| Show Two :e 2A Standard-Examin- Whining numbers 12 17 19 23 32 Tuesday May 1 8 1 999 er 66 Top of Utah forecast “Alex is a gifted 35 man Gifted because he worksfour hours a week and malies $11 million ayear” -- Canadian anniversary aboard TV’s Emmy-winnin- g quiz-sho- w Saturday Friday Wednesday Thursday host ce®twtd Ns 1 5th “Jeopardy!" with an unveiling of his star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame actor Alan Thicke as Alex Trebek the Trebek o Tribute to Linda ter also placed Ford on three years of probation fined him $3000 and ordered him to perform 1 50 hours of community REVIEW McCartney Lucas’ storyline lacking punch Eight British composers have organized a classical mu sic tribute to honor Linda McCartney the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney Ford was indicted in December on three federal wiretapping charges He used a modified radio scanner to listen to the call between Cruise and Kidman in February 1998 and then sold the tape which included an alleged quarrel to the Globe newspaper The supermarket tabloid was not charged Cruise and Kidman had no comment Monday publicist Pat Kingsley said IDAHO WYO l48773j Logan 67?’ T fOfldwi r vj Salt Lake City 47 75 Provo NHV 763 51 By STEVE SALLES r Standard-Examine- Richfield 38 68° V n o Cedar City 4475 o St George 145 1ST &2 AR1Z Inc © 1999 AccuWeather NM O Sunny Pt Cloudy Snow Flumes Ram Showers Cloudy Ice VtoAnocwMdPrMt Sunmoon Utah almanac Statistics through 5pm Sunrise yesterday 530 521 608 am K Utah high: 88‘ at St George Utah low: 18‘ at Bryce Canyon o Sunset Highest precip: Trace at Manti SLC Rain or snowfall: 0 00" 8 41 p m 613 66 Precip this month: 225" Departure from norm: 065" Pollen count Normal highIow: 7246 Record high: 89' In 1948 Cedar Record low: 33' in 1943 Sycamore Others Mulberry Precip figures Irom SLC Airport - Stale avg all “Star Wars” fans I to a bit of excitement seeing that LucasFilms logo pop up once again at the beginning of another intergalactic adventure At that particular moment in last week’s advance screening of “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace” in Salt Lake City the packed house erupted in applause Members of the audience wouldn’t clap again for another two hours at the end of a crucial fight scene What happened? George Lucas himself said there was no way “Episode I” could match the hype - a fair statement The “Star Wars” trilogy has taken on a mythological presence in our popular culture to the point that the next story would have difficulty satisfying expectations With that in mind I tried to lower the bar and just go and enjoy I honestly have to say -- 1 was still disappointed “Episode I” begins with a political dispute between the Republic’s Trade Federation and a small planet called Naboo It’s not clear what the dispute’s about but two Jedi Knights Qui-Go- n Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his n Kenobi apprentice (Ewan McGregor) are sent as diplomats in an effort to resolve the conflict It’s soon apparent to the Jedi that the trade leaders are not interested in a peaceful solution So the Jedi Knights feel the need to warn the planet’s leader the young Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) of an impending invasion So far OK Once on the planet the Jedi get sidetracked with the outcast Jar Jar Binks and the underwater Gungas Binks is a floppy-eare- d creature who takes on the role of comic sidekick by speaking in a diastrange Jamaican-soundin- g lect that’s tough to understand Still he’s cute and the kids think he’s funny so no problem So what ARE the problems? 1) The characters are not fleshed out We learn nothing n Jinn about Qui-Go- n Kenobi or the Queen and very little about Anakin Skywalker 2) The story isn’t engaging enough There’s no suspense or fear just one brief moment of sadness The battle droids are certainly not very fierce they look like a bunch of duckmen Like CaO Moab 47781° movie critic r Yesterday Obi-Wa- Utah temperatures Regional Sources National Weather Service Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Clinic Associated Press National weather forecast for noon Wednesday May 19 The AccuWeather 703 Bands separate high temperature zones for the day rip-of- fi'i" 100 ! five McCart- or fi So why 212 stars? The film has two exciting scenes the Pod-rac- e sequence and the light saber duel near the end The film also has some nice special effects which look like they’ll pay off later in video game sales Otherwise Yoda Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu and Jabba the Hut are just bit players in a rather uninspired storyline that lends very little to the background of some of the most famous characters in sci-- movie history Disappointed? You bet I’m disappointed Lucas shows once again that he can direct action scenes and that he can take technology to new levels but he falls short in the human interaction department My advice is he should enlist the aid of those who helped him with “The Empire Strikes Back” and get back that sense of adventure and excitement that has made “Star Wars” part of our cultural identity There’s no question nearly everyone will run out and see “Episode I” - which opens on eight screens in Top of Utah theaters after midnight tonight - at least But once once It’s cntic-prothe hype simmers down repeat business may simmer as well Here’s hoping “Episode II” (due in 2002) will get back some of “The Force” sadly lost in “The Phantom Menace” O fi of ney songs will launch a new charity called the Garland Appeal which aims to raise McCartney money for cancer research that doesn’t involve animal testing The composers involved in the project include McCartney Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and John Tavener whose piece “Song for Athene” was used at Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 Singer Perry Como is 87 Actor Bill Macy is 77 Actor Robert Morse is 68 Actor Dwayne Hickman (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 65 Country singer George Strait is n 47 Page Hamilton of Helmet is 39 Rapper Special Ed is 25 Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 19 Singer-musicia- 20 years ego in N Utah of 54 years Ira Huggins became a life member of Kiwanis International on Thursday Outstanding Art Student Awards of the year were presented to Gail James and Joseph Schknker graduating ElizaWeber State seniors beth N Hartman a senior at Bonneville High School is the recipient of a $300 Ogden Legal Secretaries Association scholarship 50 years ago in N Utah Court ruling backs Jo© Today’s birthdays Prominent Ogden attorney The concert will debut at the Charterhouse public school in Surrey on July 18 before going to the Riverside Church in New York on Dec 4 Linda McCartney a professional photographer died of breast cancer in April 1998 Dlffi© It’s official: Joe Difile’s hit country tune “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox Lf I Die” is original The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati decided Monday that Diffie’s tune was written independently of Everett A Ellis’ ballad “Lay Me Out by the Jukebox When I Die” Ellis brought the lawsuit against Diffie his publisher record company three songwriters and several others claiming his chorus was stolen The song reached No 3 on the Billboard country chart in Paul Christiansen of Ogden High and John Dawson of Davis High were named the outstanding senior athletes in their schools for the school year They were each presented with a gold watch from the Examiner and KLO Jean D Case was honored by Ogden High School faculty members at a luncheon and program in celebration of his retirement after 30 years of teaching industrial arts classes in city schools Standard-- 1993 Review - Staff wire reports Cruise Kidman THE FILM: ‘Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace’ OUR RATING: 12 STARRING: Liam Neeson Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Jake Lloyd Ian McDiarmid Pemilla August Ahmed Best BEHIND THE SCENES: Written directed and executive-produce- d by George Lucas (‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Obi-Wa- A The concert which will include made out of papier mache bad guy 3) The devil-face- d He Darth Maul is a has a couple of lines a couple of scenes and that’s it! What a non-fact- service eavesdropper sentenced A tabloid photographer was sentenced to six months in a halfway house for eavesdropping on a cellular telephone call between Tom Cruise and his wife Nicole Kidman Eric Ford 27 pleaded guilty in March to a federal wiretapping charge in a deal with prosecutors to drop two related counts He could have been sentenced to a year in jail and fined $20000 In addition to being ordered Monday to the halfway house US District Judge Terry Hat Jones’ series) PLAYING: Newgate Tinseltown Layton Hills 9 Reel Walker Cinemas 6 Runs 131 minutes MPAA RATING: PG CORRECTIONS & Clarifications The Standard-Examiner- 's policy is to correct any error promptly Ifyou find a mistake or something you think is unfair please call 0 from 7 am to 4 pm weekdays 625-421- Ogden High’s boys tennis team finished sixth at last tennis tournaweek’s state ment instead of seventh as reported Also Ogden’s Beck Roghaar did not win the No 1 singles title in 1998 3-- A FRONTS: 1999 AccuWeether Inc n ®® Vie tm E3 km Snow FVwrte Showers Low Mgh - STATTONAfilY WAPV COLD o cu Sin Pt Poudy Standard SUMMARY coast combmes with Ram wil pet much of the Northeast tomorrow as a storm fust oft the an xxoachmg coto front to soak the region Sunny reca weather m store tor the Ohio and Tennessee wilt dry out and turn mtkJer valleys the Midwest and the central and southern Plains The Northwest white the Southwest stays hot ( ' 1 Get back mors than tb© price cf this newspaper when you redeem today's Pag© 2 Payback Coupon for More weather around the clock guuiir-y- 85 National temperatures on M M cat 66 48 ctr MM LARodt locMgees 09 64 dr dr cm cm H0i La MuntacH cat heufueren or Anchorage Wet lrqtpn 60 KJftUftC Of Oft U M 74 59 96 64 89 72 75 60 66 ! m 00 46 00 82 m n eat 51 cmt cm cat 64 53 cat NewYgnOly SijrtngwV t 77 59 cm OkunomsCKy 7t CmomSC 77 59 cat cat Omn OtnM 68 46 Or 85 67 Nwara 76 55 cm cm dr PttOugn Pound Ot 81 59 65 53 ChmooiHC 80 56 Cc99 Cncml CMrd 70 08 Scmi OwrtuiCha Comdo ortl Damir 60 67 3 35 60 90 "OuSW iff! m m 62 68 Rtemt 94 49 21 m 03 Or 63 77 ct Moscow or SmOego 69 59 Or Pvw m SinRexeco Sent 64 53 57 50 e 65 47 erty 03 Or 05 cdy Scour 05 cat cdr cat cat Tjmp$tfoeg TjOOR 65 93 6i or Un Tens Gtfwan Goto 76 Rom Seoul Stocfcftoen Sydney Tokyo ' ffiatleh FREE MERCHANDISE! for & new coupon in this spac® md ' deft I -- : G&wntf The I I !i Standard Examiner Standard-Examin- 1 CManeg&ment i’YL ia published dafly Monday-Frida- y evening and Saturday Mid Sunday morrsng by Ogden Pubfishng Corporation Our business hours are: 8 at 455 23rd a m- - 5 pm Monday-Frida- y St Ogden UT 84401 Our mailing address is PO Box 951 Ogden UT B4402 To report deflvery error stop or start your paper or to subscribe: please call 625-440- 0 in Weber and North Davis or In other areas before 7JO pm weekdays or before 1 1 30 am weekends All carriers & dealers are independent contractors free from control One month earner delivery rates are $9 85 tor delivery Mail subscriptions are daily and Sunday $1725 per month and Sunday $1150 per month Standard-Examin- 60 84 60 66 56 56 66 66 87 62 86 58 36 CO temperatures 87 62 57 World Or 73 75 Laredo M 23 63 cdy DC TmivMI 101 Slew Smkwm 62 59 Deet s Examiner PAY BACK Cloudy Awopewd Prm NATIONAL -- 57 64 76 62 57 64 75 46ody 67 cdy 37 cdy 50 cdy 33 cdy 44 cdy 46ody m 51 78 Cdy 46 cdy 62 cdy 52 Or 34 cdy 46 cdy 56 cdy 60 Cdy 32 cdy 44 cdy 56 cdy Advertising Classified :tZZZIZZJ 6254300 Toll-fr- - Thurs 8 am 6 pm Fridays 8 a m 7 p m Saturdays 8 a m 11 30 a m 625-434- 5 Display Retail 625-43Paid Obituaries m 4 a 730 30p m Weekdays Saturdays 11 30 a m - 2 p m 625-43Fax Mon- Publisher Scott Trundle Managing Editor Ron Thornburg Editorial Page Editor Don Porter Advertising Director Brad N Floghaar Circulation Director Vaughn Jacobsen Operations Director Alan Waldron U Ptitnr ZS Z Copyrkit Ogden Pubfishing Corporation 1999 Ail rights reserved Reproduction reuse or transmittal of alt matter herein Is prohibited without prior written permission of the company Ogden Publishing Corporation's liability on account of errors in or omissions of advertising shall in no event exceed the amount of charges for the advertising omitted or the space occupied by the error rTffstiimhr 17 Send address corrections to ) PO (USPS Standard-Exarxn- 403-840- Box 951 Periodicals mail Ogden UT 84402-095- 1 postage paid at Ogden Utah Standard MET tM MOfUMriOMM wwwstandardnet |
