European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R Home entertainment a a billboard Stop 10 videocassette rentals 1 Basic instinct live Home video 2 Batman returns Warner Home video 3 my Cousin Vinny Fox video 4 Beauty and the beast Walt Disney Home video 5 Thunder heart Columbia tristan Home video 6 the cutting Edge Mem a Home video 7 Beethoven Mca Universal Home video 8 the babe Mca Universal Home video 9 Fried Green tomatoes Mca Universal Home video 10 final analysis Warner Home video billboard s top 10 music videocassette sales 1 Achung baby u2 2 a Treme close up kiss 3 diamonds and pearls Prince and the  4 unplugged Eric Clapton 5 this is Garth Brooks Garth Brooks 6 Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus 7 classic Queen Queen 8 Uvea do 9 Queen s greatest hits Queen 10 soul and passion Michael Boiton the top 10 stateside to shows Lor nov. 2-8 1 60 minutes lbs 2 cheers Abc 3 movie Sinatra lbs 4 primetime live Abc 5 Northern exposure lbs 6 Home improvement Abc 7 wings Abc 8 monday night football Minnesota is. Chicago Abc 9 Home improvement Abc 10 unsolved mysteries Abc Nicole Kidman encounters Tom cruise before they head for America in far and away. Universal cry Ftp atm \ 11 i it Al my by Jack Wilkinson United press International far and away 1992. Mca Universal Home video. Rated pg-13. Ron Howard a entertaining grand scale adventure centers on an unlikely Irish couple and their relentless drive for their own piece of americana in the 1890s. Joseph Tom cruise is a dirt poor tenant Farmer who sets out for revenge against an oppressive landlord but winds up instead running away to America with the landlords feisty daughter Shannon Nichole Kidman. Hoping to make their Way Cross country to take part in the Oklahoma land Rush Joseph and Shannon arrive in Boston where they run into a series of unexpected hardships. While Shannon plucks chickens Joseph becomes a local hero by proving himself quite proficient at Bare knuckle fighting. This is Short lived however As they Are both thrown out into the cold after crossing the Sleazy fight promoters. Forcibly parted each Heads for Oklahoma territory by different paths. While not quite in the monumental epic class the movie does carry us far and away with its old fashioned escapism and is beautifully staged and filmed with solid acting by cruise and Kidman. Skutch artist 1992. Fox video. Rated r. Police artist Jack Whitfield Jeff Fahey gets a Shock when he discovers while sketching a described murder suspect he has just drawn his own wife Sean Young. So he substitutes the picture of another woman he had seen Only he saw her at the murder scene and now she a the suspect and he a in a Pickle. An interesting premise with a lot of plot twists and tangles but it All never quite gels. Deep cover 1992. Columbia tristan Home video. Rated r. Larry Fishburne plays an undercover narc so fascinated by the violence and Sleazy Glamour of the drug world that he ends up committing the very crimes he a supposed to be fighting. Jeff Goldblum is his unwilling  Bill Dukes film has a certain fascination though its plot is cynical and convoluted. Some Good action sequences. Sloop Okoro 1992. Columbia tristan Home video. Rated r. Yet another variation on the dra Cula theme this one based on a Stephen King screenplay a intriguing but inconsistent. Brian Krause and Alice Krige play Mother son Vampire like beasts who can change their shapes at will As they roam the Countryside looking for Virgin girls with which to sustain themselves. Good special effects and a haunting musical  the Vintage Corner someone once said nostalgia is a shallow emotion. Done to Tell that to the Home video Industry in which Vintage movies Are a necessary transfusion from the past that pumps new blood into the future of a $12 billion a year business. And certainly done to mention that to Mem a Home video which month after month proves that with the right selection and packaging everything old is new again. While by no Means the Only Vintage Vendor Mem a is the Leader out this month with a flood of new collections in time for the holidays featuring Bette Davis Joan Crawford Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Humphrey Bogart and Many others a from grand hotel to Jezebel a night at the opera to bad Day at Black Rock White heat and red River Mildred Pierce and the maltese Falcon. George Feltenstein senior vice president and general manager of Mem a says a a Mem has More stars than there Are in the heavens a quoting from the studio slogan a and we want to keep their legacies  Many of Mem Uags 1,500 movies in circulation Are popular classic movies a a a huge business a he says. Collectors of old movies often bypass video stores for the mail order houses such As Philadelphia based movies unlimited. Gary Cahall a spokesman for the company says there a a big demand for movies of the �?T30s and �?T40s.vldblts coming up next whoops Goldberg a sister act. A for comedy fans coming in december House Sitter dec. 2 with Steve Martin and Goldie hawn and Eddie Murphy a Boomerang dec. 22. A looks As if Disney s Beauty and the beast could be the fastest Selling videocassette Ever. According to reports 7 million copies of the tape were sold during its first six Days on video shelves. A More Good news for Disney fans. A refurbished pinocchio is said to be returning to Home video March 26. When the animated 1940 Gem was first released on videocassette in 1985, Only about 30 percent of . Homes had Vars and people who did were not much in the buying mood. Times have changed. A Hal Roach died two weeks ago. And while that name May not ring a Bell with some of today a movie fans his accomplishments certainly will. The Pioneer movie maker who was 100 years old when he succumbed to pneumonia made an indelible impression on films As they Learned to talk and reflect a changing world. He gave comedy character recognized and nourished Talent his stable of funny folks included will Rogers and Harold Lloyd and will be Long remembered As the Man who teamed Laurel with Hardy and assembled a Bunch of diverse kids into a group known simply As our gang. He won three oscars including an honorary Academy award presented to him in 1984 by our gang Leader Spanky Mcfarland. A a it a Only now that i appreciate the Impact he had on my life a says Spanky now 64. Many of Hal Roach s films Are available on videocassette from the Early comedies to the exceptional 1939 drama of mice and  18 a sunday november 15, 1992