THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
ENTERTAINMENT
May 30,1990
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Summer prediction: bigger box office results than summer '89
Hot summer months to bring a well
by Roseann Wentworth
Entertainment Editor
Summertime has become the biggest
season for movie releases in America. Classes
are out and the industrys favorite demographic
age group, 18-24, are on the loose and have
money burning holes in their pockets. What
else do they spend it but on movies--lots of
movies. Well over 50 major movies are schud-
uled to be released between the magic season
that starts Memorial Day weekend and does
not end until Labor Day. The following list is a
partial list of the summer of 1990s top-of-the-
line releases.
DAYS OF THUNDER: (JUNE 27) : Paramount.
Tom Cruise plays Cole Trickle, an unknown
NASCAR driver who drives intensely with his
gut and by the seat of his pants (sound famil
iar?) Brought to the screen by the same team
who gave us Top Gun, producers Jerry Bruck
heimer and Don Simpson with director Tony
Scott, Thunder promises to be fast
and real cool. Simpson calls it a real
story about personal growth. Pre
pare yourself for breath-taking cine
matography and direction. Scott and
Co. entered cars into the Daytona
500 to get real shots. Film vet Robert
Duvall stars as the pit crew chief and
Randy Quaid plays the car owner.
TOTAL RECALL (JUNE 1): Tri-Star/
Carolco. Arnold Schwarzenegger has
been in the process of getting this
movie made for almost five years. A
futuristic, sci-fi flick with a big budget
and a top-rate effects team, Total
Recall may end up to be the Batman
for the summer of 1990. Its almost a
century into the future and Quaid
(Schwarzenegger) begins having
nightmares that he once lived on Mars
(now a slummish Earth colony)-soon
his night sweats turn into day sweats
as he travels to mars to investigate.
Directed by RoboCops Paul Verho
even, this $50 million-plus production
should be filled with fantastic vis
uals and fantasy-like characters not
seen since the Star Wars trilogy.
Bill Murray as seen In a scene from Warner's "Quick Change.
Dressed as a clown, he Is devising a plan to escape Nev
York's corruption.
DICK TRACY (JUNE 15): Walt Disney Pic
tures. Another comic book character comes
to the screen. This crime-fighting, yellow
fedora-wearing P.l. is now apparently 53 and
going strong. With the success of last sum
mers Batman, Tracy-mastermind Warren
Beatty is hoping for big box office results.
Although comic book heroes are a hot com
modity, as is nostalgia, Dick Tracy has been
on the drawing board for 13 years. The sets
actually look like their 3-D version of comic
book props. Cars and building are lierally
generic to give it that comic-book authentic
feel. Beatty has become infamous for his
perfectionistic qualities, and now, for his off
screen affair with on-screen co-star Madonna.
She plays a character unlike any shes por
trayed before (thank goodness). Madonna
as Breathless Mahoney should conjure i
past images of Rita Hayworth or even Bet
Davis, if thats possible. Let the hype begin.
DIE HARD 2-DIE HARDER (JUNE 22): 20
Century Fox. Bruce Willis in an airport (hot
high rise this time) with a gun and a scru
Need I say more? However, if action is wh
you want, action is what you get, not to mentic
some great one-liners. The Gordon brothei
and production guru Joel Silver return wii
director Renny Harlin and actress Bonnie Bi
delia. Die Hard I director John McTiernan wz
not available for this sequel due to his work c
another summer release.
GREMUNS 2-THE NEW BATCH. Warner Brc
Six years ago the world was introduced
Gizmo and his alter ego buddies, the Gremlin
Leave it to Steven Spielberg to create a ehe
acter America would fall in love with. Gizmo tt
Mogwai is back and so is the creative tea
from the original Gremlins : executive produ
tion wiz-team Spielberg, Kathleen Kennec
and Frank Marshall, and director Joe Dant
Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates return z
Billy and Kate. The two are now married ar
live a yuppie lifestyle in New York City. The
meet up with Gizmo again and of course
water accident is not far behind. John Glovi
also stars.
QUICK CHANGE: Warner Bros. Bill Mum
Oscar-winner Geena Davis (Best Supportii
Actress for Lawrence Kasdan's Accidental To<
ist) and Randy Quaid star in this off-beat coi
edy about three friends who enter into t
world of crime as a direct result of big city-livii
frustration. Their attempt at a new life of crir
turns in to a hilarious getaway. Murray help<
produce and co-wrote the screenplay for Qui
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