Page 8 / Superman’s Canodian Feature HIGH RIVER, Alta. (CP) .— The Man of Steel has made a star out of Christopher Reeve and millions of dollars for its producers, but that doesn’t impress the people of this. sleepy farming’ town. In« mid-August, High River — a ‘community snuggled in the foothills of ' southern Alberta’ — will ' become. : the home of Superman If. ‘Production crews’ will . afternoon, director Richard dally: _pusiness, ‘peemingly 52.3 4 5. take over the: town for two weeks, closing off streets and masking the face of the town’s bulls : ation ‘has already sired. ‘On ‘aie recent hot Lester: led a? group. of assistants down the main street, measuring doorways and determining lighting requirements, Townaspeople. .. casually moved about: their ~ 7 unaware of his presence or, if they knew who he. was, unconcerned with his stature. Such -attitudes © Lester will call Smallsville: _in the multimilllon-dollar: sequel to two of the biggest money-makers in motion- picture, history. 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Town manager | Colin Dean says townspeople, - predominantly elderly farmers, are curious about “the production but aren’t really familiar with such names ‘as Reeve: “I don’t think that type of . actor is that well-known,'". " he explains. “They don’t have the obvious popularity ‘of a John Wayne and: so . ‘people are more curlows than exclted.’” High River's most famous citizen is federal Opposition ‘Leader Joe Clark who was born and raised here.. Lifelong High™ “River resident Don King agrees _. townspeople aren’. en-— thused. King, a retired: farmer, is curator of the local museum, an 1883- railroad station brought to the town from Calgary, The building will be‘used as a bus statfon in the movie. - . “Nobody's excited,” ‘he , ' drawis, ‘We've had quite a © few films made here, so I . guess we're getting used to © King pauses a moment and then describes a light ‘comedy made in the 1940s starring Jack Oakie. - Of course, more-recent. films have been made in . : southern Alberta, but never right in the town,” -King allows that Super- "man III will likely bring. | some money into High River: ABE = The Cx serve “as. “They. spay for everything,’’ he exclaims. “They've already paid the museum. $10 to send pic- tures. of bridges and. parades and stuff over to England." — That figure ‘aside, High River will not derive much direct financial benefit,. says “Malcolm Harvey, manager of the City. of Calgary's film development office, “Their ; purchases ° ‘of equipment: and lumber for set-building and paint will | mostly be done through Calgary companies,” he says. “They're ‘staying in Calgary and going out for thelr various shoots.”. ~~ Dean, however, says the movie will likely increase tourism this; summer “by about 10 per cent. As. might be expected ‘when the- opportunity — to make a few dollars comes along, - outsiders have - already begun to prey on the Resident. Ruth: Frey described a ‘brief flurry of ‘excitement When “an ad- vertisement appeared in the local paper, ‘calling: for applications from town- speople to act as extras in the movie. Several turned up at a local. hotel eager to -be ‘signed on, only to find out the man ‘running the so- called auditions. - Was charging $25 each ‘to ‘prepare resumes and had. ~ hothing to” do ‘with the production, : ‘The episode angered local people who lad been duped, . RCMP. investigated but found the carefully worded - ad was. not illegal ‘and. . charges could not be laid, “T think theré were a lot of | people turned off by that,” : says High River high-school drama. teacher Elizabeth Gredley, who says ahe ‘personally has no desire to. even view the filming: * Les Kimber, head of Dove . Mead Productions, the firm _Fepresenting Pinewood for pre-production in Canada, By The Sea - COME STAY WITH US at English-Bay near Stanley Park in beautiful downtown Vancouver : TOLL - FREE 800. 268-8993 , 1755" DAVIE STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. VEG 1W5 . “TELEPHONE (604). 682- 183% oS says the phoney audition has created ill-feelings _ toward Superman 10. But he predicts townspeople will ” forget the experience when real auditions are con- | ducted to hire locals for crowd scenes. ° .Not everyone in High River is motivated. by money, however. . Bill Koopman, a gruff- . sounding, 68-year-old. rancher, lives In a. beautiful Te-year-old house on the ‘east edge.of town. ~ Afew months ago, he was “approached by Pinewood’s representatives for. per- “mission to use thé three- storey house in. Superman ||| ; Koopman and his wife Elske promptly. started . ' putting a fresh coat of white paint “on the’ “sHghtly . weather-beaten bullding. A Pinewood . representative returned a few weeks later - to finalize the deal and was: town's residenta, a dismayed at what the Koopmans. had done — the script called for.a decaying house belonging to a - . wealthy - woman . who had fallen on hard times. Nevertheless," Pinewood . stuck by the deal, telling the -: Koopmans the house would | be camouflaged: and then returned -to its newly painted status after filming” is completed. About 90 crew members will: displace the Koopmans _from. their home for a few days in“August, but the” - couple doesn't seem to” mind, “There's a ttle cash _involved, enough for an evening out," says Elske. But more important, she “ says’ excitedly, Pinewood . has promised to take. still photographs of the house and their two cais, © ~ “We're not. professional photographers, so we don't . have any really nice: pic- tures of our cats, " .: “As: for- the prestige of meeting the: ‘stars’ of Superman Ill,.Koopman .— says the only movie actors he’s ever really admired | are ‘Jimmy. ‘Stewart and — . Marilyn Monroe — both of whom he met. when he appeared as a wrangler on the movie River ‘of No Return, which was partially filmed in the mountalns to the west. : ~“This Superman. movie the younger people might know,. but i don’t think we ‘know ‘too ‘many of. the: stars," he explains. “Thiven’ been to @ movie . for 30 yeara, "