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" Parallel Sons An unlikely bond grows between a rural white teenager {Gabriel Mick) and an escaped urban-black convict (Laurence Mason). Murphy Guyer, Graham Alex Johnson, Heather Gottlieb and )osh Hopkins co-slar. John G. Young directs and scripts; James Spione and Nancy Larson produce. (Greycat, 10/10 NY) Another much-moved film Exploitips: (CInevlsta first planned a March '96 bow, then Creycat acquired It and targeted June and then November of last year), "Parallel Sons" might be most effectively marketed to gay audiences through alternative media. OCTOBER 17 Playing God A surgeon ("Kalifornia's" David Duchovny) is disbarred for operating while high. Hired by a criminal ("Beautiful Girls'" Timothy Hutton) as his "gunshot doctor"—to treat associates who can't visit a hospital—the doctor falls for the crook's moll ("Foxfire's" Angelina Jolie) and must decide whether to continue his new life or go straight. Andy Wilson directs; Mark Haskell Smith scripts; Marc Abraham ("Sugar Hill") and Laura Bickford produce for Touchstone. (Buena Vista, 1 0/1 7 wide) Exploitips: Buena Vista flirted with releasing this in mid-May, when it would have battled the similar-demo Andy Garcia starrer "Night Falls on Manhattan." The talented Duchovny Is a small-screen icon thanks to Fox TV's "The X-Files, " but just as his wattage wouldn't have outshown Carcia's then It won't dim Pacino and Reeves' now. Unless Buena Vista moves it again. It seems ordained that "Playing Cod" won't cast down "Devil's Advocate"—especially with Duchovny's many SF fans opting for "Dark Empire" or... Gattaca In a future in which genetic engineering is a prosperous and competitive business, a young man ("Before Sunrise's" Ethan Hawke) who is predestined to die in his early 30s strives to change his fate. Originally titled "The Eighth Day," this science-fiction film also stars Uma Thurman ("Batman & Robin") and Alan Arkin ("Mother Night"). Andrew Niccol (scripter on Paramount's coming "The Truman Show") makes his directing debut; the "Matilda" trio of Danny DeVito, Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg produce for their Jersey Films. (Columbia, 1 0/1 7 wide) Expioitips: "Cattaca" had been penciled for March, but the studio had the Ford-Pitt "The Devil's Own." Now this goes against Paclno-Reeves, another unhappy prospect. Still, one might expect part of the twenty- and thirtysomething crowd (Hawke and Thurman's strong suits) to prefer two young actors to one young and one old. And an SF entry usually performs well for at least the first weekend, when genre fans turn out In abundance. But which they might do for... Dark Empire Originally "Dark City" and a Fox project, this futuristic thriller stars Rufus Sewell ("Cold Comfort Farm") as a man who discovers he's wanted for murders he can't remember. He soon learns that his memories and his life as he knows it (and those of other people's) are artificial creations. William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland and Jennifer Connelly also star. Alex Proyas ("The Crow") directs, and he scripts with Lem Dobbs ("Kafka") and David Goyer ("The Crow: City of Angels"); Andrew Mason produces. (New Line, 1 0/1 7 wide) Exploitips: The SF crowd is dependable and (for a sub-demo) big, but not big enough to support two wide releases on the same weekend. Expect this or "Cattaca" to move again ("Dark Empire" moved from September to August to here). If not, although one can't discount "Cattaca's" star advantage and datenight-friendly male/female teaming, the "Dark Empire" makers' various "Crow" credits could lend this greater genre authenticity. Dean British TV comedy-series superstar Rowan Atkinson brings his Bean character to the bigscreen in this screwball comedy. Mr. Bean is a ne'er-do-well employee of a London museum; to get rid of him, his associates pass him off as an art expert to accompany the masterpiece "Whistler's Mother" to an L.A. gallery. Peter MacNicol and Harris Yulin (both "Ghostbusters II"), Pamela Reed ("Kindergarten Cop") and Burt Reynolds co-star. Mel Smith ("The Tall Guy") directs; Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson (both also "The Tall Guy") script with Robin Driscoll; "French Kiss" duo Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produce for their Working Title label with Peter Bennett-Jones. (Cramercy, 10/1 7 wide) Exploitips: /.//ceayac/c/e Chan ofcomedy— world-famous elsewhere, virtually unknown stateside—Atkinson wins a 3 1/2-star review (see this issue) that calls "Bean " "an incredibly entertaining piece of comic mayhem." U.S. fans of his PBS series are likely ticketbuyers; to pull neophytes (an early poster with Bean stealing an O from the Hollywood sign should grab comic audiences), highlight the hijinks. Stage a Bean or Whistler's Mother lookallke contest— or go for media attention with a charity Whistler's Mother dunking throw. Some art-house support could be siphoned by Fox Searchlight's expanding "The Ice Storm, though it's a drama (see August-issue Trailers). DEVIL'S Advocate , Keanu Reeves stars as young, ambitious attorney Keym Lomax, who pins a powerful New York law firm headed by the mysterious and charismatic John Milton lAl Pacino). As Lomax is seduced by success, power and money, he realizes that his colleaques' abilities are somewhat more—or less—than human Charlize Theron ("tfial and Error"), Judith Ivey ("There Goes the Neighborhood ), Croig T Nelson ("I'm Not Rappaport"), ftuben Sontiago-Hudson,JeHrey Jones and Delroy Undo (also "A Life Less Ordinary") co-star Taylor Hackford ( Dolores Claiborne") directs; Jonathan Lemkin ("Demolition Man ) and Tony Gilroy ( The Cutting Edge") script; Arnon Milchan (''A Time to Kill ), Anne Kopelson and Arnold Kopelson pEraser'") produce for Kopelson Prods. (Warner, 10/17) Exploitips: With John Milton as a character, who might "Devil's Advocate" toll for? It could toll for thee, as exhibitors booking it expect the month s onl^^ pairmg of superstars to outpace all comers. Part "The Firm part Dr. Faustus, the hm reportedly doesn't emphasize the diabolic, so this v^ I likely remain m the fi^rortinged mainstream In which Hackford's Dolores Claiborne found critical. if not as much audience ($25 mil.), iuccess—of course without those superstate. Lilies In this tale of love, betrayal and revenge, a Catholic bishop is locked in a prison and forced to watch the inmates stage a recreation of the four-decade-old events of a gay love triangle involving both the bishop and a confessor. Brent Can/er, Marcel Sabourin and Aubert Pallascio star. John Greyson ("Zero Patience") directs; Michael Marc Bouchard adapts his play; Anna Stratton, Robin Cass and Arnie Gelbart [)r()du
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