European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Home entertainment v / o i rom movies on video billboards top 10 videocassette rentals 1 Thelma amp Louise Mem a Home video2 terminator 2 judgment Day live Home video3 City slickers Columbia tristan Home video 4 the naked gun 2w. The smell of fear Paramount Home video 5 Doc Hollywood Warner Home video6 Point break foxvideo7 dying Young foxvideo8 Bac draft Mca Universal Home video 9 Jungle fever Mca Universal Home video10 Bill and Ted s bogus journey Orion Home video billboards top 10 music videocassette sales 1 live at the Al Moc Ambo Stevie Ray Vaughan 2 three tenors in concert Carreras Domingo pavarotti3 Garth Brooks Garth brooks4 captivated Paula abdul5 done to blame me Ozzy. Osbourne6 two rooms various artists 7 too legit to quit hammer8 the heart in motion Amy grant9 24 nights Eric Clapton 10 Addams Grove Hammer n 1 u 1 in l f vision the top 10 to shows in America for Jan. 27-feb. 2, according to the . Nielsen co. Year to Date ranking or an x for first time showing is in parentheses 1 1 60 minutes lbs 2 <14 hallmark Hall of Fame presentation o pioneers lbs 3 x Barbara Walters special 4 4 cheers 5 x american music awards 6 7 murder she wrote lbs 7 6 full House 8 12 unsolved mysteries 9 13 evening Shade lbs 10 18 wings 20h Century for Valeria Golino and Charlie Sheen make a note of each other in the comedy hot shots by Jack e. Wilkinson United press International hotshots 1991. Fox video. Rated pg-13. This Broad winged slapstick Fly by parody is a son of a gun a an offspring of top gun and the naked gun. This is a frantic anything goes nothing a Safe Type of wild eyed mocking merriment in which Charlie Sheen plays Square Jawed Topper Harley a hot dog Pilot called Back into the Navy to Lead a super secret combat assault on a Middle East nuclear factory. Meanwhile lurking in the shadows a devious defense contractor tries to sabotage the Mission. With a Bunch like this he have much trouble. There is the usual Gaggle of goof balls including a totally nutty commander Lloyd Bridges smug Golden boy rival a near Blind Pilot an impossibly generous soul and a Beautiful psychiatrist Valeria Golino who moonlights As a sexy night club Singer she does the required slither across a piano a and promptly Falls off the other Side. The rapid fire gags sometimes funny often hitting their Mark while at other times veering off into the Ozone. Which is where most of these characters appear to be from. It was directed and co written by Jim Abrahams who gave us air plane a and it shows. Mobsters 1991. Mca Universal Home video. Rated r. Four Street Wise slum kids grow up to be famous gangsters in this violent blend of guns and Glamour aimed at the Young adult audience. Christian Slater plays Lucky Luciano the unquestioned Leader Cool Clever commanding. Quot brains Over brawn a he tells his cohorts with a sly Grin Patrick Dempsey portrays Meyer Lansky Richard Grieco is bugs Siegel and Costas Mandy or is Frank costello. They re a mixed bag to say the least ethnically and otherwise but a Force to be reckoned with by the new York crime families despite their youth a especially after Lucky and his lads do in two warring old school dons Anthony Quinn and Michael Gam Don. Even the notorious a1 Capone is convinced to do it their Way. Primarily a showcase for its Hunky stars to Lens generally succeeds though its no godfather or Good fellas. Vid bits coming up next the Harrison Ford drama regarding Henry and the rousing Disney adventure the rocketeer. A March 25 release is set for Robin Williams critically lauded the Fisher King. Little Man Tate starring Jodie Foster in her directorial debut is due april 23. Danny Devito a other people s Money has a March in Date. And in the last chapter involving the Ghoul of your dreams Freddy Krueger bows out in Freddy s dead the final Nightmare slated March 4. Strand Home video is donating part of the proceeds from its latest release Queen we will Roek you to the magic Johnson foundation to help in the War against aids. Freddie Mercury Lead Singer of the internationally famous raucous and Roll band died recently of aids. The 90-minute concert video features Mercury and the band in 21 of their Best known works. David Attenborough a acclaimed nature to series the trials of life comes to Home video from Turner Home entertainment. The six tape series explores in spectacular photographic detail the mysteries of the animal world a such As giving birth finding food building Homes and finding mates. Cabin fever entertainment reports it has sold 175,000 copies of the six hour epic lonesome Dove More than half of that the four cassette sell through version. Title of the week. Spies lies and naked Hughs a a comedy with Begley or. And Harry night court Anderson. Consumers across the country say they paid less Lor video rentals in 1991 than the year before. Alexander amp associates a new York research firm said a poll of 2, xxx households indicated average rental prices fell to $2.50 last year a drop of about 20 cents. An earlier Survey by the video software dealers association said average rental rates peaked at $3.29 in 1990. Is Day a 1991 figures won t be out for a while. February 9 1992 sunday a Page
