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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday, January 28, 1996 Chan Hopesto Conquer U.S, Chanrecalls a scene from one of the “Batman” movies. “Bat I feel as though there's an old manjumpsfrom18stories to the style celebrity there with Jackie Chanthat I really respect.” floor. Howcan hedothat?I find out the building wasn’t here. Batman wasn't here, street wasn't Of course. Gil moresays It's like meeting Spencer Tra cy. something from your child hood. I'mnot very impressed by here, nobody here. Everything [was] by computer,” Chan says. Jontinued from B-1 B5 Chan being a one-man celebrity on any level, but I really VACATION. seene Chan brokehis anklein “Rumble in the Bronx,” but continued to was impressed with Jackie Chan. And avid Chan fans — like the onewho shouted“Jackie's a god ‘This restaurant, you go in [and think], “Ah, beautiful, Chan work by wrapping his cast with a sock painted to look like a sneak- says. ‘For me, [it’s] ‘Can I break this table? Will this ketchup do anything? The TV?’ | do every er. Chan's litany of broken bones is legendary (nose broken three at the Egyptian on Friday night — may see more of him soon. New fighting machine takes its toll thing in my mind with an action scene Chan does his own stunts. In Rumble in the Bronx,’ Chan water-skis barefoot behind a hoyercraft, and jumps across analleyway from five stories up. A cording to the Chan legend, every insurance company in Hong Kong has blacklisted him ‘IT like to doit. becauseI like action, I like stunts,” he says But after [being] hurt many times, I'm really scared now. But for all those what audiences like to see are mystunts.” Chan says he would love to make a big-budget movie with, say, Steven Spielberg or George Line Cinema made a multipicture deal to distribute Chan’s films in theStates, starting with “Rumble times, fingers uncounted times. etc. — topped with thestunt in his 1986film “Armourof God” when in the Bronx Miramax Films, seeking to cash in, plans to re-release two of his he fell 40 feet out of a tree, onto a rock head-first and nearly died Chan concludes most of his movies with outtakes, showing how some stunts went wrong. older films, “Drunken Master 2 and “Supercop.” And Chan already has madetwo films since “Rumblein the Bronx’: A racing adventure “Thunderbolt” (for which some scenes were shot in Utah, but nonewith Chan) and the “I want to tell the audience, “That's forreal. I'm not cheating,” Chan says Also, tell the children, ‘Don't spythriller tus as a role model in Asia — Chan accumulates new fans All those years. I believe, I’m whichis why, he says, he carefully like a bank. Everybody saves money in my bank, but neve avoids putting sex, profanity or dirty fighting in his films. Even Geoffrey Gilmore, the picks [it] up. I just collect more Chan remains skeptical of Hollywood’s high-tech wizardry can tell you what Robert Redford has for lunch — is starstruck by audience — collect. collect, col lect. collect Always keep col lecting alot of audience For Jackie Chan. all that collecting is about to pay off Sundance three lead actresses. ry. Big Night’ is certainly a film that’s challenging in some ways. Picks Year’s Best Flicks One ofthoseactresses, Lili Taylor, received special jury recogni- tion for her performances as a teen motherin “Girls Town” and as a radical lesbian in ‘I Shot Andy Warhol.” (Taylor also ap- Lucas, combining his stunts with whiz-bang special effects. But Sundance Film Festival's pro- gramdirector — and a manso accustomed to celebrities that he to go to Tahiti You've been dying to go to Tahiti. So “C.LA With every film, every kick, every charming double-take, Jackie do it I’m not a superhero Chan is acutely awareof his sta- JANUARY: You want you makereserva- tions and opena PlannedSavings Plus Account at First Security Bank thetic It's not that big a budget, when lywoodfilmcost right now, which ($20 million) or higher,” Gilmore said. “We're still talking about what they con- sider tissue money @The Filmmakers Trophy — voted on by other movie makers — went to Susan Todd and An drew Young’s Mardi Gras documentary “Cutting Loose” and the drama “Girls Town,” about three high-school girls who cope with a friend's suicide. “Cutting Loose also wonhonors for Young’s cinematography, while “Girls Town that Sundance is faraway islands to. @ “The Celluloid Closet.” ian brothers trying to keep their a his- tory of gay portrayals in movies restaurant afloat, won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award forits seript. by Stanley Tucci (who also starred andco-directed) and Joseph Tropiano. @ Rob Sweeney won the cinematography awardfor his stun- won the Freedom of Expression Meanwhile Award. given to a documentary dealing with a pressing social issue. “When We Were Kings chronicling the 1974 “Rumblein the Jungle” between Muhammad Planned Savings Ali and George Foreman, received special jury recognition for artistic merit ning black-and-white cinematographyof Yosemite National Park in Christopher Munch's “Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day.” The breadth of films receiving @ Britta Sjogren's short film Small Domain” A won the shorts money from your at Sundancethat’s not just this or car’ that — it’s a range of work Latin American films, with Guantaname: from Cuba and checking to your gorization. “There's an aesthetic received the award among by director Jim McKay and the to it. that’s still a complicatedsto- receiving honorable mentions. path below Mineral Fork, trol dispatcher, Interstate 80 was closed near the U.S. 40 junction and the bypass to Park City was was triggered by explosives fired by ly whenit will arrive or which areas will be hardest hit, but “we are fairly confident that northern Utah will see significant snow and probably even the southern mountainsas well Road crews managed Saturday morning to cut through an avalanche that blocked Big Cottonwood Canyon about seven miles above the mouth, The massive slide, which occurred Friday night in the Argenta avalanche from Argentina shut off during the morning and Snow covering the entirehillside evening neared At the northern edge of the state, 1-84 into Idaho was shut gave way, It is too earlyto say exact- Horses” They got more than they expected, said Salt Lake County most of the afternoon. Parleys Canyonstill was reported slick as sheriff's Deputy Darrell VanCott Northern Utah storm.” Wild control crews @ Continued from B-1 moves vacation the shorts ‘Pig!’ and “Dry Mount” received honorable mentions. The Cubanfilm “Madagas- Spitfire Grill’ is a film that has a certain kindof accessibility Buried, Harried in Plus regularly special recognition award, while awards, Gilmoresaid, proves independent films resist easy cate- his collaborative script, written received a special jury honorfor mind wanders to best positionedto really give visibility duction “Cold Fever.”) @ ‘Big Night.” about two Ital- you compare to the average Hol- FEBRUARY: Your I couldn't be happier about *Dollhouse,’ because ‘Dollhouse’ represents exactly that kind of aes- peared in the Iceland-U.S. pro- @ Continued from B-1 is in the high 20s andstill beautifully done. tearing out trees as it flowed downthesouth sideofthe canyon, crossed the stream, and ranback up theotherside to cover the road to a depth of about 15 feet. Experts say slide that large is expected only once every 50 years in this path The Big Cottonwood Canyon road was closed for 13 hours while crews cut a path through down. Police in the western portion of the Salt Lake Valley spent much of the dayandnight attempting to help drivers stuck on secondary roads. Cold winds gusting to 100 mph along mountain ridges were ex pected to continue loading snow the snow. There wereno injuries. Park City police reported U.S onto already overloaded moun 40 andstate Route 248 closed until midafternoon Saturday and more than 30 cars stranded off roads slick withice. According to a Utah High Pa- off the road on 1-15 about 5600 South but the driver was notseri- MARCH: Your boss dumps the Willis account on your desk. You imagine him atop hot coals ApRIL: You dream of white sand tain areas. High winds blewautility track ously injured. Plus sprinkles more [ENTS money into your Most Furnaces can be replaced in one day savings ~Manwill_Plumbing & Heating Ine. M *S3eaa0n » Apnilaie : Your bags are packed. 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