Inside Stuff: Director Jerry Zucker, part of the creative crew responsible for Airplane! and The Naked Gun, gets serious with this romantic thriller. The movie has received positive word of mouth in the industry and that's good news for Swayze and Goldberg, who've both had bumpy runs in recent years.
Air America
Box-office stud Mel Gibson exchanges Lethal Weapon buddy Danny
Glover for Robert Downey Jr. this summer, but the banter remains the
same. The diminutive duo are wise-guy pilots who fly missions for a
secret CIA airline in Southeast Asia during the early days of U.S.
involvement in Vietnam. (Opens July 27) (A,C)
Inside Stuff: When asked whether The Company expressed any interest in the project, coproducer Alan Shapiro said, "In that part of the world, rumors and espionage are everywhere. We were told that this fellow was with the CIA or that fellow was with the CIA, but we had no official visits."
Presumed Innocent
Based on Scott Turow's best-selling murder mystery-courtroom
drama, director Alan J. Pakula's screen adaptation promises to be
the summer's best thriller. Harrison Ford plays Rusty Sabich, a
prosecuting attorney caught in a sticky web of circumstantial
evidence that suggests he killed his mistress, the stupefyingly sexy
Greta Scacchi (White Mischief). Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Bedelia, Raul
Julia, and Paul Winfield round out an excellent cast. (Opens July 27)
( M,D)
Inside Stuff: With the Star Wars and Raiders trilogies behind him, Harrison Ford is probably one of the world's most popular movie stars. But can he act? Yup. Anyone who has seen Witness or The Mosquito Coast knows he doesn't need stunts or sci-fi effects to hold the screen. Those who have seen the rough footage say Ford is terrific here, especially in the bang-up final scene that should surprise even those who already know whodunit.
Young Guns II
Emilio Estevez rides again in the further adventures of Billy the
Kid and company. Brother Charlie Sheen isn't part of the posse in
this one (he was convincingly killed in the original), but hunky
horsemen Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are back. They're
joined by Christian Slater and pursued by angry rancher James Coburn.
(Opens in July) (A,W)
Inside stuff: If the Western set looks familiar, that's because it's the one built near Santa Fe for Silverado. During one scene, Phillips' horse bolted and dragged him through a woodpile. The actor wound up breaking his arm in four places.
