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TRAILERS: AUGUST The Tie That Binds "Cape Fear" screenwriter Wesley Strick makes his directing debut with this Hollywood Pictures thriller about a loving couple ("Little Odessa's" Moira Kelly and "Indian Summer's" Vincent Spano) who adopt a little girl. Her biological parents are accused murderers ("Grumpy Old Men's" Daryl Hannah and Keith Carradine, also in "Wild Bill") on the run—and come to take their daughter back. Interscope exec David Madden ("The Hand That Rocks the Cradle") produces with Patrick Markey ("The Quick and the Dead"), John Morrissey and Susan Zachary; Michael Auerbach scripts. 5ee the Sneak Preview in our lune issue. (Buena Vista, 8/1 1 Big Bully A new writing instructor, David Leary ("Little Giants'" Rick Moranis), crosses paths with a shop teacher, Roscoe Bigger ("Nine Month's" Tom Arnold)—the some Roscoe, then nicknamed Fang, who in elementary school terrorized the smaller David. All semblance of ocTulthood disappears as the pair engage in a battle of greased floors, wet willies and "I'm tellin's." Don Knotts returns to the screen with co-stars Juiianne Phillips ("Skin Deep"), Carol Kane ("Addams Family Values") and Jeffrey Tambor ("Radioiand Murders"). Steve Miner ("Forever Young") directs; Mark Steven Johnson ("Cops and Robbersons") scripts; Lee Rich Productions heads Lee Rich and Gary Foster produce with Morgan Creek topper James Robinson. (Warner, 8/4) Exploitips: From the director of "Forever Young" ar\d the writer of "Cops and Robbersons"^-gives you goose pimples, doesn't it? High-concept lowbrow comedy could be less than bully if the blockbusters ofJune and July have the kind of legs exhibitors are hoping for. Then again, comedy is in relatively short supply in the crowded summer field, so maybe Warner knows something we don t. A Walk in the Clouds Director Alfonso Arau follows his art-house smash "Like Water for Chocolate" with this studio film about a soldier ("Speed's" Keanu Reeves) who, on his return from World War II, falls in love with the daughter (Spanish actress Aitana Sanchez-Gijon)of a dictatorial father (Italian superstar Ciancarlo Giannini). The Zucker brothers produce; Robert Mark Kamen ("The Power of One") scripts. The film was originallv slated lor February, then April; it could advanc c into late July. Sec our Sneak Preview in llir l.musry issue. (Fox) Exploitips: Keanu Reeves, a born-again action s(a/ llhinks to last summer's "Speed, " still has trouble parking ll:c art houses, as "Little Buddha" showed. Still, he's your romantic hook here. II the studio doesn 't supply one, a "From the Director of 'Like Water For Chocolate'" tagline can only help with emotional material like this. Mortal Kombat Ending a I 5-week release lull for the usually hyperactive New Line, this action/adventure (based on a best-selling computer game) follows the three key characters Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade on their journey to defend the future of mankind. Christopher Lambert ("The Hunted"), Talia Soto ("The Manibo Kings") and Bridgette Wilson ("Last Action Hero") star for director Paul Anderson; Larry Kassanoff ("True Lies," "T2") produces. The film originally had been slated for a May debut. (New Line, 8/1 8) Exploitips: Advance awareness within its teenage target audience is huge thanks to the virtually unprecedented success of the computer game on which it's based. A decent opening is guaranteed; after that, it'll have to be a better film than the equally games-driven "Street Fighter" or "Double Dragon" if "Mortal Kombat" isn't to be slain by summer's high-power fare. Put a "Mortal Kombat" arcade game in your lobby and raffle off 10 free games at each matinee to drum up interest; it could he among the most promotionally productive bucks you ever spent. Exploitips: Melodramatic dramatizations of real-life issues (like custody battles) have a history of decent boxoffice if pulled off right, so "Tie" could be a sleeper. Skew to young adults, who might be tired of shoot-'em-ups and caped crusaders come August's dog days. Desperado This English-language sequel to director Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi" (which was a Columbia pickup in 1992) finds Antonio Banderas ("Miami Rhapsody") now filling the role of the guitar player without a name, here on the trail of the infamous Mexican drugiord Bucho ("Only You's" Joaquim De Almeida). Aiding him is his best friend ("Airheads'" Steve Buscemi) and a beautiful bookstore owner (south-of-the-border star Salma Hayek). Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino co-star; Rodriguez also produces with Bill Borden ("La Bamba") and scripts; Los Lobos provides the music. (Sony/Columbia, 8/25) Exploitips: // any new title stands a good chance of igniting the waning days of summer, it's this one. Rodriguez "El Mariachi" was one of the best action films of its year despite a minuscule budget: one can only guess what he was capable ofpulling off here. Play the ethnic angles in markets with a large Latin American population: elsewhere, aim for the male testosterone crowd and the romance set via Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas. This can't miss. A NOTE TO OUR READERS: Our Trailers section is designed to provide long-lead information on films slated to premiere in the month after our cover date. For current titles and their release dates, and for all important distribution telephone numbers, please consult the Studio and the Independent Feature Charts in each issue. 10 BoxomcE
The Baby-Sitters Club Based on the multi-million copy bestsellers by Ann M. Martin and made by Armyan Bernstein's Beacon Pictures ("Princess Caraboo") and Scholastic Productions (last month's "Indian in the Cupboard"), this com ing-of-age comedy/drama chronicles one summer in the lives of seven girls. Actressturned-director Melanie Mayron ("My Blue Heaven") helms; "The Cure" director Peter Horton (like Mayron an alum of ABC's "thirtysomething") returns to acting here as co-star; Scholastic's Jane Startz produces with Peter O. Almond. (Sony/Columbia, 8/1 8) Exploitips: Execution is everything with this l
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