MOVIES - Feb. 22, 1996

Ford Takes the Pudding: In a parody of his role as archeologist-adventurer Indiana Jones, actor Harrison Ford donned a wig of rubber snakes and a red-feathered, tasseled bra on Tuesday as he was honored as Man of the Year at Harvard University’s annual Hasty Puddings Theatricals ceremony. But the 53-year-old actor demurred when asked to translate some snarls and growls from his furry “Star Wars” co-pilot Chewbacca, saying he’d “forgotten” the Wookie language. Actress Susan Sarandon received the Woman of the Year pudding pot last week.

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Hollywood on the Mesa: Today is the last day to submit entries for the Taos Talking Picture Festival’s Innovation: A Moving Image competition. The April 18-21 festival will honor the maker of the film or lengthy video that “explores new frontiers” with some new frontiers of his or her own--a land grant prize of five acres on the scenic Taos Mesa. The new prize will be awarded annually in efforts to create a new community of innovative film artists. The prize is co-sponsored by the Taos Land and Film Company and cable’s Independent Film Channel.