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Show 8A The Salt Lake Tribune Monday, February 7, 1983 A pleasurable evening with a man well worth knowing By Nancy Funk Tribune Staff Writer In a community that sometimes loses its sense of humor with regard to the dominant faith, there was laughter Friday night because of it. Though no one was handing out questionaires, the odds are pretty good that the majority of people who filled Kingsbury Hall to hear J. Golden, were of the Mormon persuasion. Thats extremely encouraging, for the show is first rate, and certainly a step above the pap that is all too often pawned off here as indigenous theater. James Arrington, an actor, writer and director who also, when asked, admits to his allegiance to the LDS faith, has for sometime been convinced that there are stories to tell that would delight all people regardless of religion. He proved his point when he successfully made Brigham Young a reachable figure in "Heres Brother Brigham, and now it appears he has done it again by bringing to life that salty old general au- - Hollywood Hotline Make them laugh is producers aim By Marilyn Beck HOLLYWOOD Producer Bud to follow Yorkin plans up his Deal of the Century picture, about an international weapons dealer, with Lethal Gas, a study of the penal system. But he stresses both films are for laughs. Yorkin is well aware that escapism fare is very much in today and message movies very out, and says of his movie projects, If they can but make a statement, great theyd better make people laugh, or weve failed. Yorkin certainly didnt fail to get n many controversial messages across during the years he teamed with Norman Lear on such TV fare as All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Maude. But hes convinced such shows would not have a chance of ever getting on the air today. I can hear the network verbiage now, he says. We dont want to deal with serious subjects. We dont want to offend anybody. Being careful not to offend, he says of TV, I love the medium, and certainly the medium has been very good to me. But he adds that he has no desire to return to that scene. Ive done all the harm I can do and all the good I can do there, and Id rather stick to motion pictures now. SIDE: If THE DOWN-UNDEyou thought Australian films were R big last year, just waitll you see whats in store from the folks down under in 83. marvelIn addition to MGM-UA- s ous new Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver, the outstanding Star-struc- k musical comedy and 20th fine The Man From Snowy River, there are close to a dozen Australian films on their way to the American market. They include: The contemporary action story, The Killing of Angel Street; David Hemmings murder chiller, Beyond Reasonable Doubt; a drama about the Melboune underworld in the 20s titled Squizzy Taylor; the psychological drama Between Wars; Freedom, Australias answer to Rebel Without a Cause. And more. Weve got a half dozen big production deals in our firm alone, reports Ernie Sauer, the New York-base- d founder and chief executive of the Satori company, which is the leading distributor of Australian films in the United States. What were seeing now is just the beginning of the boom, he predicts. The Australian industry has matured to the point where the major U.S. studios are investing more and more money there. Century-Fox- s thority, long since deceased, J. Golden Kimball. n Using the format of a show, Arrington has written and directed a rewarding two-holook at a figure the Mormon church should be eternally grateful for having as one of its own. A young actor, to be exact, has the responsiblity of bringing the folk hero to the stage and he does it with such finesse, you would be hardpressed to question that he was not Brother Kimball at age 75. In a high, often squeaky voice, this tall, wisp off a man, shuffles between and wing chair, pulpit, straight-bac- k his bald pate gleaming in the light, while his mouth spews forth words of wisdom. There are three shuns in Mormon religion, he announces, inspiration, revelation and relation. And then proceeds to talk about all of them. He recounts his frustration in traveling around on the speakers circuit, listening to some of the brethren go on interminably. Why I remember one lecture that lasted for 2 hours and 45 minutes and then I had to get up and speak about the new magazine ERA. Well, I went to one-ma- - Midnight devotion to his religion, is refreshing. The regional appeal of this show certainly stems from the subject J. Golden stories have matter been floating about for years and yet there is more to recommend it. Ackermans precise depiction is the work of a finely-tune- d performer and he is a joy to watch. There is no one on stage with him for two hours and he handles the awesome challenge with a great deal of ease and obvious pleasure. There is a lightness in his arched-baca twinkle in his gait and a natural creeking of the bones as he carefully places his frail body into a large, leather chair. Only occasionally does the pace drop, as when J. Golden talks about the church presidents he has known or in other moments of historical recounting. There also were unkind, though brief references to Indians and women, that fell rather offensively, but altogether, J. Golden is warm and endearing, and a most welcome addition to the local theater scene. The next Utah presentation will be March 4 and 7 at Utah State University in Logan. v vvw id? vtv aucm The Salt Laka Tribune! basic advartlslna pol lev Is to accapt lt nwHtacMrtt we, tastatul advartlslna ot all lawful sarvlcas, and of all products that art laaally manufactured and dlftrihutod. The Salt Laka Tribune doee not accept advertisements of films leeally adludoed pornographic or legally cited ae pornographic In formal complaint. Consistent with this policy. The Tribune accepts no advertising matter In which the exhibitor himself proclalna a film pornographic" by specific description, double entendre, suggestive Illustration or any other device. These ratings apply la films release after March I, Ita FIRST RUNI "ULTRA FLESH" co-h- ' RaMdX USA DELEEUW 2nd Featura "SKEII OR SKIM" TIFFANY CLARK 3rd Feature LAURIE PEARL "WOKEN OF DESIRE" Bated X ImmIX Hnl W W4? Af W1-I74- hn iMteShnu i-- S at I'ni e (ouili AAA AA d dh THI Slate Ifift So Rroadu an OpntDmliiU , SERENA LESLIE and 26 Playmatas of OUI and PLAYBOY it AIMEE LEIGH rr JOHN SEKA "PI"X CHAMPAGKZ" 1 T5 Great Basin Lecture Series, The Fishes of the Great Basin, by Prof. Gerald R. Smith, Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 7:30 p.m. Yellowstone, country rock, Cowboy Bar, Park City, 9 p.m., continues Tuesday. HANSSON Discoun- .' Today "COVED GIRL" r Open Daily 1 0: 1 S am t- MOVIE AUDIENCE t GUIDE Whats Happening with 3 of today's Top Covor Girl XaMd x "HOT FATIGUES" 1 A fvrvv CHERYL Friday and Saturday Coming Feb. Stage EXCLUSIVEI -- Show Salt fake Sribartf and his honesty as well as extreme the pulpit and said, If, by a show of hands, you all promise to subscribe, the meeting will be dismissed immediately. Everyone raised their hands and we all left. There is also recounting of the time, one cold Sunday morning when Brother Kimball was required to hitch horse to buggy and travel up to Brigham City for a meeting. With him was a young man named David someone I thought O. McKay, might go far in the church. Well, it seems J. Golden had a penchant for coffee, It sort of gets you going, especially on those winter days, and he got himself into a bit of a fix when he and Brother McKay stopped at a restaurant. The word of wisdom came too late for this outspoken apostle, Ive tried, but Ive been living one way just too long. Arrington has taken little poetic license with J. Golden, only occasionally rearranging the order of the stories told events in his life on stage are documented accounts as to the way he really was. Through Ackermans consumate performance, audiences are given the opportunity to get to know a man well worth knowing. He swears when he feels like it, but never gratuitously Tribune Advertising Policy She In ads Indicate! 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