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•••SPECIAL SPIELBERG-BASH SECTION'" IF ONLY HI HAD RUN INTO "POLICL
SEVEN BEST REASONS TO HATE STEVEN
SPIELBERG AND EVERYTHING HE STANDS
FOR
1 Chris "Adventures in Babysitting" Columbus,
who got his start writing "Gremlins" and
"Coonies "
ACADIMV
In d Ihedire in Loi Angeleb, a disturbed man
shot someone dunng a screening ot "Nuts "
He escaped through an ad|oining theatre
'
showing "The Running Man
BOXOMKI RANKS THl TOP VIFTNAM
Pl( lURESOF 1987
1 Full Metal jacket"
2 "Gardens of Stone"
3 "Platoon"
4 "Good Morning, Vietnam"
5. "Hamburger Hill"
BEST OVERALL CAST 1987
Broddtdsl Ni'ws
Runner-up
"The Untouchables
BUT IT'S NOT CENSORSHIP
2. Phil "Three O'Clock High" joanou, whose "Angel Ht'cirl. Kolxnop. Fatal Beauty."
first break came when Spielberg plucked him "Eddie Murphy Raw" ami the independent
out of film school to direct some "Amazing film "Patti Rocks" were all given X ratings
Stories "
when first submitted to the ratings board of
3. Tom "Date with an Angel" McLoughlin the MPAA Only the last film was able to
Ditto
4. "Empire of the Sun "
downgrade its rating to an R without the filmmakers
being torced to remove footage from
5 "Batteries Not Included "
their work
6 "Harry and the Hendersons "
7 Oprah Winfrey
BtST REASON NOT TO
"Innerspace"
THE "WHY, HE'S JUST A MAN!" AWARD
The man who gave us 'EI' produced lour
films in IS87, the highest grossing ot which
was "Harry and the
'
Hendersons |ust
$27 million Films that did better than any ot
Spielberg's in 1987 include: "Like Father, Like
Son," "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream
Warriors," "Mannequin," "Summer School,
and "Snow White "
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SUPPORTING CHARACTER WE'D MOST
UKE TO SEE GIVEN HIS OWN MOVIE
lohn Malkovich s Basey. who was by tar the
most interesting and most underutilized element
in "Empire of the Sun."
I
BEST IDEA OF THE YEAR
In case a tire breaks out in your auditorium,
why not flash the title "Directed by Michael
Cimino" on the screen? Evacuation should be
immediate
THE BIG BOO-BOO AWARD
In "Wall Street, which was set in 1485, mention
was made of the Challenger disaster The
Challenger disaster occurred in 1986
THE "IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE THING"
AWARD
Novelist Gore Vidal sued the Writer's Guild of
America, demanding screen credit for having
written "The Sicilian "
Elsewhere, inventor Klaus Stooky demanded
credit for making skunks stinky
IT'S HOLLYWOOD'S WAY OF TELLING YOU
TO SLOW DOWN
Michael Came was unable to accept his Best
Supporting Actor Oscar in person and had to
back out of an opportunity Ir) star opposite
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