European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Heather Locklear Breaks out on the big screen Yvern Nscott United press International Heather Locklear May be leaving prime time television or the Glitz of the big scree with dynasty apparently headed Down the inevitable cancellation Road in the tracks of t. J. Hooker Locklear is busting out in her first movie since firc starter Back in 1984 she toiled in Hooker Lor Lour years and in dynasty lot eight part of it simultaneously As one of the Lew actresses to be seen concurrently in first Tun prime Lime dramatic series. Her new movie Only her second is the return of the swamp thing which suggests that she has chosen something less than an Academy award contender Lor her Iran Ilion irom tube to film. Why did she wait five years Between pictures and then choose swamp for her breakout i was Busy with the series and it did l work out Lor me to do pictures during the to she said. I wanted to do the return of the swamp thing because it gave me a Chance to play comedy which i Haven t done in a Long Lime it s a family film people will to pleasantly surprised. Al first i did t want to read the script because the title turned me Olf but i m Happy i took time to read it i play a woman who has a Plant store she befriends the swamp thing who saves her from the evil doctor my Stepfather. Alter eight years of drama i wanted to do comedy to show the humorous Side of me that no one s really seen. Swamp thing gave me the Opportunity " Locklear said some tempting movie oilers came her Way while she was appearing in her two series but conflicting schedules made it impossible Lor her to make the move. There was moreover her commitment to a Long running series of to commercials on health and illness. Some people think that dynasty might be Over alter this season she said. That will give me the Freedom to pick and choose movies i like rather than just go irom the show right into a project just because i want to work. Even in dynasty goes another year i Don t know in i will come Back because. My contract runs out at the end of this season i Leel More comfortable doing movies and i think i do belter work because i m not As rushed or stressed about time limitations in a weekly to series also i had the luxury of working on location in Savannah Galor live weeks where i did t have to go Home every night. I could stay in my character. It gave to Lime to get into the character and think of what i was doing instead of going Home and becoming myself with my husband drummer Tommy Lee of Motley Croe whatever her next assignment there won t be any nude scenes for the attractive Young actress who laughed in recounting the Story of a recent cruise of the greek islands she look with Lee. They visited a nude Beach where Locklear whipped off her lop on a dare but quickly Dove into the Sand Belore any tourist shutters could snap. I did t want anyone recognizing to. Taking pictures and then seeing the photographs in tabloid newspapers she said it s not necessary Lor an actress to undress for the camera i won t do it because i m Loo shy. And my Mother would die. Tommy and i went to see Tequilla Sunrise where Michelle Pfeiller did a nude love scene with Mel Gibson and i said of god i asked Tommy How he would Leel in i were doing that and he said he would t like it. You Aren t asked to do nude scenes in to but movies Are different. When i read new film scripts. I keep an Eye out Lor nude scenes which would be enough to discourage me irom doing a Librn Locklear will have a lot to say about her next project. She is co producing a Usa network movie telltale House for her Lockit productions. I plan to be a hands on producer she said. Ill have a lot to say about casting and the selection of a Heather Locklear poses next to her leading Man in return of the swamp heavy Competition among summer movies by John Horn associated press w Ith one Eye on the audience and another Onishe Competition movie executives continue Toshu Flo summer release dates confident that last minute Lents and gambits will bring their mrs the largest possible Box office. Patrick Swayze s Road House once set for february and then Juno previewed to lest audiences so Well in launched the summer sweepstakes in May a week Belore Harrison Ford appeared in Indiana Jones and the last crusade. Another former june release Clint Eastwood s Pink Cadillac moved to the end of May thereby avoiding a clash with ghost busters ii. Meanwhile the new James Bond movie License to kill with Timothy Dalton and lethal weapon ii with Mel Gibson Are heading Lor a mid july showdown. In perhaps the season s bloodiest Duel. Paramount pictures and new line. Cinema Are juggling the August openings of their respective horror films Friday the t3th part Viii and Nightmare on Elm Street 5, hopeful that the first to debut will make the biggest turnstile killing. Since a Strong summer can make a movie company s entire year the studios have stockpiled their most commercial films for the coming months. The resulting cinematic gridlock Means that some distributors have completely led the summer saving their belter projects Lor less crowded times. There May not be As Many lilies in sheer bulk but in Quality of titles going in this summer is As competitive As we have seen said Barry London president of Paramount s motion picture group. Nevertheless Independent distributor hem Dale believes there s room Lor stylish foreign films such As England s shag. The blockbusters. Are fantasies said Martin Rabinovitch hem Dale s executive vice president in charge of marketing. They re nol about real things that happen. So audiences will to ready Lor a real personal film such As by releasing Indiana Jones As the first of the would be blockbusters Paramount could control some of the nation s Best movie screens and dominate the entire summer Campaign. Besides Indiana Jones three others will open virtually unopposed in the first weeks of june Pink Cadillac Star trek v the final Frontier and ghost users ii. The much talked about Batman will be combating Only one lesser title when it opens the end of Juno. The Light comedy Honey i be shrunk the kids. But at some Point you can t move out of the Way and you have to open in the lace of some other Competition because you want to be in the summer and take advantage of the Holiday audience said is Kornblit. Universal picture s executive vice president of worldwide marketing Universal s renegades starring Lou Diamond Phillips will open on june 2 amid a firestorm of other major releases since the average moviegoer rarely sees two films in one weekend it s crucial that releases be scattered evenly and that similar dims never open against one another. Thus studio watch their rivals with undivided attention the wrong release Date can kill even the biggest mass Appeal project. I one studio makes a change the other follows said John prior president of exhibitor relations co. It s new line distributors of the Hulk Hogan action adventure film no holds barred knows All about that kind of gamesmanship. We were going to open Ivo holds barred on memorial Day weekend when it was just Indiana Jones and that s All said Mitchell Goldman. New line s distribution president. Bui when Warner Bros decided to move in there with their Clint Eastwood film and Fox and Mem threw in a picture we decided to drop Back a in one of the season s More earless moves. Orion will present Greal balls of fire a movie about Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis on Juno 30. That s the opening Day for the karate kid with Ralph Macchio one of the summer s most anticipated lilies and the debut of Spike Leo s do the right thing what we have that nobody else has is an absolute original the Only musical in the marketplace said Charles Glenn executive vice president of marketing Lor Orion which will distribute great balls of fire. Ii you go to a multiplex theater and they re showing karal kid and Batman. You have another Choice a picture that s different that s Rock a showing similar daring Cine com will introduce its comedy scenes from the class struggle in Beverly Hills on May 31, Halfway Between Indiana Jones and Star trek v. Late summer is loaded with serious movies such As the underwater extravaganza the abyss and a variety of other action adventure titles so Universal is banking thai audiences will crave a spirited comedy such As Ron Howard s parenthood starring Sieve Martin and opening aug. 11. Some of the summer blockbusters will play through the summer. But they will be on the decline said Universal s Kornblit. After a rash of License to kill and lethal weapon ii we re going to come in with some great counter programming and we think parenthood will be the big movie at the end of the monday May 29, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17
