Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 22

22 foughkep) Journol Friday, Dtcamber 31. 1982 Unless otherwise Indicated. Iltllnst In today! calender ere tar vot scheduled DEC. 3IJAN. a.

Arts Calender la prepared by the start of Enoy with addflorHl Information supplied by the Dutchess County Art Council and the Ulttar County Public Information Service. Listings should bo mailed to DCAC Calender. II Vesser St. Poughkeepsle. N.f.

12401 two weeks In advance. Uillnps alio mey bo sent to the Ulttar County Public Information Service. Box WO, Kingston, V. tiajl. Lata entries may forwarded to Enoy Calendar.

Ppugnkaapilo Journal, Box BJI, Poughkoepsle. N.Y, 12407 Additional Information li avallabla by phoning 4S4 1000 extension 235 Admission to mil events Is froa unlmu otherwise noted Propramsand starling tlmosar subject to lait mlnuta change without notlco Clubs and cabarets EIGHTH STEP COFFEE HOUSE. 14 Wlllett 'Albany. Tues. m.

Open stag Wed m. Rosalie Sorrels. (518) 434 1703 THE GROUND ROUND. South Road. Poughkoepsle.

Mon. 7 30 10 30 m. The Rlverbank Bano Band Bano band playing Dixieland and old favorites TOWN CRIER CAFE. 43S Bookman Road, Hopewell Junction. Tonight a 30 New Year's Eve celebration featuring Wall Michael (.

Company. Traditional and original string band music. Admission Reservations. 724 3147, 223 5555. Dinner theater AN EVENING DINNER THEATER.

11 Clearbrook Road. Elmsford. "Barnum" The early career and lite of showman P.T. Barnum in a razile daiile production of a ranle datile musical by Cy Coleman, Mark Bramble, and Michael Stewart. Frl.

Sun Wed Thurs. I 30. Mats Wad Thurs. li 1:30. Food service (served dinner Wednesday.

Friday and Saturday evenings; buffet dinner Thursday and Sunday evenings and matinees; Sunday buffet brunch) begins 90 minutes before curtain for all performances. Admission. 52 2222. Film BARD AVON FILM SOCIETY. 35 Market Poughkoepsle.

lues I m. "The Lady Killers." (Great Britain 1955 473 2072 UPSTATE FILMS, 34 Montgomery St. Rhlnebeck. Tues Thurs tp m. "Dive." (France 1981 1 Admission 176 2515.

Workshops, lectures BARRETT HOUSE. SS Noxon St. Poughkoepsle. Registration through Jan Winter art classes tor adults and children. Adult classes Include drawing, painting, watercolor.

pastel, mixed media, calligraphy and photography. Children's courses Include Introduction to drawing and related materials. Introduction lo commercial design tor teens and art for children based on studies of master artists. Classes begin week of Jan. 10.

Fee. 471 2550 WESTCHESTER ART WORKSHOP. County Center. White Plains. Mon Feb 3 Art workshop winter semester.

Classes ottered in crafts, ceramics, drawing and painting, fiber and textile, ewelry, print making, sculpture. Fee. Children's events MID HUDSON ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER. 22t Main St. Poughkoepsle.

Sun. 7 p.m. "Playback Theater Meets MacDonatds." A special holiday show for children. Admission. 471 1155.

Auditions. HUDSON VALLEY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY. Stat University of New Vor New Peffz. College Hall. Wad.

7:30 10 p.m. Poughkeepsle Day School. Rout J7 and Raymond Avenue. Poughkeepsle. Jan.

7 10 m. Open auditions tor spring production of 'The Gondoliers." Nine melor roles: two soprano, two alto, two tenor, two baritone and one bass. Seven minor roles: four solo parts from male chorus and. three from female chorus. Those auditioning for maor roles should prepare a Gilbert and Sullivan aria, preterably from the product Ion.

Also needed are set designers, builders and stage technicians. Paul Cooper, director. Margaret Clapp. music director. Production dates: April 9.

15, It. For Information: 442 4341. MID HUDSON CAME RATA CHORALE. Cunneen Heckett Cultural Center, 9 Vas sar St. Poughkoepsle.

Tun. 7 p.m. Open auditions lor Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas." Openings In all vocal sections. Preparation for auditions Is optional. Production dates: March I and e.

Potpourri ANDRUS SPACE TRANSIT PLANETARIUM. Hudson River Museum. Trevor Park on Hudson. 511 Warburton Ave, Yonkera. Today 4, Sun.

2 pm. "Star of Bethlehem." Program explores the astronomical possibilities of the star's appearance by using science and scripture. Admission 943 4550. NEWBURGH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION. Newburgh.

One hour guided tours of National Register historic district buildings Including houses, churches, and the Crawford House mansion. Tours leavo from the Visitors Center and Shop. 07 Liberty St. Newburgh. Hours: Sat.

and Sun. 1.15 and 3 p.m.i weekdays by appointment. Admission. 345 eseO. Issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssmlasssx IfiiiiiiiiiiBirniTsssssSsF IsTssr TTT sssssssssffasssssssssa i i isfk sf asssssssssssssssssfl bsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbssbssC'bbbbbbbbT KL Jssft aw! SasVSV SJgfjhBia ta UnasssssssssssssssssxBw ssssssssssssssssssfl lisslsslsslsslssHtHtmV $c4f KLfllLLLVLdsslsslsslsslssH afastTT sssss sssssssV4sCtsssssrWBsssssBV ISbIbssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssKI lJankasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssl sslBejasssssssPTfeofTBassssssssssI LHRlMyiliJw lmm assssslassssssssssasssssf T.

aF An Evening Dinner Theater in Elmsford is pres enting 'Barnum," a look and the career and life of showman P.T. Barnum. Jy lilJTSrS, 3vaV alesssssssssssssK BWSs3sb Jpf Jessica Lange plays Julie Nichols, the leading lady on a popular daytime soap opera in "Tootsie," which stars Dustln Hoffman as Michael Dorsey, a dedicated by struggling actor who finally manages to land a role by auditioning as a woman. She is shown watching a taping of the show. "Tootsie" is playing at Cinema 1 2 3.

Route W. Ulster Avenue Mall. Kingston, and at Imperial 2, Imperial Plaza, Route 9, Wappingers Falls. Alt programs and show times are subject to fast minute change without notice. It Is best to check directly with thaalart tor latest Information.

This listing covers films scheduled DEC. II JAN. 4. AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (PG). This comedy sequel to "Airplane" Involves a passenger shuttle trapped In space.

Robert Hays. Julie Haggerty. Imperial 1, Imperial Plata. Route 9, Wappingers Falls: Frl. Thurs.

2, 7:45. 9.05 m. Juliet 1 3 3 4, Raymond Avenue, Poughkoepsle: Frl Sat Mon. Thurs. 7 OS.

a 50 Sun. 2. 7 05. 0:50 m. Maytalr Thraatre.

Ulster Avenue Mall, Kingston: Frl. 1:30. 6 45, 145 pm; Sun. 1:30, 3 30, a 45, 45 Mon Thurs 4 45. a 45 m.

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (R). A tough, streetwise young man is determined to make It through Naval aviation training Richard Gere, Debca Winger, Lou Gossett Jr. New Palti Cine I ma. New Palti Plata. Route 279.

New Paltz: Frl. I. 7:15, 9.30 p.m.; Sat. 7:15, 9 30 Sun. 2.

7 IS, 9:30 Mon. Thurs. 7:15. 9.30 m. The Movie house Studio.

Main Street (Route 44). Mill erton: Frl. Sat. Sun. 7.

9:30 Mon. Thurs. a p.m. Tinker Street Cinema. Tinker Street, Woodstock: Frl.

Sat. 7. 9:15 p.m.; Sun. Thurs. a m.

BEST FRIENDS (PG). Burt Reynolds and Goldle Hawn as a successful screenwrltlng team whose romantic Vela tlonship undergoes a change when they get married. Cinema 1 2 Route 9WUlster Avenue Mall, Kingston: Frl.Sun 2, 7 05. 25 Mon. Thurs.

7 05, 9.10. Dutchess Cinema, Dutchess Center. Route 44, Poughkoepsle: Frl. Thurs. 1:15, 3 30.

7 15, 930 p.m. Movies 4. Dutchess Mall, Route 9I S4, Flshklll: Frl. Thurs. 2 05.4 20.

7.05,9:20 p.m. DIVA (R). Jean Jacques Belnelx'a comedy, romance and thriller. Jules Is an 18 year old letter carrier who Is obsessed with a beautiful Black American soprano who refuses to allow her voire to be record ed. He becomes entangled In a web of international drug smuggling, murder and mayhem when he smuggles a tape recorder into one of her performances Upstate Films.

2 Montgomery St. Rhlnebeck: Tues. Thurs. 8 Jan 7, 8 7:30, 9 45 Jan. 9 4, 7.30 m.

E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (PG). Steven Spielberg's scl II fairy tale about an extraterrestrial, accidentally left behind on Earth, who Is taken under the protective wing of three youngsters. Cinema i. Hudson Valley Mall.

Routes 9W209. Kingston: Frl.Sun. I 3 50, SO, 9.40 Mon. Thurs. 1:45, e40, 9 pm.

Dover Theatre. Dover Plains: Frl Mon. Thurs. 7.30 Sat. 7, 9pm.j Sun.

7 m. The Movlehouse. Main Street (Route Thurs Bpm.i Sat. Sun 7.9. I5p m.NewPalti Cinema I New Palti Plata.

Route 299. New Palti: Frl. 1, 7, Sat. Mon. Thurs.

7, 9 p.m Sun. 2, 7, 9 m. KISS ME GOODBYE (PG). Sally Fields stars as a married woman whose first husband comes back to haunt her, literally. In this comedy set In the 1930s.

James Caan, Jeff Bridges. Cinema a. Hudson Valley Mall. Route 9W209. Kingston: Frl.

Sun. 2. 4 20, 7:30, 9:55 p.m.; Mon. Thurs. 2.

7:30, 9:55 m. Juliet 1 2 3 4, Raymond Avenue. Poughkoepsle: Frl. Sat. Thurs.

7:15, 9:15 m.j Sun. 2, 7:15, 9:15 p.m. SIX WEEKS (PG). A young girl dying of leukemia has only one wish to be part of a family before she dies. So.

she engineers a liaison between her mother, a highly successful businesswoman, and a congressman who Is both a husband and father. Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore. Maytalr Theatre. Ulster Avenue Mall. Kingston: Frl.

Sal. Sun. 1 45. 4:10. 7.

9.30 Mon. Thurs. 7. 9.30 p.m. THE DARK CRYSTAL (PG).

From the creators of 'The Muppets" comes this saga, five years In the making, of a battle between good and evil over a magic crys 1al. Cinema 1 2 3, Route 9WU I star Avenue Mall, Kingston: Frl. Sun. 2. 7:10, 9 p.m.; Mon.

Thurs. 7:10, pm Movies 4. Dutchess Mall, Route9l 4, Flshklll: Frl. Thurs. 1 20.

3 20, 5:10, 7:20, p.m. THE TOY (PG). An out of work writer rentshlmself to a mogul whose spoiled son wants him for a toy. Richard Pryor. Jackie Gleason.

Cinema a. Hudson Valley Mall. Route 9W209. Kingston: Frl. Sun.

12:30, 2:40. 4:50, 7:05. 9:20 p.m.l Mon. Thurs. 1:30, 7:05, 9:20 p.m.

Roosevelt Theatre. Route 9, Hyde Park: Frl, Sun. 3:15, 7:25. 9SM p.m.; Mon. Thurs.

25, 9.30 m. THE VERDICT (R). A booilng Boston attorney who has seen better days decides to tackle a tough malpractice suit against a hospital operated by the Catholic Church. Paul Newman, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden. Cinema Hudson Valley Mall, Route 9W209, Kingston: Frl.

Sun. 1 :15. 3 50, 9:40 Mon. Thurs. 1:30, 4:50, 9:40 pm.

Movies 4. Dutchess Mall, Route 914, Flshklll: Frl. Thurs. 2.4:20.7,9:25pm. Juliet 1 2 3 4, Raymond Avenue.

Pough kaepskt: Fri. Sal. Mon. Thurs. 450, 9 i 7.

a 50. 9 m. TOOTS'iEPG. Dustln Hoffman stars as an out of work actor who suddenly finds fame and fortune when he poses as a woman and lands a leading role on a popular soap oper. Jessica Lange.

Cinema 1 2 3. Rout tWUlstar Avenue Mall, Frl. Sun. 2. 7:15,9:25 p.m.; Mon.

Thurs. 7:15, 9 25 p.m. Imperial Imperial Plaza. Route t. Wappingers Falls: Frl.

Thurs. 2. 7, p.m. TRAILOF THE PINK PANTHER (PG)'. Inspector Clousseau has disappeared and an Investigative reporter wants to know why In this comedy which uses footage from past "Pink Panther" films and some loot age shot for those films but never used.

David Nlven. Capuclne, Joanna Lumley. Cinema Hudson Valley Mali. Route 9W209. Kingston: Frl.

Sun. 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:11, 9:30 p.m.; Mon. Thurs. 2, 7:15, 9:30 m. Juliet 1 2 3 4, Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepste: Frl.

Sat. Mon. Thurs. 7:20. 9:20 p.m.; Sun.

2, 7:20, p.m. In Frond's world, mountains talk, rivers sing Continued from page 17 loved it. I loved the richness of the detail of his style," Henson said. "I knew we could build his creatures; that we could translate his style into three dimensions. "Originally, I thought that Brian would just do the drawings and my team would build them.

But, as it worked out, he wound up overseeing an enormous shopful of people. "The result is that I don't know of any film that has been so completely designed by one person's vision. After all, he got to design not only the scenery and costumes, but the entire cast as well." The collaboration appears to have been a case of opposites attracting, Froud's vision of the world of "The Dark Crystal" is the antitheses of Henson's sunny, inviting Muppet world. In Froud's world, the line between the animate and the inanimate magically blurt mountains talk, rivers sing; the most unlikely things are alive and not always friendly. In this dark, menacing land, a nice guy like Kerrait would probably end up as an appetizer on the banquet table of some snaggle toothed Skektis.

Froud gives the impression of being rather elfin himself. He stands about feet 7 inches tall, ills pale English complexion is set off by large, probing eyes and a thatch of russet hair. He seems to operate at a speed Just slightly quicker than the rest of the world's. In a recent vsit to New York, he laassssssssssssssssssVeMaaassssssass' ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssstlasB tesssssWMsssssssssssssssP sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssH lsSBBBB2w' IsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBxl IsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsfl sHaS ArV 'aTaasssssssaH ssssssssssssssssssRBET LbsH JpS Jr i ))assssssssssfl ssssssssssssssxssssR9saL lssssssH ssaaaHsV JsasssstssssssssssssB lasssssssssssssssssssB CT laaaH sssssssssBisssVsssssssssssssssssP lasssssssssssssssssssssssssiw lassH I 1 SLWWWWWaW lifieassssssralssHir Ml Af earS 1 BBm.31&..?22Br Jim Henson is the wizard who put Brian Froud to work as the designer of the "Dark Crystal." darted gracefully through the hair raising traffic of the city's Upper East Side, intent on finding a favorite English style pub. Upon entering it, he claimed an empty table, ordered a gin and tonic and reminisced about the beginnings of his art.

Froud's fondness for the fantastic has its roots in the boggy moors of the English countryside. Froud. an only child, was born in Winchester but grew up in rural Hampshire, about miles southeast of London. "I used to enjoy adventuring very much, wandering in the woods alone," he said. "I loved to climb, trees.

I was never so happy as when I was atop a tree. But I didn't draw. I wasn't that kind of a kid. It was only much later in life that it all took on some meaning I could express." 1 Brian Froud was a successful commercial illustrator but the work frustrated him as an artist. Despite his youthful disinterest in drawing, Froud was accepted at Maidstone Art College in the late 1960s.

It was there that he discovered a love for such master Victorian illustrators as Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham; a love that pre sists to this day. A successful career as a commercial illustrator of paperback book covers and magazines followed graduation from Maidstone, but artistic frustration soon set in. Worried that his work was becoming derivative, he left London hoping to resolve hU conflict by settling in a smaU'cottage in rural Chsgford. It was here, on the edge of a wild moor, in sight of ancient stone walls and tumbling streams, that Froud re discovered the countryside of his youth. His frustration vanished as he found a style he could call his own.

"For some reason," he said, "it all came together in one moment the imagery, the style. It Just seemed to happen. I just did it and there it was. I've been "with that style and imagery ever since." That style echoes not only the great 19th century illustrators he reveres, but also harbors a wealth of elements ranging from Medieval to ancient Celtic and Nordic folk art. Until now, Froud's contribution to the art of illustration has been the easiest to discover in the best sellingselling book "Faeries," which he co wrote and illustrated with his friend Alan Lee in 1978, just before he joined forces with Henson.

Henson Introduced Froud to far more than the world of puppetry. As bis role as conceptual designer grew, the solitary artist had to learn the art of collaboration. "It's easy doing the drawings; easy agreeing on 'the look'," he said. "But to work with other artists sculptors, doll makers, costumers that was Working with scores of such artists to bring his characters to emotional life was a task shared by everyone, especially by the time filming began in the spring of 1 981 at London's EMI Elstree Studios. "The Dark Crystal" is essentially a series of special ef fecta done the hard way.

For example, the characters are all hand made conglomerations of foam rubber (nine tons of the stuff was eventually needed) plastic, fabric, paint, filigree, and pneumatic tubing. Once a character's body was completed, it could be manipulated by a variety of means Including electronics, hydraulics, and traditional puppetry techniques. As many as four technicians could be involved In manipulating a single character. But at the same time, all the film's featured creatures were "performed" by a single actor, The cast of performers contains some familiar names: Henson played both the two feet tall Jen and the nlne feet Iong Skeksis Ritual Master; Frank Oz co directed the film with Henson and played Aughra and the Skeksis Lord Chamberlain; and Muppet veteran David Goelz, known to Muppets fans as The Great Gonzo, played the Garthlm Master, Some of the mime artists and dancers who performed in the film's cumbersome costumes went into rehearsal and training six months in advance of filming, Froud said. With so many actors, technicians and crew members, film sets sometimes began to resemble Grand Central Ox has compared performing the role of the Skeksis Lord Chamberlain to being a pilot flying on instruments.

Henson has said that, at times, working "inside" his Skektis character, it often felt "as If a building had caved In on me." As if these conditions weren't difficult enough, all the film's main characters performed "live'' in front of Axademy Award winner Oswald Morris' cameras. No stop action photography was used. "We discovered that the thing that really brings these things to life was a performer; the special qualities a human brings to the character," Froud said. i Froud made another, even more important discovery while making the film. He met Wendy Midener, a dollmaker from Michigan who had been hired to work on the Gelfllngs.

Two years ago, they were married in Chagford. Froud worries that the complexity of the design may in some ways work against the film's chances of. being a smash hit. "It's so dense with imagery, so totally different from what's been seen before that (the audience) may spend a long time trying to sort out what everything is 'Is that a'crea lure or is It a piece of furniture' you Froud said. "It's very much a movie that demands a lot from itsaudtence.

Its audience has to contribute to it." Despite his fears. Froud says he's ready to do it aU over again. Working with Henson "a genius who's also a wonderful has taught Froud the importance of taking risks; of stretching against established boundaries. "You have to tackle work with hon esty and Integrity. You just do the best you can," he said.

"That's what we've done and I think it "All you can do is try to break new ground, whuch means, of course, you can fall flat on your face.".