Coming Soon... •Cameron Crowe Says Everything
SNL’s Rob Schneider • New Video Releases
By PAUL ROOFS
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana l
Movie watchers aie about to witness the
unveiling oi the odd roller tion ol
Hollywood leftovers tradilionalls sand
wiched between summer blockbusters and
dramatic (Tiristmas offerings
I his veal s assortment is typical lormula
led comedies, i|uiekh produced thrillers,
and the occasional low-kev drama make up
the hulk of the menu, with a rare gem
thrown in to keep us interested.
Herr's a look at some of the upcoming
releases
The Gun In Betty Lou's Handbag
(Touchstone)
In what is undoubtedly the most pathetic
premise sinc e Stop, or Ah Mom Will Shoot,
small-town librarian Penelope Ann Miller
confesses to a murdei she didn't commit in
hopes of gaining the attention of hei hus
band Inevitably, the victim secretly was a
Single White
Female
(Columbia)
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using the old
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pci sonals-< ('I
mini plot, this
easily i mild hr
anothet < hrrss
slasher movir
hut ilirri tot
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Shrortlrt and
hn rasi, im hiding Bridget ronda and
Jennifer Jason Leigh, have higher aims
Mr. Baseball (Universal)
I his is liie baseball movie Imu Seller k
alvravs said he wanted to make In u he plass
an aging, lamburulions supeist.u who has
been around the bases a lew more times
mobster, and the picture
<|im klv degenerates into one
ol those idiotic "regular
folks-vesus-thc-mob" come
dies that have somehow
managed to become all the
rage in Hollywood todav
In the end. of coutse.
Millet will solve the (rime,
catch the mob boss anti
prove to her husband that
she's a worthwhile woman
alter all. fltere. I just saved
vou seven bucks
Don't Rock the Boat
(Touchstone)
injn hit old txxl* i.in siano
Joining up with a Japanese
Irani in an cllort to extend
hi* (Sagging i aim , Srllrt k
tiutis head* with a >lm l nr*
manager, tall* in lovr with a
beautiful lining woman and
(of course) stem hi* new
Irani to ilir pennant.
Sneaker* (Universal)
Leading man Robert
Redford, playing ifir boss of a
shadow* train of high trill
set in it* agent*, i* supported
bv a diverse crew including
Dan \krosd, Urn Kingslr*.
Martin Short pLm an ovn stressed vup
pie dad who presides ovet an over-stressed
yuppie family When a nth uni le dies and
leaves ihem a 50-loot sailboat, thes all have
dreams ol the good life until they at twalh
see the tusthui ket just when all is thought
lost, along comes Kurt Russell as a grizzled,
irreverent skipper, to shake up the family
and teaih them how to enjoy life as it
comes. Sort of a W hat \huut Hob at sea I his
won't lie too original, but it mas he worth
w all lung just to see Russell - in dlcadlos ks
Kivn rhoentx and >10110 roitiet
1 h«- rather uninspiring plot hat out pals
blackmailed hs government agents into
helping them out lit a to|>-»eiiet u|xralion
Not the Mull ol legends, perhaps, hut the
interplav of these three generations of
at tors could in used Ik- worth the price ol
atlmixsu >n
Mr. Saturday Night (Columbia)
Hills (Crystal’s love ol the old-style stand
up counts ol his youth has liern an entlut
mg theme ill nun h ol his wink So 11 s not
suiptising i isstai s nitre ting arum snoiiiu
hr lhe bittersweet story of the lilr of )iist
mu h .1 comic ( rvst.il stars .i' Btirii 1\ Young
|l . and lhr film follows thr ups and downs
ol Ins Mf-vear (arm W ith a vuhjrt t so < line
in Ins heart, < .rsstal (an Ix-i omr divistrnusK
mawkish and sentimental, as hr was in
Urminvs oj Mr Ills talent mas just pull him
through this (Mir
Whtaper* In the Oarft (Paramount)
I-set situr Ingrid Bergman went Irnm
head shrinking to slruthing in IhtihiiMk s
\f<rllUmtul Hollywood ( an l shake its lose ol
psychiatrist thrillets I his time it s
Annabclla S» mita as the dot tor-tui tied
detective alter one ol her psychiatric
patients is lound mutdried (amid Sc lot ta s
mvslertous new lovet lx- the lulptil: Vour
gurvs is as giHKl as mine I his t\|«- ol movie
tarelv (ails to hr at least minimallv enter
taining
Bob Roberta (Paramount)
I nn Robbins’ newest w ration is likels to
hr the most ludicrously outrageous lolk
hero pohtu lan in the country since Ross
Perot. Fresh from his triumph in ThePUrtr’,
Robbins stats in his (litre tonal debut as a
tight wing folk singer turned politic tan
whose motto is "Ask not what you can do
for your (ountrs. ask what you t an do lot
yourself * A versatile and intelligent jx-i
former, Robbins is one ol the hottest prop
el ties in Molly-wood tight now I his is a pro
jet t that < oulcl launt h his i arm to nrw
heights
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video calendar
on the set
With a cast ot folks like Leslie Neilsen. Rob Schneider and Tone Loc ,1 probably wont be a huge
surprise when Surt Warriors, a film in the making tor New Line Cinema, doesn't win the Academy
Award tor best picture But with this cast, there will be more one-liners than most filmgoers can
handle in a given lifetime Schneider, famous tor his role as “copy man on Saturtlay Night Live.
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who learns he s a prince Prince Johnny must travel to Patu-San, a hc
tional island in the South China Seas to overthrow the evil Colonel Chi,
played by Leslie Neilsen "When I first read the script it was a little kid
movie There were no jokes," Schneider says I thought this character
Iggy had a lot ot potential to be realty tunny it played like a Bob Hope
road movie' Dunng filming, Schneider says he gave comedy tips to
other actors while they ao.ised him on acting "Nobody has the balls
to tell me I'm not tunny,' Schneider says "It's not bruising any egos to
give each other notes," he says, sporting carrot-top bleached-orange
hair On his popularity on SNL Schneider says he is enjoying a lot of
the success of his predecessors “It’s very difficult to be fresh I'm
extremely grateiui to me original casi, ne says i urn
learn a lot from them" ■ Toni Sciacqua. Ikuh rnjan.
WC IC Jim iKJtny u*i iitci* (.wwuwu
ol Southern California
A brief look at August September releases
Until Ilia End of Ihe World. Warner Brothers. Aug 5. Prince of Tides Columbia Aug 5.
Terminator 2. Live Aug 5. Till Death Do Us Part. Aug 5 Wayne s World Paramount Aug
12 Meatballs 4. HBO Aug 12 Wild Orchid 2. Columbia Aug 8 Memoirs ol an Invisible
Man Warner Bros . Aug 19 Medicine Man Disney. Aug 19.1 Posed for Playboy Republic.
Aug 20. Fried Green Tomatoes MCA Aug 20. While Men Can‘1 Jump 20th Century Fox.
Aug 20. Final Analysis. Warner Bros Aug 26 Lawnmower Man Columbia Aug 26. Sorority
House Massacre 2 New Horizons Home Video. Aug 27 American Me. MCA. Aug 27 Mambo
Kings. Warner Bros Sept 2 Once Upon a Crime. MGM. Sept 2 My Grandpa Is a Vampire.
Republic. Sept 3, ladybugs. Paramount. Sept 3 Fatal Instinct. Columbia. Sept 9. Ernest
Scared Stupid. Disney, Sept 9
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“I don’t believe that the world is full of popular people
and nerds." —Cameron Crowe, on why he writes
about everyday people.