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Saturday night r. A stand up Comedi an s ups and Downs Over a 50-year period. Start Billy Crystal. Night an tha City a new York tale of a nobody who wants to be somebody and uses the Sporl of boxing to try to make his dreams come True. Robert do Niro and Jessica Lange. Of Mica and Man pg-13. Gary Sines and John Malkovich turn in outstanding performances As two men trying to make a Basic living while dreaming of buying a place til their i r. Die hard in a plane a Security i Peri finds himself aloft with a Wesley Snipes and Druce Payne. A tha Public Lya r. In 1942, a photographer a infatuation with a glamorous new York night club owner leads to involvement in Gangland warfare. Stars Joe pc Sci and Darbara la Urshey. Ura country pm. Country Star George Strait plays country Nar Dusty Walt. Sick of the. Smoke and Light show that has taken Over his act dust Heads for the Hills to rediscover hit roots and recharge his achy by cuke of a Faman r. A bitter Blind Man hires a prep school senior to Lake him to Newyork and rediscovers his humanity. Starring Al Pacino and Chris o Tala pg-13. A Star quarterback is secretly recruited to play. For an elite new England prep school. Hit secret is exposed when a class mate becomes jealous of his Success on and of the Field. Starring Brendan Fraser. Ingla pg-13. This comedy introduces us Toa Potpourri of Young men and women out on their own for the first Lime. Starring mall Dillon and gorgeous Kyra Sedgwick 4 Nazhara pg-13. Five Lechno Whu misfits steal a code breaking device at the Behest of the government. But which government starring Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. Unt for Alaga r. A resentful second in com Mand Gary Busty helps an Excia Nul Case Tommy Lee Jones and his terrorists Lake Over the battleship Missouri. A a Haapla pg-13. A Story about love fam ily and other embarrassments. Starring Shirley Mill inc and Marcello Mastroianni. Aug an tha arct Circuitpq-t9l Captain Ron City of Joy. Hones Moon in vegas or. By Cbill Wayne so Oil. My traces of red ratings by staff writer Chuck v much. 20th conf Ury Fox Jeff Bridges is Barney cousins and Nancy Travis is Rita Baker in the psychological thriller the vanishing. Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies the vanishing rated r must see Worth your Lime passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait dutch director George Sluizer is hardly the first person to sell his soul for a Chance to work in Hollywood but it s still sad to see the kind of Compro Mises he has endured in remaking his own j988 French dutch film originally titled Spoor oos. Everything i had read about this movie painted Stark contrasts Between the two versions. So after several frustrating Days during which copies of the original flew out of my local video shop As fast As they came Back in i managed to grab one. There really is no comparison. Al though the original used dutch actors and had English subtitles it was far More stylish spooky and mysterious than this one and also had a gut wrenching ending that would have had audiences reeling with Shock. In com Parison the remake is loaded Down with Standard psycho Slasher cliches. Sluizer is again the director. But in Stead of original Collaborator Tim Krabbe whose novel the Golden egg is the basis for the Fil Sluizer is saddled with pedestrian writer Todd Graff whose Lack of originality was most recently displayed in his script for used people a transparent and minor league attempt to replicate the hit Cher film Moonstruck. The vanishing telegraphs its punches Well in Advance starting with the opening scene which introduces vaguely sinister oddball Barney cousins Jeff Bridges. Right away we know this Guy is Bent because he s testing dosage effects of chloroform on himself and practising moves for what seems to be a kidnapping plan. To go into any More detail would ruin the film which also stars Kiefer Sutherland Sandra Bullock and Nancy Travis. Bridges deserves credit for bringing More shadings to his character than Graff probably envisioned. A mild mannered College professor and family Man Barney has a perpetually rumpled Demeanour slightly lopsided Grin and a vaguely european dutch perhaps accent. Bridges uses All that to make Barney s propensity for evil far More jarring than would otherwise have been the Case but his acting Talent can t compensate for the Flimsy premise underlying Barney s actions. He engaged in a philosophical self examination of the Light and dark sides of the soul. As for Sutherland he s too Light weight an actor to give his role any real heft. In one scene Bridges tells Suther land that he does t need to threaten him with a gun or knife because your obsession is my but Suther land can never make the character s obsession seem Heartfelt enough to be convincing. If you can find a copy of the original at your local video store i d suggest viewing that before going to see this one. Come to think of it if you see the original there s not much reason to see this one at All. The 1988 version gets three stars the pedestrian update gets one. Page 12 sunday february 21, 1993
