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Friends This story of three South African women stars "Shallow Grave's" Kerry Fox as a white political activist, Michele Burgers as an Afrikaner archaeologist and Dambisa Kente as a black teacher, all ofwhom are roommates in Johannesburg. When the activist plants a bomb that kills two innocent people, the women's friendships are tested. South African Elaine Proctor makes her directing/writing debut; Judith Hunt produces for England's Film Four. (First Run) Kids A day in the lives of three teenagers in New York s Washington Square Park is chronicled in this directing debut of lensman Larry Clark. The script is by Harmony Korine, a 19-yearold the director met while photographing young people in the square. Cary Woods Nine IVIonths From director/writer/producer Chris Columbus ("Mrs. Doubtfire") comes this sfory about the ups and downs of pregnancy, told from the perspective of two expectant husbands. One, who has three daughters, dreams of having a son; the other, who's childless, lives in fear of life with a baby. Hugh Grant stars withTom Arnold, Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum and Joan CusacK. (Fox, 7/1 4) ("Threesome") produces; Cus Van Sant executive produces; Christine Vachon and Lauren Zaiaznick (the "Swoon" duo) co-produce. The film was expected to be rated NC-17, causing Miramax and parent Disney—which had the same problem last spring with "You So Crazy"—more controversy. (Miramax) Roy Cohn/Jack Smitli Two gays— a homophobic right-wing lawyer and an underground artist, who both died of AIDS in the 1980s—are the subjects of this one-man performance by Ron Vawter. jil Godmilow ("Waiting for the Moon") directs the Jonathan Demme presentation. (Strand, 7/14) Two Plus One Eugene Martin's romantic comedy about relationships among Philadelphia yuppies stars Hal Hartley constant William Sage ("Simple Men," "Trust") and Deirdre Lewis (sister of Juliette). (Filmhaus) Tlie Plutonium Circus This whimsical look at what happens at the final assembly point for American nuclear weapons now that the Cold War is over won the best documentary nod at Austin's South by Southwest film test in March. Director/producer George Ratliff takes his cameras to Amarillo's Pantex Nuclear Facility, which now handles the dismantling of the MIRVs and ICBMs it once put together. (Greycat) Blaxploitation Festival The likes ot "Superfly," "Uptown Saturday Night," "Cleopatra Jones" and "Coffy" return to the big screen via this fest of blaxploitation efforts. (Kit Parker, 7/20 NY & San Francisco) Dangerous IVIinds Michelle Pfeiffer stars as a compassionate woman who exits the Marines to be an inner-city schoolteacher and fights to change a complacent educational system that no longer educates in this film that earlier bore the title "My Posse Don't Do Homework." George Dzundza ("Crimson Tide") co-stars for director John N. Smith; the dynamic duo of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer ("Bad Boys") produce for FHollywood Pictures; Oscar winner Ron Bass ("Rain Man") adapts the nonfiction book by Louanne Johnson. (Buena Vista, 7/28) Country Life A turn-of-the-century Australian sheep farm is thrown into chaos with the arrival of a long-lost son-in-law, whose sophisticated manners and new English wife threaten to unbalance the farmers' earthy existence. Yet another film based on Chekhov's "LJncle Vayna" (Sony Classics recently had "Vayna on 42nd Street"), "Country Life" stars Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi and Kerry Fox (also in "Friends"). Michael Blakemore ("Privates on Parade") directs and scripts; Robin Dalton ("Madame Sousatzka") produces. (Miramax) Johnny 100 Pesos A Spanish-language film from Chile, "Johnny 100 Pesos" tells the true story of a bungled burglary, political malfeasance and media overkill. (I.R.S.) June, 1995 19
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