European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T a video rankings 1 rentals 1 four weddings end a funeral pol Gram 2 the Crow Cuesta Vista 3 Schindler list Mca Universal 4 the ref Touchstone. A a a 5 serial mom Hob 6 in election Paramount. 7 Philadelphia Columbia tvs car 8 threesome Columbia Trisler. 9 naked gun 33v the final insult Paramount 10 on deadly ground Warner Bros. Sales 1 the 3 tenors in concert Carreras Domingo Pavarotti vision 2 sleepless in Seattle Columbia tristan 3 d2 the mighty ducks Disney 4 Beethoven s 2nd Mca Universal 5 it ahoy celebrity Centrefold Latoya Jackson Playboy 6 Yannul live at the acropolis big entertainment 7 kiss  8 thu Bellna Warner Bros. 9 Hondo Mph 10 be Ashe boys sabotage Capitol children 1 thu Bellna Warner Bros 2 the return of Jafar Disney 3 the Princess and the Goblin he Date 4 my neighbor Totoro Fox 5 Aladdin Disney 6 Barney live in new York City Lyons group 7 the lend before time Mca Universal. 8 the Fox and the hound Disney 9 there goes a train kid vision vision 10 Plano Tchlo Disney a a a a a a compiled by billboard. A a a to rankings the top. 20 stateside to shows of sept. 26-ocl 2, according to the . Nielsen co. Season to Date ranking an n for first time showing an x for one time Only presentation or a u for unavailable is in parentheses a 1 1 Home improvement Abc 2 2 Seinfeld Abc 3 3 Grace under fire Abc 4 4 Roseanne Abc 5 6 movie a Friend to die for Abc a 6 7 Ernic a a. A 7 10 60 minutes lbs 8 8 murder she wrote lbs. 9 5 monday night football Denver at Bulato Abc 10 11 madman of the people Abc 11 8 Ellen Abc. 12 x movie for the love of Nancy Abc 13 16 Murphy Brown lbs. 14 13 mad about you Abc 14 14 to and the boys Abc 14 14 movie Jack Reed a search Lor Justice Abc 17 16 Law and order Abc 18 u Dave a world lbs19 u coach Abc 19 16 frasier Abc 19 15 friends Abc r. R $ a it if lit Ltd. $ a t a Iris it r r map John Wayne in two of has westerns the sons of Katie elder in 1965 and  in 1969. Paramount John Wayne rides again onto video with a Hondo by Dennis Hunt los Angeles times a a a. A a a a Well of John Wayne movies not Avail i Able on video is just about dry. B Wayne is one of the biggest attractions b in the Home video Market. Of his 152 Quot movies a from the late-1920s to the mid 1970s a 114 arc on tape. After Hondo the 1953 Western that just came out on Mph there a not much left a mainly some of his pre-1940 a movies. And it seemed like Hondo re Morud to be on the verge of release for years would never come out. Michael Wayne son of the late Star and president of Banjac productions  has the rights to Hondo a explained Why it took so Long to release the movie. A we were waiting for the right time a and the time never seemed right a a he said. Quot i was waiting for a time when westerns were More popular which has happened after dances with wolves and unforgiven and for a time when none of his other movies were being released by other companies like Fox or Warner or Republic. But last february i said its coming out this fall no matter  research showed that fans were eager for Hondo. But that demand had been somewhat orchestrated. One of Bat Jack a tactics was to keep it off to so fans  take it for granted a or tape it. A i never put it into syndication a Michael Wayne said. A a it a Only been shown four or five times on to. I wanted interest and demand to build up.�?�. To make the film More attractive to finicky contemporary audiences Wayne put Hondo through a meticulous restoration process so its one of the Best looking classic movies on the Market. Wayne said that Mph has shipped 750,000 copies to stores a whopping amount for a 41-year-old a movie. A the next John Wayne movie to come out the High and the mighty will probably do a Jpn better this exciting 1954 drama. Featuring Wayne As the Pilot of an air plane in jeopardy has wider Appeal than Hondo which will attract mostly male action fans. Michael Wayne said that this one which has been on to even less frequently than Hondo will be out sometime next year. After the High and the mighty the most prominent Wayne movie not on video will be a routine drama from 1953, Island in the sky one of his least interesting�?T50s  films there has been a flurry of Fine High profile for eign language movies released in the past month which is unusual since sometimes there May be Only one or two such movies every few months. It started about a month ago with a water for chocolate one of the most popular foreign films Ever released in the United states. Just out is Fox video a engaging Clever farce the wedding banquet about a Gay male couple a one is american the other taiwanese a living in Manhattan. When the parents of the taiwanese who done to know their son is Gay come to visit he stage a fake wedding with a female artist. Chinese director Chen Kaigen a Farewe my con Chine Miramar is an entertaining epic covering a period from the 1920s to the �?T70s, that recounts the volatile relationship Between two male performers in the peking opera. New video releases surviving the game new line. A homeless Man acct is the prey at a Swank Retreat where Hunters pay big Money to track and kill humans. This is a Good grisly action film co starring Rutger Hauer and Gary Busey who proves once again that he plays coldblooded villains As Well As any actor in the business. Same plot As the Jean Claude Van Damme movie hard target. Bitter Moon new line. On a Iong Ocean cruise a Tyhee chair bound writer Peter Coyote captivates a couple Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas with lurid tales of his Kinky past. The film directed by roman Polanski May work for those with a taste for the totally offbeat. Upcoming releases the paper Backbeat and the inkwell wednes a Daya a a a a. A a a. A. A Brooklyn no escape clean slate Monkey Trou we that a entertainment Iii and sirens oct. 19. George Balanchine a the Nutcracker oct. 25. The Hunsucker proxy the Cowboy Way guard ing Tess Clifford and Jimmy hopi Wood oct. 26. Snow White and the seven dwarfs oct. 28. Black Beauty nov. 1. Brain scan nov. 2. The fun stones nov 8. City slickers i and with honors nov. 9. Speed nov. 15. Wyatt Earp when a Man loves a woman Beverly Hills cop Iii the favor and cops and Rob e persons nov. 16. Page 16 sunday october 9, 1994