Boxoffice-June.1991

HOLLYWOOD REPORT
Goldie Hawn
"The Mrs." Goldie Hawn
stars in this thriller about a
woman who comes to realize
that her murdered husband
had a secret lite she could
have never imagined. John
Heard ("Awakenings") costars,
with Damian Harris
("The Rachel Papers") directing
and Mary Agnes
Donoghue ("Beaches") doing
the script. A Buena Vista release.
"The Playboys" Oscar-nominee
Annette Bening ("The
Critters") stars in this drama
about an Irish woman fighting
for independence in 1959.
Aidan Quinn also stars. Gillies
MacKinnon is directing from a
script by Shane Connaughton
("My Left Foot") and Kerry
Crabbe. A Samuel Goldwyn
Co. release.
"Machine Gun Kelly" Sympathy
is supposed to be generated
in this unconventional
gangster yarn about the mobster
who was never convicted
of robbing a bank and never
killed anyone. Starring William
Baldwin ("Backdraft"),
the film reportedly will focus
on Kelly's love life. Marek
Kanievska ("Less Than Zero")
directs; Mike Werb and Anna
Hamilton Phelan ("Gorillas in
the Mist") write the script; and
legendary B-movie king Sam
Arkoff produces. A Columbia
Pictures release.
"Mo Money" Damon
Wayans, expected to make a
big splash in the upcoming 'The
Last Boy Scout," writes and stars
this action comedy about a
in
con man attempting to go
straight but caught up in an
ever-escalating final sting. Peter
MacDonald directs. A Columbia
Pictures release.
"Storyville" Mark Frost,
who co-created "Twin Peaks"
but was overshadowed by his
partner, David Lynch, makes
his feature directorial debut
with this murder mystery
about a young New Orleans
lawyer driven to expose the
crimes of a powerful Louisiana
family. James Spader
("True Colors") and Jason
Robards star; Frost also wrote
the script. A 20th Century Fox
release.
"Prime Suspect" Set in England
of the late '30s, this
thriller is about a crooked divorce
detective who finds
himself the leading suspect
when his wife turns up dead.
Patrick Bergin ("Sleeping With
the Enemy") and Laura San
Around")
Giacomo ("Once
star; Simon Moore writes and
directs. A Columbia Pictures
release.
"This Is My Life" Julie Kavner,
best known as "Rhoda's"
kid sister on the TV series, as
the voice of Marge Simpson,
and as a top character actress
in films like "Radio Days,"
"Hannah and Her Sisters" and
"Awakenings," becomes a
lead actress in this bittersweet
comedy based on Meg
Wolitzer's novel. The story is
about two young girls coping
with a famous mother who is
more familiar to them over the
TV than she is at home.
Samantha Mathis ("Pump Up
the Volume") plays one of the
daughters. Novelist/screenwriter
Nora Ephron ("When
Harry Met Sally," "My Blue
Heaven") makes her directorial
debut. A 20th Century Fox
release.
"Memoirs of an Invisible
Man" Years have been spent
trying to start production on
this latest variation on the
H.G. Wells classic (anyone
remember one of the most
recent, "The Man Who
Wasn't There," with Steve
Guttenberg?). This one is a
comedy starring Chevy
Chase as a Wall Street analyst
who loses himself following
a lab accident. Daryl
Hannah and Sam Neill ("The
Hunt For Red October") also
star; John Carpenter, riding a
string of flops including
"Prince of Darkness" and
"They Live," directs. A
Warner Bros, release.
"Past Midnight" Independent
production house
CineTel Films is responsible
for this psychological thriller
about a social worker who
makes the mistake of
befriending a client charged
with a gruesome murder. Rutger
Hauer, Natasha Richardson
and Clancy Brown star;
Jan Eliasberg directs. A New
Line Cinema release.
"Lloyd of London" Keenan
Ivory Wayans ("In Living
Color") writes, directs and
stars in this comedy-mystery
about a Washington, D.C.,
cop who joins forces with
Scotland Yard to solve a series
of killings and bank robberies.
Hmm, wasn't one of the "Beverly
Hills Cop" sequels supposed
to take place in
London? A LJniversal Pictures
release.
"Beethoven" The perpetually
put-upon Charles Grodin
figures to sulk some more
when he plays an aging Yuppie
suddenly saddled with a
rambunctious St. Bernard in
this new comedy from Ivan
Reitman ("Kindergarten Cop,"
"Twins"). Reitman produces,
while Steve Rash ("Queens
Logic," "The Buddy HolJy
Story") directs. A LJniversal
Pictures release.
"House Party II" The hiphop
hit from last year earns a
sequel, which finds rappers
Kid 'N Play moving their bad
selves to college for more fun
and music. Doug McHenry
and George Jackson ("New
Jack City") produce, with Paris
BarcJay directing. A New Line
Cinema release.
"Necessary Roughness"
"Quantum Leap" star Scott
Bakula makes his leading
feature debut in this comedy
about a college football
team attempting to clean up
its act. Hector Elizondo
("Pretty Woman") and Robert
Loggia also star; Bakula
plays the team's unlikely 34-
year-old quarterback. Stan
Dragoti ("Mr. Mom," "She's
Out of Control") directs from
a script by Rick Natkin and
Dave Fuller ("The Taking of
Beverly Hills"). Mace Neufeld
and Robert Rehme
("Flight of the Intruder") are
the producers. A Paramount
Pictures release.
Diane Keaton
"Father of the Bride" The
1 950 Vincent Minnelli classic
is getting remade, this time
starring Steve Martin and
Diane Keaton as the parents
overseeingtheirdaughter's increasingly
frantic wedding.
Martin Short also stars as a
hauty minister. The husbandand-wife
team of Charles
Shyer and Nancy Meyers
("Baby Boom," "Irreconcilable
Differences") are behind this
one. A Buena Vista release.
"The Player" Director Robert
Altman, who enjoyed critical
success with "Vincent and
Theo," returns with this dark
Hollywood comedy about a
studio production chief who
strangles a writer and gets off
scot-free. Given Altman's relationship
with the film industry
over the years, the vitriol
should flow fast and furious in
this filmed adaptation of Michael
Tolkin's novel. Tim
Robbins will star. An Avenue
Pictures release.
Updates
The long-delayed Tom Selleck
baseball comedy, "Tokyo
Diamond," has replaced director
Peter Markle with Fred
Schepisi ("The Russia House,"
"Roxanne").
"JFK," Oliver Stone's investigative
drama about the
Kennedy assasination, has assembled
a curious supporting
cast to act beside star Kevin
Costner. Also appearing in the
film, in roles ranging from costar
to cameo, are Jack
Lemmon, Walter Matthau,
Joe Pesci, Gary Oldman (as
Lee Harvey Oswald), Sissy
Spacek, Angela Lansbury,
John Candy and John
Larroquette.
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