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Show I py g f- - xhe Salt Lake Tribune. Tuesday. E ebruarv Illy '11 tMHHyTW)il.i lpj" 3. 11 Scientists family continues protest of St. Helens By Zay N. Smith Chicago CHICAGO CHINESE DINNER FOR 2 12-O- z. NEW YORK STEAK Sun-Time- s Writer The parents of a Chicago area May 18 Mt. St. Helens eruption scientist killed in the have been offered change in the script movie that they say a name and have rejected of St. Helens." an upcoming defames the memory" of their son. Michael Murphy Productions, hit by growing protests against its cinematic portrayal of David Johnston, a US. Geological Survey volcanologist from a Chicago suburb, offered late last month to change the characters name to David Jackson" if the parents would sign an agreement promising to refrain from further criticism. In a letter to Thomas and Alice Johnston, the Hollywood company said the offer was being made "at least as much to stop the attacks on the picture in the press as to forestall litigation. Also enclosed was proposed press release stating that an amicable settlement of a threatened lawsuit had been reached. But the Johnstons said late Sunday that there still in addition to a must be substantial script changes before they will withdraw their name change criticism and threatened lawsuit. "We have no interest in signing such a thing. Alice Johnston said. Theyd still be free to use our which theyve already done. son in their publicity And they still offer no assurance as to what would actuailv reach the screen." a The Johnstons' protest began in November when they first saw St. Helens" film rushes and script excerpts. They said the movie falsely depicts David Johnston. 30. as a hotheaded rebel with a history of disciplinary problems, given more to daredevil exploits than serious science. The movies initial version also gives Johnston a fictitious love interest, complete with a bedroom scene, and changes his last words for dramatic effect. The parents especially objected to the fictional portrayal of the U.S. Geological Survey as a bureaucratic villain with which their son was constantly at odds. Johnston, by all accounts, was proud of the agency, its scientists and its work. Last week, the 36 principal scientists who monitored Mt. St. Helens sent a formal letter of protest to producer Michael Murphy. The letter cites blatant distortions" of David Johnston's life and work "that do his memory no honor, your reputation no credit and are causing his family and friends great anguish. The scientists said they would carry their protest to the American public, congressional representa-tne- s and film industry ethics panels Spokesmen for the movie company have refused comment except to say that the objective of the picture is melodrama and entertainment, not to capture a historically accurate story " Tribune Advertising Policy Tw $tH UM Tribjna 0 tccapi tat advariUtng goicy Whats Happening Today 7 ttu( wtvicii. groduett that n tM lagaMy formal complaint Contestant with fhit pobey. Th Tribwna accapff no advarttatag mattar ta which tha ftim aahibttor Mmcaif proda im nomographic by apacHtc da- trripOon. douba antand a. IHutlrttion or at y Othar p.m. davtct Carnival," Promised Valley Playhouse. 132 S. State, 8 p.m. MOVIE AUDIENCE GUIDE mi tWH James Moeser. organist. Salt Lake Tabernacle, 8 p.m., free. 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