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staff writer PHILLIP BURT
USC screenwriting professor Robert
Benedetto has learned recently that
one of his works is being turned into a
television movie by Fox Television Network.
Eight years ago, Benedetto sold a
piece he wrote, "Kid Mafia," to Fox.
Unfortunately, Benedetto did not have
someone to protect the movie for him,
and significant changes occurred. As a
result, it was never shown on television.
Recently, a friend from Fox contacted
him recalling his film from eight
years ago. He sent them an idea of his,
and they are looking it over now. He is
optimistic about it.
"They are clearly considering the
project for a TV movie for Fox Network,"
he said.
His idea was similar to that of Good
Will Hunting. He utilized personal experience
and transformed it into a nar
rative. The main character in Benedetto's
movie is a college student.
"He is going to Yale, but he is an
outsider socially," he said. "In order to
make a name for himself, he makes people
think he is a member of the mafia.
Then he has trouble with the real
mafia."
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Opera at USC will stage Giuseppe
Verdi's Rigoletto April 17 to April 19 at
USC's Roger Center for the Arts.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Friday
and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, which cost
$10, $15 and $25 for the public and $5
for senior citizens and students, are
available at the Coliseum box office, all
Capital Ticket outlets or by calling 2512222.
Rigoletto, an opera in three acts,
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Based on the play by Victor Hugo, the
opera is the story of a hunchbacked
court jester, Rigoletto, who plots the assassination
of his master and rival,
Duke of Mantua. His public position as
a court jester and his private life as a
father collide when he is cursed by
the nobleman, Monterone, after mocking
the nobleman's heartbreak over his
daughter's infidelities with the Duke.
Born in 1813, Verdi, who composed
Rigoletto in 1851, was responsible for
revolutionizing Italian opera in the secOpen
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In addition, Benedetto is writing a
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There are two kinds of screenplays
that Benedetto sees as most successful.
Writers are typically successful
when they can create something based
on a personal vision, and when they can
re-invent a genre.
*Good Will Hunting is an example
of a personal vision that the writers
had," he said. The movie is an example
of successful, original vision put into
a real narrative fjprm.
There is the presence of the "breaking
away" paradigm in the movie.
"It's a universal kind of story where
the individual has to become his or her
own person by breaking away from a
controlling force of some kind," he said.
In the movie, Matt Damon is loyal
to his friends because they care about
him. However, he must break away
from them and find himself.
*He has to come to certain realizations,"
Benedetto said.
Face /Off is an example of a screenplay
that re-invents a certain kind of
genre. The movie is an action film that
portrays the conflict of good vs. evil.
However, there is a different element
in the movie that had not existed before
in an action movie.
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best known works are Rigoletto and La
Traviata. Well known for character creation
and original music, Verdi often
tells of outcasts crushed by a brutal and
narrow-minded society.
Upon his death in 1901, Verdi became
a diety in the operatic world, and
many of his works immediately became
part of standard repertory.
USC opera director Talmage
Fauntleroy directs Rigoletto, with USC
professor Manuel Alvarez as a musical
director and conductor of the USC opera
orchestra. Although the production will
be sung in Italian, English subtitles
will be projected onto a screen above
the stage.
Donald Gray will play the role of
Rigoletto. A winner of numerous awards
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20th year as director of music at
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"There is a new spin in the genre.
There is the 'trading faces' idea," he
said.
In the movie, the good guy takes on
the identity of the bad guy, and vice
versa. This had never been done before
in an action movie. |
"They are using the old formula and I
adding something different to it," he
said. 1
A successful screenplay has to tell
a good story. But the real challenge of
screenplay writing is having it noticed
by someone in the business, Benedetto
said. |
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck had
been working on Good Will Hunting
for five years. At first, it was not recognized.
However, the tables turned as [I
they became known actors. They
were able to get it to Robin Williams,
who liked the script.
"You take a vision and then add talents
to bring it into further realization," a
Benedetto said.
He said movies usually attract people
15 to 25 years old. In Titanic there 1
is the story about a teen-age love
built into the sinking of the great ship.
He also predicts that there will be
more stories like Good Will Hunting by
young people coming out of college.
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the Arts. Pictured are Donald
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Elops restaurant
amecock critic JENNIFER STANLEY
Hops restaurant is offering its customers a little something extra along
ith the traditional steak dinner: home-brewed beer.
With an offering of about five various flavors ranging from dark to raspjrry,
Hops has a specialty all its own.
Rumor has it that customers get free samples, but that has yet to be proven
aring my two visits. Perhaps it's because of my under-21 looking face. How- ^
rer, our party did receive free sweet-glazed croissants. ^
The appetizers are large enough to serve as entrees. The best dish is the
achos. If you plan on ordering a meal, share the starter with about two or
iree others. The nachos, which include chili, cheese, sour cream, peppers
ad olives, are just spicy enough. Nachos, potatoes skins, mozzarella sticks
ad the usual are available for between $4 and $7.
The featured steak comes with a salad and side, which is the diner's choice
'baked potato, black beans and rice and the other usual sides. The steaks
ren't the tvnical drv. Ouincv's-like steak, but have the iuicv taste straight
om the grill.
The pork chops, which also include a salad and side, come topped off with
mushroom -white-wine sauce that actually seems to melt in your mouth. ^
Other than steaks and ribs, Hops also has a large selection of sandwich- ^
5 that includes barbequed chicken and hamburgers. All grilled entrees cost
jtween $9 and $14. TTie sandwiches are priced between $6 and $9.
Hops does offer call-ahead seating, but even with that, expect a wait of
t least 30 minutes on the weekend. To make up for the wait, a waiter does
ike drink orders and offer steak samples.
The atmosphere is not one for a romantic date. Go with a large group. I
ite Hops in between Quincy's and Outback. I still prefer Outback's Aus alian
flavors and recipes. But for a change of pace, Hops is worth the
ait.
Hops is located off Harbison Boulevard near Home Depot in the old T oma- ^
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