MOVIE NEWS
John Heiden UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO COMPUTER CONSULTANT
represents things as they are as of August 5, 1990.
Special thanks to Dan Fass for suggesting this new and improved format.
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THE KING'S WHORE
(Timothy Dalton, Valeria Golino)
WILD AT HEART (Dir David Lynch) [release Aug 17 '90]
(Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, Willem Dafoe,
Isabella Rossellini, Crispin Glover)
WELCOME HOME, ROXIE CARMICHAEL
(Jeff Daniels, Winona Ryder, Ava Fabian)
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS (TOUCHSTONE) [release Aug 17 '90]
(James Belushi, Charles Grodin)
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COME SEE THE PARADISE (Dir Alan Parker)
(Dennis Quaid)
FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND (TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX) (Dir Roger Corman)
(John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda)
NEVER ENDING STORY II
FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER (PAR)(Dir John Milius)[release post-poned to Aug/Sept.]
(Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette)
THE WITCHES (Dir Nicholas Roeg/Prod Jim Henson)
(Angelica Huston)
AWAKENINGS (COLUMBIA) (Dir Penny Marshall)
(Robert De Niro, Robin Williams)
DIVE
(Bill Pullman, Ned Beatty, Wendy Schaal, Roddy McDowall)
MR. DESTINY (TOUCHSTONE/HOLLYWOOD)
(Jim Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton, Jon Lovitz, Courteney Cox)
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (WARNER BROTHERS) (Dir Brian DePalma)
(Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, F. Murray Abraham,
Morgan Freeman, Kim Cattrall)
EVE OF DESTRUCTION (ORION) (Dir Duncan Gibbins) [release Sept.]
(Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk, Kevin MmcCarthy)
**** ---- IN POST-PRODUCTION ---- ****
MERMAIDS (ORION) (Dir Richard Benjamin) [release Nov.]
(Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder)
THE HOST SPOT (ORION) (Dir Dennis Hopper) [release Oct.]
(Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly)
DANCES WITH WOLVES (Prod/Dir Kevin Costner) [release November]
(Kevin Costner)
QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER (PATHE/WARNER) [Release Summer `90]
(Tom Selleck)
HIGHLANDER 2020:THE QUICKENING (Dir Russell Mulcahy) [Release late Summer `90]
(Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen)
THE RUSSIA HOUSE (PATHE/WARNER) [Release Dec. 14 `90]
(Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer)
PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (DISNEY) [Release Nov `90]
(Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Pluto)
(Release with THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER)
ROCKY V (MGM/UA) (Dir Stallone) [Release Nov `90]
(Sylvester Stallone)
HAVANA (UNIVERSAL) (Dir Sidney Pollack)
(Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin)
MEMPHIS BELLE (WARNER BROTHERS) [release Aug '90]
(Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, John Lithgow)
THE SHELTERING SKY (Dir Bertolucci)
(Debra Winger, John Malkovich)
FIRES WITHIN
(Jimmy Smits, Greta Scacchi)
SHATTERED
(Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Corbin Bernsen)
DELIRIOUS (Prod Richard Donner, Dir Tom Mankiewicz)
(John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Jerry Orbach)
MISERY (CASTLE ROCK/COLUMBIA) (Prod/Dir Rob Reiner) [release Christmas '90]
(James Caan, Kathy Bates)
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (COL) (Prod/Dir Mike Nichols) [release fall/winter '90]
(Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine, Richard Dreyfuss, Dennis Quaid,
Gene Hackman, Rob Reiner)
TEXASVILLE (NELSON/COL) (Prod/Dir Peter Bogdanovich) [late summer/fall release]
(Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms,
Randy Quaid, Eileen Brennan, Annie Potts)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (ORION) (Dir Jonathon Demme) [release December]
(Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn)
HELL'S KITCHEN (formerly STATE OF GRACE) (ORION) [release October]
(Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman)
ALMOST AN ANGEL (PARAMOUNT) [fall/Christmas release]
(Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski)
FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (PARAMOUNT) (Dir Leonard Nimoy)
(Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Farrah Fawcett)
AVALON (COLUMBIA/TRI-STAR) (Dir Barry Levinson)
(Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins)
JACOB'S LADDER (COLUMBIA/TRI-STAR)
(Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Penna, Danny Aiello)
CLASS ACTION
(Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
GODFATHER 3 (PARAMOUNT) [Thanksgiving release]
(Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach,
Sofia Coppola, Bridget Fonda, Joe Mantegna, Raf Vallone, George Hamilton)
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (FOX) (Dir Tim Burton)
(Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Kathy Baker, Alan Arkin,
Anthony Michael Hall)
MORTAL THOUGHTS (Dir Alan Rudolph)
(Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis)
MY BLUE HEAVEN
(Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack)
PATRIOTS (PATHE/WARNER) (Dir Nicholas Meyer)
(Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov)
F/X II (ORION) (Dir Richard Franklin) [release early-mid 1991]
(Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Philip Bosco, Joanna Gleason, Rachel Ticotin)
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX)
(Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson)
BLUE SKY (ORION) (Dir Tony Richardson) [release early-mid 1991]
(Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Amy Locane)
GOOD FELLAS (WARNER BROS) (Dir Martin Scorsese)
(Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci)
KING RALPH I (UNIVERSAL)
(John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, Camille Coduri, John Hurt)
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MAN IN THE MOON [Now filming]
(Sam Waterston, Tess Harper)
LIFE STINKS (Prod Mel Brooks) [Now filming]
(Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor,
Stuart Pankin, Howard Morris)
THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (DISNEY) [release in Nov `90]
(Bob Newhart, Gabor)
AN AMERICAN TALE II: FIEVEL GOES WEST (UNIVERSAL) [release in Nov '90]
(Prod Steven Spielberg)
LAND BEFORE TIME II (Prod/Dir Don Bluth) [release in Nov '90]
NARROW MARGIN (Dir Peter Hyams)
(Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, M. Emmet Walsh, J. T. Walsh)
HOME ALONE (Prod John Hughes, Dir Chris Columbus)
(Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, John Candy)
A KISS BEFORE DYING
(Matt Dillon, Sean Young)
ONE AROUND
(Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Gena Rowlands,
Laura San Giacomo, Griffin Dunne)
FEAR NO EVIL (TOUCHSTONE) (Written by Nathan Sharansky)
(Robert De Niro, George Wendt)
ONCE (Animated) (By Richard Williams)
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
(Ron Silver, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close)
THE ROOKIE (WARNER BROS) (Dir Clint Eastwood)
(Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga,Tom Skerritt)
THE SWITCH (WARNER BROS)(Dir Blake Edwards,Prod Tony Adams)
(Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Roberts)
TRUE COLORS
(James Spader, John Cusack, Imogen Stubbs, Richard Widmark)
"UNTITLED" (ORION) (Dir Woody Allen) [fall release]
(William Hurt, Alec Baldwin, Mia Farrow, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna,
Cybill Shepherd, Blythe Danner, Elle Macpherson)
NEW JACK CITY (Dir Mario Van Peebles)
(Judd Nelson)
LOVE FIELD (ORION) (Dir Jonathan Kaplan) [release early-mid 1991]
(Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Brian Kerwin)
SIBLING RIVALRY (Dir Carl Reiner)
(Kirstie Alley, Jamie Gertz, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula,
Ed O'Neill)
FISHER KING (TRI-STAR)
(Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl)
RUN (TOUCHSTONE PICTURES)
(Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue)
GREEN CARD (TOUCHSTONE PICTURES) (Dir Peter Weir)
(Gerard DePardieu, Andie MacDowell, Robert Prosky)
HAMLET (Dir Franco Zeffirelli)
(Mel Gibson, Glenn Close)
TALENT FOR THE GAME
(Edward James Olmos)
SCREWFACE
(Steven Seagal)
WHITEFANG (DISNEY/TOUCHSTONE)
(Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke)
L.A. STORY (CAROLCO/TRI-STAR)
(Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner,
Sarah Jessica Parker)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
ROVER DANGERFIELD (Animated)
(Rodney Dangerfield)
THE RECRUIT
(John Stamos, John Stockwell)
THE DOORS (CAROLCO/TRI-STAR) (Dir Oliver Stone)
(Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Kyle MacLachlan,
Kevin Dillon, Frank Whaley, Mimi Rogers, Crispin Glover, Paul Williams,
Jennifer Tilly)
PREDATOR II (TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX) [release Christmas '90]
(Danny Glover, Bill Paxton)
THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY (TOUCHSTONE) [November release]
(Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis)
SCENES FROM A MALL (TOUCHSTONE) (Dir Paul Mazursky)
(Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin)
THE MARRYING MAN (HOLLYWOOD PICTURES) (Neil Simon script)
(Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Elisabeth Shue, Fisher Stevens,
Joe Mantegna, Paul Reiser, Peter Dobson, Robert Loggia)
LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO (TRI-STAR) (Dir Amy Heckerling)
(John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, Roseanne Barr)
THE HARDWAY (UNIVERSAL) (Dir John Badham)
(Michael J. Fox, James Woods)
PRINCE OF TIDES (COL/TRI-STAR) (Prod/Dir Barbra Streisand)
(Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan,
Jeroen Krabbe, Melinda Dillon)
THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS (COLUMBIA/NELSON) (Dir Sidney J. Furie)
(Ken Wahl, Harley Jane Kozak, Matt Frewer, Robert Davi)
HUDSON HAWK (Producer Joel Silver, Exec. Prod. Bruce Willis) (TRI-STAR)
(Bruce Willis, Isabella Adjani, Danny Aiello, James Coburn)
RADIO FLYER (COLUMBIA/STONEBRIDGE)
(Rosanna Arquette, Joe Mantegna)
THE BROTHERHOOD (TRI-STAR) (PRODUCTION DELAYS)
(Brian Bosworth, William Forsythe, Lance Henriksen)
GIT (WARNER BROS) (Dir Dan Aykroyd)
(Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, Taylor Negron)
THE REAL WORLD (WARNER/HBO)
(Christiana Applegate, Jayne Brook, Joanna Cassidy)
LITTLE MAN TATE (ORION)(Dir Jodie Foster) [release mid 1991]
(Jodie Foster, Diane Wiest)
CRISSCROSS (PATHE) (Goldie Hawn)
THELMA & LOUISE (Dir Ridley Scott)
(Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel)
KINDERGARTEN COP (Universal) (Dir Ivan Reitman)
(Arnold Schwarzensomething, Penelopoe Ann Miller, Pamela Reed,
Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Richard Portnow,
Park Overall, Cathy Moriarty)
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THE TERMINATOR II [Filming mid Fall `90]
(Dir James Cameron, budget approx $60 million)
(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
ALIENS III [Filming Fall `90]
(Sigourney Weaver)
RED HARVEST (Story by Hammett)
CROOKED HEARTS (MGM)
(Vincent D'Onofrio, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Coyote)
DOGFIGHT
(River Phoenix, Lili Taylor)
RETURN TO THE BLUE LAGOON (COLUMBIA)
(Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause)
CONUNDRUM
(Sally Field)
PINSKY
(Steve Martin)
REGARDING HENRY (Dir Mike Nichols)
(Harrison Ford, Annette Bening)
TELL ME ABOUT IT
(Michael J. Fox)
BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE II (ORION)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
BILLY BATHGATE (TOUCHSTONE) (Director Robert Benton) [Filming in Aug/Sept]
(Script by Tom Stoppard, Story by E. L. Doctorow)
(Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman)
A RAGE IN HARLEM
(Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines)
ROBIN HOOD (TRI-STAR) (From the makers of GLORY)
PRINCE OF THIEVES (MORGAN CREEK PRODUCTIONS) (Dir Kevin Reynolds)
(Robin Hood retelling) (Kevin Costner)
ROBIN HOOD ("Untitled") (TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX) (Dir John McTiernan)
(probably Alec Baldwin as Robin Hood)
THE FUGITIVE (WARNER BROS)
(Alec Baldwin)
ROCKETEER (TOUCHSTONE) (Prod. Lawrence Gordon, Dir Joe Johnston)
(big budget effects picture)
BACKDRAFT (UNIVERSAL/IMAGINE)
(Kurt Russell, Robert Deniro, Billy Baldwin, Rebecca Demorney,
Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh)
RIDERS OF THE STORM (FOX)
(Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves)
CLIFFORD (ORION) (Dir Steven Kampmann) [release early-mid 1991]
(Martin Short, Charles Grodin)
MARRIED TO IT (ORION) (Dir. Arthur Hiller) [release mid 1991]
(Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard,
Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd, Ron Silver)
SHINING THROUGH (FOX)
(Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith)
CITY SLICKERS
(Billy Crystal, Rick Moranis, Bruno Kirby)
BARTON FINK (FOX)
(John Turturro, John Goodman)
MYSTERY DATE (ORION)
ANOTHER YOU (TRI-STAR) (Dir Peter Bogdanovich)
(Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder)
BEASTMASTER II: THROUGH THE PORTAL OF TIME
(Marc Singer, Wings Hauser, Sarah Douglas)
JUNGLE FEVER (UNIVERSAL) (Dir/Prod. Spike Lee)
(Wesley Snipes, Anna Bella Sciorra, Spike Lee)
MEETING VENUS (WARNER BROS) (Glenn Close, Niels Arestrub)
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 (GOLDEN HARVEST)
THERE GOES MY BABY (NELSON ENT/ORION)
WHAT ABOUT BOB (TOUCHSTONE) (Dir Frank Oz) (Bill Murray)
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[nil]
**** ---- IN PLANNING STAGE ---- ****
BEETLEJUICE II (Warner Bros)
(Michael Keaton)
STAR TREK VI (PARAMOUNT)
PORKY'S IV
SUPERMAN V (Salkind production)
(Christopher Reeve)
THE GREEN LANTERN (Prod Joel Silver)
BATMAN II (WARNER BROTHERS)
GOOD MORNING CHICAGO (TOUCHSTONE) (sequel to GOOD MORNING VIETNAM)
LES MISERABLES (TRI-STAR) (Dir Adrian Lynne) [Filming Jan `91]
900 DAYS: SIEGE OF LENINGRAD (Dir Paul Verhoeven) [Planning for early `91]
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Dir Martin Scorcese) [Planning for `91]
MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET (Prod Oliver Stone)
EXECUTIVE DECISION (Writers Jim and John Thomas)
THE FIRM (John Grisham book)
THE GODFATHER PART IV (PARAMOUNT)
JAMES BOND #17 (MGM/UA/UNITED ARTISTS) ($38,000,000)
TIMERS
RUNNING SCARED II (MGM/UA/METRO GOLDWYN MAYER)
SPACEBALLS III: THE SEARCH FOR SPACEBALLS II (MGM/UA/METRO GOLWYN MAYER)
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT II (TOUCHSTONE) [release summer '92/summer '93]
HEROIC MEASURE
BELLY UP (Written by Barry "RAIN MAN" Morrow)
THE EDDIE COCHRAN STORY
ENGAGED
THE GANG OF TWO
MACHINEGUN KELLY
SEX IN THE 90'S
THE HOFFA STORY (Dir Danny DeVito)
(co-starring Danny DeVito)
THE TICKET MAN
(Bruce Willis)
K-9 II (UNIVERSAL/LARGO ENTERTAINMENT)
BODY HUNTER
HENDERSON, THE RAIN KING (Dir Blake Edwards)
RAMBO IV
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD (DISNEY)
OSCAR (TOUCHSTONE) (Dir John Landis, comedy)
(Sylvester Stallone)
WARLORDS OF CRIME (TOUCHSTONE) (Written by Gerald Posner)
JURASSIC PARK (AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL) (Michael Crichton book)
(Dir Steven Spielberg) (Effects picture)
THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON (Jack Nicholson)
ORGS (Prod Edward R. Pressman)
CEMETARY CLUB (TOUCHSTONE)
CATS (AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL) (Andrew Lloyd Weber's/Animated)
(Producer Steven Spielberg)
THE PROUD AND THE FREE (HOLLYWOOD PICTURES) (Novel by Howard Fast)
(Richard Dreyfuss)
GALE FORCE (Dir Renny Harlin)
DIE HARD III (FOX)
LETHAL WEAPON III (WARNER BROS)
SHORT CIRCUIT III (TRI-STAR?)
DINOSAURS (DISNEY/TOUCHSTONE)
TRUE IDENTITY (TOUCHSTONE)
SUPER MARIO BROTHERS
(Dustin Hoffman - maybe)
TWO BIT ROMANCE (ORION) (Dennis Quaid)
TROPPO (ORION) (Dennis Quaid)
CHILDREN OF DUST (ORION) (Dir. John Schlesinger)
THE DOCTOR (DISNEY/TOUCHSTONE)
ALICE (ORION) (Alec Baldwin)
BORN JAUNDICED (IMAGINE)
SO I MARRIED AN AX MURDERER (TRI-STAR)
BARTHOLOMEW VS NEFF (CAROLCO) (Dir. John Hughes) (you guessed it - comedy)
(Sylvester Stallone, John Candy)
DEAD RECKONING (Prod Joel Silver)
(Sylvester Stallone)
ONLY THE LONELY (Dir Chris Columbus)
(John Candy)
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(This list will be updated on a semi-regular basis.)
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John Heiden
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I don't understand it, I keep getting "Dear John" letters.
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John Heiden
csco...@uoft02.bitnet
csco...@uoft02.utoledo.edu
George Harmon
what I figure to be the most significant trailer omission
of recent memory. Al Pacino's character in "Sea of Love"
seemed to be a bit on the ragged edge. Why so close to
burn out? The missing trailer had a clue: a stare down
the barrel, near hysterical confrontation with some gun
totin' miscreant. This was not just a missing scene, but a
important bit of character development that was integral
to the movie.
jason greene
many years - they make a reference to that in the beginning when one of his
fellow officers (who has been on the force fewer years than he) talks about
his up-and-coming retirement...