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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 16-18, 2020 B-3 The Park Record ‘American Downhiller’ races into town for a Sunday show New documentary showcases athletes from different eras 434 Main Street Park City, Utah 435-655-9505 www.purplesageparkcity.com SCOTT IWASAKI Fall Hours Monday to Saturday @5:30pm The Park Record With all North American races dropped from this winter’s alpine World Cup schedule, the screening of “American Downhiller” couldn’t come at a better time. The film, which was produced and made by a team consisting of producers Claire Brown and Scott Lyons, director of photography Susie Theis and Jalbert Productions, will show as part of Park City Film’s Twilight Drive-In at Utah Olympic Park at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. The origin of the documentary came when Lyons, Theis and Brown, a Park City-based ski racer and the publisher of skiracing.com, formerly known as Ski Racing Magazine, began creating a web series for POC, a company that develops snow- and bicycle-sport safety products, five years ago. POC was a sponsor of Marco Sullivan, a former Olympic downhill racer, and it approached skiracing.com to do a YouTube series about the brotherhood and camaraderie within the American men’s downhill team, Brown said. “With that first episode, we began talking with more and more athletes from different generations, and saw there was an amazing story about this conscious effort to pass down their knowledge from generation to generation,” she said. “Marco’s Instagram handle is @americandownhiller, so he’s sort of the one who created this brand and identity for the team.” After producing seven more YouTube episodes, the team was contacted again by POC last fall to pitch an idea about a full-length documentary. “They suggested we take something from all the episodes and put them together in a more all-encompassing story,” Brown said. Brown, Theis and Lyons worked with Joe Jay Jalbert and his son Jay with Jalbert Productions to get some of the historic footage. “Joe Jay Jalbert is kind of a legend in the ski world,” 3 Brown said. “He was Robert Redford’s stuntman, and downhill racer and has filmed the sport for a long time. And a lot of historic footage you will see in the film is theirs, and they Continued from B-2 Drive-in series ends Sunday pair it with ‘American Downhiller’ for one ticket price,” she said. Thanks to the Park City Social Equity Initiative from City Hall, Park City Film is offering free tickets to essential works for the Sept. 20 screenings, Wang said. “Our town’s essential workers are those in the service industry who keep our economy going, especially now that we’re heading into the fall and winter season,” she said. Workers interested in tickets can contact Wang by emailing director@parkcityfilm.org. Concessions will be available at all screenings, Wang said. Nightly Fall Specials at the Purple Sage! Meatloaf Mondays ERIC SCHRAMM PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Nyman speeds down the hill during the 2019 FIS World Cup at Beaver Creek. Nyman, a Park City resident, is one of the skiers who are spotlighted in the documentary “American Downhiller” that will screen at the Twilight Drive-In at Utah Olympic Park on Sunday. took the film to the next level.” Adding to the Jalberts’ historic footage, are images culled from the Ski Racing Media archives at the University of Utah. “We have this incredible photo gallery that I think is one of the most extensive ski-racing photo archives in the world,” Brown said. “I’ve been really wanting to utilize this. Many of the photos you see in the film are from these archives.” One of the filmmakers’ goals was to find ways to interview at least one athlete from each generation of downhill skiing’s 50-year history, Brown said. “This project was a labor of love, and we didn’t have a huge budget for our little team to travel around the country to interview everybody we wanted,” she said. “I remember one of our editors who was heading to Vermont for a wedding reached out to see if there any dowhillers in the area who would be able to do an interview.” During that trip, the team was able to interview Eric Keck, one of the big downhill names from the 1980s. Unfortunately, Keck passed away in July at the age of 52, before the film was completed, Brown said. “That made us more grateful that we were really glad to include him in the film,” she said. Through the low-key process of utilizing weddings and other weekend excursions to land interviews, the production team made friends with many athletes and their families, according to Brown. “We would sleep on their couches and do the interviews the next day,” she said. “It was really fun.” Once the interviews wrapped, Brown and Theis began editing. Popcorn, candy and drinks will be available for purchase, while outside food and beverages won’t be allowed, she said. Patrons will also be required to adhere to social distancing, follow all markings and wear masks when outside their vehicles, which will also be spaced to allow social distancing. And dogs are not allowed at this event. Wang has enjoyed presenting the Twilight Drive-In at Utah Olympic Park series in partnership with Dragonfli Media Technologies and the UOP. “It has been an amazing group of people and organizations to work with, and we also have a tremendous amount of support from the series sponsors.,” Wang said. “... When we finish the screenings this weekend, we will have screened 30 films, and that’s a lot of movies to put on in a short period of time. It’s been a tremendous pleasure to bring people together in a safe way and remind them of the joy of cinematic art.” ‘American Downhiller’ When: 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 Where: Utah Olympic Park Cost: $30 per carload per screening Web: parkcityfilm.org In the process they took apart the YouTube videos and pieced things together. “The goal we had was to tell these amazing stories before they get forgotten,” Brown said. “There are a lot of people like Buddy Werner, who was one of the first Americans to win the big classic races on a global level before the founding of the World Cup, and Bill Johnson who showed what the next generation could do, paved the way for those, such as Steven Nyman, who are having success today.” The first athlete they showed the finished film to was former World Cup downhill racer A.J. Kitt. “He was the one who helped me get in touch with a lot of the interviews,” Brown said. “I remember seeing him cry as he watched the film. And that only showed us more how important this film is. It is important to keep the sport visible, especially now.” 1/2off our award-winning meatloaf Two for Tuesday Buy one entrée and receive a second entrée of equal or lesser value for free! *reservations highly recommended and an 18% gratuity will be added prior to discount, dine in only* Wine Wednesday 10 great bottles each at $25 or less plus 5$ wine glasses Two for Thursday Because once a week is just not enough! 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Times crossword puzzle “YES, BUT IS IT ART?” By JOHN LAMPKIN Across 1 They often offer free Wi-Fi 6 Julie’s “East of Eden” role 10 Bygone Swedish wheels 14 Suit material 19 Tickle 20 Fruity commercial prefix 21 Up-in-the-air bear 22 “Do __?” 23 Molding okra likenesses? 25 Accumulation after many oil changes? 27 Therefore 28 Clotheshorse’s collection 30 Singer? 31 Cube-ic Rubik 33 “__ Rebel”: 1962 hit 34 Handles 35 Housekeeper-artist barter agreement? 40 Dirty Harry’s org. 43 Lab eggs 44 Classic pops 45 Like no-see-ums 47 Schwarz of toys 48 Therapist’s concern 50 Bait 53 Employing 55 Stuffed shell? 56 Asset for sketching the human body? 60 Two-handed tool 63 Unable to find the way 64 Rates highly 65 Stand-up’s goals, informally 68 Philippines’ highest peak: Abbr. 69 Decision maker 72 Very little, to Vivaldi 75 “Yikes!” 80 Traditional Western song to sing while cleaning up the atelier? 84 Flu symptom 85 “Coffee __?” 86 Minimal 87 High-level banking aids 90 Wanna-__ 91 Augustus’ devious wife 94 Place to make waves 95 Conservatory subj. 96 Bucolic lines 98 Sculpting painstakingly, as ice? 103 Precepts 105 Pickle pick 106 They’re depressed during recitals 107 Resolve 109 Introspective Randall Thompson choral work with a joyous title 112 Jr.’s exam 115 Foundation for nude sketches? 117 Color for a “Starry” Dutch classic? 119 Golfer’s cry after holing a long putt 120 Unceasingly 121 Boxer Oscar __ Hoya 122 Sister of Goneril 123 “I think of slaying Holmes ... He takes my mind from better things” writer 124 Stitches 125 Like Florida scrub 126 Immobile Down 1 Batgirl garb 2 Love in Spain 3 Thick dessert topping 4 Source of protection 5 It has a watery bed 6 All of Albee’s “The Zoo Story,” essentially 7 French wheel 8 Spanish spreads 9 One catching with flies, maybe 10 Good in golf ... otherwise, not so much 11 LAX touchdowns 12 Sun Devils’ sch. 13 Short-legged hounds 14 Slimming procedures, informally 15 Some how-to book targets? 16 Unusually energetic sort 17 “__ Went Mad”: Riley poem 18 __-majesté 24 Gems 26 It’s a blast 29 MSN, for one 32 El __ 34 Show disdain for 35 Prohibitions 36 Type of eye layer 37 Karmann __: sports car 38 It might be caught with a fly 39 __ facto 41 Philatelist’s buys 42 Hounds, e.g. 46 Manga series about gaming 49 Retinal receptor 50 Lao Tzu’s “way” 51 Text changers, for short 52 Back in a shell 54 Big __ 57 Scullers’ pair? 58 OTC drug agency 59 Rapscallions 61 All-encompassing 62 __ chair 66 Ante, e.g. 67 Romps 68 Reply of feigned innocence 69 Prepared, as apples for strudel 70 Copacetic, in slang 71 Thomas Gray’s “The Bard,” e.g. 72 Smooching on a plane, for short 73 Photo possibilities 74 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 88 89 92 93 94 97 99 100 101 102 104 107 108 109 110 111 113 114 116 118 Tractor brand, familiarly Vibration sensor Flattery First light “Demian” author Mongolian dry spot Fail to be kept private Pakistani bread Slant Carefully consider Bay State motto opener Intestinal tract division Grub More over the top Legume family bean Ones just hanging out Zilch British actress-politician Jackson Wi-Fi connection? 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