`trapped In Paradise'is A Painful Place To Be

Alzheimer's Group To Meet

Friday, December 02, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3C 





Big bucks buy viewers, a new report suggests &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 While audiences grumble about huge, expensive, overblown Hollywood
productions, those very films are what audiences respond to. That was the
finding of the research arm of Kagan Seminars, as reported in the trade
magazine, The Hollywood Reporter (THR)"The audience won't accept the movies
that don't have technical perfection," said Robert Rehme, executive producer
of the 1994 "Clear and Present Danger" during a seminar in Los Angeles last
month. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A dozen releases in 1994 will top the $100 million domestic box office
gross, reported THR (compared to 11 in '92, 9 in '90 and 8 each in '93 and
'91). But those 12 films will generate one third of the total domestic take.
So increasingly, that's the kind of product movie studios expect to make. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 What that means to the audience, concluded the seminar, was even more
blockbuster, formula movies, spread throughout the year rather than
concentrated around holidays. And that means fewer modest, off-beat or
venturesome films. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 QUICKLY: Quickly is an appropriate word for writer-director-producer John
Hughes when it comes to churning out a screenplay. "He wrote `Sixteen Candles'
in two days," Molly Ringwald told Entertainment Weekly. Admitted Hughes: "The
last 40 pages of `Home Alone' took eight hours to write"...Just as lobbying
for Oscar nominations has begun on the West Coast, studios are also lobbying
journalists for end of the year Top 10 lists. Example: the Fine Line Features
mailed a reminder for writers to consider "Hoop Dreams," their highly regarded
basketball documentary. "We are respectfully asking you to please consider it
for Best Picture," writes Fine Line president, Ira Deutchman. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 SOUND BITES: Memorable dialogue from recent movies: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Is life always this hard or just when you're a kid," the precocious,
abused protege (Natalie Portman) of a hit man in "The Professi

Big Bucks Buy Viewers, A New Report Suggests 
While Audiences Grumble About Huge, Expensive, Overblown Hollywood 
Productions, Those Very Films Are What Audiences Respond To. That Was The 
Finding Of The Research Arm Of Kagan Seminars, As Reported In The Trade 
Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter (thr).

Big Bucks Buy Viewers, A New Report Suggests While Audiences Grumble About Huge, Expensive, Overblown Hollywood Productions, Those Very Films Are What Audiences Respond To. That Was The Finding Of The Research Arm Of Kagan Seminars, As Reported In The Trade Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter (thr).