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They have included Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) and You Can't Take It with You (1938), Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960), Tony Richardson's Tom Jones (1963) and Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977). The prizes for best actor and actress have also gone to a few comedic roles: Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, It Happened One Nights (1934); James Stewart, The Phil- adelphia Story (1940); Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday (1950); Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou (1965); Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class (1973); and Diane Keaton, Annie Hall (1977). That could change in 1988. Two comics have already been touted for nominations: Steve Martin for Roxanne and Robin Williams for Good Morning, Vietnam. Broadcast News, which New York critics declared the year's best picture, looks like the front-runner in the Oscar JANUARY SPECIAL Qe FISH ’n CHIPS Reg. $5.25.. EATIN ONLY . . . BRING A FRIEND! 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If the independent companies can do as well this year, there may be chances for such limited-release films as the late John Huston’s The Dead, Paul Newman's The Glass Menagerie, The Whales of August, starring Lillian Gish, and Barfly, with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway. Here's a view of how the major competitions shape up, with potential nominees listed more or less in order of probability: Best picture: Broadcast News, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck, The Last Emperor, Empire of the Sun, Ironweed, Cry Freedom, Fatal Attraction, The Dead, Full Metal Jacket and The Untouchables. Best actor: Jack Nicholson, The Witches of Eastwick or Ironweed; William Hurt, Broadcast News; Michael Douglas, Wall Street; Steve Martin, Roxanne; Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam; John Lone, The Last Emperor; Marcello Mastroianni, Dark Eyes; Yves Montand, Manon of the Spring; Mickey Rourke, Barfly; Albert Finney, Orphans; Richard Dreyfuss, Nuts. Best actress: Holly Hunter, Broadcast News; Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction; Sarah Miles, Hope and Glory; Lillian Gish, The Whales of August; Mery! Streep, Ironweed; Cher, Moonstruck; Maggie Smith, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne; Faye Dunaway, Barfly; Christine Lahti, House. keeping; Barbra Streisand, Nuts; Joanne Woodward, The Glass Menagerie Hogan slurs aborigines SYDNEY (AP) — Croco- Foley, an dile Dundee star Paul Hogan vist drew criticism Wednesday Aborigines, Austriali’s or. from aborigines for a remark iginal inhabitants, number he made about Australia’s about one per cent of the 16 native people during a tele- million people. They say the vision program marking the bicentennial is a celebration country’s bicentennial. Hogan said Australians would become so fed up with bicentennial celebrations that “we might as well give the land back to the abos.” The four-hour program was broadcast live around the world. People just have to learn in this country that the term abo is offensive and they shouldn't use it when talking about aborigines,” said Gary aboriginal acti of invasion. Hogan, who played a rogue crocodile hunter in the com edy Crocodile Dundee, was not available for comment. Moonlighting to air 3D LOS ANGELES (AP) Viewers will see David and Maddie as never before when ABC's Moonlighting goes 3-D Selkirk College's Continuing Education Depar tment will be distributing their Continuing Education Calendar through the mail, listing course offerings and descriptions for the win ter/spring session Some Early January offerings ore Industrial First Aid (10 Week Corse): January 19 ‘te March 24, Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 10 p.m Fee $300.00. Industrial First Aid (5 week course): January 25 to February 24, Monday and Wednesday, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, 9.a.m. to 4 p.m. Fee $300.00 Industrial First Aid (2 week course): Feb. 29 to March 11, Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee $300.00. CPR Instructor Recertification: January 23 Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fee $12.00. CPR Heartsaver Course "A": January 26, Tuesday, 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. Fee $12.00 To register or for further information call Castlegar Campus 365 -7292 ext. 261 Selkirk College for part of its final season episode in the first-ever thre¢dimensional network ON TY! coe 9 TV! A new process called Nuo ptix 3D allows the telecast of “The Prophets Speak!" pictures that can be seen in 3-D with special eyeglasses, or_as regular television with out the glasses. Ted Harbert, ABC's vice. president for motion pictures and scheduling, said 3-D will be used for several minutes on Moonlighting, which stars Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as~ bickering private eyes. It will also be featured in one commercial. William= Lynn, vice-presi. dent and director of world wide media for the Coca-Cola Co., said the special eye. glasses will be available at supermarkets, convenience stores and fast-food outlets, he — January 10, 1988 Castlegar & ARTIST AT WORK . . . Allen Woodrow finishes one of local recreation Armstrong his oil paintings. Woodrow will teach course through NEW EXHIBIT . . . Patrons view recent pastel drawings by Robson artist Sandra Groepler at opening recep- i tion Friday night at the National Exhibition Centre. Exhibit runs until Jan. 31. CosNewsPhoto By TIM O'CONNOR Canadian Press Linda Ronstadt is the envy of the pop world: she's a Ronstadt reveals more own quality creations, and her vibrato-laden soprano sounds comfortable among the acoustic guitars and fiddles. Local artist-instructs course By KATHY ARMSTRONG “Why wait till you're re- tired to start painti Allen Woodrow. “Start now.” Woodrow will be instruct- ing an oil painting course through the Regional Rec- reation Commission begin- ning Jan. 12. The course will run each Tuesday evening until May. Painting for 30 years, Woodrow has taken courses in both Australia and Can- ada. His award-winning work was featured at the Home- stead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe in Castlegar and at the Chako-Mika Mall in Nel- son. He taught at the Castle- gar Art Club last fall. “It's a compelling force in me and I find relaxation in it," said Woodrow in an interview. “It doesn't matter what I do I always have painting on my mind.” “Students shouldn't come to the course expecting to paint a masterpiece, but to learn technique and pro- cedure.” Instruction includes mix- ing paint, sketching and pre- paring the canvas. Woodrow suggests stu- dent bring their own supplies if available, but will provide instruction and a supplies list at the first session. “There's lots of watercolor instruction in the area,” said Woodrow, “but little avail- able in oils. concludes with a laugh. gifted singer with the freedom to do whatever she wants and she excels almost every time. After enjoying multi-platinum success as a pop-rock singer in the "70s,| Ronstadt triumphed in Broadway productions like Pirates of Penzance. She scored again with an album trilogy of Nelson Riddle standards, and she was stunning on Trio, the recent country collabor- ation with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. For her next surprise, Ronstadt has delivered Can- ciones de mi Padre (Asylum), a beautiful collection of Mexican standards, sung entirely in Spanish. To invest time and money on something with such limited sales potential is definitely a work of love. She's singing songs passed down from her grandfather and trying to keep an ethnic art form alive. Despite her wondrous voice, Ronstadt has long been knocked as a soulless interpreter. But here, she's passionate and reveals more of herself than before. The album is an authentic exploration of mariachi, the native music of Mexico. Conducter Ruben Fuentes has re-created the rich music — much of it from early in the century — with strict adherence to tradition. The rhythm is provided by acoustic instruments that are variations on the six-string guitar, while the melody is supplied by sweet violins and trumpets. There's a buoyancy in the music that, no matter how sad the lyrics, infuses songs with a joyful feel, particularly when a male singer lets loose one of those high-pitched cries that The album ranges from heart-breaking ballads to free-spirited drinking songs, and Ronstadt is remarkably adept at all of them. Her voice soars and dives with operatic fullness, and whimpers with folksy sensitivity. An entire album in Spanish is too much for most tastes, but this is one for open-minded people who love great music that transcends time and boundaries. NOT BEST PARTON Dolly Parton's best moments have been as a country singer, not a pop singer. The tradition is confirmed in Rainbow (CBS), the slickest of pop productions. For her country records, Parton usually sings her Rainbow, on the other hand, has electronic dance rhythms and big-bucks session players like guitarist Waddy Wachtel and top songwriters like Mike Chapman, Despite the us-against-the-world message in many songs, most of Rainbow seems shallower than rain on a windshield. The biggest problem is that Parton's impish voice often gets lost in the clutter. On highly charged tunes like Dump the Dude, she belts it out in the upper register where she becomes average and anonymous. The results improve when the songs are stripped down and less frenetic, like The River Unbroken or Two Lovers. A major flaw is the poor song selection. I Know You By Heart, a duet with Smokey Robinson, lumbers and Red Hot Screaming Love is forced. At best, it’s inoffensive. There are some endearing moments that.will hit home with her fans, but the uncon: verted will remain so. MANILOW SWINGS Barry Manilow. Just the name draws snickers. To rock fans, he's big-daddy shlockmeister, the limpest wimp to draw a breath. To fans of unabashed love-you forever pop, he's a dream machine. But with Swing Street (Arista), Manilow has delivered a vastly different record that just might win him some credibility. He pays tribute to the big-band jazz and swing of the ‘30s and ‘40s, mixing standards like Stomping at the Savoy (Benny Goodman) with original songs written in the same style. To keep it a smidge modern, he's mixed electronic touches with the brass and swinging bass lines. He gets help from Kid Creole and the Coconuts, jazz singer Dianne Schuur and saxophonist Stan Getz. While Manilow performs the songs admirably, the record still seems hollow and uninspired. And although he writes nice melodies, his nasal voice is too limited to sing jazz convincingly. Manilow deserves credit for trying to introduce people to this wonderful music, but he comes off like a lounge lizard let loose with a big budget. Studios get t By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press HOLLYWOOD — In the mystical, language of movie- making, there are two words that strike terror in the souls of producers and bring tears of reverence to directors’ eyes: “final cut.” It's a phrase that can make or break a picture deal and alter the look of movies. It resonates with power, ego and money. Final cut is the right, usually by the director, to have the last word on the way a movie is edited, and has become one of the thorniest issues in a film industry increasingly dom- inated by corporate business. executives. Director Elliot Silverstein, chairman of the Directors Guild of America’s Presi dent's Committee, said few producers or studios willing: ly allow a director final cut and only a handful of di- rectors have the status to demand it. Silverstein, who directed Cat Ballou and A Man Called Horse, blames disputes on a basic clash between the di rector's artistic vision and the producer's more prag- matic interests. “They have ego motives or marketplace motives,” he said of executives. “There may even be popcorn mo- tives: Exhibitors want films shorter so they can have longer_intermissions to sell popcorn at $1.75 a box. “There are ramifications and ripples which have noth ing to do with artistic achievement.” DEMANDS RIGHT Veteran director Richard Brooks, who won't doa movie he last unless he has final cut, sees it as protection from the new breed of movie moguls. “The guys who created the studios, Mr. (Louis B.) May- er, Mr. (Jack L.) Warner, Mr. (Harry) Coh, Mr. (Darry] F.) Zanuck, they also did some terrible things,” he said. “But there is a difference. They loved movies. “J'm not sure the people (in charge) today even like them.” In a series of interviews about final cut, most ‘di- rectors complained that “the Haryard MBAs” are in charge. Producers, on the other hand, worried that di rectionél “madmen” who have final cut rights tend to overspend arid make inter. minable movies. Michael Cimino and his film, Heaven's Gate, were repeatedly cited as symbol izing the an un- Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. Jan. 7 to March 3 On the Knowledge Network PRODUCED BY THE Vancouver Schoo! of Theology (Anglican, United, Presbyterian) TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL DISCUSSION CALL 365-3182 CLOSED MON., DEC. 21 UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR! From the Management and Staff of ; \ecated | Mile South of Wsigh Sates ettechonia's Sus sake wie Fresh Breed & Pasta Mode Doily ‘On Meals Skiers checked director will eommit. Cimino directed the $44-mil- word lion flop. blamed for bringing down United Artists. In the book, Final Cut, former UA _ executive Stev: Bach recalled his fury when Cimino's final cut of Heaven's Gate ran 5‘ hours. The di rector eventually. shortened it, but the film failed mis. erably. Cimino recently lost a DGA. arbitration over final cut of his latest movie, The Sicilian. That battle divided the Hollywood film commun. ity and raised new questions of whether final cut should be a director's right or whether producers sometimes know best. David Brown, who with Richard Zanuck; produced such hits as Jaws, The-Sting and Cocoon, speaks of final cut as a rare privilege bes towed’ only on a few extra ordinary directors. “It's a deal breaker at most studios.” HAY RIDES :220~0 Wogon BooK — ROBSON RECREATION SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Jan. 20 — 7:30 p.m. Robson Hall Everyone Welcome! Degrassi Junior High appeals to both critics and viewers By BILL ANDERSON Canadian Press Degrassi Junior High is fast becoming the darling of Canadian TV, having that rare ability to attract large audiences and yet still meet the demands of TV critics and cultural nationalists. The frank, liberal-minded drama series about young adolescents began 13 new episodes Monday on CBC. The Degrassi story got rolling in 1984 with The Kids of Degrassi Street, a critically praised Sunday afternoon TV series about a fictional public school. As the young actors and the Toronto production company grew older, a new series was created, set in a junior high school where the more sensitive and engrossing issues_of adolescence could be dealt with. Last season, Degrassi Junior High replaced its pre decessor on Sunday afternoons on CBC, and it quickly drew acclaim and won such key awards as an international Emmy for children’s programming. MOVED TO MONDAY This season — prodded by a budget squeeze that left little room to produce new programming — CBC decided to promote Degrassi Junior High to Monday nights at 7:30 p.m., just before peak viewing hours begin at 8 o'clock. Then the real master stroke was made by Ivan Fecan, who had taken over as CBC programming chief in August after a stint with NBC in Los Angeles. Fecan moved Degrassi to 8:30 p.m., where it would be “hammocked” between Kate and Allie and Newhart, two popular U.S. series. With its compassionated, humanist, feminist sensi bilities, Degrassi was a splendid match with the female-or- iented Kate and Allie, and ratings for Degrassi were impressive — averaging about one million viewers even in repeats. SHOWN ON PBS Meanwhile, PBS began carrying the series on weekends this fall, and American critics seeing it for the first time added to the momentum. The Miami Herald, for example, called it “rare, good children's television” and New York's Village Voice said it was “an ambitious weekly show that transcends the pitfalls of the genre.” Indeed, the series is perfectly suited to the standards of TV critics on both sides of the border: it's innovative, entertaining, morally sound and doesn’t condescend to the viewer. The series has also managed to develop a reputation for openness without becoming embroiled in serious contro- versy — a balancing act done under the liberal ethic of “providing information.” In a storyline involving a pregnant teenager, for example, abortion was presented only as a possible way of dealing with the situation. As the new group of episodes begins, the teenager has rejected an abortion but is still unsure whether to keep the infant or give it up for adoption. OFFER OPTIONS “We feel our mandate is to present as many options as possible to our viewers,” says executive producer Linda Schuyler. “It's up to our audience to decide what they would do in that situation.” The producers of the show, in other words, do not have a death wish. They know that a teenager ona prime-time TV series — especially one on publicly funded networks — could not have an abortion without sparking an off-screen uproar. To present the option of abortion is enough — and as far as television usually goes. This is understandable, but Degrassi also has a tendency to shy away from the unpleasant details of the issues it raises. In an episode last season, for example, two teenagers who felt pushed into having sex were “saved” at the last moment by the interruption of outside events. They were never allowed to be alone, and the fragile psychodrama that easily leads to sex was avoided. Similarly in the second episode of the new season, a young girl is led on for sexual purposes by a substitute teacher. Once again the girl is “saved” by outside circum- stances. There is nothing greatly wrong with this, but it points up a common aspect of television morality. As a New York Times writer put it, the issues being handled are often ones “nobody disagrees about in the first place.” Indeed, few would argue that pregnant teenagers should not be made aware of all choices; or that teenage girls should not be told about the possibility of sexual harass- ment, and so on. TracieS BOUTIQUE PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE! ALL BUSTER BROWNS Infants to 6x ...... 305: 30-40% Off Selected Merchandise Now Reduced to 60:. ALL REMAINING JACKETS & SNOWSUITS infants to Size 3X JEANS Sizes 2-18. Reduced by 4 N OFF s ED RACK... 7 Oorr Nelson HOURS: Mon.-Set. — 9:30-5:30 Fridays 9:30 - 7:00 p.m. Raffin - strong role LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid two mini-series, a fea- ture film, her annual visit to China and other projects, Deborah Raffin didn't spend much time at home last year. She stars in NBC's Noble House and was an associate producer for CBS's Wind- mills of the Gods, both of which will be broadcast in February. Raffin spent 2'% months doing location work in Hong Kong and a like period in North Carolina doing the interiors for Noble House. She also worked at Dino De- Laurentiis's North Carolina movie studio with her hus- band, producer Michael Viner, on Windmills of the Gods. Viner is also her man ager. Recent roles in The Pred actor and Claudia, as well as her visit to the People's Re- public of China, have kept her on the go. When she is home, she stays busy with her own production company and her thriving business of putting books onto audio tape. The four-part, eight-hour Noble House was first sche duled in early February. But when CBS put Windmills of the Gods opposite it, NBC rescheduled Noble House for later in the month. It's based on the block- buster best-seller by James Clavell about international power struggles and romance in contemporary Hong Kong. Pierce Brosnan stars as Ian Dunross, the head of Struan Co., also known as Noble House, the colony's oldest and most influential trading house. The house was estab- lished in Clavell’s novel Tai- Pan. PLAYS STRONG ROLE “I play Casey, a vice president of Park Con In- dustries, the American corp- oration,” ;says Raffin. “It's romance, adventure, in- trigue. I was thrilled when I got the role. She's a strong character, very much her own self, yet allowed to be vulnerable at times. “We did mostly exteriors in Hong Kong and Macao. The Stock Exchange, some homes, hotels. Then in North Carolina they built the sets re-creating the interiors.” She later worked with her husband on Windmills of the Gods, the mini-series based on Sidney Sheldon's best- selling novel. Jaclyn Smith and Robert Wagner star. “Acting is my first choice,” says Raffin. “I enjoy learning as much as I ean about all facets of film-making. I think it’s advantageous to know what other people on the ‘set are doing and what they're going through. I'm looking forward to working with Michael again. “Fortunately, we have pretty much the same goals. We work really well to- gether.” Raffin, who grew up in Los Angeles, made her film debut as Liv Ullman’s daughter in Forty Carats in 1973. Soon Pay only $10 THE NEW QUICK SUCCESS PROGRAM’ Pp lays ORTHOTIC & * Foot Supports * Orthopedic Shoes * Body &Leg Bracing after, she was roaming the world and the seas in The Dove. Since then she named her production company and her books-on-tape company Dove. 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The other is based on Irving Wallace's (FALCON, The Seventh Secret, a what: if book about an English scholar and his daughter who PAINTING & DECORATING INTRODUCING THE NEW QUICK SUCCESS discover that Hitler is still alive. Her Dove Books on Tape \ project is nearly 2 years old and has about 100 titles on tape. Amid her other projects, Raffin made her fifth visit to China at the invitation of China Film. 2649 CASTLEGAR 8 C vIn 28! AR we cag NEWS G. “Each year we take a group on a tour of China and have them meet their equiv alents in the film industry there,” she says. “We hope to bring about more awareness of the film community in China.” CASTLE 0 ceame FOURTH AVENUE 365 3563 Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikotf ADVERTISING SALES OFFICE 365-5210 CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION———— PRESENTS THE or compounded 3. Six month term Castlegar 365-7232 ib) \ * Limited time offer SPBCINL FEATURES: 1. Special premium interest rate 2. Interest paid monthly, 4. Locked in for full six months 5. 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