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Article: REDFORD OPENS SUNDANCE FILM FEST.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- January 18, 1997
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Byline: Robert Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic
PARK CITY, UTAH -- He's the name and presence behind the Sundance Film Festival, but moviegoers don't see much of him during this marathon 11-day event.
In one of his few formal appearances at the festival, Robert Redford Thursday night took to the stage of 2,800-seat Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City and opened an event dedicated to artistic expressions that challenge the system that provided him with fame.
Redford, whose Sundance Institute took over management of the festival in 1985, used the opportunity to lament a lack of federal funding for the arts. Redford mentioned no names, but ...