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Show The arts and people behind the scenes eview Wednesday September 23, 1987 7A . , ATN: Entertainment at touch of button BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff LAYTON Film promotion longer just a single movie poster hanging in the local theater's window with a Coming Attraction" label slapped on it. Film promotion is now big is no business. That business offers one company, American Telemedia Network, an opportunity to become The kiosk, a small standing structure, is art electronic directory showing site locations of mall stores and surrounding businesses that lease from the mall owners. $ , : ATN kiosks pay for thempaid subscription" from the merchants they service, provide a text for readers and a computerized directory showing the location of the store and a guide of how to locate it. selves through nationally recognized for its electronic display ads for movies, entertainment and sales in shopping malls nationwide. John Smith, national sales diAnd in pulling double-dutrector for ATN, a company the kiosk also serves as a based out of Provo, said his adpromoter for current films and vertising firm serves 172 mails coming attractions by providing nationwide. film clips of Hollywoods latest This includes the Layton Hills at the touch of a button. Mall, the only mall in the state ATN also broadcasts by satelof Utah at the present time with lite a program over its monitor the display service. with a host and hostess, who Smith said Layton Hills is the supply interviews and more deonly shopping mall in the state tailed information of upcoming with the advertising machines events. because it is independently owned, while the majority of We decided to place the kithe Salt Lake malls are owned osk in the malls because they by major developers. are the third most frequented The service provided by the place by the public, second only to home and work, he said. company, according to Smith, is also much And statistics show people more concentrated in the eastwho go to the mall have no parern United .States because of ticular and because purchase in mind, inpopulation density creasing the machines use, he of the number of mall developers in the eastern half of the said. United States. When the advertising display is not being used it continually But what exactly is this serrotates its deliveries across the vice that has the entertainment television screen located buzzing? industry on one side of the three-side- d Smith said ATN installs structure. information Smith said other businesses centers, also known as kiosks, for shopping patrons in the locurrently looking at buying into the service include train depots cal mall. step-by-ste- r .. .... ... y A p y, three-year-o- ...... 2,1 iT r v 't: & ft HP: : ' ' k v ' , V tA y iv t ? M x5 $ A - .v. ' f trt V K v j&i & ld 30-in- ch - staff photo by Bruce Bennett A youth in the Layton Hills Mall views an electronic display of local entertainment. and airports. ' dont think it is something that will go away, he said. I But for the time being our plate is full. We are refraining from those at the present time until we get everything here taken care, he said. Smith said his company is currently negotiating with other malls in the area, including an Ogden mall that would like to offer its customers the electronic entertainment and shopping service. e fee of $10,000 is A charged for the electronic dis one-tim- play, followed by subscription charges, he said. Advertising cost are held to a conferences, he said. But fo'r the time being, the display entertainment shopper will continue to provide information on what movie to see, what sale to catch, and where to find the mails nearest restroom without troubling a passerby. minimum for subscribers, with an ad price of 39 cents per visual impression, he said. In the future the kiosks capabilities will be expanded to offer tele businesses te live-broadca- st 1 Artist' lets viewers down Play to run 'Pick-U- p - ARTIST RATED PG-13- ;' THE PICK-U- P Contains strong language and adult situations. The Pick-U- p Artist is playing at an Ogden theater. Artist Pick-U- p BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff Have you ever reached into a box of Crackerjacks and not ceived a prize? re- That same empty feeling is what I experienced viewing Molly Ringwalds latest teen comedy film The Pick Up Artist. Ringwald, who was great in Sixteen Candles and even better in The Breakfast Club, two John Hughes films, is at best disappointing in this romantic tale that goes nowhere but to Atlantic City. Randy, a gambler who just cant seem to keep her alcoholic father, played by Dennis Hooper of Hoosiers," out of Ringwald down-on-her-Iu- plays ck trouble. Hooper, who was nominated for an Academy Award for a nearly identical performance in Hoosiers, uses the same lines and swagger in this.'Only this tinte Hooper has nothing to lean on but a plot so full of holes that if he could, hed fall through. Also starring with Ringwald in what could prove to be this falls biggest bummer, is Robert DowArtist. ney, alias the Pick-u- p Downey, who played a much smaller role in Weird Science is refreshing as Jack Jericho early soon beon, but his come stale in meeting up with Randy on the New York streets. Jack, who is described as the master of romance, plays a 21- school teacher who proyear-ol- d vides an easily forgettable performance as a Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) sound-alikAnd while the lines seem walked through by a majority of the characters, someone goofed on the storyline which ended leaving Jacks best friend, Phil, in Atlantic City with no ride home. Phil, played by actor Danny Aiello from Paul Newman's Fort Apache, The Bronx attempts a best friend performance, but only adds to the heartache the film inflicts on this Molly Ringwald fan. Another character adding to this empty plot includes Harvey Keital as Alzono, a second-rat- e Century-SALT LAKE CITY from glass original prints negatives reveal a fascinating glimpse of Utah people and places of a century ago. The historic prints are in a new exhibit now open at the Museum of Church History and Art, just west of Temple Square. The photographs were produced by Charles R. Savage, an English immigrant who arrived in Utah in I860 to become one of the territorys earliest photogra- phers. Savage worked first with typist Marsena Cannon and and then with photo-tintc- r artist George M. Ottinger. For 40 years Savage photographed much of the western United States under contract with the Union Pa Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, one of i Salt Lake's longest running theatrical shows has been extended again due to public demand, Joseph, will be performed each Monday, at the City Rep 2nd Stage Theatre on the second level of the ZCMI Center starting Sept. 28, and running until Thanksgiving. The musical is based on the Bible story of Joseph and the coat of many colors. The story begins as Josephs father, Jacob, gives him a beautiful coat. Josephs 11 brothers, green with envy, seek to get rid of Joseph by throwing him into a deep pit. The greedy brothers change their minds, however, and sell Joseph as a slave to a band of one-line- rs . hard-to-impre- ss e. Jack Jericho, played by Robert Downey, meets his match in Randy (Molly Ringwald) gangster. Keital, who has appeared as a bad guy in several films, including Saturn 3 with Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett, is mean, but never mean enough to ever make you think hes a threat to our two young leads. And the 50s music used, also inunexplainable, is often used - correctly and is cut short, like this film, when it is te used. Now for the good points. The good points of this film are at a minimum: A few funny lines, and one moment of dialogue be- - tween Jack and Randy that af-sparks an audience interest for our two lovers. But, alas, those moments are tossed to the wayside, like this film should be when making a choice df what you want to spend your entertainment dollar on this fall. However, I will remain a Molly Ringwald and Crackerjack fan, in hopes of capturing a prize next time. prints reveal glimpse of Utah Century-ol- d old through November cific Railroad. His most famous photograph is undoubtedly one taken at Promontory in May 1869 at the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Utah on Glass: Historic Photographs by Charles R. Savage spotlights 35 representative images from the thousands created career. during Savages Curators Linda Jones Gibbs and William W. Slaughter and exhibits designer Reed D. Miller have organized the selection around three themes found consistently in Savages work: Utah people. Salt Lake City views, and 50-ye- ar Utah scenery. The section on people includes both individual and group porn and unnamed traits, well-know- faces. Romanticized images of Ute Indians, a group of Utah miners, people at work in the Salt Lake post office, a pioneer parade, and LDS Church leaders are among the people featured. Savage documented in great detail the changing face of Salt Lake City. From the 1860s his images preserved buildings such as the telegraph office. Beehive House, old tabernacle on Temple Square, ZCMI, and numerous small business buildings and residences. his city views were Many of taken from Arsenal Hill (at the head of Main Street), or atop the Council Hall at Main and South Temple streets. Savages railroad contract got him out into the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains, which he photographed for travel booklets and magazine advertisements. Among his most aesthetically pleasing views are scenes in Big Cottonwood, American Fork, and Echo canyons. He photographed Utah bathing resorts as well to attract new customers for the rail' road. Savage had his own private car the Union Pacific line, equipped as a photo lab on on wheels. Out on his own he often traveled by wagon. The glass negatives in the early years were exposed using the wet collodian technique. The plates had to be exposed while wet and then developed on the spot. By the 1880s, Savge was using precoated glass sheets using a chemistry. Despite the laborious process e of creating negatives, the quality in detail and tonal range was high. The prints created by Savage himself a century ago retain incredible sharpness. In detail they are unmatched by many modern photographic dry-pla- te glass-plat- prints. This special exhibit continues at the Museum through January 19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.rn. weekdays and 10 to 7 p.m. weekends and holidays. Admission is free. Group tours are available by arrangement two weeks in advance by phoning 531-229- 9. The Ishmaclites sell Joseph to an Egyptian named Potipharand after being imprisoned over a false accusation of adultery with Potiphar's wife, rises to become a great and powerful leader in the Egyptian government. Reserved seats are $6.50 per pefson. Discounts are available for students and groups of 12 or more. For more information garding tickets or show times, call the City Rep Box Office at re-m- Encore slated for Layton play LAYTON The Layton Arts Council will hold an encore performance of the The Salopn melodrama, Keepers Daughter on Monday, Sept. 28, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Layton High Little Theatre. Kathy Skidmore, play director, said the group decidto hold another ed pcrfdrmance after the sellout performance Monday night. Tickets can from LAC members or at the door. Cost is $3 for adults and $2 for children. |