How Bad Could It Be?
Hearts of Fire, the movie made in 1987 featuring Fiona, British
heartthrob Rupert Everett, Ron Wood, and demigod Bob Dylan
as — imagine this — a veteran rocker, will at last be seen. The movie
never made it to theatrical release — not a good sign — and was even
withheld from video release. Until now. Warner Home Video has
announced it will finally unveil the hot property on April 25.
Wash, Cut, and Set the VCR
Is it a plot to stop us from reading altogether? Video tapes may
soon replace magazines in one of the last bastions of literacy: the
beauty parlor. Murdoch Magazines is peddling a video series called
Salon Network to upscale hair houses across the country. The tapes
offer segments on fashion, travel, and lifestyle, based on articles
in New Woman, Mirabella, and European Travel & Life. Producer Harold
Klein says he's already swept up orders from 3,000 salons.
Conway Titters
Home video has been very, very good to Tim Conway. His series of
low-budget humor tapes, including Dorf on Golf, has sold 350,000
copies. So when TV syndicators didn't exactly embrace his proposed
series Tim Conway's Comedy Review... 'Scue Me, he decided to take his
show straight to tape. Conway hopes to have the tape in stores by
spring. And if that doesn't work? Well, Conway's fourth Dorf
cassette, Dorf Goes Auto Racing, is due out this April ($29.95).
I'm Just a Sweet Reptilian
The Easter Story, the ninth video in Hanna-Barbera's animated
Bible story series, appears this month starring the voices of Richard
Thomas as... well, you-know-who alongside Adrienne Barbeau as Mary
Magdalene, and Tim Curry as Judas. Not to cast doubts on
Curry's eternal well-being, but he did play a serpent in the series'
last tape, The Creation.
