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Show BS 4 The Salt Lake Tribune ARTS Sunday, December 26, 1999 Film *99; Bewitched at Sundance and Tower Troubles BY SEAN P. MEANS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The annual film festival ex- Theatre, Salt Lake's only firs-run Those who survived (including R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, oneof the movie's producers) gave filmmakers Chris Smith and Sarah Price a standing ovation. ceeded its quota of strange mo- ments, Utah continued to be a director’s dream stand-in for all that’s wild and wonderful, and the A Bright Light Goes Out: Sundance said goodbye to an old friend. Ron Montgomery, the fes- Salt Lake Valley welcomed really big theaters (a 24-plex in West Jordan?!?) and even bigger scrééns. Some noteworthy 1999 tival’s technical director, who a the equipment running, suf- fered a heart attack and died six mofents in moviemaking: daysintothe festival. He was 48. Héckin’ In Zion: America got to 88 what being a rock 'n’roll rebél'in Salt Lake City waslike, with the release of “SLC Punk!” Writer-director James Merendino based the film on his own experi- ences growingupbehindthe Zion Curtain and returned with his Tim Allen battles moving hoodoos in “Galaxy Quest.” had 'em packed inside the Egyptian Theater — leaving manyoutside in the freezing Park City night. Those inside were chilled by the movie, a_ mockdocumentary so cunningly crafted filma to the Sundance Film Festival — éven living his own rock fanta- that audience members were relieved when stars Heather Donohueand Joshua Leonard took the Femmesat the post-premiere party in Park City. The movie, filmed in Salt Lake City and star- stage afterward. Later that morning, filmmakers Daniel Myrick sieg by jamming with the Violent ring Matthew Lillard (“Scream”), did modestbusiness nationally. and Eduardo Sanchezinked a distribution deal with Artisan Entertainment. Hottest Ticket on the Cold- Screening From Hell: The est Night: Also at Sundance, the first'midnight screening of “The Blair Witch Project” on Jan. 23 was an obstacle course. As the house lights at the Holiday Village I came down,so did a 6-foot piece cell-phone-addicted jerk complained aboutthe delay. Once the showstarted,the soundcutoutfor several minutes, then thefilm got stuckin the projector andthe light burned a hole in the celluloid. the summer (thanks cgaiy to “The Blair Witch (in case you want to sound smart to your techie friends) is in the cense while also striking a deai to employees are negotiating with the landlord to take over operations in January. Montanain “Chill Factor,” Texas ambulance — while at least one mone his back fo The Tower held IMAXtheater. Well, not nay the new Screen in Jordan Commons shows movies filmed with IMAX cameras, butit’s not an IMAX theater. The difference ner reapplied for a business li- Where Are We This Week? in “Bats,” an alien planetin “GalaxyQuest,” and unspecified Middle America in “Drive Me Crazy.” (The one major movie that mentioned Utah — “Wild Wild West,” which showed a giant tarantula terrorizing a town on.its way to Promontory — was filmed primarily in New Mexico.) The Salt Lake Tribune's movie Fer Sones cee in in Comi moots): week in June as owner Greg Tan- Film production in Utah was booming, but Utah’s name was usually absent. Utah doubled for tivalgoers (including the wife of Dead Horse PointState Park. le same the landlord was tain legal action for unpaid rent. The theater shut down for a Project"), and er get out of the business; three Tower of ventilation conduit. Three fescritic) were treated by paramedics, with one taken away in an concert noise <partiesierty 8 a near-riot during a Vani pee got the ony attention. At projection room: The Super vertically, that are eight perforations wide; real IMAX projectors feed hori- pals, playing 70mm film with es that are 15 perforations Utah’s Special Effects: Utah landmarks appeared in neat-o special effects on movie screens in 1999. In “Galaxy Quest,”’ the sie(Memo to the IMAX Corp.: Nowplease stop sending us letters explaining the difference.) It's Time To Get SWINGIN’ : This Holiday Season... Tower’s Troubles: The Tower Jan. 26 Sundance showing of the documentary “American Movie” Learn swing, saisa, & bailroom, & get ready Pebbles jn my Pockgt.° : hoodoos of Goblin Valley coa- arthouse theater, had a rocky year. Its business license in to burn up the dance floor at those holiday parties. A cekeyate of Scrapbook Supplies “Beginners Our Specialty” Start your P purchase your I favorite item at! 4 Instructor - Margene Anderson Cree Soca Millennial Celebrations with us! 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