m Arts Warner Brothers-Seve- n The Saga of production. Jeremiah Johnson, inwhiUhe stars, has been filming in necess the t0 fulfil, Central Utah and has only Hollywood custora of naving a recently moved teihe SL George roie 4,, or area. In April the cast and crew e icture hold Wch ht r. .. mmII mmm . tn Vernfli fnr final filming, where a pioneer trading cawritated post of the period has been recreated. One scene suu Wolf Scenes remains to be shot in the Sun dance area, said officials con- aoseup Kam o Redford nected with the film. a woIf was done th the of a taxidermist, but the ... product True to uie yVe animals were used in many Reolbrd stars as a true-lif- e scenes, rharaoter. one Jeremiah In order to bring the filming to Johnson of mountauwiian fame and lived who trapped Utah, the movie had to oe throughout the West near the treated as an independent middle of the 19th Century. The production, said Redford, and killing of his Indian wife by Sanford Productions, of which the . Crow Indians ana nis ne is pan owner, resuuea. .1 lifetune pursuit 01 mem aiier The actor, who has become documented been has death her one cf Utah's chief boosters by Historians. sinpp mnvinu hpre spvpral vpars 0 and becoming the owner of Sundance Recreation I ; r' J V Utah Robert Redhrd Stars In Early West Film J".4 AM- - 10 C enfral alcing Comes Movie Big-Ti- me u 1 .V7r' gny 1 iV' ... , , ZCJ?ZTZ MSSteThS! ShootHorses,uontiney. hag ' HjUW t STAR AND DIRECTOR confer on location in the High Uintas above Kanus for the filming of "The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson," the story famous early mountain man of of a true-lif- e the mld-19Century. Star Robert tieaiora, V.M - II'--- Cast 01f1. . Mtrifnl, Redford heads a cast of about 15 actors, including two women, Some scenes, now being shot in the St. George area, utilize around 130 todians (real In- dians, by the way, recruited from the Ute, Piutes, Shivwits is at left and Sydney Pollack, the director (of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" fame) is at right. An uniden- tified c.ew member is back to the camera. who plays Johnson, th yery cooperative in the present . Navajo tribes) and an Inof 30 teepees has been cons&ucted. It is oriy a few miles from where much of the filming of "Butch Cassidy and e. In venture. He sees the film as paying the way for future movie- making activity on a scale such gg this in various parts of Utah, , f.00? Ila wife u the former Van Wagenen daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Van Wagenen of a home - Utah p- a SSSSfte natl.ve, of ea. It would seem he's fast one. One of the women plays becoming Johnson's Indian wife, who is finally killed by members of the Crow tribe and inspires the theSuHdanceKid-wasdon- scene was prepared for the role, so to speak, by a taxidermist. In other words, for the close-u- p coup de grace a stuffed animal was used but some thrilling scenes involving four live wolves are part of the picture. ATTACKED BY A STARVING WOLF, Mountain Man Jeremiah Johnson kills the animal with his rifle butt. A close look will reveal Robert Redford behind the whiskers and the shaggy hide coat. The wolf, in this mountain man's vendetta against that tribe. Although dozens of Indian girls were inand in Provo terviewed Hollywood, final choice was a white girl from University of at California ' t Los Angeies. 11 is her first professional acting job, although she is a theatre arts major and has been in many college productions. Those in charge of the film said they found many beautiful Indian girls with the quality of serenity needed for the role, but due to their inexperience it was difficult to teli if they could portray the Dart which calls for a wide range of dramatic ability. Sn f2 1 rc .... k. y White Woman r I- - - - s ai i , A 4 The other woman portrays a white woman who loses her sanity through the horrors of an Indian attacK. of- the Droduction is Magnitude o evident from the crew of some su people, witn rouing equipiueiii w a dozen big vehicles and a costly, l 4, "Cinemobile" modern developed for location shooting CHAINED TO A TREE while he waits his turn In one of the scenes of "The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson," li one of the four live wolves used in the movie. They were fur- - K t J ss- - xNx NX xs x x V x away from Hollywood. The latter enables processing of film on the spot and other technical work heretofore impossible on distant locations. nished by a Southern Utah mn who makes a wild speciality of capturing and training s, for animals K m6 TWO MOUNTAIN MEN have principal roles in "The Saga of Johnson" star Robert Redford, right, who plays . .. ...1 mm lmnnt , lVn11.mn.ul ii.. roie. ura. ana tne Hue wui ueer, l.4 iui, wcu-uu- n f Million Budget tex'!lt V x v x I X x S;!' x I, x K "-- LK t. k -,- V.;.X FT r! 3 i I i -- -x V .i. " i ya Hi t: "aM v - S. H. x ,,x ; . x v J- , PV H?kx k n - tumi 1 1 I ft x ,,;-r- x wv V-- V ' I . x iS"K' xx grizzly-Jeremia- Budget of the film is around four million dollars, substantial movie-maker- N xS h character actor, who portrays "Bear Claw" of of wiles and into the Johnson Initiates who fame ways killing tliAnU uic nuu. ' -- . II - wC, x - x;-- x xx - v Jx '. ; "o-- q .L . i. '.C "Cinemobile" developed for the center of the picture is the 1 aiinws filmvipvplnnlni? i ,mi - otner r and mcauua uuvuug, wun. in remote areas llie tne even on location, whUe processing . , ; , - f jr"U-- ft. w. x rx x , X.X STRETCHING ALMOST OUT OF SIGHT down the road to .. . . . ., ... ui.i Muror Lake is tne caravan 01 bucks anaj venitira ucvcssiujr Brothers-SeveMs production "The Saga of for the Warner Jeremiah Johnson." The film is budgeted at M million. Near d 1 High Uintas. Photos by Herald Photographer Meb Anderson SjT J CREW MEMiJUKS erase tracks from the snow with rakes and shovels to prepare for shooting another scene of "The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson" while a man who looks suspiciously like star Robert Redford stands at left. He looks t like him, for the reason he's Bedford's stand-in- , Greg Martin, whose likeness has earned him stand-i- n roles In Bedford's lost three films, |