Rodney's film Shoot aided by Seymour snow

Layne Christensen News Reporter

THE unseasonably cold weather has driven sun- seekers from the beaches and put snowboarders back on Blackcomb.

But the summer's low temperatures have been a at least one Hollywood North production which recently wrapped shooting in Vancouver. Cast and crew of the Rodney Dangertield motion-pic- ture vehicle My 9 Wires were filming on the North Shore in mid-June, using Mount Seymour as a stand-in for a Utah ski resort.

The film’s plot has Dangerlield starring as 3 self-made multi-million- aire land developer wha seals a sweet deal fora mountain property in fic- titious Redwood Falls, centre of a large pelyga- mous religious society and home to an unusual custom that dictates the new owner must marry the widows of the previ- ous land owner.

Dangerfickd lands himself three beautiful wives-to-be and adds two more with the purchase of an additional property

Starring as one of the legendary comic’s willowy wives West Van actor Angelika Baran. It’s the first big. break for the Otrawa-born actress who until recently was living in Italy, modelling and acting in TV commercials. Working with Dangerfield has been “fabulous,” said the 22-year-old beaury, Jounging i in the makeup trailer before her next scene, “He’s very sweet.” Baran the same words to describe working with Andrew Dice Clay, the film’s bad guy.

Between takes, Clay was seemingly unaffected by the driz- ale of Vancouver weather and used similarly kind words to describe the city: “It’s been a blast. [ want to move hi

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ohote Artisan Entertainment RODNEY Dangerfield stars in My 9 Wives, for release some time next summer.

“WHATS on paper is what's

's important,” says Toni Ontey of the free and easy way in which he likes to paint. The artist participated in Whistler's Arts Experience.

NEWS photos Paul McGrath

MOUNT Seymour doubled as a Utah ski resort during filming of My 9 Wives in mid-June. The snow drifts were real. Production of the Rodney Dangerfield feature film wrapped Saturday at a casino in Surrey.

COMEDIAN Andrew Dice Clay chats with the media between takes, during filming on Mount Seymour.

MAKEUP artist Rebecca Lee works between scenes with actor Angelika Baran, who plays one of the wives.

Hands on art

Layne Christensen

News Reporter

TONiI Onley stands before a blank sheet of paper, paint- brush poised, observing the scenic splendour of Blackcomb Mountain and fiet tions from those gathered to learn from his art.

“Do you ever use white paint?” asks one aspiring artist, who’s come out to the tent at Whistler Village's Rebagliatti Park this Father’s Day v her hand at watercolours. White is the paper left unpainted, Oniey tells her.

in four hours a bit of what makes this artist one of Canada’s most popular. *tt’s a Toni Onley kind of day,” jokes one workshop participant, observing the grey skics closing in on the group. “Onley dips his brush in inky blue ' wash, pulls it across the top edge of his image and scoffs: “This doesn’t look anything like the scene out there.” Lesson No. 1: Choose your ele- ments and build your composition as you go. “When you start with a whi sheet of papet, there’s every in the world. As soon as y: mark, you’ve narrowed it down.” nd to try When to stop painting? That's almost impossible to teach, says Onley, who imparts the Yoda-like ‘advi ic “The

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“Do you ever paint from photographs,” _ painting will tell you when you're P iS

_ asks another. Onley wrinkles his

He’s there as a guest of Whistler ciation, one of several pro- fessional artists to share their expertise through hands-on workshops as part of the first-ever Arts Experience. It’s billed as an opportunity to find creative, accessible and entertaining a fitde bit of art back into your daily

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The participants in Onley’s work- shop have come irom Pemberton, Squamish and the North Shore to lca

ished.”

As the other artists struggle te achieve the seemingly effortless smokey washes that are so totally “Onley,” their

ess leader puffs away on a . Dominican and laments the decline of watercolour painting as a lost art. “Few people know how to handle it any- more,” says Onley, who likes to pack his paints and brushes into his Lake Buccaneer seaplane and whisk away to Pitt Lake, Harrison Lake or wherever the winds and moody skies take him.

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Whistier grooves to a summertime festival beat

MISSED Whistler’s weekend Arts Experience? No problem. The village offers a summer-long arts experi-

ence. Some highlights:

To Sept. 12, A Little Night Music: Each week showeases a

different syle of music in autdeor venues. With jazz, blues,

world beat, retro and family nights, the village hosts

more than 20 different bands throughout the summer.

Shows run from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and

Friday evenings.

july 16-18, Whistler Roots Weekend: No, not the clothing

store. An eclectic mix ef Celtic, bluegrass, world beat, and

Ik music on an outdoor stage, free for the listening, acoustic performances throughout the village and the Barasiorm mountaintop party. July 24, Aug. 7 and 14, Whistier Summit Concert Series: The alpine bowls of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains pro- vide the backdrop for this on-muuntain ticket concert s featuring Barenaked Ladies, Amanda Marshall, Jann Arden, Blue Rodeo, the Rankin Family, Colin James, Philosopher. Kings, Ashley Maclsaac and Spirit of the West.

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Aug, 20-22, Whistler's Really Big Street Fest: Street per-

forniers provide non-stop entertainment with music, jug-

gling, comedy, magic and clowning in the streets of Whistler

village.

Sept. 17-19, Whistler Jazz and Blucs Weekend: The

vibrant m cene in Whistler carries on into the late s

mer with swing, gospel, blues, Latin jazz and class

vocals, outdoors in the September sunshine. A new tradition is the Sunday morning Gospel Jazz Brunch in the Whistler Conference Centre.