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Show E4 The Salt Lake Tribune CALENDAR Friday, May 3, 1996 Oddities Abound in Danish ‘Kingdom’ teckel of the hospital's | tients staff, The Kingdom \ devious Dani delight. all 4% hours ofit BY SEAN P. MEANS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Were you sucked into “Twin Peaks” in 1990? Did you wait with bated breath for each new devel opment in Laura Palmer's mur. der? Did you just go nuts waiting to find out what oddity FBI Agent Dale Cooper was goingto uncover between cups of damnfine cof ipe? If you thought “Twin Peaks wasstrange, just wait until you episodes of which are being re leased in America as a 4/2-hour Jona Mary communicates with a girl left nearly brain-de: Dr. Helmer (Ernst-Hugo Jar gard), an imperious Swedish neu rosurgeon with a hearty disdain for his colleagues and Danes in general. Mary shows herself to Mrs. Drusse(Kirsten Rolffes). a spiritualist who sometimes fake: illness so she can spend time with her son Bulder (Jens Okking), a hospital orderly. The ghost also haunts Judith (Brigitte Raabjerg whostarts see “The Kingdom,” which was a hit on the festival circuil (even taking best picture at the Seattle International Film Festival). This Danish TVseries — thefirst four and a romance with Dr Krogen (Soren Pilmark) —a fina gler runningblack-market opera tions out ofthe basement — even though her ex-boyfriendleft her pregnant and seemingly ready to give birth after only 12 weeks Otheroddities abound, includ ing a Masonic-like society of doc tors, a liver specialist who has a Director Lars von Trier, who created the mind-twisting “Zentropa.” builds the tension andthe weirdness slowly, getting the au- (presence, and thebizarrecircum } stances of her death, affects most Down syndrome who, like “Twin Jazz and Blues: The Utah Jazz and Blues Festival at film a grainy, reddish look — but does heighten the mental frenzy May16, 17 and 18 going on all around (To watch “The Kingdom,” you'll either havetostay up late or take an afternoon off. The Tower Theatre will screen both Skating Club Ice Show at the Bountiful Recreation Center. Cousins will be among the top men contendersat the 1998 Winter Gamesin Japan. Tickets are $7, available at $10. Snowbird has been set for July Frankenstein,” respectively 26 and 27. Otis Rush headlines blues night, accompanied by notincluding computer service Chris Duarte and Kelly Joe ee. Tickets for the 1996 Stadium See next page Tickets go on sale Saturday parts in sequence in the after- The Family Movie This Year! “MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS” (PG) 7 :30 II around 3 p.m. — for the next two weeks. The Tower also will showPartI as its midnight movie this weekend, and PartII at midnight next weekend.) Laced with mystery and mysti- cism, tist Choir. Tickets are $22 to at Smith’s Tix. Cost is $18.50, noons — Part I at 12:30 p.m., Part Today's Showtimes Only RESERVED SEATING dark humor and exciting plot twists, “The Kingdom” (un- “Vande rated but probably R for violence, rineide Europe's Fostest 161st Week! Gi = = Funniest HYPNOTIST“=, Real Hypnos! jis Show Ever not unlike the Eagles’ “Hotel Cal- The Biggest Audience Pleaser Ever Seen ifornia,”’ where you can check out any timeyoulike but you can nev- Every Sat, Night at 9:15 PM er leave. ‘Sharon Stone on Death Row? No, It’s Not a Comedy — Kurt These ‘70s rockers are known for “Lonesome Loser,” ‘That's How Much I Feel,” “Motorin’ " and “Rock 'n’ Roll sex and language; in Danish with subtitles) is a deliriously electric movie. The Kingdomis a place, Peaks’ Log Lady, arepsychically attuned to everything in the hospital Utah’s Centennial. Others slatBestor and his orchestra and hand-held style, much like “E.R. way. Theseriesis shotin a kinetic or “Homicide,” which gives the graphic medical operations, some it all are two dishwashers with extravaganza that salutes Salt Lake City’s Calvary Bap- research lab where all manner of Walks the hospital's halls. Mary's ed to perform include onestage son, voodoo, seances, anda sleep. » year-old murdered in 1919 — who Osmond headlines a fireworks figure-skating champion, will be the featured guest performer at the 1996 Utah Figure acters while dropping some cliffhangers along the penhagen mental hospital. built onanold burial ground. Thecen; tral mystery of ‘‘The Kingdom ‘focuses on a ghost — Mary, a 6- hanky-panky goes on. Observing ticket office in Provo. Donny Back to the '70s: Classic rock will reign in Orem on June 8 when theLittle River Band, Ambrosia, Night Ranger and Edgar Winter appear on cancerous liver transplanted into The Kingdomis a sprawling Co of Fire goon sale Mondayat 8 am. at the Marriott Center the Bountiful Recreation Center, 150 W. 600 North. Ice, Ice, Baby: Steven Cousins, seven-time British men’s dience acquainted with the char- movie — makes “Twin Peaks look downright tame his own body. a blithely ignorant chief of staff and his prankster WHAT'S COMING Bia heal) Hae ee JAN P, MEANS SALT LAKETRIBUNE « The death-row drama ‘Last 1 Qance” doesn’t resemble Tim ree acclaimed ‘Dead Man Walking” nearly so muchas Apoks like “Habeas Corpus,” it the (Bictional film-within-a-film made “Dy Robbins’ amoral studio boss in ‘Bobert Altman’s “The Player.” {It's not that “Last Dance” is hecessarily bad — thoughit is apely silly sometimes. It's that he movie hasall the earmarksof 2 mn overwrought melodrama deSigned notto entertain orenlightn, but to snag Sharon Stone a Second Oscar nomination. = Stone plays Cindy Liggett, a fugh consetto die for the brutal inurder of a young couple. The Tew clemency-office staffer as ‘igned to Cindy's case is Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow), a rich layut who owes his job to his trother Jack (Peter Gallagher), a governor’s aide. The guvis a big Rob Morrow and Sharon Stonein “Last Dance.” says with Morrow's crinkle-e3 earnestness, that Cindyisn’t the same crack-addied meanie who committed those crimes. But all this unstrained mercy is tied up in a convoluted plot involving tainted testimony, elec- tion-yearpolities and a charismatic death-row inmate (Charles S. Dutton) who regularly plugs his best seller on the talk-showcircuit. Writer Ron Koslowand di- Rick's boss (Randy Quaid) notes, rector Bruce Beresford (‘Driving Miss Daisy”) also wade through go it’s a tough job for Rick to Screw up. © But Rick managesto messup by as Rick’s quickie relationship with a socialite (Jayne Brook) or Supporter of the death penaity, some brazen ridiculousness, such the lax security at the prison — which, amongotherthings,allows Cindy a pretty new dress and overnightvisitation by Rick But the movie's biggest stumble maybe in the grand finale. Not to give anything away, butit looks as if the filmmakers were going for iF QUEST (P01OTSTAL)an FARGO(R)(DOLBY)(210435) FLURTING WITH OSASTERay(ooLay | caine CELT PROE(Pa13}047 re DIREAGEors 2:05 409) 7.30 95 $20 THE PALLBEARER (PG-13)(0081)|wouNUDFAL. 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