arts
Heston speaks on new film
By Troy Maben
Of The Print
He greets everyone he
meets with a warm smile, firm
handshake, and a kind hello.
His name is Charlton Heston,
and he is one of America’s
most experienced actors. He
has appeared in such
memorable films as “The Ten
Commandments,” “Ben Hur,”
“Planet of the Apes,” “Airport
75,” and the just released film
“Mother Lode.”
Looking older than he ap
pears in some of his movies,
Heston came to Portland last
week promoting the new film in
which he stars and directs, and
which was written and produc
ed by his son Fraser. This was
the first city he stopped at on a
quick tour that would take him
across many of the western
states, “The trick to a tour like
this is being able to sleep in
planes,
the backs
of
limousines, and the corners of
T.V. studios,” Heston said.
The movie was filmed
high in the mountains of British
Columbia. The director zof
photography, Richard Letter
man, brings some very
John’s paintings
at hospital show
Art Museum. His exhibit will re
main in the Artist Showcase for
Landscapes and portraits the remainder of the month un
produced by Leland John, an til it is replaced by another local
Art instructor at Clackamas artist.
The Hospital Auxiliary is
Community College, will be
exhibited at Willamette Falls organizing the exhibit and a
Community Hospital for the re percentage of the proceeds
from the sale of his paintings
mainder of November.
John is the first of a series will go to the Auxiliary. The
of local artists who have been Auxiliary is a self-governing
selected to display their art at organization within the
the Hospital. Ester Hanand, Hospital that helps with fun
Chairperson of the Hospital’s ding and does a volunteer work
Exhibition Committee, asked in the gift shops and other
John to display his art, much of areas of the Hospital.
The art will be displayed in
which he did while he was
the basement cafeteria which
visiting Europe.
“I was familiar with his has a specific area for hanging
work, I have been to shows art. There are several walls set
where he has exhibited his art aside for the art in the newly
and I liked it,” Bonny Bruning, constructed eating area. Brun
Director of Public Relations at ing feels that it will be enjoyable
Willamette Falls, said. “I to the Hospital staff and pa
recommended him to the art tients to have the rotating artists
committee who had a list of work in the hospital.
There was a reception
local artists. They reviewed it
held for John last Sunday to
and selected Mr. John.”
The display will be the first help promote the art work. The
of its kind for John in the public is welcomed to see the
hospital even though he shows art. Any purchases can be
his work regularly at Portland made through the Auxiliary
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beautiful aerial photography of
the mountians to the screen
that’s almost breathtaking.
When asked about filming in
the mountains, Heston /eplied;
“I’ve evolved Chucks law
which is, ‘any location is
photographically attractive in
direct ratio in how tough it is to
shoot it’.” a
In “Mother Lode,” Heston
plays a reclusive Scottish miner
name Silas McGee. For 30
years he’s been looking for a
hidden cavern believed to be
plastered with gold. Heston
plays somewhat the villian in
this film, in which he plays a
dual role as McGee’s brother
Ian. His character is convincing
as the crusty old miner, but he’s
also very unpredictable.
Throughout the film, it’s hard
for the viewer to tell if he’s the
good guy or the bad, which on
ly adds to the excitement.
The other principal actors
in this film are Jean Dupre
(Nick Mancuso), and Andrea
Spalding (Kim Basinger). They
start up into the mountains in
an old float plane that’s more
trouble than it’s worth, looking
for Spalding’s boyfriend who Charlton Heston
went looking for gold earlier in a warehouse in Vancouver
and never returned. In the B.C. A frame of two-by-fours
search for their friend, Dupre was sprayed with special foam,
gets gold fever and the battle and coated with chemicals to
begins between him and look like an actual mine..
McGee.
Heston also explained that
Much of the story takes a real plane crash was incor
place in McGee’s mine, in ac porated into the film. The old
tuality an elaborate set built float plane they were using was
solely for this film. Heston ex supposed to make a smooth
plained that the mine was built landing on a lake, but overturn -
Photo by Rodney Robbins
ed instead. It makes for in
teresting viewing.
Even though it’s an action
packed story from the begin
ning to end, the viewer really
has to pay attention to details
to know what’s going on. This
film will either pull you right
along with the action or leave
you rolling in the dust of the
mine.
“Marne” to open for holiday season
The Broadway hit musical
Marne opens on the Mainstage
of Portland Civic Theatre on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25
and runs Thursdays through
Saturdays, through January
15th, with special holiday per
formance dates. Cyndy
Ramsey stars as Marne and
Stephen Jenkins as Young
Patrick.
“Marne,”
by
Lawrence, Lee and Herman, is
based on the novel by Patrick
Dennis and the play “Auntie
Marne” by Lawrence and Lee.
It is a rollicking musical journey
on the shirt tails of the most un
conventional Aunt of all time.
The year is 1928 when the
newly orphaned Patrick
(Stephen Jenkins) arrives in
New York to become the ward
of his only living relative—
Auntie
Marne
(Cyndy
Ramsey). Marne is a wealthy
social butterfly given to riotess
living and thumbing her nose at
convention. She is surprised at
her “wonderful present”--10
year old Patrick. He changes
her life. When Patrick is en
trusted to her care Marne
become his loyal and loving
protector, in her own inimitable
way. This most improbable of
aunts steers her beloved young
nephew through financial
misfortune and romantic en
tanglements to a secure and
happy adulthood (portray by
Ron Brallier), to a home and
family of his own.
Marne lost none of her
zany sparkle and sumptuous
flamboyancy as she urges the
timid to be daring, the glum to
smile, and the stingy to open
their pocket books as she
dances and sings her way
through life. She is joined by
her many friends, Vera Charles
(Linda Greep), Agnes Gooch
(Gayle Millage), Dwight Bab
cock (Charles Bernard),
Beauregard J.P. Burnside
(Bob Lamberson), M. Lindsay
Woolsey (David Pickrell), to
name a few. Marne is full of
tuneful gems like “Open A
New Window,” “We Need A
Little Christmas,” “My Best
Girl,” “Marne” and “If He
Walked Into My Life.” Patsy
Maxson directs.
Jerry Leith’s production of
On Golden Pond opens in the
Blue Room on Dec. 10 and
plays through Jan. 29. Call
226-3048 for reservations and
information.
The show will be aired
Nov. 24 on Channel 10’s
“Tapestry.”
Arts on campus
Renowned Mime Fran
cisco Reynders Will give a
special Mime performance this
Wednesday from 11:30 to
12:30 p.m. in the McLoughlin
Theatre.
“The Burmese Harp” will
be shown Thursday in the CC
Mall at 1 p.m. This is a story of
a shell-shocked Japanese
soldier who stays in the
Burmese Jungle to bury the
unknown dead. It is an im
pressive and horrifying war film
with an epic, folk tale quality.
There will be a Toy Fair
and Demonstration held Tues
day, Nov. 16 in the small din
ing room of the CC Mall.
Clackamas Community College