European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A year after the grand mosque attack worshippers at islam sacred Kaaba within grounds of the grand mosque of up by Steven Rattner new York times lightly More than a year after dissidents was also illustrated in the Case of disturbances by Mem King Khalid with Prince minister of intensifying ties with his Dent continues to influence the Pace at which saudi leaders bring modern benefits to a Long isolated at the same according to interviews with senior saudi government and foreign officials in reverberations from the occupation of the one of the holiest Sites of by a group upset at modernization have not resulted in a major switch from the firm emphasis on economic development and the acceptance of resulting social people Here turned inward and said one senior saudi but All of the major development programs go Forward with As much Speed As to counter concerns about symbolized by the mosque the saudi leadership has settled instead on a plan to make important but Small gestures to conservatives while maintaining progressive policies in key the government has taken to heart the lessons of a Western official in that Means intensifying efforts by the ruling family to keep in touch with the travel by senior family especially King appears to have particularly to far Flung towns not normally saudi Arabia issued a Lon expected five year development plan whose billion target rep resented no slackening in yet government officials took pains to note the emphasis on agriculture and education and to contrast that with the previous plans emphasis on construction of an economic in saudis and westerners see a conservative Drift in society and an increase in influence for the religious Steps have been taken to reinforce Trade particularly among work restrictions were reasserted and women were banned As television from restaurants and from hotel swimming Beauty salons were closed because women were thought to meet men a few have dress rules and the closing of shops at prayer time were More stringently the religious police have been More theres really even less of an incentive for any one in the Royal family to take a Chance on pushing for any More social change than will happen any said another Western official this strategy for responding to internal dissatisfaction occupied the grand mosque in the Inci Bers of the shiite moslem sect in Eastern province just i after the mosque the Over poor treatment by the ruling and majority resulted in hundreds of injuries and arrests As the saudi National guard moved after their customary extensive saudi officials recently announced an added emphasis on development projects for Eastern site of most of the country in King Khalid has just concluded a 10day trip through the including stops in predominantly shiite perhaps most before he left he pardoned shiites still jailed As a result of the the protest highlighted Basic deficiencies in devel Oping programs for Eastern said a senior saudi the necessary Steps have been taken to rectify still in doubt is whether the largely symbolic efforts will permanently pacify disgruntled conservatives and the minority in the Case of for no visible Steps were taken to Deal with their most prominent that of social and economic discriminate continuing discussion of the troubles in Mec Ca and Eastern province is in marked contrast to the Case of the British film death of a which caused bitter protests from the saudis Over its depiction of saudi life and the film was shown on British television and in the United states and All that is heard now Are open regrets for that re it was just foolish for us to have made such a said one saudi official not involved in the we Only insured that people would watch in the the sole effects appeared to be a Brief expulsion of the British ambassador and spirited conversation for a Short time on the party in saudi much entertainment is provided by video Cas settes and dozens of copies of the film appeared in the kingdom within Days of its first As for the Mecca in some ways the Impact has been less substantial than was indicated at the senior saudi led by Crown Prince spoke Early last year of Quick and significant including a consultative a a crack Down on corruption in the Royal family and increased Columbia pictures 2 Dreyfuss and Amy Irving in film about a love affair during contest for piano the Competition offbeat role for Richard Dreyfuss by Bob Thomas associated press the other evening Joel Oliansky was checking the movie business in Westwood that prime piece of film territory adjoining the Urcla our lines were As Long As those for stir crazy he reported he can Well be his first feature movie As both director and the was doing Good business amid a Holiday outpouring of live action comic raucous comedies and science fiction the Competition is none of it is the Story of a love affair during a contest for piano except for the Ballet Nijinsky and the turning serious music has had Little attention in movies of who enjoyed a song to remember As a kid in new aimed to remedy so did Ray majordomo of Rastar who assigned producer William Sackheim and Oliansky to a project involving Young people and classical originally Ray wanted a Story about Juilliard Oliansky but that was dropped along the just As because it might have been too similar to Oliansky wrote the Competition with three perform ers in mind Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving As the competitor lovers and Lee Remick As irvings Hardd Riv ing All the role of the would be virtuoso is offbeat for whose biggest Success has come from close encounters with Sharks and a major Challenge for both Dreyfuss and Irving was the piano he had no musical she had taken a few piano lessons As a played violin in school Only one Adam Stern of the six contestants in the picture had any real piano said the but they All worked very and in proud to say that there was not one hand not one use of doubles in the whole Amy had the advantage of being Able to read though of course she had the supervision of Jean Evanson Shaw herself a concert Jean worked extensively with who carried a dead keyboard everywhere he As a firs time Oliansky had trepidation about dealing with Oscar Winner i was intimidated by especially during the re write when he was in the Drivers i was perhaps Over diplomatic because i wanted so much for him to do the that carried Over into the Early and he practically had to Tell me to be More what Richard wants is input by the he depends on the director to guide and maintain his perform he never that no Good after a he would lets shoot another one and you can print them both and decide for Oliansky shot two weeks of locations in san the rest in los the scottish rite Temple doubling As the concert although the million production is his first feature he has directed in television the bold he won an emmy for writing an episode of the senators and wrote the upcoming eight hour Masa reportedly the most expensive to movie Ever Lee Remick As Amy irvings piano Page 14 the stars and stripes february the stars and stripes Page 15