By Dave Donnelly
Friday, January 17, 1997
Edgy Lee, Fred Lee
Edgy Lee, Fred Lee
SO, you're looking for some capital? (And who isn't?) Well, the Council on Foundations, a Washington, D.C., based organization of the world's biggest philanthropists, will be having a convention here in May. Some 2,000 representatives of the Ford, Rockefeller and other foundations will be attending the conference and concurrent film festival here. Of 125 films from all over the world which were nominated, only 15 were chosen for inclusion, and one of those was Edgy Lee's award-winning documentary, "Papakolea, Story of Hawaiian Land." Lee had the good fortune to have Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler as her exec producer and says he invariably came down on the side of artistic integrity when vs. money ... Edgy in film fest
of philanthropistsSPEAKING of Lee, her film "Paniolo," a tribute to America's first cowboys, is nearing completion. Jim Ed Norman, a Grammy-winning producer (and president of Warner-Nashville) is overseeing the soundtrack for Warner Reprise, and local artist Nani Lim is featured on the recording, along with Sonny Lim, Kindy Sproat and others. Edgy came up with the idea of utilizing voices of actual descendents of historic characters who appear in the film. Therefore, Peter Baldwin plays his ancestor Dwight Baldwin, David Lyman portrays his great-great grandfather, Frederick Lyman, John Goss plays Dr. D.H. Hitchcock, Bonnie Judd plays Laura Judd and former governor, John Waihee, is a chief of Waimea. Sounds like another Lee winner ...
PEOPLE stopping by the fountain courtyard of the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center yesterday were treated to a preview of the show "Forever Plaid," which showcases music by quartets of the 1950s and '60s. The preview was a way of drumming up business for the show itself, playing nightly at the Hula Hut ...
THE lips in the tortured pun of the headline above refers to those of an old Chinese ghost, reportedly sighted in the bowels of the Hawaii Theatredowntown. A "Hawaiian Moving Company" segment recently dealt with the "ooh-OOH-ooh" phenomenon, prompting one self-proclaimed "psychic" to call KGMB and report that after seeing the ghostly expressions, he could tell the man had died in the 1940s and was anxious to be released from this world. Wrongo! The ghost was played by none other than restaurateur Fred Lee who, though having just celebrated his 72nd birthday, is very much alive and with no desire to be released from anything. Still, the spirit portrayed by Fred will be released by local exorcist Harry Kuboi on this week's "Hawaiian Moving Company." Kuboi? Ho-boy! ... Uh, Pake lips now
THAT segment of the Maury Povich show that features Habilitat honcho Vinny Marino and some much-troubled teens, has been rescheduled. It was preempted for a special last week, but has been rescheduled for Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. on KGMB ... And no offense, but KITV's dumping the 12:30 a.m. "Murphy Brown" rerun to make way for Bill Maher and his "Politically Correct" show is a fine improvement ...
THE cover story on the current Time magazine is entitled "Where the Jobs Are" and a map of the U.S. in the form of help wanted ads appears. It's one time that nobody will complain about Hawaii and Alaska not being included on the map, since inside you learn there are no jobs to speak of in either state, with less than 2 percent job growth in both. Hottest place to get work? Las Vegas ...
FOLLOWING in the giant footsteps of his father, Robert Mondavi, in the winery business, Michael Mondavi will be here Monday to introduce his family's newest lineup of wines, Vichon Mediterranean, at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel. This is the first step in Vichon's becoming the first American winery to move to France ... Meanwhile, sad news: Sam Sebastiani Jr., 32-year-old grandson of August Sebastiani, who founded the winery bearing his name, died of eating poisonous mushrooms in Northern California. My condolences ... Tale of two families
