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Show U.S. Film and Video Festival Open Here Jan. 17 which Verna Fields, a giant in the film industry, will be saluted. Ms. Fields, who died during this past year, will be presented posthumously posthu-mously with the Festival's prestigious Medallion Award in recognition of her lifetime contribution to the film industry. Ms. Fields served as Universale Feature Production Pro-duction Vice-President and was also the Oscar-winning film editor for the movie "Jaws". Ms. Fields' contri butions also took the form of mentor, as she served as an important influence on the careers of many of today's . best young directors such as Steven Spielberg, Peter Bog-danovich, Bog-danovich, and George Lucas. In addition, the Medallion Award is being given to Ms. Fields in recognition of her dedication to the goals of the United States Film and Video Festival, her assistance in furthering new talent which has emerged at the festival and her invaluable service and friendship to the festival since its inception. Accepting Accept-ing the award will be a representative of Universal Studios who will attend the week long activities compliments compli-ments of a major festival sponsor, Western Airlines. For ticket information call 649-FEST. Box office opens Monday, Jan. 10. Advance ticket purchases are encouraged. "Independence Day" comes early this year as the Fifth Annual United States Film and Video Festival gets underway January 17 in Park City, Utah. During its first four years the Festival has emerged as this country's foremost showcase for the work of today's most innovative innova-tive independent film and video artists. This year's week long Festival promises to carry on and enhance this tradition. Highlighting this year's schedule will be the presentation presen-tation of more than 50 films and tapes. Many of the talented artists responsible for these films will be on hand to answer questions and share experiences during dur-ing the Festival's seminar program and following the screenings of their work. Among the films to be shown is the hilarious and outrageous satire "Eating Raoul"; and the wonderful suspense hit "Chan Is Missing". The other films include "Purple Haze", the story of two friends facing the difficult decisions of the day, in 1968; namely, the draft. Also, "Smithereens", the only American independent indepen-dent invited to the last Cannes film festival and "The Personals", a tender movie about a lonely man placing an ad in the personal's section of a local paper and meeting the woman of his dreams. In the documentary category, cate-gory, films include the poignant "Atomic Cafe", a sad yet funny look at nuclear energy and "Say Amen, Somebody", a joyous glimpse at the originators of gospel music. "Moses Pendleton Pen-dleton Presents Moses Pendleton" Pen-dleton" also will be screened. screen-ed. The film looks at the inner workings of a unique choreographer, formerly with Polabilus Dance Company Com-pany and Momix. Moses is an energetic and eccentric individual, full of the rhythms rhy-thms of life and art. Following the screening, members of the Momix company will perform in concert. This year's festival is also proud to host the regional premieres of such critically acclaimed films as "Sophie's Choice" - Universal Studios, "The Escape Artist" -ZoetropeWarner Brothers, and "Frances" - Universal Studios. The week's events will be capped off the evening of Saturday, January 23 at a gala awards banquet at Deer Valley, hosted by Northwest Energy Company, a major sponsor for the festival, at |