NPA NS Mid NaN yatta te nt i asst DOI sh eNO ret ements EEE PUREST IPELLELOe ANTI TTTE STS TITTY poten Rok pasate i hal ewe i ‘ * ft dnb MSA eet hopping ‘The Pathe SWuluht Dinner ‘Tel, WO Rally North Vienriver sen fer Stas thon TALL West Best St, (foo, of Demmbyrton Avenue), North Vancouver, YAS6HU0 oF L-800-363- 3733, Visa, MasterCard and Anpeylean Express accepted, uns Weddevday through Seutduy fron Hine 6 to Oct, 4), Fully liceiged, Veyetarian options? Some, “take the kidy ge eall a babysleter? Cali a babysitter, Menu for aright: # Summer Veycrable Milleenitle # Roasted JC. Salmon # Apple pear crumble balon Car Service ($69 per petson) Dome Car Service ($84 per person) WARE we call it a nsoveable feast? Why nor. [evton't be the first ancl it war!" by the Last cling Me, Hemispwvay’s time: less epigraph bay been forced into service In lesser literary works, Besides Brisest would heartily approve: this is a vig- oro adventure tt dining, Lots of spit anal polish, finely tuned machin- ery, dramatic scenery and hearty social inter- cotiriy, Life on che tase track, Well, the seerti¢ crack anyway, It js the vedision of BC Rail's inaugural ron Of its impressive Pacific Starlight Dinner Train, Starting Jurte 6, the string of 1940s and 1980s vintage sail cars will pull out of BC dicing ORTH (a2) ener Lb rte aN ORS CHORE yes iit Nae Salinas inaruateneaamesinesn in BC Rail on haute ¢ Wodnoscday, Muy 28, 1987 - Norlh Shore Nows ~ 13 arts business Lie te eet ~ uisine Lrack ) sae! eepeMncCaneeamt mess eabemnpats nes semveenseivemrtsnainstehetemnesisiislntemit HS PEP reer ray) i\ al NEWS photo Cindy Goodman GRAVY TRAIN ... Chef Neil Schroeter takes in the air prior to the May 21 Inaugural run of BC Rail’s Pacific Starlight Dinner Train. Rail’s North Vancouver station at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday bound for Howe Sound and haute culinary adventures. Ir is a small stroke of forward-thinking genius on behalf of the BC Rail braintrust, who many might consider to be wrapped up far tou tightly in matters of freight transport and spartan bud car passenger service, Opening ceremonies for this inspired excursion into culinary entrepreneurship took tions impressive, place May 21 at BC Rail’s North Vancouver station, complete with boisterous brass band, speeches and the fiest-ever dinner train trip to Porteau Cove station. As they used to say in the society pages: all the swells were there, including a full contin- gent of media freeloaders. The hospitality was lavish; the accommoda- The train itselfis a collection of nine restored observation and coach cars purchased tor about $2.5 million trom the Spirit of Washington Dinner train in May, The train set had been in BC Rail’s possession a scant 12 days prior to the May 21 run. The 400-seat dinner train includes two dome cars, six coaches (salon service) and one kitchen car See Cars page 16 West Vancouver man focuses on eerie legacy Brenton Spencer’s work on Poltergeist to air this fall By Deana Lancaster Contributing Weiter deanna @nsnewscom THROUGHOUT the darkly wooden rors of a San - Francisco matsion, five adven- tusets known as The Legacy fight against the dark side. Actually, the mansion isn’t in San Francisco, its id Burnaby, And it has no reof. That’s byeause the entrance and imerior of the home are the set for the FV series Palterqvist: The Legacy. The man partly responsible for the rhreatening gura of the show is West Vancouver resident Brenton Spencer, He is Whe director of pho- rogtaphy and alsy directed several of the ypisodes which will air on Fos starting in September. “(05 a guod shaw ta work on,” he said, during a lunch break on set at She Bridye Sttdios, “There are a lot of visual arid special effects — viewets’ espectations are high these days, You have te have all the bells and whistles ro get them to tune in.” Ast Potteggesn: The Lenacy delivers. The script often includes battles bemveen che lseroes and. different ghouls, demons, and other satanic incarnations of the dark side. Technology also plays a role. Alexandra Moreau, the character played by Robbie Chong, is often left behind in the mansion to dig up information on the group's state-of the-art computer system, Other characters include Derek Rayne, played by Derck deLint, the leader of The Legacy; the doctor Rachel Corrigan, played by Helen Shaver; Nick Boyle — a Navy SEAL, played by Martin Cummins; and the NEWS photo Mike Waketleld priest, Philip Callahan, played by Patrick Fitzgerald. Together they are humanity's final line of defense against a grow: ing evil presence, As director of | photography, Spencer is responsible tor setting the BRENTON Spencer sets up a camera angle. The West Van resident has both directed and directed photography for the TV show, which will air on Fox this fall. mood and tone ef the scene with lighting; as director of the episode, he's responsible for all the elements, I's a collaborative — relationship, Spencer said, but he prefers directing, Poltergeist Wad about 10. different directors for next season ~- while one is shooting an episode, another is preparing the next one, or “prep- ping.” Tr takes about seven days: to shoot one entire show. Spencer admitted he rarely wareh- es TV. And when he does watch, it never seares him, “Especially when it’s something you've worked on, you've seen it many times, you know what’s going to happen.” He's originally from Halifax and studied film at URC, He moved from independent film-making to mainstream directing, including music videos. Now that shooting is finished for next season's episodes, Spencer will do some globe-tronting tor his next few projects, He will spend part of the summer in Attica, directing the Sinbad TV show. But in the fall he'll be back at his home in West Van, and, he hopes, directing au the set at Paltergeist.