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From: akov68::boyajian
A few comments about Peter Reiher's forthcoming-movie list:
I've been looking forward to Hugh Hudson's GREYSTOKE, too. Unfortunately,
advance previews that were done this past fall (the film was originally intended
for a Christmas release) indicated that the film was a bomb, and Warner Bros.
pulled it from its intended release schedule to try and fix it up.
I disagree with your comment about Jeannot (SUPERGIRL) Szwarc being a "hack",
just because he directed JAWS II, which is certainly not nearly as good as its
predecessor, but in my opinion doesn't deserve the denigration it receives.
Szwarc directed a number of the better NIGHT GALLERY episodes (and a few
TWILIGHT ZONES as well, though I'm not positive of this), and at least *I*
liked SOMEWHERE IN TIME --- as did author Richard Matheson --- even moreso
than the novel it was based on.
Speaking of SUPERGIRL, it's been a year since Helen Slater was announced
for the title role, and I have yet to see a photograph of her. I'm curious to
know what she looks like.
I saw a presentation of DUNE at the World Fantasy Convention this past
Halloween. Lynch is a brilliant filmmaker, which bodes well for the film,
but judging from what I saw, I'm still not *totally* convinced. The set designs
were magnificent (no special effects were completed at that time, though), and
so the film looks like it will look nice, but part of my problem was that almost
none of the actors, in my opinion, looked like the characters. Von Sydow does
indeed play Liet-Kynes and Sting plays Feyd Rautha Harkonnen. The only other
cast member that I can recall offhand is Jurgen Prochnow (DAS BOOT; THE KEEP)
as Duke Leto.
At least a couple of sources indicated that the character of Rene Belloc
will be appearing in INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. The setting of the
film is, I believe, Malaysia.
---jayembee
Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard
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