The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 35

C7 The Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, November 23, 1993 ENTERTAINMENT PITT MEADOWS FESTER 'N' THING: work up a lather of laughs In the best traditions of unwholesome Addams Family fun Bordertown's future in doubt after fire destroys western set NICHOLAS READ Vancouver Sun Iztl7l4tNWVrAWONM1115040 rinp.00iRPigiagyPPlii.if 7: i 4., i-, ILI 4.., ii; i i 4 :.,.1:: 4,4 -'s''' At i ":...4. ,..44,,,,...:. It': 7 .1404, .17 i facts in the general store, for ii 1 r- i pie, are irreplaceable. VA I. Ridge Meadows RCMP Sgt.

Terry Hewitt said the case was still under I' 7 A' 1 Tr QL .6 "active investigation," and that arson ir 4 40,1 had not been ruled our as a cause. 1, "We don't know whether we have a criminal thing or not," he said. "It's still up in the air at this point." However, Len Garis, fire chief of the Pitt Meadows fire department, said he believed the fired was set deliberately. "As far as suspects are concerned, ,4 I the RCMP are investigating and we have no leads at this point," he said. "It was a busy place that day, so it's going to take some time to sort it out." ne Hewitt said preliminary police reports put the damage at between $60,000 and $100,000.

In addition to Bordertoten, a recent- ly cancelled CTV series about the continuing rivalry between a Canadian RCMP officer and a U.S. mar: shall in the late 1380s, the western set also has been used for the series Neon Rider, White Fang I and II and Highlander. Iles said the set was due to be used MOVIES again in six weeks, but she couldn't say for what reason. 1111 1. A 11 Irl say for what reason.

Zf.l:;.; ta t'' i'l," 4' 2. ,...3.... c. ,..:41,4 ::1 HE OWNERS of what was the film set for the TV series, Bordertown, have yet to 4. decide whether they will rebuild after fire destroyed part of it Saturday night.

Lesley Iles, a representative of Aquillini Holdings, the company that owns the property at 224th Street and I44th Avenue in Pitt Meadows, said she expected the western set to be rebuilt, but that a final decision would be left to the company's board of directors. The fire, which took three hours to put out, destroyed two buildings completely, a general store and the centenary hall. It also damaged four other buildings. No one was hurt. Seven fire trucks were called to the scene Saturday evening, where flames were said to reach as high as 18 metres.

However, only one truck was needed to extinguish the blaze. Iles said Monday that the damage was still being itemized, but that it could run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some of the arti sands of dollars. Some of the arti- TELEVISION Predictable Family Values rescued CBC chief helps pick new boss by wicked script for gut-busting fun' JIM BRONSKILL JIM BRONSKILL Canadian Press KATHERINE MONK Sun Movie Critic 13 ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES Starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Joan Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, directed by Barry Sonnenteld Capitol, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Towne, Harris Road This is no place for a child," Gomez pronounces, but it's too late. After all, if the kids were pulled out of camp, we wouldn't have all the great comic opportunities of seeing Pugsley and Wednesday mix with all the snotty blond-haired blue-eyed Bel-Air whiners to be.

We also wouldn't have the chance of seeing young Christina Ricci give the strongest performance in the whole movie as Wednesday the child who does not smile, but has a wicked sense of political correctness. While predictable verging on boring at its worst moments, Addams Family Values has some classic moments of gut-busting comedy. But seeing as most of them would play equally well on a small screen, and the film is not shot on a wide-ratio, you may want to save it for a quiet night at home. OTTAWA ORMER CBC president Gerard Veilleux took steps before leaving the corporation to help the new government choose a suitable successor. After announcing his departure in July, Veilleux hired management consultants to prepare a list of qualities the new president should possess.

Veilleux officially quit the post Nov. 1. "It was strictly my initiative, my idea," Veilleux said in an interview Monday. "It's something I've had in mind for a long time. And the occasion presented itself, and I thought I would make sure that it would proceed." The profile, prepared by consultants Spencer Stuart, cost the CBC less than $10,000 a "very small amount of money for the potential benefit." The consultants asked some 25 leaders in the communications field across the country for their thoughts on the personal characteristics needed to run the public broadcaster.

Veilleux said the idea was to ensure "the next candidate would be seen as having been recruited on the basis of objective criteria." The day he left the CBC, Veilleux sent the report to the Prime Minister's Office via the Privy Council Office, the liaison between the political arm of government and the public service. Toby Manera has been serving as acting CBC president since Veilleux's departure. The prime minister has until the end of next month to appoint a permanent replacement. A recent advertisement in the Canada Gazette, the journal of government business, invites interested Canadians to apply for the job. so better kill young Pubert off first.

This opening 20 minutes of the film, as the terrors try and kill the young boy, are just a wee bit uncomfortable to watch in the wake of the Bulger case, although clearly, nothing as tasteless as any comparison was intended. Not that Rudnick steers clear of newsy humor: one quick Michael Jackson reference plays on the child-molestation allegations, but it's so quick, you may not even notice. It's just supposed to be good-ol' evil-natured fun in the fine Addams tradition. Besides, in the spirit of our title, Gomez (rendered perfectly by Julia) and Morticia (played with sinister and statuesque beauty by Huston), do have family values and they adore their children. They just express it in a different way.

When the new nanny (Joan Cusack) arrives on the scene, hoping to score with Uncle Fester's dough, she convinces Morticia and Gomez to send them off to camp. "Fresh air? Pine? TEETERING on the brink of absolute tastelessness and cutting-edge humor, Addams Family Values lands just where you want it: dancing gracefully on the grave of one long gag. The whole clan is back a little older, a little more cunning and, at times, a lot funnier than before, thanks to a blistering script by Paul Rudnick. "What kind of woman are you looking for?" asks Gomez of his dear brother Fester. "One that won't press charges "Where do you find these Ad dams men?" asks Debbie, the new nanny trying to hide her gold-digging motives.

"It has to be damp answers Morticia with a twisted grin. There may not be much of a plot to keep the whole film moving, but who cares? When the lines work, they work beautifully and when they don't, well, you cut to another scene five seconds later. There is one unifying theme, however, and it's straight from the mouth of one of America's funniest men, former vice-president Dan Quayle: "family values." The film opens with the entrance of another Addams: young Pubert, born complete with Gomez mustachio and jet black hair. When the proud parents bring the deadly cute bundle home, siblings Pugsley and Wednesday feel one of them must die It 15 eSAVE TUESD A NATIO). at reiecte' cinemas ES GENERAL ADMISSION A (except TultildaYS did If AT SELECTED CINEMAS 41.1''214.11! tt.

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