16 -— Friday, May 21, 1999 — North Shore News @ Park & Tilford Cineptex 200 — 333 Brooksbank, North Vancouver (985 - 3911) Entrapment (PG) — 1, 3:40, 0:55, 9:45 p.m. The Mummy (144) — 10:45 a.m... 1:20, 1:30, 4:20, $:25, 7:20, 7:30, 10:20, 10:30 p.m. plus Fri/Sat 12:35 a.m. A Midsummers’ Night Dream (PG) — 12:45, 3:20, 6:45, 9:40 p.n. Star Wars-Episode 1] (G) — 9:30, 10:15 am., 12:30, $:15, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 p.m. plus Fri/Sat 12:30, 1:15 a.m. ® Esplanade 6 Cinemas 200 W-. Esplanade, North Vancouver (983-2762) The Matrix — Fri/Tuc/Wed/Thur 7:10, 9:35 Sat/Sun/Mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Never Been Kissed — Fri/Tue/Wed/Thur 7, 9:30 Sat/Sun/Mon 1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:30 Black Mask -— Fri/Tue/Wed/Thur 7:30, 9:40 Sat/Sun/Mon1:55, 4:05, 7:30, 9:40 Election — Fri/Tue/Wed/Thu7:209:45 Sai/Sun/ Monl:504:257:20 245 The Dreamlife.of Angels — Fri/Tue/Wed/Thur 7:15, 9:50 Sat/Sun/Mon 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 : She’s Ali That — Frift ue/Wed/Thur 7:25, 33 Sat/Sun/Mon 4, 7:25, 9:35 Baby Geniuses — Sat/Sun/Mon 1:35 Hi Caprice Park Royal South West Vancouver (926-6699) Waking Ned Devine (PG) — 9:10 p.m. Life is Beautiful (PG) — 7:10, 9:25 p.m. Shakespeare in Love (PG) — 7, 9:20 p.m. Little Voice (PG) — 7:05 p.m. HCN IMAX : 201-999 Canada Place (682- 4629) Three programs showing: Extreme — 1:15, 3:45, 7,9, 10 p.m. - Alaska: Spirit of the Wild — 6, 8 p.m. daily T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous — noon, 2:30, 4:45 p.m. ® Fifth Avenue Cinemas 2110 Burrard at 5th, Vancouver (734-8700) Hideous Kinky (PG) — + 7:05, 9:20 p.m. plus es i _— Fri, May 21 Sar/Sun/Mon 1:50, 4:35 pam. and ‘Tue 4:35 pom. Theory of Flight (144) -- 79:18 p.m. plus Sar/Sun/Mon 140, 4:75 pom. and Tue 4:15 p.m. Tea with Mussolini (PG) — 6:55, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun/Mon 1:30, 4:05 p.m. and Tue 4:05 pom. Election (18A) —- 7:15, 9:35 pom. plus Sar/Sun/Mon 2:10, 4:25 p.m. and Tue 4:25 p.m. Celebration (ISA) — 7:10, 9:25 p.m. plus Sat/Sun/Mon 2, 4:45 p.m. and Tue 4:45 p.m. @ Park Theatre 3440 Cambie at 18th, Vancouver (876-2747) A Midsummer’s Night Dream (PG) ~ 7, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 4 p.m. § Varsity Theatre 4375 West 10th ar Trimble, Vancouver (222-2235) Three Seasons (PG) — 7, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun/Mon 1:30, 4 p.m. 8 Hollywood Theatre 3123 West Broadway, Vancouver (738-3211) In Dreams (18A) — 7:30 p.m. At First Sight (PG) — 9:20 p.m. & Pacific Cinematheque 1131 Howe St., Vancouver (684-3456) Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Yugoslavia 1996, director Srdjan Dragojevic) » 9:25 p.m., Sat, May 22, 7:15 p.m., Sun, May 23, 9:25 p.m., Mon, May 24, 7:15 p.m. “One of the great unseen films of the 1990s”, Michael Wilmington, Citeago Tribune. Insomnia (Norway 1997, director Erik Skjoldbjacg) -—— _ Fri, May 21, 7:30 p.m., Sat, May 22, 9:35 p.m. Norwegian noir with a siz- zling performance from Stellan Skarsgard. The Pear Tree (Iran 1997, director Dariush Mehrjui) — Sun, May 23, 7:30 p.m., Mon, May 24, 9:35 p.m. Latest film by Iranian master is the first in a series of Mehrjui films scheduled to be shown over the coming weeks. - Preston Sturges series of new 35 nim prints continues with: Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) — Fri, May 28, 7:30 p.m., Sat, May 29, 9 p.m. Christmas in July (1940) — Fri, May 28, 9:30 p.m., Sat, May 29, 7:30 p.m. ME is wa DD Ot HIVES experience AN EXTREME takes you to the edge of human achievement in some of the most “intense natural realms imaginable. Stoudty presented by GABF seats wmaisrigel Steves weeeas Showtimes: Daily at 1:15pm, 3:45pm, 7pm, 9pm and 10pm Spirit oF THE WILD Showtimes: Daily at 6pm and 8pm fy SACK TO THE REAM Showtimes: Daily at 12 noon, 2:30pm and 4:45pm Hanging out with Uncie Paul Robert Aiken Contributing Writer THE world was much younger for my friend, Stewart Stern, when, in 1955, he wrote Rebel Without A Cause in a mere five weeks. He is now 77. I “house-sat™ Sten.’s Hollywood Hills home when he was in Connecticut making Rachel, Rachel with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. in 1967 Woodward, who had previously won an Osear tor The Three Fares Of Eve (1957), needed a substantial role. Her agent save her the book, A Jest Of Gad. Sly: loved it. Joanne approached Stern and tald him “Pve got this impossible book that nobody thinks I should do. Everyone's calling me crazy. What about you!" He read it and found it impene- trable, but, decided to be crazy with her. Writing what was to become Rachel, Rachel with Joanne’s husband, Paul Newman, dircet- ing (for the first time) was a challenge. He had to dramatize, to render visual, Joanne’s charac- ter’s rich, inner life. This became an issue between Newman and him. Stern would say, “He and I are very dif ferent in our approaches to film. I come from painting, so I tend to sce things in images. Paul comes from acting and before that, from a real- ly linear kind of academic background. He has a good, logical left brain, and it’s raken the right onc a long struggle to get there. I have no left brain ar all. He doesn’t like flashbacks; he doesn’t like dreams; he feels they take opportunity away from the actor- opportunity and creative responsibility. He likes economy of emotion. I tend to overindulge. We're really good together because we have total trust.” Stern felt that I needed a “buddy” and that Paul would be a good inilu- ence on me. He introduced me to “Uncle Paul” (Newman), who would refer to me as “Uncle Ford” (Dunhill). Not without “whimsy,” he started the “uncle” bit. We would go to movies. We saw Akira Kurosawa’s classic, Yosisnbo. Newman was perplexed, called it a “spoof.” I took it more seriously. (Note: Clinr Easnvood scized the opportunity. Toshiro Mifune, the Samurai saga’s star, influenced his screen persona enormously). T had worked out with Newman on occasion at the Beverly Hills Health Club, when he was shooting, Cat On A Hat Tin Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Roof: He would do 200 sit-ups at a time. His abdomen was rip- - pled like Grandma’s washboard. He would tell deticiously baaaaaad, scatological jokes (same ones, over and over). Newman disguises himself in public; we would sneak in the back door of prominent restaurants ... he has disdain for peopl: who worship movie stars. He refuses to sign autographs. I’ve seen him, on several occasions, plunge his head into bowls of ice cold water. He has thus “saved” his hair (increased circulation), Newman’s brother, who resembles him (same blue eyes), although taller, has not. T have observed Newman on two dinner occasions in the company of Brando. I had always envisioned them together in a picture. It could still happen, although not likely. Newman has tended to see himself as less organically and instinctively talented than Brando and Dean. Stewart Stern is right (he has known the Newmans since 1954), Paul is cerebral ... he thinks like a lawyer. Exotic Furnishings Home * Office & Chaies Indulge VY ourself 606 Richards Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6éB 3A7 (Off Robsor: Seat) 19688-0681 FF #688-0657 HOLLYWOOD party August, 1961: Ford Dunhiil (Robert Aiken), at right, with his arm around writer Stewart Stern (cenire). His face, of course, is indelibly imprinted upon the conscious- ness of movie fans the world over. He has become, over the years, as an actor and a man, a national! treasure. For more insight into Paul Newman, I recommend Stewart Stern’s 1989 book, No Tricks Ir My Pocket — Paul Newman Directs — Grove Press, New York. The book immerses one in rehearsals directed by Newman for his film of Tennessce William’s The Glass Mesngerie starring Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich. It has been referred to as a master class on the art of acting. — Robert Aiken, a former Hollywood actor-screenwriter, is an internationally-known professional astrologer and therapeutic counsellor, teacher/writer with forty years’ experience. He offers empowering personal counselling sessions as well as thorough, in- depth, tape-recorded astrological readings. Phone: (604) 926-4961; e-mail: . ORIGINALS ¢ UMITED EDMONS ¢ SCULPTURES BY LOCAL AND INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS * CUSTOM FRAMING FEATURED ARTIST at our EDGEMONT GALLERY KARL MAY, MAY 22 - JUNE 18. BEL ART. GALLERY dgenontitogs) GOA-O907-