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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1993)
in film on screen this month Dared and Confused: It m Mu troovUr than The Brady Bunch and Saturday HlgM Fever Tim inunlli #c rcallx want you In irtusc mil previews So. we ve dcciil ed to sell i ji li nl them to you .1 la the IIoII\\mhh1 “pitch." I hese previews are over the lop. I hex re top nouh. I hey’re Die Hard meets Ihr.iny Mm Dairy Ihex re a 12 picture deal vxuh points. Read on I ater. xxe ll do 1 apptu eilio 1 laxe \ 1 mi people 1 all m\ people Oozed ond Confused (Gromercy) I he pitch: Kink (am) Rock) and Roll llii>h Si himl meets I asi I liner at Rid^cmont lli^h I loxx lony has 11 Itccn since xou saxx /ip|K-r head hair parts, armpit high tube sinks and denim hih overalls worn without shame' I he ’"Us nightmare is relixed m Da. rd and I on fused, the storx ot high school upperclassmen and incoming freshmen on the Iasi dax ot classes helore summer xacanon in l'Z"Vi Rest ot all is the soundtraik. which mi hides sin h \1r Decade untoryelta hies as “Rock \ Roll I loin hie Koo, “Rock iV Roll \ll Nile” and, ot course, “Rock and Roll.’ Demolition Mon (Warner Bros.) ( nfrozrn (.airman I jrtiyrr meets / rrminator II D r mol111 n n \l.tn juts S\ I \ t sill ^i.uioiu .igaiMM unin s (who. In the wav. looks remarkably like \nnic l.tnnoj with Ins new Mo) .is, respectively, a cop anil .1 crook cryo gcmcally frozen. When the thawed Snipes starts killing people, Stallone is iletrosteil to deal out justice, look tor livin’ sw eat The Beverly Hillbillies (Fox) l he Hrverly Hillbillies meets... I he Hrverly Hillbillies. (It’s just that sim ple!) In Hollywood then sat you can’t go wrong with a sequel More recently, it seems you can’t go wrong with rcitiak mg .1 modestly successful tills I \ show I he hicks are hack with Jim Varney tiniest ot 'I ley Vcrn" fame) as Jed, and Ills I omlin as Miss Hathaway. Roll Schneider and Lea I homp son plav a pair of nefarious ne'er do viells out lo Bel the (dampen fortune, and Dahncv Coleman revisits his familiar humbling had-guv rule. Might Ik- worth u |iisl to hear that old theme song again. Mr. Wonderful (Worner Bros.) Singles meets So / Married a Hntanist Matt Dillon plays a recent divorce trvmg to find a stud (the unfrozen \\ eslcv Sni|K's |ust kidding) tor his e\ wife so he can skip out on alitnonv pay ments \nnahella Sciorra ( I he Ihnid rh,n Kuih the ( i,idle) plavs tin dissatisfied wife who dumps Dillon to pursue her hotanv degree Marv l.ouise Parker is Dillon’s latest love interest. Feorless (Worner Bros.) . Iirpotl . . meets I hr Hob Seu'hart Sbau■ \n impres sive t.ist and ilirector meet .1 not so impressive pun. left Bridges anil Rosie I’cre/ star as two plane crash survivors who Itecome close friends ami learn to ileal with then respective traumas after being intro duced In their therapist (John Turturro of Hiii ton l ink). Isabella Rossellini (Cousins) plats Bridges' e<illicit wife, ami Tom 1 lulce (.\nudeui) is the survivors’ greedy lawyer. Took for fit in limbs Cool Runnings (Disney) Bob Vtarlcy docs Chariots of l irr on lev I let ilion! The sort of true stort of the tour ttaikt meinliers of the Jamaican Bobsled I cam at their debut in the IWK Calgary W inter C )lyinpicv Rememlter these guts- I hey had never seen snow before, but the\ qualified for the big games... and did pretn well ()h, and |ohn ( anil\ (I 'nclr Buck) plays their tough, Inn lovable, loser of a coach trying to make a comeback. Rudy (TriStar) 11 t>asicr\ meets / he Movie Where RomiLi Reagan played the (tipper Scan win (i.natw \Liti) stars m the true stun ot an unremarkable young man determined to pi a \ football for the l . of Notre Dame. Ned Beatty (Delnrriime), Jason Miller ( Ihe livormr) and I alt bailor (Mystii flesh out this ensemble east I he seeme universi ty, «hu ll normally doesn't allow itself to lie exploited for eelluoid, gave ill for this one. Look for filin' unremarkable young men. Short Cuts (Fine Line) I..A. Story meets (ihandi Short Cuts is yet another promising pro nil from Rol> crt \Itman, who never seems to ilo things on .1 small scale. I he film is based on a collection of nine short stories hy Ravmomi ( arver which (ikiis on life in e ontemporary I os Angeles. W hat remains to Ik- seen is whether this will lx an inspired project like Mtinan's the Player or a frightening project like Ins I’upeye 111ree hours alKiut contetn|x>tary I \'- Scary I.iKik for (lyin' double de cat vajis witft a twist. ■ l asha Kobinsoo, I be Daily lutian, U. of Iowa on the set Tim Burton, the man who brought you Beetle/uice Edward Scissorhands and the Batman movies, has teamed with Walt Disney tor The Nightmare Betori Christmas, a "claymation” film to be released this month about two holiday worlds on a collision course Nightmare tells the story ot Jack Skellmgton, a ghou from "Halloweentown” who stumbles upor "Christmastown" — with disastrous results Burton's partner, first-time director Henry Selick, says TiMvTrwtf Nightmare presents a siignny more twisieo sioe or me uisney worm mar iwsn i oecn seen too often" Burton's stylized characters bring a touch of the surreal to Disney's cartoon world, which the unusual director considers a triumph. Four years ago he left Disney, frustrated by a too-normal atmosphere where people were afraid to take risks "It was a very odd time in the company's history," he says. “They'd [pretend to) take risks, but they didn't, really." Times have changed, and Burton and Disney are together again, wishing you a freaked-out Christmas indeed ■ Amy McConnell, Tht Stanford Dally, Stanford U. video calendar The Pickle, Columbia/TriStar, 10/6; Fade to Black, Paramount. 10/6, Sweet Killing, Paramount. 10/6; Jack the Bear, Fox Video. 10/6; Dead Alive. Vid Mark. 10/13; Eiceasive Forces, New Line Video. 10/13; Johnny Stocchino, New Line Video. 10/13; One Crazy Night, Vid Mark. 10/13; Doll Man vs. Demonic Toys, Paramount/Full Moon. 10/13; Indecent Proposal. Paramount. 10/13; Three ot Hearts, New Line Video. 10/20; The Sandlot. Fox Video. 10/20; A Far Oft Place. Buena Vista, 10/20; Born Yesterday. Buena Vista, 10/27; Extreme Justice. Vid Mark. 10/27; The Dark Halt. Orion. 10/27; An American Story, Republic. 10/27 quotable
