European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 Tkv my Jwj llti5ui,-.w. S7wmt=.ts�t these were the lop 10 videocassettes in . Rentals last week according to billboard Magazine. A a a a  a a a.1 ghost Paramount pc a a a a i 2 Flat liners Ria Columbia 3 Arachnophobia Hollywood 4 Pacific Heights lbs Fox 5 air America live 6 presumed innocent Warner 7 die hard 2 lbs fox8 Parkman Mca Universal. 9 death warrant Mem a 10 Navy seals Orion. These were the top to videocassettes in sales. /. 1 Duck tales the movie Walt 2 pretty woman Touchstone. V 3 the adventures of Rocky and bullwinkle vol. I Mona Moose Buena  a a 4 the Little Mermaid Walt Disney 5 the adventures of Rocky and bullwinkle vol. Ii birth of bullwinkle Buena  .6 Peter pan Watt Disney. -. 7 the adventures of Rocky and bullwinkle vol. Ill Vincent Van Moose Buena . A 8 Michael Jordan a playground lbs Fox 9 the adventures of Rocky and bullwinkle vol. In Blue Moose Buena Vista. A a 10 driving miss Daisy Warner James Spader and Susan Sarandon Are in a White  picture show out on Peter m. Nichols the new York times of i he recent release of Peter Bogdanovich a the last picture show 20 years after its theater run again raises questions about Why some old movies Are available on video and Sonie Are not. Thousands of films sit unreal cased in studio libraries. Movie buffs would like them All to be. Available on cassette particularly All the better ones. Fine say the studios but its not that easy. We i a going As fast As we can a said Martin Weinstein a vice president of Turner Home i tort ailment a we can to just say the whole Library is available All at  a video stores Weinstein said can absorb Only so Many titles at a time. Of the 757 feature films. In Turners Rio Library 219 Are on video. A a we a add another 60 or so this year a he said. Turners titles Are gathered into promotions. According to genres or stars and released every other month six to 12 titles at a time. A if we came out with 100 at one shot you can see the problem a Weinstein said. A a it a better when stores have a Small number in a group. They have something to focus  the worlds largest film Library Mem a is distributed by Warner. Of approximately 4,000 Mem a titles 3,000 Are not yet on video. Like Turner Mem a releases movies in groups usually of eight to 10. George Feltenstein vice president of marketing said studios Are becoming More proficient at using their old movies. Often that simply Means knowing what they have in their libraries. A if an important title Isnit out it could be either a rights problem or ignorance on the part of the studio a Feltenstein said. Quot until recently it was rare to have people in video who knew film. Video grew out of the record business. Most of us never had to work with a deep film  the last picture show rated r. 1971. Ria Columbia. Also on laser disc. Closed  Peter Bogdanovich a film is a Lovely leisurely pan shot across life and coming of age in Anarene Texas. The year is 1951, Sonny Crawford Timothy Bottoms and Duane Jackson Jeff Bridges Are football co captains and Jacy Farrow cybill Shepherd is the Homecoming Queen. Interlocking stories of love and loss Are treated with such humor and sympathy that they become an adventure in rediscovery of human values. A the new York times White Palace rated r. 1990. Mca uni Versal. Also on laser disc closed captioned. A predictable but fascinating opposites attract love Story that a sexy touching and funny James Spader is Max a 27-Ycar-old St. Louis and Man numbed by his wife a death. He is brought Back to life by Nora Susan Sarandona earthy 43-year-old waitress he meets by Chance at the White Palace hamburger joint. The attraction is immediate and incendiary a and who cares that their tastes and lifestyles like their Ages Are acres apart he likes opera she likes the Oak Ridge boys a you get the picture family and friends care that a who and they Are eager to say 5,0 a a she a no Spring Chicken a his mom says in the end that makes a big difference. The movie mostly works As an engaging romantic Romp largely because of the steamy chemistry Between the two stars. A Jack a Wilkinson United press International wild at heart rated r. 1990. Media. Closed captioned. On a run to tuna Texas Lula Laura Dern and Sailor Nicolas Cage follow their own yellow Brick Road through a bizarre violent hell. David Lynch a cockeyed epic draws from Early pop Art creating a kind of frieze of melodramatic characters and events which sometimes enriches the film and sometimes has no pertinence except As found objects. A the now York times presumed innocent 1990. Rated r. 1990. Warner. Also on laser disc. Closed caption. Director Alan j. Pakula makes restraint a great virtue turning it into a slow burning fuse in his intense adaptation of Scott Turows courtroom novel about a lawyer Harrison Ford accused of murder. A the new York times Page 16 b sunday a april 21, 1991