European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse On to Here s a Strong dose of Western reality it opens to a scene of Small town Small bore Doms pigs rooting on a filthy ranch House porch. Grey haired Dusty looking old cowboys sit Down to supper argue Sandy dirt covers every thing. What kind of a Western is this lonesome Dove is a surprising Western All right. It surprised its network lbs when half the country stopped going out at night to watch this miniseries in Early 1989. It surprised the critics who Aren t used to seeing this Quality of work on television. It surprised people who be read Larry Mcmurtry s lonesome Dove because it s apparently faithful to the Book. And the miniseries starting this wednesday on superstition an paints a surprising picture of the West surprising if you think in terms of Gary Cooper Grace Kelly. The heroine Here is a prostitute Diane Lane the grim realism of the film makes even guest Star Angelica Huston look somewhat Grubby. More amazing Are the heroes Robert Duvall Tommy Lee Jones playing sex Texas rangers gone Grey crabby living in a no horse town called lonesome Dove. Along comes Rob Ert Urich with talk of a cattle drive to the Virgin territory of Montana Woodrow Call Jones is ready to go overnight hauling Gus Duvall a Motley Crew of younger cowboys with him. It May not be the most romantic shoot pm up picture of the old West but it s probably More accurate than a lot of them. It s also quite funny in a Low key Way in the first scenes for example Urich s character Jake is talking about the unfortunate incident in which he shot at somebody in a bar the Bullet flew through a Wall killed the town dentist in the Street. A Wall won t Stop a Bullet notes Jake. There s a moment of silence. But a dentist will replies Gus Deadpan. Lonesome Dove though in the end is about something More serious about prices that were paid dreams won lost along the Way to settling the West. It airs in four parts you May want to plan to stay Home the next four wednesdays. Southern european broadcasting gets the show in Early july. It s a week of bits pieces of an some decent movies arrive along with the return of the monster trucks saturday. The River airing Friday night is one of the various struggling farm family movies that vied for attention in the mid-1980s. This one did t win any oscars but it might Well have Sissy Spacek Mel Gibson Star in a struggle to keep a family farm from washing Down the River. Gena Rowlands does a Superb Job in the Betty Ford Story the to movie about the former first lady s cancer drug alcohol prob lems tuesday morning. The 1968 night of the living dead on thursday night set the Stan Dard for modern horror films according to movie critic Leonard Maltin. He adds that the Gore in it was considered shocking at the time but by to Day s standards May seem somewhat tame. Jackee comes to seb thursday night it s the very Short lived spinoff from 227 starring Jackee in a health club full of musclemen. The spinoff lasted no longer than this Pilot episode which is a shame. It s quite funny. Dallas thunders Back across the Texas Plains on monday night a new nature series in Cher stars in mask Friday on Southern european broadcasting. Universal City what do you think did we get it right anything you want to see More of or less of at the stars & stripes features department Apo by 09211. In to plus drop us a line think i live in the area of country. Sarah Bottorff wildness starts wednesday. Child s cry Friday afternoon is a to movie about child abuse Star ring Lindsay Wagner easy prey wednesday night is a to movie about a kidnapper starring Gerald Mcraney. And mask the Brilliant 1985 film about a disfigured boy his biker Moll Mother Cher is on Friday night. Finally seb starts the miniseries . On sat urday afternoon. This is not of the Caliper of Lone some Dove but the five parter on ancient romans Early christians is Fine in its Way. Well Here was the first Issue of to plus we be already fouled up. The Rel plus programs Are not in various languages As stated in last week s schedules. They re Only in German. Then again most people Don t notice what language the late night stuff is in. We also got a Bunch of comments from people who told us what they think of to plus. They told us what they thought of the sunday Magazine Section As Well. The notes were overwhelmingly positive in some cases quite detailed. Some answers to the person in Frankfurt West Germany it would be great to list what s going to come on sat net but nobody knows ahead of time what news sports specials etc., will be aired except possibly some Guys at the military television network in los Angeles they Are unlikely to have a final schedule until shortly before air time. To Mannheim it s True the full an radio schedules Are now searching for a Home else where in the paper. In the meantime the sports pages run daily updates on what games will be on the radio. Finally to sgt. 1 St class Mccluskey of wild Fleck in we spent three months designing the new an schedule never once thought of people who taped the old tiny schedule to their to sets. We can see Why it s a bit harder to do now what with two pages big photographs stuff. But do you really want us to stuff All the photos on the Bottom of the Page could we Send you a Xerox reduced version instead inside to plus the Nielsen ratings to briefs to listings video reviews top 10 videos movie reviews top 10 movies cafes movie schedule 4 4 5-8 9 9 10 10 10 staff editor Art direction production editorial assistance design Sarah Bottorff Sharon Kilday Lisa Williams Anita May Pam Runquist Louis Pierce Lisa Rivard on the cover Alec Baldwin stars in Miami makes its debut on the cafes movie circuit this week. 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