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Show | TV2—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Monday, January 7, 1980 Bruce Davison portrays George Orr, whose recurring dreams become reality in “The Lathe of Heaven.’ Kevin Conway plays Dr. Haber, who uses Orr’s dreamsin his study. Orr becomes haunted by his futuristic dreams and attempts suicide. After failing in his attempt, he turns to Dr. Haber for therapy: When the doctor becomes aware of Orr's unique psychic abilities, he decides not to curehis patientof his trightening affliction. Instead, he sees the dreams as a way for him to gain power and as an opportunity to create a utopian society. Requested by Haber to dream away racism, Orr literally equalizes everyone — changing skin, hair and eyes a ghastly and depressing gray. “The Lathe of Heaven” will air on Channel 7 Wednesday at 9 p.m. |BROKEN WINDSHIELD? =N WeOffer: © Acomplete inventory of auto glass © Insurance Replacements © Approved by all insurance companies KEVIN CONWAY as Dr. Haber, a dream hourfilm adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s specialist, examines Bruce Davison, who plays George Orr in ‘The Lathe of Heaven,” a two- literally cometrue. futuristic novel about a man whose dreams Man’s Recurrent Dreams A-1 Quality Glass Change Course of Reality 443 West 100 North, Provo ia * Double Burger * Small order ofFries * 35¢ Fountain Drink ALL FOR ONLY 25 “The Lathe of Heaven,” a two-hourfilm adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s futuristic novel about a man whose haunting dreamsliterally come true and changethe faceof reality, will be televised on Channel7 at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway and Margaret Averyare featured in public television's first major “made-for-television’’ movie. It was produced by the Television Laboratory at WNET/THIRTEEN, New York, in association with Taurus-Film.” Co-produced andco-directed by David R. Loxton and Fred Barzyk, ‘‘The Lathe of Heaven” was filmed on location in Dallas, Fort Worth and the Pacific Northwest in spring 1979. The script was written by Roger E. Swaybill and Diane English, with Le Guin serving as creative consultant for the project. The director of photography was Robbie Greenberg who was the cinematographer for the ancen Award winning short ‘Teenage ‘Michael Small, creator of soundtracks for numerousfilms,including ‘Klute,”’ “The Parallax View” and ‘The Marathon Man,” composed and conducted an original score for “The Lathe of Heaven.” “The Lathe of Heaven’’ is set at the end of the 20th Century in Portland, Ore. The world is suffocating in an atmosphere contaminated by pollution. The polar caps have melted andthe problem of overpopulation has becomesogreatthatthe future of the human raceis seriously in doubt. THIS WEEK ONLY (Double Cheese $1.39) SPECIAL ENDS JAN. 13, 1980 PROVO 290 WEST 1230 NORTH @ 197 nonTu soo west SPRINGVILLE 380 SO. MAIN OREM 1391 SO. STATE AM. FORK 211. ST. ROAD Homeof Quality, Variety & Value ! 100000000009 0000000089008 In this world of unending rainfall and a diminishing food supply, no one is more troubled than George Orr (Bruce Davison), a young man plagued by recurrent dreams that, he discovers upon awakening, changereality. In orderto find a cure for these ‘‘effective dreams,” Orris treated by Dr. William Haber (Kevin Conway), an oneirologist (specialist im dream therapy) Rather than cure Georgeofthis uniqueaffliction, Dr. Haberinstead tries to exploit Orr's ability to dream effectively and so, using hypnosis, forces George to dream upnewrealities free from war, pestilence and overpopulation. However,the side effects of such dreamsoften turn out to be disastrous, and Orr is forced to dream and dream again, continually seeking Dr. Haber's own notions of Utopia, until finally the veryfabric of existence begins to collapse around those dreamsthat come true In addition to filming ‘The Lathe of Heaven” on location in the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. selected for their abundance of futuristic-looking architectural structures, producers Loxton and Barzyk utilized the talents of award-winning science fiction illustrator Ed Emshwiller, composer Laurie Spiegel and computer animatorLillian Schwartz to create special sound effects. graphic displays and scenic design concepts for many key sequences. Ursula K. Le Guin, oneof the foremosttalentsin the field of science fiction, won the prestigious Hugo and Nebula Awardsin 1969 for her novel“The Left Hand of Darkness." In 1973 she received a National Book Award for ‘‘The Farthest Shore,” the third volume in her ‘Earthsea Trilogy’ for young adults. Guin’s newest book, “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction,” waspublished earlier this year. In January, Avon Bookswill re-issue a special paperback edition of “The Lathe of Heaven,’ featuring production photographs from the public television film adaptation of the novel. Bruce Davison has starred in a number of theatrical motion pictures, including ‘‘Willard,” “Short Eyes,” ‘Last Summer” and ‘The Brass Target.” His numerous television credits include starring roles in last season's acclaimed drama, “Summer of My GermanSoldier,” and WNET's production of ‘‘Mourning BecomesElectra.” This fall he is featured in a two-part ‘Lou Grant’’ drama on CBS and an NBC television special, ‘“The Gathering.” He has won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for his performance in ‘‘Streamers”’ and also was acclaimed forhisroles in ‘The Caine Mutiny Court Martial’ at the Ahmanson Theater and ‘The Little Foxes,"’ with Burgess Meredith, Lee Grant, Carroll O'Connor and Barbara Baines, at the Westwood Playhouse. Kevin Conway, who recently starred on Proadway |in the Tony Award winning drama “The Elephant Man,” portrayed Chillingworth in this past season’s adaptation of ‘The Scarlet Letter’’ on public television. An Obie Award winner for his Starring performancein theoff-|Broadway triumph “When You Comin’ Home, Red Ryder?” in 1974. Conway Tecentlystarred with Sesalein two major motion pictures, ‘'F.1.S “Paradise Alley.” During the 1979-80 New York theatre season, Conway will direct a new British playentitled ‘‘Mecca.”’ |