| Show - I 1 B6 ENTERTAINIMNT The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday May 21 1994 1 I Redford learns that sometimes stardom gets in the way of his good intentions 1 ! I c1 quiz arrived :-- By Kathy O'Malley TRIBUNE CHICAGO — Nothing cracks CHICAGO up a University of Chicago audi- ence like a good Immanuel Kant joke - That's IA learned hat Robert Redford " an audience of 900 U of C and faculty members The big laugh came when producers of the "21" quiz show were trying to persuade Professor Charles Van Doren (Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennesi to be fed the correct answers to guarantee his winning Van Doren agonizing over the situation says "I'm just trying to imagine what Kant would do" The audience howled The line may not get a big laugh — or any laugh at all — when the MI-den- audience was packed with lowed was often a loud and long silence -b- roken at last by a first tentative inquiry about his movies his t bacmund ' his ? film institute his environmental a $230 loudspeaker that competes with high-en- d speakers costing $3000? Now that's something to get about! SuperZeros' midrange smoothness and sheer resolution of recorded detail put them on a par with other high-en- d loudspeakers costing many thousands of dollars This is no exaggeration" & 1 i s11 (''' Z 1'Vti )53 19 11 4 NI" If 180 1101 " r ‘14°1-- It "': - 1 ku '- N 4 )' 'Ili: - 4 - - rIRISTORANTE DELLA FONTANA ANY AMOUNT ANYTIME "The decor is very attractive The "It's been several years since we've eaten at Della Fontana and food is excellent The service is without a doubt the Seafood very efficient and the servers Fettucini was the best I've eaten most congenial" — Paul Schlecht OF Leghton PA What a great dining experience!" — Don Parker of Orem UT 0 3 Course Lunches — 6 Course Dinners ' OPEN 11:00 328-424- 3 I AM-10:- vx box-offic- II 14071 144 k 88R47413 Iiii ‘: 1 ' - N 4 4 r N N N I I Oil 2 1 1 I p$4 L 44 N rk UT 1 964-026- - '' z May 18-2- --- 2 GOLD RUSH '' ' it n l'' ''' --- ( NI ti ti I Ii kl i il 44 ow 2 ''' 1 tc0i ii DALLAS GREEN WED-SU- N - J LB 20 HEAVY 1 8:00 ' 4 DARAS El i 1- 171 : asm Suddenly Redford brightened became responsive animated even playful telling stories of his early days in theater with relish — mugging a bit savoring the hearty laughs that followed Yes he'd always wanted to return to theater he said but hadn't found the time He'd still like to do a musical "Which one?" a student hollered He paused smiled playfully and said "Phantom" His departure after an hour was marked by whistles and applause There were still two more events and time was becoming a factor A 5:30 pm meeting with a group of about 30 environmental- ly istudents and community activists didn't begin until 6:12 RRT An obviously weary Redford (same outfit one wrinkle — good he's human) melted into an armchair rubbed his eyes and suggested that since the group was small it would be good if everyone said a bit about who they were and what their environmental interest was Despite Redford's attempts to hear the group's concerns they too wanted to hear his stories And he obliged relating how he P if A became involved when he learned e that a proposed highway was about to cut through the Utah wilderness near his home He told of other projects and protests some of which prompted threats on his life and he responded to questions from members of the group until an aide apologized after an hour and reminded Redford he was already quite late for a dinner with another group of students Slipping into a side room he made a call or two then pulled on a baseball cap and headed out into the rain for a walk to his last event On the way he reluctantly agreed to talk a bit more What's the worst thing about being 56? "It's not much longer I'm going to be able to do things I've loved so much — skiing horseback riding all the physical things I've just enjoyed having my body be able to pretty much do anything I wanted it to But that time is being diminished" The best part about being 56 he said is "the wisdom the perspective you gain that allows you to be more compassionate more forgiving about some of your hostilities and anger" Redford once said that his paents (now deceased) had emphasized living one's life with grace Does he think they would feel at this point that their son was living his life with grace? Redford rubbed his eyes again "Boy I don't know" he said smiling and shaking his head "They might think I'm talking too much to be graceful" six-lan- sit -- -- 0 0 4414 - " -A' "t!" 309 p ' 9 r v s I i r f r 1 r s a f s r i Y 1 e a v v a a I I: I 1 r I I - 41 i T I -- 3:00 - t---- t4444 t - ! IS Simplicily WALL OVEN ‘"olit- 1 A Al YE205 14 0 I iki E ON ALL 4 tE 7 KIDS CAN SEW! 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"I might if I'm on a plane ride or something but normally I don't have that kind of time" he admitted "We have staff that reads them" When final edits on "Quiz Show" are complete he'll with Jodie Foster in "Crisis in the Hot Zone" a Ridley Scott movie about the outbreak and containment of a deadly virus After that he'll star in and (with Rob Reiner) "An American President" an original screenplay about what happens when a widowed US president falls in love Next he'll be producer and director for the movie version of "The Education of Little Tree" a controversial novel about the boyhood of a Cherokee orphan spent much of the time fielding inquiries about his Sundance Institute for filmmakers encouraging students to "make films where you are and wait until it is absolutely necessary" to go to Hollywood which he characterized as "fiendishly carnivorous" It was that antagonism that prompted Redford about 25 years ago to begin leveraging his appeal to negotiate tradeoff deals for studio backing of films he wanted to make "Somewhere along the line" he effithwAwArAwAwAumfmbwAwAyiwzrzzw7wmfavAwAvt N -- 4- 2 1-l r I 4 1 - "All the President's Men" hit the theaters Movie consciousness for most would have struck about the time of "The Natural" But they were all familiar with "A River Runs Through It" Redford's 1992 film based on a book by University of Chicago professor Norman Maclean as well as with his environmental and political activism So they happily accepted coveted invitations — from instructors and various club presidents — to Redford's sessions with students in the filmmaking theater and environmental programs About 75 filmmaking students feigned nonchalance as the guest to his reputation for being late arrived at 10:16 RRT (Robert Redford Time) for a 10 am session Dressed in jeans loafers a checked shirt and navy blazer Redford sat uncomfortably in the front row during a long and introduction praise-heavand the The mood was questions were businesslike as in "How do you get financing for an PM 30 I : activism ence (He dropped out of the University' of Colorado and says he doesn t regret not getting a de- gree) Most of the studtents hadn't even been o time of "Butch Cassidy anhh Sundance Kid" and "The Candidate" Some weren't even in kindergarten 336 So 400 East LOADS OF PARKING '- heatl LARGE PRIVATE ROOMS AVAILABLE BUSINESS MEETINGS — WEDDINGS — BIRTHDAYS I 1 1 3 3 or independent film?" Redford Ai ' isToRA0c '' - 'What's Redford thinking?' Actually what they were thinking was "What's Redford thinking?" And although Redford opened laid-bac- k N t Ifit - y 110 s4 v tia 4 - ' I 4 0 0 El ' -- 4 true 100 - 44 4-- - - lir VP 2 vp FoN74 ' ''' - - - - - ''o''' Aee 'k: - Ea 7 4188-575- -- cAte!(- - SOUTH -' - ( 2100 EAST 7 t7 1P4 - Specialistslinc - ' ' - A-:- SuperZero $230 TV "V4:171PCA P I - k N - ilfP8RISPiCP ' ' : jan'94 Stereophile tarl elt ' Corey Greenberg N - - t - -- g :V Redford was at the U of C fora visit in connection with the Marjorie Kovler NIsiting Fellows Program which invites " dis- tinguished individuals in the arts sciences business or public affairs- to the Hyde Park campus He was there to learn as much as to teach although his good intentions were slightly subverted by his celebrity -This is a wonderful opportunity- Redford said during a break between Kovler commitments this "Where else could amount Ill young people collected "The - k ik to ask (them) 'What are you thinking! What are you feeling'" two-da- y stu- - II ts I 1 dents whose required reading list included several of philosopher Kant's works And although director Redford loved the enthusiastic response he couldn't help but notice it covered the follow-uline one he considered just as amusing: a producer referring to p - 0 Ti II el 6 Ca'I 0 ' Ls i iv 5 Meal 91C5LisAS25rwisCAIINrDKA:i6IN17 911 l' 1 Irusic I 1 - |
