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The following I'ilms are tentatively scheduled tor release durinfi the summer months. The distributors, however, cannot stress sironfily enough that these dales and titles are suhiect to change. HOT SHOTS "Airpl.ini'l" partner |im Abrnh.ims returns to simiLir ground with ihis s(X)()l ol military h.irclware movies. Charlie Sheen. Gary Elwcs and George C. Scoll star. A 20th Century Fox THE SUPER Oscar-winner )oe Pesci, who has been dancing nimbly between drama ("CoodFellas") and comedy ("Home Alone"), keeps things light with this spool alxjut a slum lorn torcecl to live in his own tenement. Rod [ ).)niel ("K-9"l directs; Sam Simon ("The Simpsons") and Nora Ephron ("My Blue Heaven") do the script. A 20lh Century Fox release. WELCOME TO BUZZSAW Wtirn M.illluw Hroderick finds himself sir.inded in a dismal logging town, his plight only becomes worse when his wallet containing a phone number worth $60 million disappears. Francis Veber ("Three Fugitives") (iireds A Universal Pictures release. PROBLEM CHILD II The surprise hit ot last summer spins off a (juick sequel, this one finding the devil tot from the first film acciuiring an ally in the form of a younger sister, lohn RItler, jack Warden and little Michael Oliver return. A Universal Pictures release. (7/3) ROVER DANCERFIELD Rodney Dangcrfield provides the voice and the script for this animated feature about a Las Vegas clog suddenly forced to fend for himself on the streets. A Warner Bros, release. (7/26) ERASERHEAD David Lynch's unbearably bi/arre tirst feature gets a rerelease, and those who know him only from the relatively tame "Twin Peaks" are in tor a shock. This 1978, black and white drama about a man, a woman, a mutant baby, ,1 little dancing woman in a radiator, and foul poultry must be seen to be believed. A Miramax release. BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE II The San Dimas lime-travellers from the sleeper hit of a few years ago return, this time banished to Hell and replaced on earth by Newcomer lohn Singleton writes and directs this drama about life as a young black man on the streets of South Central Los Angelook-alike evil robots! Keanu Keeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin return. An Orion Pictures release. CURLY SUE lohn Hughes returns to directing for the first time since "Uncle Buck" with his bittersweet street comedy abtjut a driller and his young daughter who "sting" a rich attorne\ l.inies Belushi stars, as docs Kelly Lynch ("Drugstore Cowboy") A Warner Bros, release. TRUE IDENTITY Indepentlent lilmmaker Charles Lane ("Sidewalk Stories") goes big time with this social satire about a olack man forced to pose as a Caucasian in order to elude a vindictive hood. While white, he learns first-hand the benefits of being light-skinned. British comic Lenny Henry stars. A Buena Visla release. (8/2) THE DOCTOR William Hurl stars in this medical melodrama about a doctor who finds shortcomings when he finds himself on the other side of the stethoscope as a cancer patient. Hurt's "Children of a Lesser God" director Randa Haines directs; Christine Lahti co-stars. A Buena Visla release. (8/23) BOYZ N THE HOOD les. Larry Fishburne, rapper Ice Cube, and Cuba Gooding star. A Columbia Pictures release, (7/12) DOUBLE IMPACT Martial arts star lean-Claude Van Damme plays identical twins in this actioner about two brothers — one raised in Hong Kong, the other in Beverly Hills — who team up to take on the Chinese Mafia to avenge the murder of their parents. A Columbia Pictures release. (R/9) DELIRIOUS Soap operas are spoofed again in this fantasy aDout a soap writer who bumps his head and awakens inside the fictional TV world he has created. )ohn Candy stars, along with Emma Samms and Mariel Hemingway. Tom Mankiewicz ("Dragnet") directs. An MGM- Pathe release. HARIEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARL- BORO MAN In the near future, two rowdy bikers team up to save their favorite bar. Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke star, under the direction of Simon Wincer ("Quiglcy Down Under"). An MCJM-Pathe release. A GNOME NAMED NORM The top/)3uddy genre gets a new twist with this action-comedy about a cop teamed up with a gnome to retrieve a magical energ\ stone. Anthony Michael Hall ("Tne Breakfast Club") stars; Stan Winston ("Pumpkinhcad'i direc Is. A New Line Cinema release. STEPKIDS The issue of divorce and how it impacts teenagers is examined in this dramatic comedy starring Griffin Dunne, Margaret Whitlon, David Sirailhern and Hillary Wolf, loan Micklin Silver ("Crossing Delancy") directs. A New Line Cinema release. DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD A leenagcd girl throws a huge parly when her parents leave her at home for the week end, but she ends up having to assume an adult idonlilv when her babysitter keels over Christine Applegale ("Married. ..With Chil dren") stars; Steven R. Herek ("Bill and Ted-- Excellent Adventure") directs. A Warner Bros release. (8/2) ROBOCOP 3 A kinder, gentler RoboCop is promised in this second sequel, which finds tne mechanical lawman trying to protect a neighborhood from destruction. Robert Burke takes over the role originated by Peter Weller. Fred Dekker ("The Monster Squad") directs. An Orion Pictures release. LAME DUCKS A trio of goollialls ends up charged with saving a failing ballet company. John Turturro ("Miller's Crossing"), Mel Smith and Bob Nelson star; Dennis Dugan ("Problem Child") directs. A Paramount Pictures release. (8/2) BODY PARTS Summer thrills can be found in this melodrama about a psychologist who finds himseli being controlled by the arm surgically implanted onto his body, leff Fahey, Brad Dourif and Lindsay Duncan star. A Paramount Pictures release. (8/9) BINGO! The family animal pic is skewered in this snotty comedy about an intelligent dog and its search for the perfect human masters. Cindy Williams and David Rasche star; Matthew Robbins ("Batteries Not Included") directs. A Tri-Star Pictures release. (8/16) June, 1991 45