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PEOPLE/ARTS Friday 13 OctOber 2017
Film on deadly Arizona wildfire comes as California burns

By CLARICE SILBER McDonough served as the
Associated Press lookout for the crew when
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A mov- they descended into the
ie that chronicles a 2013 brush-choked area. He
wildfire that killed 19 Arizo- notified the crew of the
na firefighters debuts next rapidly changing weather
week on the heels of an- that sent winds swirling er-
other fire tragedy in Cali- ratically and caused the
fornia that has riveted the fire to cut off their escape
nation. route.
“Only the Brave” is based Then, he swiftly left his post
on the Granite Mountain for safety. Fire managers
Hotshots who died while have said he did exactly
fighting a wildfire near Yar- what he was supposed to.
nell, Arizona. Brolin plays Eric Marsh, who
Actors from the movie ap- was the crew’s superinten-
peared at a red carpet dent and the oldest mem-
event in Arizona on Tues- ber of the group.
day as relentless fires rav- Brolin said he loves any
age wineries, rural towns project that has to do
and neighborhoods in with firefighters and mak-
Northern California — an In this June 30, 2013, file photo, the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah near Yarnell, Ariz. ing people conscious that
event not lost on the cast Associated Press “these guys are putting
and crew of the picture. Cast members Josh Bro- reasons and without noti- shared. themselves in peril con-
“When I turn the news on lin, Miles Teller and James fying anyone, they moved The lone survivor, Brendan stantly ... for the safety of
this morning, to see imag- Badge Dale attended the down the mountainside McDonough, said seeing their communities.”
es that look like they were Arizona premiere with some through an unburned area the movie was cathartic Jane Marsh, Marsh’s moth-
taken from our film, is sur- of the firefighters’ families where they were trapped for him and he thought the er, said she spent three
real,” director Joseph Ko- and the lone member of by a wall of flames when movie “did our brothers hours with Brolin before
sinski said. the crew who survived. winds shifted the fire to- justice.”“I think they really they started filming the
Fire officials say the wildfires On June 30, 2013, the 19 ward them.Kosinski said he created an authentic film movie, which was shot in
in California have killed elite Arizona wildland fire- didn’t want to make a sad that really shows just what New Mexico.
more than 20 people and fighters were stationed in a movie and that he wanted the job is about, what the “Even though I cried all
destroyed at least 3,500 relatively safe position on a it to celebrate the joy the lifestyle is, what the families through it when I first saw it
homes and businesses ridgetop that already had men had for firefighting go through,” McDonough in August, he portrayed Eric
since they started Sunday. burned. But for unknown and the brotherhood they said. really well,” Marsh said.q
APNewsBreak: Prince tapes moved

to California; 2 heirs angry

By STEVE KARNOWSKI ed as among the most believe Comerica was
Associated Press valuable pieces of an es- obligated to notify them
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two tate that court papers and give them a say un-
sisters and heirs of the late have suggested is worth der orders earlier this year
rock superstar Prince said around $200 million. by Carver County District
Wednesday they’re an- Sharon Nelson said she Judge Kevin Eide, who
gered that the contents of was told Sept. 29 by a is overseeing the estate
his vault, including master “Paisley Park representa- case.
tapes of unreleased music, tive,” whom she wouldn’t Comerica defended its de-
have been removed from identify, that around four cision in a statement.
his Paisley Park studio com- trucks pulled up to the “In an effort to ensure the
plex and shipped to Cali- studio-turned-museum in preservation of Prince’s au-
fornia. the Minneapolis suburb of dio and visual content, Co-
Sharon and Norrine Nelson, Chanhassen in early Sep- merica selected the pre-
Prince’s half-sisters, told The tember and removed the mier entertainment storage
Associated Press they are contents of the vault. and archive company, Iron
prepared to take legal ac- “It’s just as though Prince Mountain Entertainment
tion to bring the music back passed away again,” she Services,” the statement
to Minnesota. The compa- said. “That’s how I felt. I was said. “On four separate
ny running the estate, Co- really devastated by that.” occasions, Comerica dis- In this Feb. 4, 2007 file photo, Prince performs during halftime of
merica Bank & Trust, said Norrine Nelson said the mu- cussed the process with the the Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami.
the recordings are safe at sic had been safe in Minne- heirs and any suggestion Associated Press
a reputable storage com- sota for more than 40 years otherwise is not accurate.” rine Nelson and their broth- comment.
pany in Los Angeles. and would be again if it’s Prince left no will when he er, John R. Nelson, are on Eide’s orders putting Co-
“We want the music back returned. died in April 2016 of an one side and Prince’s full merica in charge give the
home in Paisley Park where The sisters said Comerica, accidental overdose of sister, Tyka Nelson, and his company considerable
it belongs,” Sharon Nelson which is serving as the per- painkillers. The judge this half-brothers Omarr Baker authority over how to run
said. sonal representative, or ex- May declared Prince’s six and Alfred Jackson on the the estate and exploit its
Norrine Nelson called it “ex- ecutor, of Prince’s estate, surviving siblings his heirs, other. assets to benefit the heirs,
traordinary and unconscio- hasn’t told them exactly but they’ve split into two An attorney for Tyka Nelson and don’t require it to no-
nable.” where the music was tak- camps during the legal and Baker did not immedi- tify or seek approval from
The recordings are regard- en or why. They said they wrangling. Sharon and Nor- ately return a call seeking them for routine matters.