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Show re you tired of the same old night life? Would you like to see some of the fine, specialty movies being made? Would you enjoy some of the best films, American and international, currently available in places like New York and Los Angeles? If so, the Third SemiAnnual Alternative Film Series has just the ticket for you. The Fiddlers Theatres and the Cedar City Arts Council are teaming up to present the Alternative Film Series each Sunday and Tuesday through August 23 at 7 p.m. at the Fiddlers Three Theatres. The remaining films scheduled for this year are; The Wedding Banquet (July 19), Snapper (July 24 and 26), Belle Epoque [July 31 and Aug. 2), Farewell My Concubine (Aug. 7 and 9), Orlando (Aug. 14 and 16), and Searching for Bobby Fisher !Aug. 21 and 23 ). The price for tickets at the door is $6 each. "This is an excellent opportunity," says Livermore, "to see some films that normally would not be available in Cedar City. However, through the generosity of Jack and Jackie Sawyers at Fiddlers Theatres, we are able to bring these here." The Wedding Banquet (rated R) is the story of Wai Tung, a gay Manhattan yuppie whose parents want him to marry a nice Chinese girl; thus, against his better judgement, he enters into a marriage of convenience. The movie's busy being "gentle" and "wise," yet ends up having a bite and is full of wonderful characters who you will instantly love. Snapper !rated R) is according to the Salt Lake Tribune, "a comedy from Ireland that's so lovable, you'll want to cuddle up with it, take it out for drinks and bring it home to meet the famil/" In Irish slang, a "snapper" is a baby-which is what 20-year-old Shannon Curley is soon going to have. It takes a lot to get the family's attention in this noisy Dublin household, but that news does the trick. Belle Epoque is the winner of the 1994 'Academy award for Best Foreign Film. This tale of a young army bugler named Fernando who deserts his decim~ted regiment fdr the pastoral countryside is: unabashedly ril!>ald and equally humane. This is a sensuous and witty tale of passion, politics and a tenuous paradise. Farewell My Concubine !rated R) is vastly entertaining. One of those rare film spectacles that deliver just about everything-action, history, exotic colorall intimately rooted in a love story of vicious intensity. Winner of Best Film at Cannes Film Festival 1993, it was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 1994. Orlando !rated PG-13) is director Sally Potter's adaption of a Virginia Woolf novel and highlights an Elizabethan Lord who lives thrdugh 400 years of British history, much of it as a woman. In Search of Bobby Fisher (rated PG), is based on a true story about a seven-year-old chess wizard and stars Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Kingsley and Joan Allen. Director and writer Steven Zaillian (winner of the Academy award for the best adaptation of a screenplay for the movie Schindler's List) examines how parents walk the fine line between nurturing a child's talent and obsessing over victory. The American Folk Ballet, including dan cer Lise Mills, continues its annual summer run at SUU this week with two performances per day through Wedn esday. The 2 p.m. show, 'America Revisted,' and the 8 p.m. show, 'The Old South,' are in the Centrum. Phone 586-7872 for tick et information. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT July 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 & 31 11:30 a.m. In Thorley Recital Hall ( 100 yards south of the Adams Memorial Theatre) TICKETS ON SALE AT THE FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE AND AT THE DOOR $12 GENERAL ADMISSION |
