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'Tis the Season for Releases |
| Section: THE ARTS / FILM |
| Author: Tom Huntington |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1986 |
| Size: 2,927 Words, 17,225 Characters |
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We all have traditions for the winter holiday season: turkeys, trees, candelabra. But for the film industry, this season means the tradition of unveiling their best and brightest new movies, an offering of prestige and glitter that aims to capture the biggest slice of the theater-going pie.
And when names like Robert Redford, Al Pacino and Meryl Streep; when directors like Steven Spielberg, Taylor Hackford and Richard Attenborough; and when prestige productions like The Color Purple, White Nights and A Chorus Line begin to light up theater marquees, you know that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Nevertheless, the times may be changing. Video Cassette Recorders and cable stations are proliferating around the country, and the traditional night out at the movies takes place more often in the privacy of the living room. This last fall season, always a sluggish one for the movies, was the worst in over a decade.
With films fighting harder to win a dwindling audience, the holiday release pattern may be spreading itself out. Thanksgiving saw the release of Rocky IV, MGM/UA's last film until mid-January. Other studios are holding back films until just after the New Year, perhaps in the hope of avoiding the annual Christmas battle for the box office.
Big holiday releases still abound though, with a pair of offerings by Steven Spielberg raising the most expectations. As executive producer of last summer's smash Back to the Future and the profitable The Goonies, he proves that the Spielberg magic carries over to films he doesn't even direct. This season Spielberg's two films are his own The Color Purple, and Young Sherlock Holmes, which he executive produced.
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...e, delays in production have forced a new release date. And noted drector Alan J. Pakula (All The President's Men, Klute) will be presenting Dream Lover, a psychological thriller Starring Kristy McNichol as a young woman attempting to break away from her domineering father. Christmas from Hollywood does indeed bring its share of presents--but in a good year, the gifts just keep on coming.
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