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IIIS 98 aS oe eee 1 OR tO re ee The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Park City Copes maser eee . “T would guess lot of the locals by this whole thing. These Redford @ Continued from C-1 People dosayis, ‘Can you get mea Amanda Vogel 4 ticket?” Indeed, on theplus side of Sun- York City cable-TVproduction Of leisure services. “One thing dance, residents of the town are treated to serendipitous encounters with celebrities. At the Yarrow Hotel on Friday afternoon, for example, Tammy Faye Bakker of televangelism fame patiently signed autographs for scores of admirers who hemmed herin onall sides. The crowd was treated as well to a brush with Roger Ebert, the film critic, who let downhis normally detached demeanor long enough to take a snapshot of Bakker, in town to promote a documentary on hersplashylife and times. An AIDS-awareness fundtaiser Monday night at the Kim- ball Art Centeris said to be draw- ing the likes of Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Susan Sarandon. Though admittance is $250 per person, commoners will at least be able to glimpse the stars from the sidewalk on Heber Avenue. Clearly,the fest is a boonto the town’shotels andrestaurants. Lodging occupancy this week will approach 90 percentfor Park City’s 13,000 “pillows,” whichis as good as it gets. Well-heeled festival-goers paid advancevisits to the Riverhorse Cafe last year as early as August and September to stake out the high groundin anticipation of the On-air personality for a New aimed at college students wae either,” added Jim Woodward, managerof Park City Jewelers. But Sundance lends Main Street filmmakers or hangers-on and their gimmicks had becomefixtures by Friday. A man and woman dressed as large pieces of fruit handed outfliers on one corner while a pair of ghoulish nuns passed out business cards across thestreet. Meantime,festival volunteers Joel Craig of Atlanta and Steve Ig- nash of Orange County,Calif., pa- Tables by the doorare popular, said owner Jerry Gilomen. Pro- trolled the neighborhood in a losingbattle against a deluge of movie posters placed illegally on private tors solidly book oneprized glass- walled corner of the restaurant property. “We've collected a good damn solely for the purpose of being bit,” Craig said, noting that film “They know that other people are looking in at them and saying, ‘Whoisthatin there?’” Gilomen said. At Robert Redford’s Zoom Cafe, executive chef Brian Prusse has mastered the siege-style art of bracingfor the onslaught. Prusse, who will work 12 days straight during the event, ar- ranged for a well-stocked tractortrailer to park outside the restaurant in order to ensure culinary supply meets demand. Contents include15,000 poundsof potatoes and10,000 pounds of onions. “I don’t know what we'd do withoutit,” he said. Sundance andits celebrity, however, don’t translate into an instant windfall for every busi- ness in town. “They're not here for art,” grumbled Maryann Dawson, who contemplated putting up a sign at the Old Town Gallery offering a 5 percent discount to customers who comein without bearing one of the festival's trademarkcell phones. “They don’t buy jewelry, = = 2 . Everyone I 'm talking to is just explodingpassion. " Itreally doesfortifyone the reasons we're here, ~. me he of rens Robert Redtord the industry people, the press people, the PR people, business man- | Continued from'C-1 agers, agents and personal managers — they start soaking up the the common denominator. “Thatis a joy for me — thatis space.” Manyof the films at this year’s the reward I get.” It's more reward than he received when his annual Saturday event was a press conference in which Redford restated the Sundance Institute’s mission statement. “But then I thought, ‘Wait a minute,it’s notlike anybodycares ‘home,’” Redford said. “We're — they’re here to see the movies.’” The press conference trying to create a homefor these people, so when somebody's back “I began to feel the filmmakers themselves were getting rattled so hard when they camehere, that they were just freaking,” Redford “I would guessa lotof the locals are pretty annoyed by this whole thing,” she said. “Theseare pretty neurotic people, running around trying to make deals andall that.” Sporting blue gloves, a pink shirt, a green sweater and magenta-tinted hair, Vogelfit in nicely with her backdrop, where any numberof publicity-hungry “.. eeeee Amanda Vogel, an on-air personality for “Burly Bear,” a New York City cable-TV production aimed at college students,trolled the street last week in search of interviews with rank-and-file citizens. ca outer layer, where the merchants was discontinued last year. festival. ducers, publicists and distribu- _—_nmasihatmctmt webare a carnival atmosphere rarely seen in Utah. oe VT Tw Sunday, January23, 2000 tends. “It's kind of hard formeto live with the fact that we haven't tival,” he said. “Yet because the i make deals and all that.” Tye ees © or oF not Sundance’s fault, Redford con- 0 With Big Crowds sareprettyannoved Talks About In Little Town areprettyneuroticpeople, Filmmakers running irying to ne Or festival are from filmmakers who have been at Sundance before — a sign that independent film is becoming not just a calling card for Hollywood, but a place to build a career. “The word I would use would be twoor three times, whathits meis that it’s working for that person. That person is beginningto feel thatthis is a home.” “Take Chris Smith and ‘Ameri- said. “I wanted to make themfeel better, by reminding them what's going on here and to keep their said so much about American life and the human condition, that to members wi was a kid and to help that guy.” Redford has been in New York editing his golf fable, “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” due in theaters this summer,so he has seen few of this year’s films. However Redford said, “what I'm sensing is try r dsotnaiae he noted that “you can't get angry at Hollywood singled out thefestival’s openingnight movie, the four-family example of that is the current game-show boom, including NBC's resi of scandalized “Twenty-One” — which was chronicled in RedShow.” more films with more substance, that are really aboutour lives.” He — it's just a business.” An ironic multi-ethnic story “What's Cooking?,” as a film that maysig- depict “a real anxiety about what “Is it a perfect movie? Of course not. Is it rough? Hell, yes. What the Internet — will change film making. After all, Redford re me it was a very emblematic film for Sundance.” “That's the least commercial movie you couldmake. We're here winning documentary about a would-be Wisconsin moviemaker. The annual complaints that the festival has grown too large are ws aa such as digital-video cameras came out that was so unique, and can Movie’ last year, which I just loved — we're here to help that guy,” Redford said of the award- energies on one another and on their work.” Film legend, ~ sponsoraoe of Sundance Film Festival nal a trend toward movies that to get hold of on a moral basis.” any attention to ‘Quiz Show,’” Redford said, laughing. is reserving judgment on how much new technology — BOGELERMANCEE IN WEST JORDAN © 9010 SOUTH REDWOOD ROAD PAL) Seas 1 promoters seemed obliviousto the possibility of a $2,000 fine the city could impose. If there was a sore thumbsticking outin the circus-like bustle, it was a phalanx of four starchy Mormon missionaries ambling PS a pital Ahed rr a ae CLOSE-OUTS, ETC. slapsbosom 2000 COTTAGE STYLE SOFA around at middayon Friday. At the family-owned Red Banjo Pizza, proprietor Jane West said she identifies strongly with Sundanceandits independent spirit. “Welike to tell them we’re independents, too,” said West, who called the event a “huge money- Loveseat.. £379” maker”for the restaurant. Andat Dolly’s Bookstore,assis- S379? tant manager Brian McNeil said the festival brings a well-read 5 PC. GREEN & CHERRY crowd to town. “They buy lots of philosophy, lots of literature, not much pulp,” said McNeil, who had just sold a volumeof Kierkegaard to one Sun- danceattendee. At a nearby clothing shop, managers had identified a niche they hoped to exploit during the festival, knownfor its inclement weather, “We have umbrellas,” said a sign in the window. READ THIS! 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