cbspt005@abnjh.UUCP (Bob Giordano) (05/01/84)
The Definitive Summer Movie List Part 1 May 4: "The Bounty" Mel Gibson plays Fletcher Christian against Anthony Hopkins Orion Capt. Bligh in this third Hollywood version of Mutiny on the Dolby Stereo Bounty, produced by Dino DeLaurentiis and directed by New Zealand's Roger Donaldson ("Smash Palace"). Laurence Olivier and Edward Fox co-star in this $25M spectacle. Advance word is fantastic. Better even than the original Best Picture winning film with Gable and Laughton. A great performance by Hopkins. "Sixteen Candles" Universal Molly Ringwald ("Spacehunter", "Tempest") is back in a bittersweet tale about turning sweet 16, featuring Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Justin Henry, Blanche Baker and Anthony Michael Hall. Directed and written by John Hughes (who wrote "Mr. Mom"), produced by Hilton Green. "Alphabet City" Vincent Spano ("Baby It's You", "Rumble Fish") stars as the Atlantic Rel. "king" of that section of New York's East Village in Amos Poe's Saturday Night Fever-like drama. Nile Rodgers, who produced David Bowie's "Let's Dance" album, has written an original score. May 11: "Firestarter" Drew Barrymore ("ET") portrays the little girl who can will Universal objects to ignite and David Keith ("An Officer and A Gentleman") Dolby Stereo is her father who possesses special powers of persuasion in the film adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller. Mark Lester directed the Dino DeLaurentiis production from Stanley Mann's script. The stellar cast includes George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear, Moses Gunn, Freddie Jones, Louise Fletcher and Art Carney. "The Natural" This period baseball drama based on the novel by Bernard Tri-Star Malamud boasts a powerhouse cast: Robert Redford, Robert Dolby Stereo Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Barbara Hershey, Wilford Brimley and Richard Farnsworth, all under Barry ("Diner") Levinson's direction. Caleb ("The Right Stuff", "The Black Stallion") Deschanel was cinematographer and Randy Newman wrote the music. May 18: "Making the Grade" MGM/UA (Cannon) This comedy concerns Eddie Keaton, a street kid frlom New Jersey who is hired by wealthy Palmer Woodrow III to stand in for him during the entire school year at exclusive Hoover Academy. Judd Nelson and Carey Scott star in this Golan-Globus production of a Gene Quintano script. May 23: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" Paramount (Lucasfilm) 70MM Dolby Stereo This eagerly awaited $27M prequel to the wildly successful "Raiders of the Lost Ark" has Harrison Ford reprising his role and Kate Capshaw as his romantic interest. Steven Spielberg again directs and George Lucas and Frank Marshall exec produce. Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck ("American Graffitti") wrote the screenplay. June 1: "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" Paramount 70MM Dolby Stereo Leonard Nimoy makes his debut as feature film director with this $15M production. William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, etc. return from the second film, with Kirstie Alley's role of Saavik taken over by Robin Curtis (she wanted too much money). Dame Judith Anderson and Christopher Lloyd also star. "Once Upon A Time in America" Warner Brothers (Ladd) 70MM Dolby Stereo This epic gangster tale by Sergio Leone is still penciled in for June 1 despite strong words between the director and Ladd Company regarding the latter's decision to cut the film from 220 to 165 minutes. Robert De Niro and James Woods head a strong cast, including Treat Williams, Louise Fletcher, Elizabeth McGovern, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, and Joe Pesci, in this saga of the Jewish Mafia, covering the years 1923 to 1968. Foreign markets will see the film in its original length. June 8: "Gremlins" Warner Brothers 70MM Dolby Stereo Another irresistble fantasy creature with a top secret script and form will hit the screens and the toy stores in June. This Steven Spielberg production was directed by Joe Dante ("The Howling", "Twilight Zone - The Movie") and features a cute, furry little creature that is purchased as a pet for a businessman's son with a few caveats: foremost, never, ever let water fall on it. It has a tendency to multiply and eat things, like dogs and people. Zach Galligan and Phoebe ("Lace") Cates star. "Streets of Fire" Universal 70MM Dolby Stereo Walter ("48 Hours") Hill directs this rock and roll fantasy about a soldier of fortune (Michael Pare) who seeks to rescue his kidnapped rock singer ex-girlfriend, played by Diane Lane ("A Little Romance"). "Top Secret" Paramount The writing-directing trio of Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, and David Zucker, who gave us "Airplane!", are back with a World War II spoof set in the present!? Val Kilmer and Lucy Gutteridge star alongside Peter Cushing and Omar Sharif. "Beat Street" Orion Dolby Stereo The first break dancing movie of the summer will be the Harry Belafonte-David Picker production which stars Rae Dawn Chong ("Quest for Fire") and a cast of unknowns from the streets of New York. Stan Latham directs. June 15: "Ghostbusters" Columbia 70MM Dolby Stereo Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd reunite for the first time since Saturday Night Live in a wild comedy about poltergeists descending on New York City parapsychologists. Directed by Ivan Reitman ("Meatballs", "Stripes"), Sigourney Weaver co-stars along "SCTV" alumni Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis. Ackroyd and Ramis wrote the screenplay, which features many visual effects. "Rhinestone" 20th-Fox Dolby Stereo Cabbie Sylvester Stallone sings as country and western saloon owner Dolly Parton eggs him on. Richard Farnsworth joins the fun in this New York City-lensed film, directed by Bob Clark ("Porky's"), co-written by Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson. June 22: "The Karate Kid" Columbia John Avildsen, Oscar-winning director of "Rocky" returns with another underdog-learns-to-fight-and-makes-good story, though this time it's a teenager played by Ralph Macchio ("The Outsiders"). Advance word is good on this Jerry Weintraub production co-starring Pat Morita. "The Last Starfighter" Universal (Lorimar) 70MM Dolby Stereo Robert Preston plays an interstellar recruiter who gets a teenage video game champ (Lance Guest) from Earth involved in an intergalactic plan to save the universe. Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy and Norman Snow co-star in this Nick Castle film which features mind-blowing digital scene simulation effects. "The Pope of Greenwich Village" MGM/UA Two of the hottest young talents of the 80's, Mickey Rourke ("Diner") and Eric Roberts ("Star 80") star as cousins who get involved in a "foolproof" heist. The Stuart Rosenberg film also stars Daryl Hannah ("Splash"), Burt Young, Kenneth McMillan and Geraldine Page. "Buckaroo Banzai" 20th-Fox Dolby Stereo This one concerns a 20th century renaissance man. He's an author, a neurosurgeon, a rock star, etc. Written and directed by W.D. Richter ("Brubaker"), the capable cast includes Peter Weller ("Shoot the Moon"), John "Ubiquitous" Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum ("The Big Chill"), and Christopher Lloyd. -Eric Carter AT&T-IS Morristown,NJ allegra!abnjh!cbspt005