European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Home entertainment v / 4 Rittz movies on video billboard s top 10 videocassette rentals 1 the last boy scout Warner Home video 2 franking amp Johnny Paramount Home video 3 the Fisher King Columbia tristan Home video 4 deceived Touchstone Home video 5 Little Man Tate Orion Home video 6 free Jack Warner Home video 7 the butchers wite Paramount Home video 8 Ricochet Hob video 9 Boyz n the Hood Columbia tristan Home video 10 the commitments Fox video billboard s top 1c music video sales 1 we will Rock you Queen 2 decade of decadence �?T81-�?T91 Motley Crue 3 Zzz top greatest hits Zzz top 4 soul and passion Michael Bolton 5 their final concert the judds6 three tenors in concert Carreras Domingo Pavarotti a 7 Garth Brooks Garth Brooks 8 live at the Al Moc Ambo Stevie Ray Vaughan 9 the wild life Home video Slaughter 10. Video collection Bonnie Rait television the top 10 to shows in America for May 18-24, according to the . Nielsen co. Ranking for shows from last week or an x for shows not ranked is in parentheses 1 3 Murphy Brown lbs 2 x evening Shade lbs 3 5 Northern exposure lbs 4 2 Roseann 5 x . Law 6 5 Home improvement 7 x movie Bird on a wire 7 10 60 minutes lbs 9 4 coach 9 x movie cruel doubt part 2 Kevin Costner As new Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison faces reporters in Juk. Woner o ii is by Jack e. Wilkinson United press International Juk 1991. Warner Home video. Rated r. Oliver Stone makes a compelling argument for a conspiracy in the assassination of president Kennedy though he purposely overstates his Case. He trots out just about every theory espoused Over the years questioning the Warren commission finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. While the single minded sometimes self important Harangue can get tiresome it also can be incisively effective and thought rattling. Juk Overall is a riveting film whether you believe any of it or not. Kevin Costner plays former new Orleans . Jim Garrison As an obsessed crusader determined to bring out a the truth no matter what heaving accusations in All directions assaulting logic of official findings zeroing in on marginal suspect Clay Shaw a Small key that hopefully would open a big lock. But the tragedy remains engulfed in mystery perhaps forever. Tommy Lee Jones gives a subdued Oscar nominated performance As Shaw standing out in an impressive cast As do Joe Pesci Donald Sutherland and Gary Oldman. Garrison himself shows up in a Cameo oddly cast As supreme court Justice Earl Warren. At three hours and nine minutes the film seems overlong and it has its flaws. But its Worth the time. City of Hope 1991. Columbia tristan Home video. Rated r. At times it resembles a City of no Hope. In telling the Story of two men forced to Compromise their ideals to save something More dear to them director John Sayles has Woven the threads of several stories into a single Complex fabric of personal and political corruption and a Dandy movie. Joe Tony Lobianco is a wealthy contractor forced to Torch his own building with tragic results to appease City Hall greed and save his son Vincent Spano from jail. Wynn Joe Morton is a Black City councilman forced by politics to go along with framing a White teacher on a sex charge. In the end there a a Glimmer of Hope. Company business 1991. Mem a Home video. Rated pg-13. The cold War May be Over but apparently the spy Trade is business As usual. Gene Hackman plays Sam Boyd a retired Cia agent called Back by the a a company for one last Job. It almost is. Boyd is assigned to escort a former state department mole Mikhail Baryshnikov Back to Russia along with $2 million in Cash in a secret spy Swap. But Surprise its All a setup and the two men Are expendable in a deadly Cia Kab cover up scheme. An of spy thriller if rather routine with inviting european scenery. Talkin dirty after dark 1991. New line Home video. Rated r. Topper car cwt a raucous racy farce is a funny blend of stand up comics and behind the scenes sexual politics. Martin Lawrence plays a fledgling comedian who will go to any lengths to get an important late night spot at Dukich a a Black comedy club in South Central los Angeles. That includes romancing the wife of the Boss who a lusting after the clubs a Queen of comedy Quot who has a Boyfriend the size of a House and so on. The cast also includes comics John Witherspoon Phyllis Stickney and Jedda the first Home video snippet from Beauty and the beast shows up june 19 with two musical segments in be our guest Walt Disney Home videos 10th sing along songs volume. The collection includes the title song and the Oscar winning Beauty and the beast number. There also Are numbers from Mary Poppins pinocchio sleeping Beauty and others. A tuneful treat for kids As Well As a lot of former kills. Maximilian Schells fascinating 1984 documentary about the late Marlene Dietrich entitled Marlene is being brought Back by Columbia tristan Home video on june 24. Though the reclusive Star then in her 80s, refused to be filmed she talks at great length off camera about her career and her movie roles Many of which Are sampled and offers considerable insight into the woman behind the mystique. May 31, 1992 sunday Page 17
