Video
After Fantasia goes on sale Nov. 1 for a 50-day period, we
won't be able to see Mickey cavorting in a sorcerer's cap for another
five years, and then the experience won't be quite the same. A
revamped version of the animated classic, titled Fantasia Continuedand scheduled for theatrical release in 1996 or '97, will replace
some sections of the original with brand-new animation and music.
Will Fantasia Continued deviate from the classical strains of Bach,
Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky? ''There are no rules,'' says a spokeswoman
for Buena Vista Home Video. ''But let's just say that pop music like
the Beatles is not ruled out.''
Music
Ever wondered what the Police's ''Every Breath You Take'' and
''Roxanne'' would sound like as played by a jazz band? Well, maybe
not — but you're going to hear it anyway on the Bob Belden Ensemble's
Straight to My Heart: Music of Sting. Due this month from the
esteemed Blue Note jazz label, the album also features big-band
arrangements of ''Wrapped Around Your Finger'' and such Sting solo
songs as ''I Burn for You.'' ''There are only a handful of composers who
could be treated this way,'' says tenor saxophonist Belden. ''Sting's a
great arranger and he knows how to craft a song.'' Belden says he has
yet to hear personally from Sting but asserts that Trudie Styler, the
singer's longtime girlfriend, ''loves it, so that's even more
official.''
Movies
Screenwriter Jim Hart (Hook) is working on The Three
Bears, an ecological fairy tale, and hopes to have Danny DeVito, Bob
Hoskins, and Phil Collins star. But we won't be catching DeVito and
company in bear suits, slurping honey and climbing trees; the
script, from an idea by Collins, is metaphorical. Nor is it to be
confused with this December's Jack the Bear, the big-screen
directorial debut of Marshall Herskovitz (thirtysomething), in which
DeVito plays a TV-show host.
After getting married in July, director Brian De Palma and producer Gale Anne Hurd (Aliens) are already talking about children — the cinematic spawn in their eerie psychological thriller, Father's Day. Written by De Palma, the story concerns a woman who discovers her husband is conducting experiments on their preteen son — and it looks like these same efforts were inflicted on her mate by his father, leaving him with multiple personalities. Filming begins in November; John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovitch have been approached to play the leads.
Written by: Taehee Kim, David Browne, Jeff Wells, Leonard Klady
