Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1994

Articles

'Chips,' 'Bites' compute with audiences

 

A few litigious Marines

 

Berlusconi exits film biz

 

'Roseanne,' ABC kiss and reup

 

'Ladybird' soars at Berlin fest

 

Dealmakers gear up for AFM's 'wild week'

 

Jacksons again in Michael's shadow

 

Sony, Peters change nature of their deal

 

Gay kiss flap continues

 

Lofty U.S. plans for Euro pic

 

Place Europe on trade watch list, MPEAA says

 

Dispute over, Damon moves forward with full slate

 

Introvision sees the 'Light'

 

Friedman ankles 'Good Day'

 

Pilots take flight

 

MGM buys screen rights to 'Vipers'

 

U picks Pogue's 'Arabian Night'

 

Auditors back Euro Disney boss

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Ellis, Raycom are teaming up

 

National Media rejects ValueVision tender offer

 

Disney sued on hiring policy

 

Big boom at o'seas B.O.

 

Lyonnaise in PPV deal

 

Sodano takes helm at Sacis

 

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

 

'Spy' operation shutting down

 

USC puts the biz in showbiz classes

 

Short Takes

 

Glaser in for Sheehan at KNBC

 

Eliza Anne Abramson

 

Settlement ends used-CD battle

 

Arnost departs KTLA for KMEX

 

Lois Peyser

 

Esther Sherman

 

Lou Bunin

 

Leonard Kaplan

 

Vittorio Rieti

 

David Ormont

 

Rose J. Reisman

 

Lawrence Levine

 

Rickman, Grant join 'Big Adventure'

 

Daring Brit director Jarman dies at 52

 

Paulson ties books to pix

 

D.C. appeals court to hear indecency case

 

Lifetime fulfills program designs on 'Women'

 

FCC expected to OK cable rate cuts

 

New ASCAP prexy tackles technology

 

Sony re-'Action': 'ludicrous'

 

Profit down but Turner stock is up

 

Cable rates axed again

 

ShoWest runs out of room

 

'Snow' vid polishes Disney year

 

Legal terms part of 'Endearment' sequel

 

U makes 'Finest' first spec buy for Uptown

 

Arnolds not aware of renewal terms

 

'Call,' 'Somers' get go-ahead

 

Correction

 

MCA sole highlight of Matsushita earnings

 

Busch inks with WMA

 

Concept buys 5 mil shares, takes control of Nostalgia

 

Iwerks to acquire Omni

 

Sci-Fi Lynch launch in March

 

Brit Wilson set for 'Death' pic

 

'Dad' producers nab Wood, 'Honor' script

 

'Ground' slips, Monday slows

 

Disney inks Kerrigan

 

NBC reskeds Tuesday

 

Hanks joins presenter ranks

 

Exec Shuffle

 

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

 

Neeson, Richardson sign for 'Therese'

 

Euro commissioner: R.I.P. UIP

 

'List,' 'Father' hot in Euro bows

 

EMI Music reports profits

 

Oz pubcaster in pay TV dilemma

 

'Flintstones' set for vid release

 

Cablers say 7% is no solution

 

Short Takes

 

'Papa' John Creach

 

Hundt sought more

 

'Morning' back in Boston

 

Fox plans more Mo

 

Disney meet upbeat

 

NATPE, Reed team up at Mip Asia

 

Roseanne suit dismissed

 

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

 

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

 

Groups protest Farrakhan's visit to Arsenio

 

DP's gather for 8th praise-fest

 

Goldwyn picks up ITC's 'Black Hat'

 

Oldman near 'Beloved' pact

 

Fox schedules 'South Central'

 

Clarification

 

Geena joins Oscar cast

 

Carey again carries the day at top of SoundScan sales list

 

MCA holds KRON to deal

 

Col nixes 'Seinfeld' as Fox strip

 

'Crazy's' appeal for an R denied

 

Packer of Oz hits Hollywood

 

L.A. Opera sets sked

 

Simpson-Bruckheimer fish for stars of sub pic

 

Producer muses on ASC, digital, SFX, etc.

 

World-record ratings at CBS

 

Eye woos Martin for anchor slot

 

TCI, Bell Atlantic call off mega-merger

 

Visual f/x spark controversy

 

Vid piracy cases up for 1993

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Financial Briefs

 

Belo buys into Big Easy

 

Cablevision sees a mixed 4th qtr.

 

Holding out a light on the future

 

Fox, Nova ink deal

 

UIP blasts Pinheiro

 

Japanese revive HDTV system

 

French bill aims to ban English

 

'Schindler's' 13 noms top Brit Academy list

 

Oz firm launches film fund bid

 

Short Takes

 

Eye sees more live post-game Dave

 

Expo location ticks L.A.

 

Colpix buys 'The Juror'

 

Foreign-born ASC members tell diverse stories

 

ASC honors Spielberg

 

Television tests, pushes limits

 

The director's link

 

Honoree Hall goes for natural beauty

 

By invitation only

 

Olympics fuel Kerrigan biopic plans

 

Capella finds the right pitch

 

Commishes hit high-tech highway

 

Fed up, court bound

 

Singer, TV show host Dinah Shore dies at 76

 

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

 

Fuchs warns infopike could prove a long haul

 

Skate rate ices night for CBS

 

Aykroyd inked for Savoy pic

 

Un-merger hits Street

 

Music sales hit record high

 

Legal flap over pair of AFM pix

 

A showmanship Strip search: Viva Lloyd Webber!

 

Producers become easy mark

 

Producers Ent. goes for Gold

 

Old hands rejoin Stevens for AFI Nicholson tribute

 

Peacock pushing O'Brien Sat. repeat

 

Battered, but still standing

 

Expo '94 reels in a winning year

 

PGA picks 2 for nods

 

Jim Fredrick climbs Rock

 

James Gang spotted in Arkansas

 

Will indies get credit for success?

 

A latenight 'Newz' flash: 60% clearance

 

Philips wins Race

 

Nicholl grant program opens

 

Sony, Trans Pacific seek 'Bloomers' docu helmers

 

U toons up 'Monster'

 

Pinheiro backs down on UIP threat

 

Showscan grows by $6 mil

 

Post-mortem gets partisan

 

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

 

Obituaries

 

Charles Woodward

 

Robert Bloom

 

Richard Falk

 

Alan Perry

 

Gideon Chagy

 

AFM Notes

 

Capella debuts a trio of pix

 

Parillaud 'Dead' set

 

World gets rights to Carroll's 'Diaries'

 

Fox nabs 'Fortress II'

 

'Roseanne' deal spins two ways

 

Baumgarten, Adelson split

 

MCA, U sign Cassidy for TV production pact

 

L.A. Weekly names USC prof editor

 

Philips, United in cable deal

 

Handleman income falls

 

Bouygues group ups stake in private French web TF1

 

Kerkorian seeks Lyonnais dox

 

Country gains, but rock still tops charts

 

NEA adds Canada residency

 

Escalante to retire

 

WGAE nods to Malko, Cooney and Bernstein

 

ABC tryouts in fine time

 

Creation Entertainment pacts for Bond licensing

 

Some events sold out at L.A. TV fest

 

Prism bows new arm

 

ShoWest taps Zaillian for film scribe honor

 

Par hosts quake benefit

 

Warner, Collins in new deal

 

Spielberg recipient of Governor's Arts honor

 

Friends stunned, saddened by Shore's death

 

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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