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Show fiK Tht Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, jlanuaiJ Utah producer hits with his first film 198b By Terry Onnc Tribune Staff Writei Walking into Sterling VanWagcri-ea office for an 11 a rn interview the other day, you couldn't help but notice the breakfast, untouched and cold, on Ins desk, VanWagenen doesnt exactly have tune on his hands these days It has something to do with the fact that a new film starring Geraldine Page 'The Trip to Bountiful, " is being heaped with large spoonfuls of critical praise The good word is one more guarantee that "Trip to Bountiful'' will go from a limited release in Los Angeles and New York Into much wider distribution. "Bountiful" marks VanWagenens debut as a feature film producer lie shares the producing credit with Horton Foote, the r seieen-writeAcademy Award-winning 'Feels Good' "Feels good," he said about the ac- colades from such people as Vincent ( an by of the NVic York Tutu s and Charles Champlm of the Los A u teles Tutu's The fact that the film's box office receipts rose 200 percent in Us first week didn't hurt either. The film will open the United States Film Fes tival Friday at 8 p m. in the Hegency Theatre, 2740 Parleys Way It would be hard to choose a more appropriate film to open this year's festival. First of all, it is a fine work about such basic things as compassion and keeping dreams alive It fea tures a superb cast led by Page and including John Heard. Rebecca De Met auditions; Mozart month The application deadline for the 1iHtj I'tah Metropolitan Opera Auditions is Tuesday Applications should be submitted to Audrey Oestreicher, district direc-iP tali Division Metropolitan Opel a Audit ions, 9(10 Donner Wav. Salt Lake City, Ltah 8411)8 and must be accompanied by a birth eertiticate and photograph Ttie competition is open lo sopranos. aged 19 to 83, menu sopranos and coiili altos, aged 20 to 33. and male singers, aged 20 lo 3a Pichminarv auditions will be Jan at 10 a m in the Salt Lake City Public Library, 20y K 500 South Judges for the preliminaries will be Marjo Carroll, Gene Larsson, and John Taylor The final round will be Feb 7 at 7 43 p rn. at the C tali Museum ol Fine Arts Auditorium. University of Utah February will be "Mozart Month" at Symphony Hall, with the music of Mozart included in each program Un Feb 7 and 8. Tokyo-borAkiyama will conduct the Utah Symphony in subscription enn- 23 n Writers league meets Tuesday The Salt Lake Chapter ol the League of Utah Writers invites writ ers and would-bwriters to bring their works to the Story Room ol the Salt Lake City Public Library. 209 K 5IU) South, Tuesday at fi 45 pm lm leading and critique e There is no charge Members of the league may wish to The purpose of tlu league is to build writers' esteem and help them achieve publication For more information. contact chapter president I Iv di mam - great-grandso- t n jer is From Mage Jo Sr rcen was at Sundance that director peter Masterson, whose stage experi ern e includes directing "The Best Ln lie Whorehouse in Texas" on Broad wav. made it known that he warded to direct a feature film. He had been set to direct Burt Reynolds and Dollv Par ton in the doomed film version ol Best Little Whorehouse," but found himself out of the project after a disagreement with the sludm barking the project Masterson and his wile Carlin Glvnn were serving as resourct people at Sundance when he revealed his desire to try anolher film proje Robert Bedford advised him to liud "a small pioject," one lhat he w.is passionate about and make it on a low budget The first thing that came to Master son's mind was Horton Footes play "The Trip to Bountilul The work had first appeared on Possible Oscar about the possibility of a nomination from the beginning," hd said "Now, it's the Everest that everybody is pushing for. If we could just get a nomination, not to mention the Oscar itself, it would mean an enormous amount to a picture like It We thought this I ' "Goodyear Television Playhouse' in 1953 as a teleplay It starred Lillian Gish as Carrie Watts, an elderly woman penned up in a Houston apartment with tier son and his shrewish wife Carrie longs to return to Bountiful, the rural area where she grew up and wheie she raised her children. Recalled Impact Masterson saw the play when it was mounted on Broadway in the early 'IOs, again with Lillian Gish Masterson remembered the impact the play had on him more than two decades later while at Sundance Following Bedford's advice, he telephoned Horton Foote, and got his blessing lo proceed with the project And then Pete and Carlin asked if I would be interested in helping with the film," recalled VanWagenon. who was executive director of the Sundance Institute at the time, "It's the first time I'd ever heard of it. so I read the play that night " VanWagenen likens his duties as producer to those of a corporation's chief opciaimg officer He lined up iriWstois. hired key crew members, ri de herd on the production manager and director to make sure the film came in on schedule and on budget Artistic Contribution He seems to be most pleased with the artistic input lhat Ins job afforded him a voice in casting decisions, a chance to see a project he believed m a film he wanted lo see himself come to fruition, the opportunity to work with two people whom he particularly admires - Foote and Mas- terson "I learned a great deal on this incline,'' VanWagenen said "What I learned about Horton's materia) is thafactors fall instantly in love with it. Horton writes in such a way that an actor can bring a wealth of experience, ideas and training to a role They see all these possibilities where they can use I heir own inventiveness lloiton does not write down to an actor As Kim Stanley said. 'There are only two playwrights whose woik I would do with no questions asked Checkov and Horton F'oote ' Next Project While VanWagenen is back at Sundance; lu is eager to produce anolher film IBs new project, the script of whu h is in its first rewrite, is a film version of Maurme Whipple's Thu mill Joshua "There are three kinds of material lhat appeal to me," said VanWagenen. "One is material that has a strong human dimension, like Trip to Bourn iful.' Films that deal with the small spaces in human character. Drawn to Story 'I'ni also drawn to stories about the eultuie and background that I came out of. 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ZVMAI (Including Airfare. EQH0 Clones sponsored by the GERMAN 'in SH STATE UARN CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN ANGU WEST NICOLE BLANC RATED X CO FEATURE 3 ' CONFESSIONS OF A AMBER CRYSTAL BREEZE MINDY RAE SASHA GABOR RATED X 1 The film producer whom VanWd genen most admires is David Putt narn. Hie Briton whose impressive body ol woik includes "The Killing Fields" and ' Chariots of Fire " Butt narn also lias participated in Sun dances June lab, offering his expei Use lo young filmmakers "The thing that is great about Bull nam is that he makes films out ol conviction, as opposed to opportunity." said VanWagenen VanWagenen says the same thing about his boss, the founder of the Sun dance Institute, Robert Bedford Extension of Convictions "The movies he has directed jnd produced are certainly extensions ol his own convictions ' I have been so lucky being around these sorts of people at Sundjm e. continued VanWagenen "I have pulled my own point of view together from the points of view of people that I really respect People like Robert Bedford David Puttnam and Hoi ton Foote " FIRST RUN EXCLUSIVE FIRST RUN EXCLUSIVE! WIN A FREE RENO HOLIDAY! ten about Mormons As far I in cm erned, the great thing about it is that Maurme Whipple has really captured a story about a gn I caught in a tei ri ble dilemma, the dilemma found be tween the demands of a t liurch and her own personal desires. It s the con flirt between formal obedience to a higher idea and whether or not one in submitting ones own own desires to that one's agenda, higher idea "The third thing I m drawn to is a film which opens up a world that no body has seen before, like "1 be FJmer aid Forest.1 In 'Bountiful,' Horton has been able to open up the interior land scape of this woman in a way few writers can By the same token. Gi ant Joshua exposes a world, a cul ture that has never been exposed be fore There is a richness, a depth and a variety to Mormon pioneer cultur that has, up to this point, been so Me " reotyped Admires Pultnam 1 Familiar With Work Although he had never met Horton Foote. VanWagenen was very familiar with his work "To Kill a Mockingbird" (adapted fiom Lee Dillons novfilm el). "Tomorrow" (a little-seestarring Robeit Duvall and adapted from a short story by William Faulkner and "Tender Mercies " "I went bark to them tlu next day and said, 'This is wonderful I'd like to be involved more than just through Un " , Ritz Classic Bowl 2265 SO. n At 1 p m on Feb 28. the orchestra will give a "concert and cake" per of that evenings subscription performance with Josef Suk Light refreshments will be served in the lobby of Symphony Hall prior to the concert and are included in the ticket price of $5. S 486-217- 6 n featuring the renowned violinist Jo sef Suk grandson of the Czech composer Josef Suk and of Antonin Dvorak. Suk will play Mozart's Violin Concerto No 3 ONE OF OUR CLAIM-A-LANE- J On Feb. 28 and March 1. Utah Symphony music director Joseph Silver-steireturns to the podium to conduct concerts at Symphony Hall VanWagenen said that Geraldine the first Page's name was mentioned Master--olime he met with Foote and to discuss the project. Now that there s talk of an Oscar nomination lor her performance as Carrie, is nut surprised EDY WILLIAMS KIM CARSON PAM PENN SHARON MITCHELL RATED X Tired of WAITING on a Lane to Bowl TRY Piano Competition Moarts Pi Buechner will perform anu Concerto No 25 e write to the monthly theme. "A Dark and Stormy Night " in anv form oi sty le Mai keting lips also will be presented Klinor G certs featuring David Bucchner, winner of the 1984 Gina Bachauer Intel national And then t ailin spoke up and said, Would you like to produce7' nd I said. 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