cbspt005@abnjh.UUCP (Bob Giordano) (05/01/84)
The Definitive Summer Film List
Part 2
July 6:
"Conan the Destroyer"
Universal
Dolby Stereo
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as Conan in this Dino De
Laurentiis production directed by Richard Fleischer
("Superman II/III") and co-starring Sarah Douglas, Wilt
Chamberlain and Grace Jones.
"Roadhouse"
Atlantic Rel.
William Dafoe and Judge Reinhold star as a rockabilly singer
and a Yale graduate who strike up a friendship on the road
in Arizona. John Mark Robinson directed.
July 13:
"Electric Dreams"
MGM/UA
Dolby Stereo
Music video director Steve Barron ("Billie Jean") makes
his feature film directing debut. Lenny Van Dolan ("Tender
Mercies") stars as a shy young man who uses his computer
to romance the beautiful cellist who lives in the apartment
above him. Unfortunately, the computer develops a crush
of its own.
"The Muppets Take Manhattan"
Tri-Star
Dolby Stereo
It is rumored that in the Muppets third feature film, Kermit
and Miss Piggy finally tie the knot. Joan Rivers, Art Carney,
James Coco and Gregory Hines make cameo appearances. Frank
Oz directed.
"Cannonball II"
Warner Brothers
Dolby Stereo
Another Burt Reynolds-Hal Needham car crash flick, this time
with Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy
Davis, Jr. Marilu Henner, Dom DeLuise, Telly Savalas, Ricardo
Montalban and Charles Nelson Reilly.
July 20:
"Supergirl"
Warner Brothers
Dolby Stereo
Helen Slater makes her big film debut as the cousin of Kal-El
from the folks that brought you Superman. Faye Dunaway,
Peter O'Toole, Peter Cook, Mia Farrow and Brenda Vaccaro star
in this $30M spectacle directed by Jeannot Szwarc ("Jaws 2").
July 27:
"Cheech and Chong as the Corsican Brothers"
Orion
Expect a very loose adaptation of the Dumas swashbuckler.
August 3:
"All of Me"
Universal
Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin star in a fantasy concerning
a woman's soul taking root in the body of a wild and crazy
guy. Carl Reiner once again directs Martin, and Victoria
Tennant and Richard Libertini co-star.
"The Best Defense"
Paramount
Eddie Murphy plays an Army lieutenant testing a new tank who
finds himself embroiled in an international incident. Dudley
Moore stars as a harried industrial engineer. Gloria Katz
and Willard Huyck ("Indiana Jones") wrote the screenplay,
with Huyck directing.
August 10:
"Visionquest"
Warner Brothers
A teen drama featuring Matthew Modine of "Streamers" as a high
school wrestler. Harold Becker ("Taps") directed and Darryl
Ponicsan ("The Last Detail") wrote the script.
"Tightrope"
Warner Brothers
70MM Dolby Stereo
Clint Eastwood's back, and Genevieve Bujold has him in this
thriller with a New Orleans setting. Richard Tuggle, who
wrote "Escape from Alcatraz", scripted and directed.
August 17:
"Sheena, Queen of the Jungle"
Columbia
70MM Dolby Stereo
Ex-Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts swings into action as the
comic strip heroine perpetuates 1984's jungle madness.
John Guillermin ("The Towering Inferno") directs.
"Red Dawn"
MGM/UA
John Milius ("Conan the Barbarian") directs this fantasy of
American teenagers fighting back when Russia invades the U.S.
Patrick Swayze and C.Thomas Howell, both of "The Outsiders",
star.
"Oxford Blues"
MGM/UA
Rob Lowe ("Class") appears as an American athlete at Oxford
University, with Ally Sheedy ("War Games") as his love
interest. Robert Boris' film is capped by the annual
Oxford-Cambridge rowing race.
"The Woman in Red"
Orion
Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner re-team in this remake of
"Pardon Mon Affaire". Wilder wrote and directed this farce
about a man obsessed with a beautiful model. Charles Grodin,
Joseph Bologna and Judith Ivey are featured.
"Cloak and Dagger"
Universal
Henry Thomas ("E.T."), Dabney Coleman and Michael Murphy
star in this Richard Franklin ("Psycho II") film. Thomas
plays a boy who stumbles onto an espionage plot that he tries
to foil with the help of a superhero-type friend.
"Grandview U.S.A"
Warner Brothers
C.Thomas Howell and Patrick Swayze (in their third film
together), Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and
Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") star in a comedy-drama
about the habitues of a midwestern demolition derby.
Randal Kleiser ("Grease", "The Blue Lagoon") directs.
August 24:
"Night of the Comet"
Atlantic Rel.
Thom Eberhardt wrote and directed this science fiction comedy
centering on the arrival of a comet whose last appearance
60 million years ago wiped out the dinosaurs. Robert Beltran,
Catherine Mary Stewart and Mary Woronov star.
-Eric Carter
AT&T-IS
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