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Show _B3 The Salt Lake Tribune ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, January 28, 1999 Producers Smiling at Happy, Texas’ Distribution Deal P. tival? Or wasn’tit? SUNDANCEFILM FESTIVAL Makers of the much-buzzedabout comedy “Happy, Texas”finalized a distribution deal with Eccles Theatre Miramax on Tuesdayaftera spir- ited bidding war that reportedly crossedthe $10 million threshold. (That's how much Castle Rock 1750 Kearns Bivd., Park 1996 — a recordatthe time for a deal madeat Sundance.) Though someindustry obseryers say Miramax musthave paid more than $10 million, Miramax swears it spent $2.5 million for the movie — butincludeda piece of the box-office grosses. According to the trade paper Variety, the deal could be worth more than $10 million if the movie pulls in $20 million at the boxoffice. The deal, Variety said, had Op. ‘A Hard Day's Night” (From the paths: Collection) the Man” (Park City at Midnight) Holiday Village | 1776 Park Ave., Park City (Jeremy Northam and Steve Zahn) who are mistaken for a gay couple hired to organizethe “‘Lit- tle Miss Fresh Squeezed” talent pageant. The movie also stars William H. Macy, Ally Walker andIlleana Douglas. Meanwhile, Fine Line Features picked up the gay-themed romantie comedy “Trick,” spending somewherewithin a loud shoutof $500,000. The movie tells of a o Sundance hasits surreal moments, but Tuesday night’s sereening of “American Movie” at the Holiday Village Cinemas wentright into the twilight zone. After a 12-minuteshort about a New York undertaker, the lights came up so “American Movie’s” director, Chris Smith, could introduce his funny, touching documentary about a hapless Wiscon- sin moviemaker. As darknessfell and took one to a nearbyclinic in an ambulance. Thescreening was delayed about 25 minutesasfesti- val volunteers movedout the duct and cleaned up the dust. (And, yes, some self-obsessed moviegoers whined abuut the hold-up.) That wasn’t all. When the film was about half over, the sound started to flutter, so the projector had to be turnedoff and on. With 15 minutes to go, the projector stopped altogether and its lamp burned holein the film. Most of the audience, including R.E.M. again, so did a 6-foot cardboard- singer-songwriter Michael Stipe (one of the film's executive producers), stuck it out to the end. Park City paramedics examined three people at the scene, aboutfilmmaker Mark Borchardt and-metal ceiling air duct. It hit several audience members. E juinevere" (dramatic) —"Tre lal CS Such oddities almost fit the themeof the shaggy documentary trying to make his dream project. Borchardt and some of his pals wereat the show with a duffel-bag filled with videotapes of his short film “Coven.” ‘I sold more last night than I had in the last year,” Borchardtsaid. at 5 at the Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo. Friday at 7:30 p.m., she is in concert at the Alpine Arts Center, 450 S. Alpine Highway, mance Pianos. The performer causing the shuffle was 1998 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition gold-medalist Lori Sims, in recital Tuesday. Salt Lake City Alpine. Admission is $8. Baldassin and his wife, Cindy, 6:30 p.m. — “Sugar Town" (premiere) 9:30 p.m. — “Two Hands" (premiere) moved more than 40 grand and upright pianos in their north Salt Lake piano store’s main showroom to create a temporary concert hall. About 200 people packedinto the venue. Peery’s Egyptian Theater 2415 Washington Bivd., Ogden 7 p.m. -- “SLC Punk!” (premiere) Sundance Screening Room Sundance Resort Bachauer Foundation director Paul Pollei called the recital the “canSpecirum 8 p.m. — “Roberta” (dramatic) 4:30 p.m. — “Life Tastes Good” (Ameri- “official kickoff" event for the 1999 Gina Bachauer Internation- al Young Artists Piano Competition. Thirty-five pianists aged 14 through 18 will come from all over the world to Salt Lake City this June to vie for the grand SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL prize. Sims graciously welcomed lis- teners to an intimate evocation of Mozart’s K. 281 Sonata in B-flat. Her control over tempo and rhythm wascaptivating, affording an arenafor amazing phrasework. In the central slow movement, Sims’ world-class lyricism flowed from the piano in opulent doses. In thefinale, her spritely fingers realized the movement's charm- ing coquettishness. The sound soared in Chopin's Sonata in B Minor. In the opening movement, Simsprovedherself a cated. Her memorable execution bestowed a fresh life to this pianistic warhorse. Proceedingto the finale of Pro- kofiev’s Seventh Sonata, as Sims put it, was “going to be an odd segue.” Admittedly, placing this Russian septamic-metered, knuckle-busting toccata between two Chopin compositions may have appearedpeculiar on paper, but it worked just fine. Mercilessly, Sims burned the barn with this Prokofiev showpiece. Her beguiling restraint over the work’s perpetual momentum gave wayfor Sims to in- flame all the “cantabile” this 20th-century firework possessed. The other Chopin composition, bookending the Prokofiev, was the French composer's Op. 42 Waltz. Her fanciful fingerwork did justice to this frolicking tune. Sims is a pianistic sorceress. But in her case, listeners are willing captives of her spell-casting. She concocts true magic with her mu- sic. master romanticist. She underscored levelsof voicing that many concert pianists never discover. program wastapedlast Saturday at Salt Lake City’s Westminster College. Host Terry Gross inter- viewed Nancy Savoca and Marianne Jean-Baptist, director and Jeff Manookian, a Salt Lakebased pianist, composer and con- Sims’ cognizance of the scope of this opus was clearly communi- ductor, is the classical music EER eas en JAMES VAN DER BEEK star of the film “The 25-Hour Woman,” which had its premiere critic for The Tribune. JON VOIGHT VARSITY last week at the Sundance Film Festival. “Fresh Air” airs week- o ‘Fresh Air’ days at 10 am. and 9 p.m. on The Sundanceedition of NPR’s KCPW (FM 88.3 and 105.1). “Fresh Air” will air today. 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Feature Filmmaking” (New Media dia266 Main 1776 Park Ave., Park City logue) 10 a.m. — “American Movie” (documen8 p.m. — “Nusrat: A Voice From Heaven” (screening, followed by live performance) TowerTheatre tary) advertisi “Happy, Texas” is a hilarious story of two escaped convicts Bringing Down the House 1225 Park Ave., Park City 6 p= — “Get Real” (World Cinema) some unusual provisions: Miramax guaranteed an October opening inat least 50 cities with strong JEFFMANOOKIAN 1 p.m. — “The Legacy: Murder & Media, 876 E. 900 South, Politis& Prisons” (documentary) Salt LakeCity 4 p.m. — “Speaking in Strings” (documen) 5 p.m. — “Possums" (American Spectrum) 7 pam. — “Speedy Boys" (Frontier) 7:30 p.m. — “The Adventures of Sebas20 pam. — Shorts Program IV tian Cole” (dramatic) 10:30 p.m. — “P. Tinto’s Miracle” (World Prospector Square Theatre Cinema) 2200 Sidewinder Drive, Trolley Square Theatre Cc 9:30a.m. — “A Slipping-Down Life” (draPark City 8:30 a.m. — “The Outfitters" (American 12:30 p.m. — “The Autumn Heart”(draSpectrum) matic) 11:30 a.m. — “Edge of Seventeen” 3:30 p.m. — " (World Cinema) (American Spectrum) 6:30 p.m. — “Thick as Thieves" (pre30 p.m. — “The Living Museum”(documiere) mentary) 9:30 p.m. — “Jawbreaker” (premiere) Sia0 pee — “Te Coro Max(ane can Spectrum! Egyptian Theatre 8:30 p.m. — “sing Faster: The Stage328 MainSt., Park City hands’ Ring Cycle” (documentary) 11:80 p.m. — “Valerie Flake” (American ‘9 a.m, — “ThePassion of Ayn Rand” (preSpectrum) miere) ) Noon — “Splendor”(premiere) Park City Library Center ‘3 p.m. — “LifeIs to Whistle”(World Cinema) paid for “The Spitfire Grill” in young musical-theater writer (Christian Campbell) who finds true love — or maybejust a onenight stand — with a gay-bar dancer (John Paul Pitoc). Among this charming movie's joysis a hilarious supporting performance by Tori Spelling as the writer’s overbearingbest friend. Shows Off Gold-MedalStyle What’s on the Screen at the Sundance Film Fest ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PARKCITY —So, was a record broken at the Sundance Film Fes- Bachauer Winner Lori Sims 290 435 708 998 |
