European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Hollywood shoptalk what a coining in the 2nd half of a summer of hype Larry Rohter new York times Midway through the 1990 summer movie season Hollywood is awash in expensive action-ad-venture1 films and still looking for the one Box office blockbuster that could dominate the Market As Batman did last after week one big budget movie after another has opened spectacularly Only to be pushed aside the next week by yet another costly action picture spiced with dollops of graphic violence and splashy special effects. With remarkable Speed Hollywood has seen the focus of summer hype and Hope shift from total recall to another 48 hours to Dick Tracy to Rob Ocop 2 to Daya of Thunder to die hard 2, a its very congested out there Quot said Barry London the president of the Paramount motion picture the remaining major studio releases for the summer which Jange from comedies to suspense films seem to assume that the movie audience s appetite for mayhem and destruction is sated. The second half Parade began two weeks ago with Paramount ghost a romantic suspense comedy in which the ghost of a banker Patrick Swayze teams up with a wisecracking medium whoops Goldberg to save his Girlfriend Demi Moore from the men who murdered him. Quot ghost comes from a totally different perspective a said London who Hopes the film will offer Quot an Opportunity to the female audience Quot which May have fett neglected thus far this summer. For ils part Disney studios has much Riding on Arachnophobia which opened july 18. The film stars Jeff Daniels Harley Jane Kozak and John Goodman As residents of a quiet California town who join forces to fight an invasion of spiders. Disney also plans a third re release of its 1967 cartoon version of Kipling s classic Jungle Book the tale of Mowgli a boy raised by animals in India and Duck tales the movie. And there will also be several releases whose Success will depend on their ability to attract an adult audience such As Warner Brothers presumed innocent starring Harrison Ford Raul Julia and Greta Scacchi in the movie version of Scott Turow s Best Selling novel about a lawyer enmeshed in a murder Case. Also coming in August is the two Jakes the Long awaited follow up to Chinatown with Jack Nicholson. Both presumed innocent and the two Jakes Are examples of what Hollywood Calls counter programming which if timed properly can be extremely lucrative. Quot we went against the Grain last summer with Honey i shrunk the kids and dead poets society and look How Well it worked for us Quot said Richard Cook the president of Buena Vista pictures knows destiny to Derek a first film in five years a ghosts can t do it a recently materialized in 16 cities across the United states grossing a paltry $25,000 in iwo weeks. But the actress professes no anguish admitting the Quot Little $3 million movie Quot could have gone straight to video a it s a Nice intimate entertainment Quot she says Quot which Means its difficult for it to compete produced by to with husband John Derek a who a also the writer director editor and Cinema is is a May december to. Mance in which screen Hubby Anthony Quinn. Dies and returns As a ghost in search of a Young virile male body to inhabit there a nudity a boys a and a Cameo by Donald Trump. A Pat h. Hoeske a los Angeles times More than muscle Touchstone pictures is noted for reviving lagging careers a like those of Richard Dreyfuss Bette Midler and Robin Williams. Sylvester Stal Lone May not be on the ropes yet but he seems seriously locked into the Tough Guy terrain of Rocky and rambo. Touchstone will try to broaden sly a creative horizons with Oscar a John Landis directed comedy with Stallone starring As an italian american gangster who wants to go straight to Honor his dying fathers last wish its Stallone s first comedy since the ill fated rhinestone in 1984. A Kyle counts a los Angeles time snot a genuine Tiffany one person who won t be buying a ticket to. Jetson the movie actress Janet Waldo. Waldo voiced the character of Judy Jetson for the animated series which ran on All three networks Between 1962 and 1983 and is now in syndication. She had reprised the role for the just out Universal feature film a and then got dumped for Youthful pop Singer Tiffany. Quot i was totally crushed Quot Waldo says. Responds Bill Hanna of Hanna Barbara productions Quot i can understand How Janet feels. But it was purely a business a Kyle counts a los Angeles time films in production me Brooks plays a billionaire and Lesley Ann Warren is a bag lady in life stinks. In the comedy Brooks bets he can live among the homeless with none of his wordly possessions for a month in a Black comedy thriller the chair Rod Steiger runs his own private electric chair. Look who stalking too has Kirs tie Alley and John Travolta married and struggling with a precocious daughter. Voices by Bruce Willis and Roseanne Barr. In there goes my baby Jill Schoelen and Dermot Mulroney play los Angeles High school grads who attend closing night for pops Paradise a diner hangout in Santa Monica. That night happens to be the August night the 1965 Watts riots begin. Brad Davis and Kim Delaney Star in hang Lre As a husband and wife who stumble into a Small new mexican town taken Over by prison inmates led by Jan Michael Vincent and Lyle Avizado. Producer writer director Darryl Roberts has lined up a cast of Young Black performers for his comedy about male female relationships in Chicago a Black Community How u like a now among the leads Are Lila Rochon the Hooker named Sunshine in Hariom nights and Traci Wolfe Danny Glover a daughter in lethal weapon. Finally journalist Hunters Thompson plays a Rock Magazine publisher and Angela Bowie David sex wife is a crusading first lady in Reynolds entertainment s Rock in Roll horror comedy the monster tour. A Kirk Honeycutt a los Angeles times a. A a United Anist Patrick Swayze takes a ghostly role. To Derek s latest is also about ghosts. Harrison Ford and Raul Julia Star in a presumed Page 12 c to plus sunday july 22,1990
