Before last week's ouster of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, some half- dozen American-produced movies were supposed to film in the USSR in coming weeks, including an HBO movie about the life of Stalin starring Robert Duvall. HBO officials last week were trying to figure out whether they would proceed or move the production to Budapest. Here are other films affected by the coup:
The Ice Runner
With six months of shooting done on this independent film — some Red
Square scenes were shot right up until the coup — producers expect to
finish.
Comrades of Summer
Another HBO film, about a Soviet
baseball team, to star Joe Mantegna. A coproducer calls it ''very
doubtful.''
Mad Dog Coll
Producer Menahem Golan will proceed unless
the situation ''gets dramatically worse.''
14 Lenin Street
An indie
about a fictional plot to kill reformer Boris Yeltsin. Production was
halted last week.
Red Target
Roger Corman's low-budget thriller
with Theodore Bikel may shift scenes to Bulgaria. It's about a group
of Soviet generals who want to overthrow Gorbachev.
