FILM SNEAK PEEK PEAK POPULARITY WARRANTS SPECIAL MOVIE SCREENING.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Mountain resorts are bracing for a slow winter season in light of travelers' concerns about security and the economy. Just in time comes ``Cold Fusion cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the destructive energy of a hydrogen bomb, requires extremely ,'' Warren Miller's 52nd annual skiing film - an enticement for skiers and snowboarders or those who would rather sit fireside in the lodge and watch. The 90-minute documentary features U.S. Ski Team member Matt Chojnacki executing a first-ots-kind ``quad-quad'' - four back flips with four twists - and BASE (Building, Antennae, Span, Earth) jumper Dave Barlia soaring in a batwing Noun 1. batwing - one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon) swing door, swinging door - a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction Adj. 1. suit off the Eiger peak in the Swiss Alps The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Regions From west to east, and south of Rhône, Hinterrhein and Inn: The film crew also ventured to a few ski destinations not so prominently displayed in travel agents' brochure racks, including Iran. (Yeah, well, maybe next year.) ``Cold Fusion'' screens at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium Civic Auditorium is a name commonly used for a city's auditorium and/or arena. Canada
The movie also can be seen Dec. 7 at the Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theatre in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Dec. 8 at the Wadsworth Theatre in Brentwood. Check out its Web site, www.warrenmiller.com. VINTAGE SLIDES: There's something about watching old home movies, even those starring total strangers, that triggers that warm, fuzzy feeling. Advertisers know it, having used them to sell everything from insurance and investment firms to holiday music collections. Charles Phoenix suspects the same goes for old slides. He has compiled a diverse collection of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color slides of the '40s, '50s and '60s from Southern California thrift shops, yard sales and flea markets for a montage he calls ``God Bless Americana.'' Some settings are familiar (Disneyland, Marineland and Santa's Village when they were new) and some are not (an unremarkable Encino home pool). Some events are historic (the only flight of the Spruce Goose) and some are not (a 1962 home New Year's party in which a woman danced with a skeleton). Phoenix will play commentator and ``tour guide'' when he presents his program at 8 tonight and Saturday at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. The show also will run Dec. 7 and 8. Tickets are $20. For reservations and information, call (866) 754-3374. ITALIAN IMPORTS: The American Cinematheque this weekend presents a collection of rarely seen silent shorts from the archives of Italy's Cineteca del Fruili and the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. The program begins at 7 tonight with ``Silent Clowns,'' a two-hour assortment of slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to bits made in the 1910s, followed by a 60-minute American melodrama, ``Tiger's Coat,'' starring Tina Modotti. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday is a slate of 13 animated shorts made by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, best-known for the Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop cartoons. Director Richard Fleischer, Max's son, will introduce the program. Two early William Wyler films will be shown in a double feature at 8:30 p.m.: ``Straight Shooting'' and ``Thunder Riders.'' All films show at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Information: (323) 466-3456 or www.egyptiantheatre.com. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of FEST: The New York Independent Film and Video Festival is under way - in Los Angeles. The lineup has some 250 features, shorts, animations and documentaries playing at the Vogue Theater (6675 Hollywood Blvd.) and the Laemmle Fairfax Cinema (7907 Beverly Blvd.). The roster includes ``A Month of Sundays,'' starring Rod Steiger and Sally Kirkland; ``Cold Sweat cold sweat n. A reaction to nervousness, fear, pain, or shock, characterized by simultaneous perspiration and chill and cold moist skin. ,'' a heist movie starring Robert Englund; and ``He Died With a Felafel in His Hand He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a novel by John Birmingham, first published in 1994 by The Yellow Press (ISBN 1-875989-21-8), consisting of a collection of colourful anecdotes about living in share houses in Brisbane and other cities in Australia with variously dubious ,'' an Australian dark comedy starring Noah Taylor. Information: Ticketweb (866) 468-7619 or www.nyfilmvideo.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: U.S. Ski Team member Matt Chojnacki executes an unprecedented maneuver in the film ``Cold Fusion.'' |
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