European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse La video rankings rentals 1 Schindler s list Warner 2 four weddings and a funeral poly ram 3 Philadelphia Columbia instar 4 on deadly ground Warner 5 Grumpy old men Warner 6 the ref Touchstone 7 the Pelican Brief Warner 8 02 the mi0hty ducks Disney 9 Blue chips Paramount 10 intersection Paramount ,".-. Sales 1 Beethoven s 2nd Mca Universal 2 02 the mighty ducks Disney 3 Humbelina Warner 4 Playboy celebrity Centrefold Latoya Jackson Playboy 5 the 3 tenors in concert 1994 Carreras Domingo Pavarotti 1994 vision 6 Ace Ventura pet detective Warner 7 Yanni live at the acropolis big entertainment 8 Little rascals collection vol. 1 Cabin fever entertainment. 9 3 chains of Gold Warner reprise. 10 Playboy wet & wild Playboy music 1 the 3 tenors in concert Carreras Domingo Pavarotti 1994 vision 2 live at the acropolis Yanni 3 kiss my a kiss 4 live Ray Stevens Ray Stevens 5 the sign this Home videos Ace of base 6 our first video Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen 7 comedy video classics Ray Stevens 8 Livin lovin Rockin that Jukebox Alan Jackson 9 zoo to live from Sydney u2 10 live Sim Binge & purge Metallica compiled by billboard. Top 15 programs on Basic Cable networks As compiled by Nielsen Media research Lor the week of sept. 5-11. 1 nil new York giants at Arizona int 2 1994 music video awards mtg 3 Cha primetime thursday esp 4 Cha primetime saturday esp 5 movie runaway Tbs 6 movie jaws Tbs 7 movie Smokey and the Bandit Tbs 8 nil primetime esp 9 Pac-10 conference football lbs 10 movie the last Star fighter Tbs 11 Larry King live can 11 movie the Devil s brigade Tbs 13 movie she Devil lifetime 14 Ren & skimpy Nickelodeon 15 Matloc Tbs the Laic Brandon acc stars As Eric Draven in the Crow which has just come out on video. Miramar video reviews the Crow 1994. Miramar r. Alex troyas s film earned most of its notoriety after an Accident with a prop gun killed its Star Brandon Lee but that s not the Story in its entirety. Lee plays a Rock musician who along with his Fiancee is murdered by a gang of drug dealers and then returns from the dead to do likewise to his kill ers. Building on that not altogether inspiring set of circumstances troyas turns out a lurid fantasy splashed with the brutality common to most revenge movies. Here though a dark sleek look reminiscent of Barman creates a genre film of a High order stylish and smooth. A Little stiff 1991. World artists. No rating. A lovelorn and hopelessly awkward Urcla film student Cave Zahedi who is also a co director is desperately taken with 3 self involved fellow student who scarcely notices him. Zahedi who had recently graduated from film school himself when this movie was made loads his production with Long takes and pauses and All the other baggage of films made by students. While that would stifle most projects in this context it seems Only to heighten the sweaty palmed often hilarious efforts of the would be suit or. Although the film could have used tighter direction most of it has wit snap and a horribly Clear understanding of paralysing angst. A Man escaped 1956. New yorker. French with English subtitles. No rating. Robert Bresson s film concentrates with his typical intensity on the efforts of it. Fontaine Francois be terrier member of the French resistance to escape from a nazi prison. Realizing that failure Means death the prisoner meticulously plans the break right Down to the spoon he fashions As a tool. Based on a True Story and filmed in Lyon where it happened the ordeal gains its strength from Bres son s attention to detail and a convincing performance by be terrier in a Fine reflection of a cruel experience. Mother s boys 1994 Miramar. R. Using her angular features and deep set eyes Jamie Lee Curtis tries to pump a Little menace into a Story about a Mother who abandoned her three sons and later stops at nothing to reclaim them. Unfortunately though she has to talk whereupon her no nonsense girl next door voice undoes every evil in Tention. After the children Don t Cotton to her the second time around and her former husband Peter Gallagher who is about to remarry resists her efforts to seduce him Yves Simoneau s film descends into a confusing fifth rate imitation of fatal attraction. ,. New York times also on tape with Schindler s list near the top of the rental Chart there s renewed interest in holocaust dramas so Fox video is re promoting the diary of Anne Frank in the rental Market. One of its attractions is Shelley Winters Oscar winning performance for her supporting role As mrs. Van Daan. According to a source at blockbuster the video Chain will offer an exclusive version of the barbra Streisand tape that s due out tuesday. Blockbuster offers an extra song which has t been selected yet. A spokesman for the Singer verified this. Tha rest of the tape consists of the special that aired last month on Hob. Because september is generally a slow month for rentals fewer major films debut in the Home video Market. It s a fairly dead rental month because people Are focused on so Many other things like school starting and the beginning of the football and to seasons. Usually the Pennant races in baseball Are attracting attention too but not this year. Bill Cosby s picture pages what s that shape is entertaining and educational for preschoolers with Uncle Bill teaching them shapes letters and numbers. From Abc. That great British broadcasting corp. Documentary watergate the Best summary and analysis around on the Early 70s scandal is available through discovery. Call 800-922-7800. Mary Tyler Moore is joining the ranks of celebrities with fitness videos with two goo times tapes body sculpting and aerobics. The programs de signed by fitness expert Laure Redmond Are geared to the Over-35 crowd. If you re about to plan a wedding and Don t know where to Start you la get lots of helpful hints in the informative the video wedding planner a 45 minute tape from Cornerstone 800.-Newweds. Dennis Hunt los Angeles times Page 18 sunday september 18, 1994
