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After British ‘director Stephen Frears had made i l (the title angli forA FOR OSCAR LOS ANGELES (AP) From 18th-century France to the backroads of 1960s Mississippi to today’s corporate Manhattan, the Academy Award nominees for best picture of 1988 offer a wide range of place and theme ; Bur the favorite seems to be Rain Man, thé saga of an autistic savant kidnapped by his cold-hearted brother, which has already won the Directors Guild award for its director, Barry Levinson, Rain Man had pre-production problems. Dustin Hoffman. was intrigued with playing a retarded man, gifted with a genius for numbers. The role of the autistic man’s brother, a scheming salesman, was closer to Hoffman’s age, but the actor heeded his agent’s advice after Hoffman and Warren Beatty's Ishtar disaster: Don’t put two middle-aged actors on the screen Tom Cruise jumped at the change to act with Hof- fman Directors Martin Brest; Steven Spielberg and Syd- ney Pollack undertook Rain Man in succession; all three withdrew for various reasons. The project soon began to look like one of those drearn movies that never get made. Then Hoffman met Levinson (Good Morning, Vietnam) at a performance of the Quebec-based Cirque de Soleitin Santa Monica, Calif. Levinson directed Rain Man under schedule and $2.5 million under the $24 million budget (including an estimated $5-million apiece for the stars) . The film has grossed $126.1 million TWO FORCANADA. Canada has two Oscar nominees. The Cat Came Back, by Cordell Barker of the National Film Board's Winnipeg studio, is nominated in the animated short film category while Toronto-born animator Richard Williams was nominated in the visual effects category for his work as art director on-Walt Disney’s hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dangerous Liaisons isa nominated film with an un- . Settled hisotry The source material, Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel about sexual intrigue among French aristocrats, long had been overlooked by a Hollywood that disfavored costume dramas. “Don’t give me any pictures where they write with Lorimar sold out to Warner Bros. Despite fears the movie would be ditched, Warners has given it a decent and slow release, hoping for word-of-mouth support. The gross after 11 weeks: $21.2 million. The. most controversial of the film nominees is Mississippi Burning; a fictionalized account of the in- vestigation of the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss. The Chris Gerolmo script, directed by Alan Parker, tells the story through the eyes of two Fui investigators, played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. DISLIKES FILM Mississippi Burning was attacked by those who participatectand reported the 1964 Freedom Summer Said author David Halberstam, who covered the story for the New York Times: ‘Parker has taken a terribly moving and haunting story and he has betrayed it, turned it into a Martin-and-Lewis slapstick between two cops. It’s a bad movie: Mississippi False.”” “It was unfortunate that it was so narrow in scope that it did not show one black role model that today’s youth who look at the movie could remember,” said Myrlie Evers, whose activist husband, Medgar Evers, was murdered by white segregationists outside his Mississippi home in 1963 Gerolmo, not an Oscar nominee, replied: ‘*I never understood this to be Hollywood's ‘civil rights’ picture. It’s an exciting story about something important. You ‘See-our morat faitures and greatness; tt attows Us To see America at its very worst and dlso 10 see people who, displayed great moral courage,” Mississippi Burning (the FBI code for the case) drew mixed reviews, several awards and only fair business ($28.8 million in 13 weeks). The Accidental Tourist marks the third collaboration between actor William Hurt and director Lawrehce Kasdan; they also worked together on Body Heat and The Big Chill In the new film Hurt plays a travel writer who writes books for people who hate to travel. His private life is torn between his estranged wife (Kathleen Turner) and an uninhibited dog trainer (Geena Davis). While reviews were generally excellent, criticized the passivity of Hurt’s character. The Accidental Tourist has-had~a- fairly good response at the box office: $28.8 million in 11 weeks. But receipts have dropped in recent weeks. some Congress urged to protect WASHINGTON (AP) The Copyright Office has urged the U.S Congress to consider protecting future films from colorization, but said it would probably be unconstitutional to extend such protection to_ existing movies, The office said it would prefer legislation that would also protect visual artists, such as sculptors and painters, by giving them ‘moral rights” to bar unauthorized alteration of their works. ' But it said it could legislation applying to alone. In addition to protecting against colorization, the offi mended protecting film-makers from technical processes that speed up or slow down movies to fit the time frames of television or which alter the shape of the image to fit the television screen. Since most movies are made in color, the furore about colorization has been largely over application of the process to films, including some Hollyweod—classics,—made—in the heyday of black-and-white production in the 1930s through the 1950s The Copyright Office, which is an arm of the Library of Congress, recommended that an industry-wide committee be formed to draft guidelines governing colorization of such works. The Patent‘and Trademark Office, in a report released at the same time, recommended that no changes in the trademark law should be made but left the door open to changes in copyright law Both reports were requested by the House of Representatives judiciary committee’s subcommittee on copyright, which held hearings on the support film-makers ¢ also recom CBS has hopes for Young NEW YORK (AR) — Chris Young, the star of CBS’s new sitcom Live-In, is the network's great young hope. to become a teen TV_heartthrob like NBC’s Jason Bateman of the Hogan Family and ABC's Kirk Cameron on Growing Pains. Live-In is one of two CBS family sit coms that are designed to lure the younger viewers the network needs which is on hold. Live-In just might entice teenagers, if CBS can get them to tune in to begin with. The network hasn’t fared well in likable sitcom sprightly writing the half-hour comedy area, and its kid- appeal, high-school drama TV 101 has been passed over in the ratings. The new shows will move into the time periods vacated by Newhart and Kate and Allie, which move to later in the night, replacing Almost Grown, Live-In has two appealing young stars (Young and Lisa Patrick), a family and NBC’s kid-appeal hit ALF Preceding Live-In _is Heartland, a farm family sitcom — a Little Rosean- ne on the Prairie, if you will. It’s op- posite the Hogan Family. CBS is hoping Young will have the same teen appeal as Bateman and Cameron. He plays Danny, a typically girl-crazy kid who can’t believe his luck when his parents hire a charming Australian au pair girl, Lisa (Patrick), some tocare for their infant daughter. It airs opposite World Famous Cable 10 TV Performers The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir SHAW CABLE 10 SCHEDULE March 22, 24, 26 5 p.m. (Wed) 9 a.m. (Fri) 11 a.m. (Sun) Children’s Development Centre Telethon — This is a repeat of the last two hours of this year’s event 7 p.m. (Wed) H1 a.m. (Fri) 1 p.m: (Sun) MLA Forum — This live phone in forum will feature Chris D'Arcy MLA for Trail-Rossland. The public is invited to phone in their questions. In the Trail area 368-5501 (toll free). In Castlegar 364-3122 7:30 p.m. (Wed) 11:30 aim. (Fri) 1:30 p.m. (Sun) Coaches Seminar — Dr. David Cox presented a workshop in Nelson prior to the Winter Games Open 5:30 p.m 10:30 a.m. day, March 26. Bingo will return April Sunday Brunch 1:00 p.m Reservations 825-4466 will present a concert at Brilliant Cultural Centre Friday, March 31 .m. Grand Forks Cultural Centre Sunday, April 2 2p.m. $10 Adults. $8 Students ADVANCE TICKETS Adults $8. Students $6. 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CosNews Photo Nina Voykin admires ac Autistic youth a human calendar — BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Tell Eric Robinson the date you were born and he'll immediately give you the day of the week you first drew breath. Same with dates in the future. He’s a human calendar Yet only recently did the 19-year-old autistic savant master buttoning his own clothes, allowing him to trade elastic-waisted trousers forhis first button-up Levis. Eric will graduate June 2 from a special education program that has taught him the joy of work in an alien world. By the time he earns his‘diploma, Eric hopes to have found a life's work in numbers A- recent issue_of the Viewmont High School newspaper dubbed Eric the school’s Rain Man. He shares many traits with the movie's title character, but there are important differences. Eric’s calendar calculations and aptjtude for figures don’t make him a prodigious savant like Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman. But unlike Babbitt, Eric's mania for numbers and im- proving social skills let him hold down a job. They loved hinvin work triats ata-videostoreandthe school library CAN USE SKILL Tests show Eric to be mildly retarded as well as autistic and a savant, a mix that makes. his quest. for work promising. “They are usually so incapacitated in other ways that their skill won’t help them,” said Dr. Edward Ritvo of the UCLA School of Medicine, one of the leading U.S authorities on autism. Indeed, those who knew Eric when he was younger are surprised at his blossoming sociability. Greetings in the corridors are returned with a not-so-nervous **Hi,"’ and he has somewhat relaxed the obsessive routines and rituals that govern an autistic life “1 was worried because I had heard that they got worse as they got into adolescence and families had to decide what to do with them,”’ said Candace Robinson, his mother. ‘With Eric, just the opposite happened. He just seemed toimprove.”" Cindy Anderson, Eric’s special education teacher, says ‘*He’s just a huge success story for parents with autistic kids who normally feel isolated, frustrated and it’s a burden that will never let up.” MOST ARE MALES Autism, absorption in_ self-centred, mental activity, is a severe disorder present in four of 10,000 births, an overwhelming majority of them males. Its cause is unknown, but evidence suggests chemical or structural abnormalitiés in the brain. Among its charac- teristics is a profound disability in forming normal human attachements, or in showing or receiving affec believe subjective tion Eric stiffens up when hugged, even by his parents, and won’ tlet on if he’s sick or in pain. A study by Ritvo and others published in February’s American Journal of Psychiatry shows about two-thirds of those with autism have some degree of mental retardation, scoring below 70 on standardized IQ tests Only about 10 per cent of autistic people fall into the savai “1 F retarded, other studies show Robinson_ believes_her_son, who hoards bus schedules and loves to read the phone books he gets at Christmas, performs his calendar gymnastics by visual rather than mathematical means. “‘L used to wonder if he was calculating dates, but I really believe it’s a matter of having a photograph in his mind of our 100-year calendar. I asked him dates in the 1800s the other day and he couldn't do it.”” GOOD MEMORY Eric has a similar explanation, elicited in what is typically a one-sided conversation with a stranger. He nervously checks his watch every few seconds. How do you figure out what day somebody was born? ‘I havea good memory." What do you want to do after graduation? ‘Have a job.”” i _ = — Something with numbers? “*Yes.”” He's a whiz at simple math and his memory for numbers is as convenient as it is vast. ‘‘He makes a great phone directory,” says brother Dan Peggy Graham, manager of a video rental store in Bountiful, a suburb of Salt Lake City, accepted Eric for an hour-a-day’s training on a two-week trial basis. He stayed for 10 years, quickly memorizing the shelf code for every video cassette in the store and eventually mastering the computer to check in moyies SAID GOODBYE ‘‘He was amazing with numbers,’* Graham said. But it took him six months to routinely talk to other em- ployees and much longer to pass time with customers. “I used to stand by the door and say, ‘Eric, you can’t leave until you say goodbye to everybody.’ He would finally mumble goodbye." ‘*The emotional connection is the last 10 be made by an autistic child,”’ Anderson said. ‘It’s so difficult to make people understand the excitement you feel when they finally start making that connection.”* An earlier stint shelving books at the school library gave Eric command of the Dewey Decimal System and friendship with the once-skeptical librarian. Eric was far less avid about custodial and landscaping jobs, and An- derson believes absence of social interaction as much as numbers accounts for that today “‘He reaches out to people. His social habits are much more appropriate,"’ Anderson said, citing Eric’s response to the death of a school administrator’s wife As expected, Eric affably recapitulated for the bereaved husband the obituary information from the newspaper. But then he added, “I’m so sorry about your wife.” F wer of those are mentally lic painting from new exhibit at West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar. The exhibit, which ends April 16, features the recent + Kootenay artists Kathleen Senay and Shirley Miller. Designers focus on ___brown WINDSOR, ONT. (CP) — Be honest now — how do you really feel about brown for spring? Does it make you feel bright and vibrant, or does brown remind you of dreary winter mornings? Is brown a shade that puts color in your cheeks, or is brown the color you_used_to_be before the hairdresser turned you into ablonde? Designers are hoping you're going to think brown is warm and wonderful and just right this spring. If not, plenty in the business will be up to their eyeballs. in knits and-tinen the color of just-popped cotton separates caramel corn Interesting, because brown is not usually a color that makes women stand up and take notice. It’s not dramatic like black or an ego-booster like red, and over the years it’s been the kiss of death in the design business If you find you can’t get up for | brown, take heart. There is some cotor for spring, and it’s as intense as you're going to find anywhere. We retaking lemon yellow, fire-engine and chinese red. There’s also black, which has become the backdrop for everything from orange dots fo iridescent stripes. WS 3AR_ NEWS WN Ot Easter Holid BEL-AIR CLEANERS Castlevird Plaza + 365-5145 od ay Dining Dr. Brian Gorman wishes to announce that he has assumed the responsibilities of the practice of Dr. R. 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