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Show t jjjlFestfiJoZ: Exploring alternatives By Tenv Ur me lnbune Staff Writci Beginning hr Idas, some 75 movies will begin tu unspool at the United Mates Film festival When it s all over, IU days later, a lot ol interesting stories will have been told If vou ve gone to many movies leeently, you already know that Hollywood is not exactly bursting at the seams with new ideas Success breeds success in movies So theaters a to inundated by sequels, blatant copies and movies more interested in pairing big box ofiice stars than in telling a story Offers Alternative Die Ini festival offers an alternative It is devoted to the American independent filmmaker, the intiepid artist who winks without support of the studios The films that show up in Park City aren t all successful. Many are quirky, most are deudelv What they offer is proof that thei e are indeed interesting stories out there waiting to be told. Some are told well and with a distinctive style. Others tail victim to small budgets and other limited resources Many are made in the production centers of New York and Los Angeles some come from America's hinter- lands hv cry year there are some cinematic jewels to be found at this estival, films that are fresh in concept and execution, films (hat are stimulating because they show us new things in new ways, films that speak eloquently because they are made by people who know their subjects well. 1 Hannah and Her Sisters The Trip to Bountiful Hi uw sing S alf jCakf vEribtme 2H)f through the event s film guide, one gets the distinct impression that this festival may be the best yet Director Tony Art afford and his staff have lined up a number of premieres from some of the premier filmmakers of our time New works by Woody Allen ("Hannah and Her Sisters." with Michael Caine, Mia Furrow. Carrie Fisher and Barbara Hershey) and Sidney Lumet ("Power." w ith Richard Gere Julie Christie and Gene Hackman) will complement the independent films This is the second year in a row that the festival has premiered a film by Allen the beginning of a prestigious tradition The festival opens Friday in Salt Lake City's Regency Theatre with an exceptional new film made from a Horton Foote play "The Trip to Bountiful " Foote has won Oscars tor his for To Kill a Mockingscripts bird and "Tender Mercies " Geraldine Page is almost certain to receive an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of an elderly woman who wants to see the home she was torced io leave one last time before she dies in The ) Trip to Bountiful (See related story, Moves to Park City After opening night, the festival will move up to Park City s Egyptian Theatre and Holiday Cinemas for the remaining nine days. Other premieres will include "The Woman and the Stranger." a German film w hu h shared the Golden Bear award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival with David Hare's "Wetherby. A French comedy starring Gerard Depardieu and Sigourney Weaver, "One Woman Or Two." will also premiere. I wanted to keep a suggestion of international cinema in the festival." says Safford about his foreign choices "h X - the title refers to filmmaking shorthand for "special effects" is another premiere It stars Bryan Brow n and Brian Dennehy in a story about a special effects wizard who is hired tu fake the assassination of a - K-- 6 gang boss "It's a film bul f s film." says Sullurd Another premiere, "Desert Bloom." is a him developed by the Sundance Institute which, along with the Stale of Utah Film Development Office, is presenting the festival The film, a drama starring Jon Voight and JoBeth Williams, is a coming-of-agstory about a girl living in Las Vegas just prior to the atomic tests of 1950 The closing night premiere will be "Trouble In Mind," a new film by Alan Rudolph (Choose Me"). Kris Kristofferson. Keith Carradine, Lon Singer and Genevieve Bujold make up the ensemble cast e Film Preservation Desert Bloom Once again the festival will focus on the need for film preservation and restoration. Last y ear it screened a refurbished print of "Way Down East." This year Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon." which has been restored to its original length by the National Center for Film and Video Preservation will be shown "It s a personal interest of mine." says Salford about film preservation "And it doesn't only concern classic Hollywood films like Lost Horizon. It extends to independent film as well Where is a print of 'The Return of the Secaueus Seven' going to be in 50 years?" 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