European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pocahontas featuring the voices of Irene Bayard and Mel Gibson will paddle into Heaters in june. Disney Disney gears up for another smash Pocahontas  los Angeles time Hen Pisney s Mega hit the lion King returns to Heaters in the United states just before thanksgiving ,-2 movie audiences will get a first glimpse of what the studio Hopes will the its next animated blockbuster Pocahontas. More than four minutes of continuous footage from Disney s latest animated creation featuring one of the movie s eight original songs will debut with the lion King re release at Heaters nov. 18 on 1,500 screens. Pocahontas the studio s 33rd full length animated feature and its first to be inspired by a real life figure will Bow next june. The Featurette As the studio Calls the Poca Aon tas sequence is one of the key elements of Disney s new $10 million plus Campaign to relaunch the lion King which sold a whopping $267 million in tickets before it was intentionally yanked from Heaters in late september with plans for re release during the Holiday season. The lion King is running on the military circuit in Europe Disney s unprecedented move to pull the film from . Heaters when it was still grossing millions each weekend was timed to when its Core audience of children would drop off with the Start of school. Disney is hoping to re attract families just As the hoi iday season starts and the studio presumably wants to refreshed the movie for Oscar consideration. In giving moviegoers their first exposure to Poca Honta solar in Advance of its actual release Disney is looking to generate an Early Buzz As it successfully did last fall when it previewed the four minute open ing sequence of the lion King in front of its live action movie the three musketeers. The Pocahontas sequence which runs four min utes and 20 seconds features the film s heroine voice of actress Irene Bedard vocals by Judy Kukri sing ing colors of the wind a musical lesson on the american Indian philosophy toward life to her new acquaintance capt John Smith voice by Mel Gib son. Oscar winning composer Alan Menken and Broadway lyricist Stephen Schwartz pippin wrote the score. V/., / ". This is not unlike what we did with the link Glast year in terms of giving the Public a real sense of what the movie is about the feeling the emotion the depth says Disney s distribution president Richard Cook. Trailers of Pocahontas showing various scenes from the movie will begin showing in Heaters in Early Spring. Disney animation president Peter Schneider expects the movie which began production three years ago to be Complete by april. A total of 450 artists including 45 animators Are working on the production. The relaunch of the lion eng also includes new promotional tie ins from Disney s corporate sponsor partners including Burger King which will give away another 20 million figurines from the movie. The interactive lion King video game is also due out Dur ing the holidays v while most rivals Hail Disney s move As a Clever and savvy business strategy Industry sceptics see the company s motivation As greed and conceit. Some speculate the re release was a calculated attempt to sabotage new line Cinema s animated feature the Swan Princess which opens the same Day. Several former Disney animators worked on the movie Cook dismisses speculation that Competition with Princess figured into Disney s plan to reopen the lion King on the weekend prior to thanksgiving it s not anything new for us he said. With the exception of the lion King which originally opened in the summer All of Disney s new animated movies including last year s Tim Burton s Nightmare before Christmas Aladdin Beauty and the beast and the Little Mermaid traditionally open during the holi Day season. Don t and up to much laughter by Bob Dart Cox news service in a to and David Adkisson a democratic congressional challenger in Kentucky escorts hog named Missy to the Capitol and encourages her to Root through congressional re Cord to find his incumbent opponent s alleged abuses of mailing privileges. In Arizona a Campaign spot for Republican sen ate candidate Jon Kyi mimics the game show jeopardy. The category is politics As usual " says the Host. The answer is supports the Liberal demo cratic leadership 92 percent of the time a Contes Tant buzzes and correctly responds who is Sam Coppersmith that s about As funny As it gets in this political year of anger and attacks on the airwaves. Humor has Long been recognized As an effective. Weapon in political campaigns. It skewers opponents even As it offers sponsors some Protection against the stigma of negative  every election year campaigns and elections Magazine produces a videotape of the 25 funniest political ads. Recent editions featured Kentucky re publican sen. Mitch Mcconnells hound dogs Pant ing in Pursuit of his political opponents and ver Mont Farmer friends of sen. Patrick Leahy plastering bumper stickers on their cows. However the pickings will Likely be slim this Cycle said managing editor Ron Faucheux. I Haven t seen As Many this year he admitted. On the to Campaign front this is generally a he Morless year agreed Kathleen Hall Jamieson Dean of the University of Pennsylvania school of communications. One reason is that crime is such a dominant Issue said Jamieson. I Haven t seen anything Origi Nal and funny out   i Haven t seen Many humorous ads. It s been a Down and dirty Campaign season said Larry Sabato a political science professor at the University of Vir Ginia. Across the South democrats and republicans Are trying to out Tough each other in their to spots said Merle Black a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta. However there Are a few less than serious spots in Georgia democratic challenger Ben Jones Cooter on the old Dukes Ohazza Rushow is run Ning against incumbent Republican Newt Gingrich who would be speaker of the House if the gop gained control. In one mtg like spot for Jones Gin Grich gets a mechanical Mouth and a barrage of Quick cuts is used to convey the message Newt v. A not.". " -. In Indiana democratic challenger Jim Jontz vis its the Indiana towns of Moscow Lebanon and Peru but can t find any Home folks who have benefited from the foreign Aid supported by incumbent sen. Richard Lugar ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee. In Kentucky an Auto Mechanic endorses Susan Stokes a Republican congressional candidate. This Here car it s Susan Stoke candidate for Congress he drawls. One Hundred eighty thousand Miles. Anybody keeps a car that Long sure knows the value _ of  in Washington state one spot begins with the familiar music and opening shot from the Ponderosa ranch showing television s famous Cartwright family Ben Hoss Adam and Little Joe. "1964 Bonanza was the top to show Lyndon Johnson was presi Dent and Tom Foley was elected to Congress the narrator recalls. Except for Tom a lot has changed in 30  november 6,1994 sunday Page 11