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Show rr--r 14B v The Salt Lake Tribune ? y irfB March Thursday, Director Ron Howard achieves his career goal 15, 1984 U By Bob Thomas Associated Press Writer Ron Howard BURBANK, Calif. enjoys directing movies so much that he passed up $50,000 a week as a TV series star. Howard, who has spent 17 of his almost 30 years in series, including seven as Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, has his third movie as a director released this month by Disney Studios, Splash. One might expect someone who started acting at 18 months and who has spent the rest of his life in the to be a mass of studio hurly-burl- y neuroses. Not Ron. I was lucky to have always had good relationships and good situations, he said, "so I had a very stable upbringing. You couldnt have asked for a more positive atmosphere than The Andy Griffith Show. The eight years I had on that series set the tone for the rest of my career. "The environment was ideal: the company was cohesive and creative; we had fun, and yet it was also a business. They were always considerate of me. For instance, they would change a schedule so I could play in a ballgame - Unlike other TV child stars, such as Jay North of Dennis the Menace, and Jerry Mathers of Leave It to Beaver, Howard said he didn't have to carry the show. Wasnt the Workhorse I wasnt the workhorse who had to be in every scene, he said. There were weeks when I wasn't in the show, and so I didnt face the problem of burning out. Howard spent two years in "The Smith Family, a series that starred Henry Fonda, and he has been cast in such movies as American Graffiti and "The Shootist, John Waynes final film. The young actor seemed to have found a goldmine in Happy Days, but he pulled out after seven years. The ABC series is now in its Uth and probably final season, and Howard could be earning much more than more suited for directing than acting because he didn't have the usual performers need to satisfy his ego. I enjoy working with people, meshing various peoples talents, and making them feel good about what we have created together," he said. Howard started modestly in 1974 Grand by directing the $602,000 Theft.Auto. It grossed $15 million. Then came Night Shift in 1982 with his pal Henry W'inkler for $6 million, with a gross of $34 million. He entered Splash after it had been dropped by United Artists and the Ladd Co. The project, which concerns the love affair of a young businessman (Tom Hanks) and a mermaid (Daryl Hannah), found an unlikely home at Disney Studios. Howard said he assured Disney executives that he would not dwell on breast shots and the picture would get a PG rating. Miss Hannah is seen nude from the rear but her flowing hair provides a coverup in frontal shots. the estimated $50,000 a week he left with. But there are no regrets, he said. I was in an odd position so that my departure didnt scuttle the series, he said. Last year, I returned which was fun to for a two-part- do. To the dismay of his agents, Howard decided he wanted to devote most of his energies to directing, which, in the beginning, would pay him much less money than acting. "I didnt choose to be an actor, my parents decided that for me, he said. Goal Oriented d I've always been a very true in was That person. school and in sports. Directing became a career goal for me. I had the example of my father. I always admired him because he had pursued his own goal. He left Oklahoma to try acting in New York and then Hollywood, and although he never became a star, he survived. Howard said his personality was goal-oriente- Marilyn Beck Steven Spielberg puts Reel to Reel project on hold Ron Howard prepares to shoot a climactic sequence in New York for Splash, his new movie which opened Friday. Supporting actor Oscars are wrongly categorized By Vernon Scott United Press International HOLLYWOOD John Lithgow k has turned in nominations for best supporting actor nominations for playing the transsexual in The World According to Garp and the lovelorn banker in Terms of Endearment. But he probably wont win the Oscar. Charles Durning also wired a pair of nominations for best supporting actor in successive years playing the dancing mayor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the comic Nazi in To Be Or Not To Be." He probably wont win either. Shepard Wont Win Nor will Sam Shepard for his role as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff, nor Rip Torn for his swamp farmer role in Cross Creek. The winner will be Jack Nicholson for his role as the reveling exastronaut in Terms of Endearment. Therein hangs a tale the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would rather not hear. The line between best actor and best supporting actor and actresses as well is so thin as to be invisible. The judgment is left to the voters. Outstanding Performances Academy Awards were initiated in 1927-2- 8 to reward actors and actresses for outstanding performances. No provisions were made for best supporting performances. It wasnt until 1936 that the academy decided to reward the talented character actors and actresses. In those early days the Oscar was won by such distinctive players as Walter Brennan, Joseph Schildk-rau- t, Thomas Mitchell. Donald Crisp, Charles Coburn and Barry Fitzgerald. Many another supporting player received his due in nominations Mischa Auer, Stuart Erwin, Basil Rathbone and Akim Tamiroff in the very first year. Moment in Sun Gibers who had their moment in the nomination sun were Jack William Gargan. Claude Rains. Harry Carey, Gene Lockhart. James Gleason. Frank Morgan and Sidney Greenstreet. That was before heavy politicking on the part of academy members. A sort of corruption filtered in during the 1960s when actors playing genuine leading roles found the competition too tough and opted for the supporting actor category in Oscar campaigns. First to breach the gap in a blatant miscategorization was Walter Matthau w ho won the Oscar in 1966 back-to-bac- hard-workin- Oa-ki- for best supporting actor in The Fortune Cookie. with Jack Lemmon. It was a clear case of a heavyweight fighting in the lightweight dia genuine mismatch that vision would be disallowed by the World Boxing Association. Undeniably the Star Robert DeNiro played the title role in The Godfather Part II, yet ran off with the Oscar for best supporting actor in 1974. Clearly and undeniably, DeNiro was the star of the film. He won against such real supporting performances as those turned in by Michael Gazzo and Lee Strasberg in The Godfather Part II. An even more obvious miscalculated categorization took place in 1975 when George Burns won the best supporting actor award for his leading role in The Sunshine Boys, beating such true supporting candidates as Brad Durif, Burgess Meredith, Chris Sarandon and Jack War- Midnight Show Friday and Saturday First Run! "THE PLEASURE ZONE" Write! - Lev Cimino at the mer has been pushed back until mid-85- . Dustin has also got Columbias Glory Boys for director Taylor Hackford as a But when it will be done is a matter of speculato-d- o. tion. Even if Hoffman finds himself free this fall, Hackford won't be. Hell be busy in Europe directing Mikhail Baryshniknov and Gregory Hines in Columbias drama about a celebrated ballet dancer who finds himself back in the Russian homeland he has fled, where he meets a black tap dancer who has renounced America and its prejudices. AND: Hines tells me he's been studying Russian for months in preparation for the role. And Baryshniknov says, Hes gotten good. He can understand everything I say even the dirty jokes I tell him in Russian." ALSO: McElwaine expects the two real-l- y big movies of the summer to be Paramount's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and his studios Ghostbusters." with Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray. And he's ready to wager that the sleeper success will be Columbias The Karate Kid, starring 4 still-untitl- x helm. Steven doesn't like the script. Marilyn Beck and we wont go forward until he does. reports Columbia Pictures President Guy McElwaine. He adds that Spielberg has now taken over the writing of Reel to Reel and might end up also directing the film, which is based on his original idea and which is, reportedly, at least Meanwhile, Cimino is moving on Laurentiiss camp to make Year of the Dragon, his first Gate undertaking. He will return to Columbia to make Dustin Hoffman's "Yellow Jersey but that wont be for a while. With Hoffman involved in Death of a Salesman stage work, the Jersey tale of the famed Tour de which was sup France bike race post-Heave- with Macchio, Ralph Steve NICK JIM 245 Lbs., Los 234 Lbs., White Angeles CHAMPION Bear, BOCKWINKEL - Vb - t NORTH H THE FREEBIRDS Dallas, Texas Tth AT fll w0 Iwh I1 I IconSSIoooY a 5001 mfghlano o 9.25 27M7H & SOUTH 03 i IROLLEY 5:50, 8:05 10:20 ( CORNERS .M5S Tiht.n Sji , la Polby Stare GREG GAGNE All Seats $2.00 Til 645 ... E.S. 6:30 to 7:00 JUMBOTSURUTA 265 Lbs., Tokyo & YtriiL ROSE STEVE REGAL RETURN og to 7 00 Shows at 6 45 9 15 E.S. 6 30 OF THE JEDI to 7 00 BRAD RH1ENGANS - VS - 1976 & 1980 Olympic Team Member mmmmnr' I f 7a SS "- VfllUV TWIN WLTS I L5C -WM1 DtSHtV tscuut5 (6) 7 15 TWON (PCI 1. I UK CHIU TXUWOCI UkiJinTrTnHffn M-- ALL 7 . 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Consistent with this policy, The Tribune accepts no advertising matter In wftiich the exhibitor himself proclaims a Him "pornographic" by specific description, double entendre, suggestive illustration or any other device. - law triton Lonmar PresentationA IIN rountihmaM & Fj A 292-441- JERRY BLACKWELL YfV JAMES GARNER McQueens son Chad and Frankie MAIN EVENT tor. j LITTLE DIFFERENT! Thursday, March 15th 7:30 PM son. He was billed far ahead of John Lithgow in the credits and had considerably more screen time than his for best supporting ac- Suggested HE BELIEVED IN TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! NOW SERGEANT MAJOR ZACK CAREY IS GOING TO TRY SOMETHING A Salt Palace Arena Nicholson, who deservedly won the Oscar for best actor in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in 1975, is another heavyweight in the wrong division. No doubt his performance as the was brilliant squalid and deserving of recognition, but was it a supporting role? Inasmuch as Terms of Endearment was dominated by its leading ladies, Shirley MacLaine and Debra both of whom were nomiWinger nated for best actress Nicholson might be considered a supporting player. On the other hand, if the film has a leading man, it certainly is Nichol- FfV unknowns. low-budg- INTERNATIONAL TAG TEAM SPECTACULAR year in the nomination of Sam Shepard. If The Right Stuff had a starring role at all it was Shepard's. It was widely supposed he would be nominated this year for best actor, not supporting actor. Deservedly Won Oscar at studio president cry . . . AND THE QUEST GOES ON: Director Richard Attenborough will be heading to Hollywood during Oscar week to proceed with casting of A Chorus Line. He has decided to use STARTS FRIDAY AT Theres another close call this I Avalon Jr. in supporting roles. "It turned out terrific. he says, "a story about a so many can identify with kid who's forced to move from city to city. I kept breaking into tears when I saw the rough cut. And when a movie can make a n to Dino De den. THIS CTOTTO) posed to have been made this sum- HOLLYWOOD Steven Spielbergs Reel to Reel film study of a wunderkind director, which was supposed to have gone before the cameras this win- - Y' ter, will go into production in October at the k earliest. And without Michael STAYING ALIVE AN Yen OFFICER AND A jwi .ntk dfeudum AAn. 2 (RW GENTUMANJ j j |
