European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Video rankings rentals 1 Jurassic Park Mca Universal. 2 tit Crow Buena Vista 3 this paper Mca Universal. 4 the Nightmare before Christmas Touchstone 5 four weddings and i funeral poly ram 6 Noesca Pembo 7 bad girls Fox 8 naked gun 33vs the final insult Paramount 9 sirens Miramar 10 surviving the game Columbia Tir Star sales 1 Snow White and the seven dwarfs Disney 2 Jurassic Park Mca Universal 3 the Nightmare before Christmas Touchstone 4 to 3 tenors in concert 1994 Carreras Domingo Pav Aroll vision 5 sleepless in Seattle Columbia tristan 6 beastly boys sabotage Capitol 7 Playboy celebrity Centrefold la Toya Jackson Playboy i 02 the my Fly ducks Disney 9 Penthouse party with the pets vision 10 Pete Gabriel secret world live Geffen music 1 barbra the concert barbra Streisand 2 the 3 tenors in concert 1994 Carreras. Domingo Pavarotti 3 big ones you can look at Aero Smith 4 live at the acropolis Yanni 5 our first video Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen 0 live Ray Stevens 7 Boyz ii men then ii now boys i men 8 Cross Road Bon Jovi 9 comedy video classics Ray Stevens 10 kiss my ass kiss compiled by billboard., the top 20 stateside to shows of oct. 31-nov. 6, 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 1 1 Home improvement . 2 2 Grace under fire 2 3 Seinfeld 4 6 5 4 Ernic 6 u Cagney & Lacey return lbs 7 8 60 minutes lbs 8 5 Roseann 9 7 monday night football Green Bay a Chicago 10 12 frailer 11 13 mad about you 12 18 friends 13 20 20/20 14 x Roseanne rerun 15 u Earth 2 16 9 murder she wrote lbs 17 14 madman of the people 18 15 Murphy Brown lbs 18 u wings 20 18 me and the boys to t. A a ? " John Goodman and Rick Moranis Starin the Flintstones which has just arrived on video. Universal Texas trots onto video first by Dennis Hunt los Angeles times. Public video is trying something new with its three hour to movie based on the James Michener novel Texas. The Normal process would be to show it on television first and then ship it to video stores a few months later. But Texas starring Stacy Keach Patrick Duffy and David Keith just hit video stores. The movie which is Ort two cassettes will be broadcast on in three to six months. To in other words is the secondary Market. You d think that once Texas a historical dram about the March to statehood in the Early 1800s was available in video stores the rentals would Cut into its potential to audience. But Glenn Ross re Public s senior vice president for marketing does subscribe to that scenario. The rental audience and the to audience Are two different audiences he said. One Market won t Hurt the other Market. This is a huge country with a lot of viewers. Some people will rent it but plenty of others won t and they re part of the potential to what Republic is trying to do with Texas is create whole new subdivision within the direct to video genre which mostly consists of Low budget sex and violence flicks. We want to get the Industry enthusiastic about High Quality High production value movies in this Texas has already left the Competition in the a paltry 20,000 units is considered quite an achievement in this Market but the Texas shipment totals a whopping 150,000. The $50 Price tag Low for the genre helped considerably. At that Price it s much More attractive to retailers Ross explained. They can make a profit much when Republic set out to make Texas boosting the direct to video genre was t its primary goal. The reason it went straight to video Ross said is very simple Money. Producer Aaron spelling wanted to make Texas for television but the $12 million budget was too High. The direct to video plan allowed him to get additional financing that would t otherwise have Bee available. The video version is More graphic in terms of sex and violence than what will be shown on to special interest videos even fans who contend soccer is Boring might enjoy the greatest goals of world cup Usa a a thrilling 45-minute package of highlights from Las summer s world gup. From poly ram. Glacier Bay the grand design is a fascinating look at glaciers their history and the life around them. From Alaska video publishing it s 35 min utes. Cah 800 770-4545. " an interesting bbl profile of author Annelice called Anne Rice birth of the Vampire is out on lbs Fox just in time for the release of the inter View with the Vampire movie based on her Book. New video releases Snow White and the seven dwarfs Dis Ney. By far the Best of Disney s pre-1990 animate features this fairy tale has it All endearing dwarfs a captivating heroine comedy drama and absolute must for the kiddies. The Flintstones Mca Universal. An All Sta cast headed by John Goodman As Fred Flintstone in a live action version of the old animated to series. Hardly a laugh riot but nutty Low brow fun for nostalgia addicts and kids who like slapstick. Co starring Rosie o Donnell and Elizabeth Taylor. Jimmy Hollywood Paramount. Director Barr Levinson spews venom on Hollywood in what seems to be a Black comedy. It s an irritating movie because the main character Joe Pesci in a Silty Blond wig is so obnoxious. He s a struggling actor who turns vigilante after his Girlfriend is robbed. Christian Slater is wasted in a role As his dumb Cowboy Way Mca Universal. A couple of cowboys Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland invade new York City on the Trail of Crooks who be kidnapped a buddy s daughter. A lot of Hicks in the big City culture clash humor and routine action sequences. _ High Strung . Though he s advertised Ashe Star Jim Carrey is Only briefly in this unfunny 1991 comedy about a surly children s Book writer Steve Oedekerk. A waste of time. M my a poly ram. The dream woman Madchen Amick of a Well to do architect James Spader turns out to be Ayi Sipusi Lunatic. The film k s?ams?.lr5 much Faith or to women an should be High on feminists hit list. As a thriller it does t deliver because the Many plot twists Don t "wssx11 ?n make much sense. Neth 9 Ryth of White Wolf Dis Ney. In this sequel the resourceful dog Wolf White Fang and his master Scott Bairstow Battle crooked Gold Myers who Are trying to steal land from an of outdoor adventure with Page 18 sunday november 13,1994
