Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1994

Articles

'Roseanne,' ABC kiss and reup

 

Sony, Peters change nature of their deal

 

Gay kiss flap continues

 

Place Europe on trade watch list, MPEAA says

 

Introvision sees the 'Light'

 

Friedman ankles 'Good Day'

 

Auditors back Euro Disney boss

 

Ellis, Raycom are teaming up

 

Disney sued on hiring policy

 

Sodano takes helm at Sacis

 

USC puts the biz in showbiz classes

 

Short Takes

 

Eliza Anne Abramson

 

Settlement ends used-CD battle

 

Leonard Kaplan

 

Vittorio Rieti

 

Rose J. Reisman

 

'Chips,' 'Bites' compute with audiences

 

Dealmakers gear up for AFM's 'wild week'

 

Jacksons again in Michael's shadow

 

Dispute over, Damon moves forward with full slate

 

Exec Shuffle

 

National Media rejects ValueVision tender offer

 

Big boom at o'seas B.O.

 

Lyonnaise in PPV deal

 

Arnost departs KTLA for KMEX

 

Lois Peyser

 

Lou Bunin

 

David Ormont

 

Rickman, Grant join 'Big Adventure'

 

D.C. appeals court to hear indecency case

 

Lifetime fulfills program designs on 'Women'

 

FCC expected to OK cable rate cuts

 

'Ladybird' soars at Berlin fest

 

'Spy' operation shutting down

 

Paulson ties books to pix

 

A few litigious Marines

 

Berlusconi exits film biz

 

Lofty U.S. plans for Euro pic

 

Pilots take flight

 

MGM buys screen rights to 'Vipers'

 

U picks Pogue's 'Arabian Night'

 

'Jack and Jill' wants to go beyond pale at AFM

 

Glaser in for Sheehan at KNBC

 

Esther Sherman

 

Lawrence Levine

 

Daring Brit director Jarman dies at 52

 

New ASCAP prexy tackles technology

 

Profit down but Turner stock is up

 

'Snow' vid polishes Disney year

 

Correction

 

Concept buys 5 mil shares, takes control of Nostalgia

 

Iwerks to acquire Omni

 

Sci-Fi Lynch launch in March

 

NBC reskeds Tuesday

 

Ginsberg docu, 'Fiorile' top L.A. exclusive bows

 

Neeson, Richardson sign for 'Therese'

 

Euro commissioner: R.I.P. UIP

 

'Papa' John Creach

 

Fox plans more Mo

 

Sony re-'Action': 'ludicrous'

 

MCA sole highlight of Matsushita earnings

 

Busch inks with WMA

 

Brit Wilson set for 'Death' pic

 

'Ground' slips, Monday slows

 

Hanks joins presenter ranks

 

Exec Shuffle

 

EMI Music reports profits

 

Oz pubcaster in pay TV dilemma

 

Hundt sought more

 

NATPE, Reed team up at Mip Asia

 

Legal terms part of 'Endearment' sequel

 

Arnolds not aware of renewal terms

 

'Dad' producers nab Wood, 'Honor' script

 

Disney inks Kerrigan

 

Cablers say 7% is no solution

 

Short Takes

 

Disney meet upbeat

 

For CBS, a blow to the knee is a shot in the arm

 

Cable rates axed again

 

ShoWest runs out of room

 

U makes 'Finest' first spec buy for Uptown

 

'Call,' 'Somers' get go-ahead

 

'List,' 'Father' hot in Euro bows

 

'Flintstones' set for vid release

 

'Morning' back in Boston

 

Roseanne suit dismissed

 

G.E.L. grabs int'l rights to 'Goodnight' thriller

 

Groups protest Farrakhan's visit to Arsenio

 

DP's gather for 8th praise-fest

 

Fox schedules 'South Central'

 

Producer muses on ASC, digital, SFX, etc.

 

Eye woos Martin for anchor slot

 

Visual f/x spark controversy

 

Vid piracy cases up for 1993

 

Belo buys into Big Easy

 

Expo location ticks L.A.

 

Foreign-born ASC members tell diverse stories

 

ASC honors Spielberg

 

Television tests, pushes limits

 

The director's link

 

Goldwyn picks up ITC's 'Black Hat'

 

Oldman near 'Beloved' pact

 

Carey again carries the day at top of SoundScan sales list

 

Col nixes 'Seinfeld' as Fox strip

 

Exec Shuffle

 

UIP blasts Pinheiro

 

Japanese revive HDTV system

 

'Schindler's' 13 noms top Brit Academy list

 

Short Takes

 

Honoree Hall goes for natural beauty

 

By invitation only

 

Geena joins Oscar cast

 

MCA holds KRON to deal

 

L.A. Opera sets sked

 

Simpson-Bruckheimer fish for stars of sub pic

 

World-record ratings at CBS

 

Fox, Nova ink deal

 

French bill aims to ban English

 

Colpix buys 'The Juror'

 

Olympics fuel Kerrigan biopic plans

 

Clarification

 

'Crazy's' appeal for an R denied

 

Packer of Oz hits Hollywood

 

TCI, Bell Atlantic call off mega-merger

 

Financial Briefs

 

Cablevision sees a mixed 4th qtr.

 

Holding out a light on the future

 

Oz firm launches film fund bid

 

Eye sees more live post-game Dave

 

U.K. locations lure o'seas prod'n

 

Fuchs warns infopike could prove a long haul

 

Music sales hit record high

 

A showmanship Strip search: Viva Lloyd Webber!

 

Expo '94 reels in a winning year

 

U toons up 'Monster'

 

Charles Woodward

 

Robert Bloom

 

AFM Notes

 

Capella debuts a trio of pix

 

Parillaud 'Dead' set

 

MCA, U sign Cassidy for TV production pact

 

Kerkorian seeks Lyonnais dox

 

Some events sold out at L.A. TV fest

 

Fed up, court bound

 

Producers become easy mark

 

Producers Ent. goes for Gold

 

Peacock pushing O'Brien Sat. repeat

 

James Gang spotted in Arkansas

 

Showscan grows by $6 mil

 

Obituaries

 

Richard Falk

 

Gideon Chagy

 

NEA adds Canada residency

 

Escalante to retire

 

ShoWest taps Zaillian for film scribe honor

 

Par hosts quake benefit

 

Commishes hit high-tech highway

 

Singer, TV show host Dinah Shore dies at 76

 

Skate rate ices night for CBS

 

Aykroyd inked for Savoy pic

 

Un-merger hits Street

 

Legal flap over pair of AFM pix

 

Old hands rejoin Stevens for AFI Nicholson tribute

 

PGA picks 2 for nods

 

Jim Fredrick climbs Rock

 

A latenight 'Newz' flash: 60% clearance

 

Philips wins Race

 

Nicholl grant program opens

 

Sony, Trans Pacific seek 'Bloomers' docu helmers

 

Pinheiro backs down on UIP threat

 

Fox nabs 'Fortress II'

 

'Roseanne' deal spins two ways

 

Philips, United in cable deal

 

Handleman income falls

 

ABC tryouts in fine time

 

Spielberg recipient of Governor's Arts honor

 

Friends stunned, saddened by Shore's death

 

Capella finds the right pitch

 

Battered, but still standing

 

Will indies get credit for success?

 

Post-mortem gets partisan

 

Yu follows Woo with U.S. debut on 'Slayer'

 

Alan Perry

 

World gets rights to Carroll's 'Diaries'

 

Baumgarten, Adelson split

 

L.A. Weekly names USC prof editor

 

Bouygues group ups stake in private French web TF1

 

Country gains, but rock still tops charts

 

WGAE nods to Malko, Cooney and Bernstein

 

Creation Entertainment pacts for Bond licensing

 

Prism bows new arm

 

Warner, Collins in new deal

 

Reviews

Okno V Parizh

Inevitable Grace

Mon Amie Max

L'Enfer

Hexagone

Huangjin Daotian

Jeanne la Pucelle; Les Batailles Les Prisons

Fresa Y Chocolate

Exile

Ekspres- Informatsia

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Stantsia Lyubvi

Il Giudice Ragazzino

Beruf: Neo Nazi

Terminal USA

Chaka

Nikotin

Wuren Hegai

The Heart of the Matter

Boatman

Fast Trip, Long Drop

Cuba Va: The Challenge of the Next Generation

Satantango

A Magzat

Vasistenek Gyermekei

Lipstick

Abel a Rengetegben

Szekelykapu

Fenyerzekeny Tortenet

Utrius

Kiss Vakond

Privathorvat Es Wolframbarat

Balkan! Balkan!

Jo Ejt, Kiralyfi

El Misterio de Los Ojos Escarlata

Flodder in Amerika

Mi Yedem V Ameriku

Mi Nismo Andjeli

Lilac and Flag

The Sisters Rosensweig

Driving Miss Daisy

The Wingfield Trilogy

Flyin' West

Thanatos

The Triumph of Love

Grover

In the Footsteps of Dr. Livingstone

Great Moments in Bluegrass

Hartverscheurend

On Deadly Ground

Anna 6-18

Okno V Parizh

Jeanne la Pucelle 1: Les Batailles 2: Les Prisons

Exile

Ladybird Ladybird

Baby Brokers

Blood and Belonging Parts 1 & 2

Bill Moyers' Journal Meet Mr. Frederick Douglass

Great Moments in Bluegrass

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

Wu Kui

Freedom on My Mind

The Last Seduction

Vrijeme Za ...

Terminal USA

Woyzeck

Hartverscheurend Love Hurts

Ekspres-Informatsia

Daltrey Sings Townshend

John Jakes' Heaven and Hell: North and South Part 3

Showtime Original Movie Assault at West Point



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