A4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 5, 1981

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ENTERTAINMENT

Masada miniseries can
stand as TV triumph —

By Peter Boyer

LOS -ANGELES (AP) —
Masada, ABC's long-awaited,
$20-million epic of Roman
soldiers, Zealots and a super-
duper desert fortress, begins
its four-night run tonight,
proving once again that the
problem with mini-series is
they're never mini enough.

Despite -its exasperating
length — eight houra — Mas-
ada will stand
alongaide Shogun ss one of
this year’s towering televi-
sion triumphs.

The mini-series is drawn
from the legendary six-
month Roman siege of the
impregnable desert citadel
Masa

da.

The legend, based on
sketchy historical data, was
fleshed out into a two-man
war of wills in an Erneat
Gann novel called The Anta-
gonists, which pitted an im-
perious Roman commander
againat a Jewish fanatic bent
on driving the intruders

away.

Zealot-leader Eleazar ben
Yair and his band of guer-
rillas wage war with a weary
Roman legion eager to de-
clare Judea subdued and go
home.

-From the novel — which

A Unique.
Restaurant

| The Crown Point 1895,
featuring giant antique
cabinets, turn-of- .

J pita

has been reprinted under the
title, Masada, in hopes of
scoring a multimedia smash
— ABC has fashioned a
stunning, if bloated, spec-
tacle that transcends ordin-

ist the wings of

Peter Strauss, that ‘re

eture of television, is cast as

the decicated Zealot leader, ° fi

Eleazar. Strauss turns in a’
workmanlike job, but there’s'
something about his screen

ary

elegant words and breath-
taking pictures. That pretty
much assures some special

TV.

To the pictures, first: Mas-
ada was filmed in the Israeli
desert, and full-scale replicas
of the fortress and Roman
assault tower, completa with
battering ram, were built for
the production. en

And the words. Peter
O'Toole, the gaunt, home-
ward-looking Roman general,
Flavius Silva, is granted such
as this: E

“These aren't Britons or
Gauls we're fighting — good,
honest rusties who stand out

in the sun like archery tar--

gets and dare you to do
something about it... These
are more like Egyptians,
brainy ... without a dram of
ethics.” >

You can imagine the magic
that the lyrical O'Tocle
method makes of those
words,

P that never lets you
. forget that a commercial.

Nancy Herbison, local sop- |
rano, is returning from‘ her *
vocal studies in Germany to
make a special appéaran :

‘ Easter -
Handel's “Messiah,”
day ‘and Thursday: at-. the
DTUC "

Local soprano ‘retur

e

Hig! ‘School, she continued

her Voice studies at Vancou- -

ver Community.College, Wil-
fredLaurler University in
‘Waterloo, Ont., and the Uni-
versity, of Weatern Ontario in

‘London, Ont. She graduated

two years ago with honors in
Volce' Performance,

Herbison was the winner
of the 1980 Exkhardt-Gram-
atte Competition, which rec-
ognizes a young Canadian
musician with outstanding |

ability in the performance of’.

contemporary’ niusic. Last
fall she began her Canadian
tour in Nelson as winner: of
the award in Nelson, and she
.presented concerts in 1
‘other cities ing Vancou-

interruption is coming. . -
The ists stalk one
another's psyches as Silva
prepares for the inevitablé
victory and Eleazar prepared
his people for martyrdom. ©
The siege itself seems to
last every minute of the six
months it was supposed to
have consumed in reality,
with the mini-series dragging
badly in the middle three
hours. Tuesdayis a good:
night to go bowling. . .
But when it picks up a;
you're in for effective tele-
vision: and .a:wrenching cli-
max that will stick with you.
‘The film’s cast and crew,
after battling months of heat
and dysentery and wind-
storms, is said to.have taken

ing

week's end, viewers may be
following suit.

The survivors will be glad
of it.

_. .but surrounded
by controversy

NEW YORK (AP( —
ABC's star-studded, lavishly
cogtumed Masada, probably

+ th . sel

he is concerned the eight-
hour ABC miniseries will
distort what his people oe

of

series ever produced, is
‘about, to be broadcast in an
fate of

sider a ct chapter
their history.
The miniseries is a spec

and high-stakes competition

top
that is the locale for Masada,
i in Jerusalem

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tacular of the
Roman siege 2,000 years ago

cerned the TV drama gives
equal weight to the roles of
Bleazar Ben-Yair, the leader
of the zealots, and the Roman
commander, Silva, He main-
tained that compared with
the epic scope of the zealots’
act, the Roman role was
secondary. .
He said he aleo was wor-
. tied about reports that Peter
O'Toole, who plays Silva, was,
better cast and more com-
pelling a figure than Peter
Strauss, as Ben-Yair.

ABC; in a statement, said:
“Professor Yadin did not see
the film, and we believe that
when he does, his fears will
vanish, Hundreds of mem-~
bers of Jewish organizations,
aud a number of Israeli
Officials, have seen Masada
and expressed their edmir-
ation for it.

“As for casting, Peter
Strauss was chosen because
he is an Emmy-winning actor

~ (Jericho Mile) and one of the
finest young actors in Amer- .
: ica, Peter O'Toole was sel!

ected for his international
reputation as an actor.”

“Directors”
to attend

Charlton Heston, Jack Pal-
ance, Peter Fonds, Buster
Crabbe and King Vidor, one
of Hollywood's moet famous
directors, are among the
early birds who have promi

| “Four Oscars |
for best film

LOS ANGELES (REUTER) — Robert DeNiro and Sissy
Spacek won Oscars at the 59rd Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences awards presentation pageant Tuesday
night for best actor and actress for their portrayals of real-life
people in Raging Bull and Cos! Miner's Daughter.

But Ordinary People, a film of the strained relations of a
family split by the death of a son, swept up the biggest haul of
four awards, including one for Reobert Redford in his debut as

director and one for best picture. .
DeNiro, a shy man but an intense actor who trained for

with anyone who it
During the filmin
difference between
retirement. :
Spacek aged from 12 to 82 in her film to portray the hard
early life of country singer Loretta Lynn, whose songs she
also sang.

THANKED PARENT

‘while the real-life Lynn watched in the audience, Spacek
brought up in a small Texas town, thanker her —“and also my
mummy and daddy.”

The Oscars, golden statuettes, are awarded each year by
film industry ‘members of the Academy. :

Redfor, who never had won an Oscar for his acting, was his
modest self when he collected his award for best director. “1
would like to express my debt to the directors I have worked
for in the past,” he said. .

A from best director and best film, Ordinary People.

’ alsd won" awards foe Best dupporting sietot>—" 19-yeabiold=
esuidFuttem 220: for theobeat. scraenpl

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His father, actor Jim Hutton, died*of cancer.
- Following is a list of winners in the 58rd Academy of
Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences award presentations:
BEST PICTURE — Ordinary People, Ronald Schwary,

jucer. -
BEST ACTOR — Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull. P
BEST ACTRESS — Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR — Timothy Hutton,

rdinary People.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Mary Steenburgen,
Melvin and Howard.

BEST DIRECTOR — Robert Redford, Ordinary People.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM — Moscow Does Not
Believe in Tears, Mosfilm Studio Production (Soviet Union}.

ORIGINAL SONG — Fame, from Fame, music: Michael
Gore; lyrics: Dean Pitchford.

ORIGINAL SCORE — Fame, score: Michael Gore.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — Melvin and Howard,
screenplay: Bo Goldman.

SCREENPLAY ADAPTION — Ordinary People, screen-
play: Alvin Sargent. 2 .
_ CINEMATOGRAPHY — Tess, cinematographers: Geoffrey
Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet.

ver, Calgary, Winnipeg and
?Toronto.
is the ht

Her
included recitals for the CBC,,

appearances with the Bar- _

oque Strings of Vancouver,
and major roles in opera
performances at, Courtenay

Youth Musie'Centre and the _

uwo. 2
' Herbison also joined the

‘Nelson Choral Society ‘as its
guest soloist inthe Christmas |

presentation of the “Mes-

4° siah” in 1979, and-che has al-.
ways been 8 special treat for -

area audiences. .

. ° The society, under the mu-

of Hugh and Agnes Herbison
of Argenta, She was born in
‘Nelson, and began voice les-
sons at the age of 12. After
graduating from L,V. Rogers .

Ferron |

to play

sical d fon of Bruce Hun-
ter, and in association with
Agnes Horbison, has: pre-

eight choruses : from
the second and third sections

career has |

ns to sing

“of the work. The concert will

include the Halleluja Chorus.

The DTUC Orechestra will
join the soclety, and the per-
formance will feature local
soloists. Ron Routledge,
(tenor), Martin Horswill,
(bass), and Beryle De Jersey,

to).

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“Oriental Cuisine or Western Dishes

* We Cater to Parties-of all sizes:

EASTGATE GARDENS |

932 Columbia Ave. Castlegar: Ph, 365-7414

will perform, in the: Castlo
Theatre on April 11 at 9 p.m.
For the past five years,.
this brilliant singer-songwri- -
‘ter has had a devoted follow-'
ing among the Vancouver
coffee house audiences. Now.
with four records to her'
credit, her name is becoming -
known internationally. ©
Ferron calls herself a folk-
poet. She writes all her. own}
lyrics, composes her own
‘melodies and“ accompanies
herself on an accoustic gui-
tar, She manages-to create a:
magical rapport .with ‘her.
fences, moving them fro
laugh th

a
gre

er -loves, heartaches ‘and
disappointment but the sad-
ness is lightened by her won-
derfully ironic sense of. hu-
mor and her passionate con-
cern for people comes burn--
ing through. :
Musie critics testify to

Ferron's superior ‘quality, . B

predicting she'll be one of the.
great voices of the 80's.
People in the Castlegar area.
are fortunate to have the
opportunity to hear such a
talented performer on their
home ground. Tickets ($5 for
adults, $4 for seniors and arts,

! council members, $8. for.

students 17 and under; are.
available from the Castlegar

Library branches, the. local. * a, ;
_ Lecoted Under Fireside Dining Room — Castlegar. «

drug stores, from arts council
members and‘at the door on
April 11.

'ART DIRECTION — Tess, art direction: Pierre Guffroy, |

Jack Stephesn. .
COSTUME DESIGN — Tess, costume design: Anthony
Powell. . ;
EDITING — Raging Bull, editor: ‘Thelma Schoonmaker.
SOUND — The Empire Strikes Back, sound: Bill Varney,
Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton. :
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE — From Mao to Mozart;
Ysaae Stern in China, The Hoewell Foundation, Murray

- Lerner, prod

lucer.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT — Karl Hess: Toward Liberty,
Halle-Ladue inc., Roland Halle, Peter Ladue, producers.
ANIMATED SHORT — The Fly, Pannonia Film, Budapest,
Ferenc Rofusz, producer. : .
_ DRAMATIC SHORT — The Dollar Bottom, Rocking Horse
Films Ltd., Lloyd Phillips, producer. : : :
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT ~~ Acme-Dunn Optical |
-. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT, VISUAL EFFECTS — The
Empire’ Strikes Back. :
HONORARY — Henry Fonda.

When in Nelson
enjoy 2 different

Chinese oes
Smorgasbords! -

«Friday — Hong Kon
Saturday — Shanghst

Sunday Be.m.- 9 p.m: $ ’
“enon oer”
Sete inane

ised to attend New ‘-

- annual film festival in Santa
Fe April 24-80.

the festival this year hon-

ors the Western movie, and

Heston’s Will Penny (1968) ©

will be screened as a featival
all-time great Westerns,

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“CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 5;-1981