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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. : By Terry Orme Tribune Staff Writer The most unusual movie being offered this holiday season is "Fnemv Mine." a science fiction yarn from Wolfgang Petersen Petersen is (he Orman director who has produced such distinctive and different dramas as "Das Boot" and "The NeverKnding " Story not short on talent By Richard Freedman Newhouse News Service NFW YORK If you were cast- how to make They really knew theaters - in those days." Though De Vito most closely resembles the late Lou Costello of the immortal comedy team Abbott and Costello, he notes that it was straight man Bud Abbott who came (nun his home town Ills r M"Jewel of the Nile" ichael Douglas comes from New Brunsw ick. N J . and Jack Nicholson from Neptune. N.J.. where De Vito was actually born ing Danny De Vito as a great f 19th century po- litical figure, he'd be Napoleon, not Abel Lincoln. Film review "Knemy Mine" is a good news-banews movie. The good news is that it features special cflects that are simply stunning It's hard to do new and creative things with special effects these days. Most everything pales in comparison to what George I.ucas has given us in the past few years. But the opening minutes of "Knemy Mine" are incredible. The other good news involves the Louis Gossett Jr. as performances a reptile-lik"Drac," a denizen from the planet Dracon; and Dennis Quaid. as a Buck Hogers-lik- e Earthling These two characters are intergal-lacti- c adversaries who find themselves stranded on an uninhabited and environmentally hostile planet. Will they learn to live with one anoth-er'- . Or will they annihilate each other? It's like "Hell in the Pacific" when Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune are stranded on a Pacific island during d co-sta- At exactly five feet, and p balding, De Vito j lowers! over his col only leagues in tal- - Danny De Vitu ent. An Fmmy Award-winne- r for his portrayal of the Napoleonic dispatcher Louis De Falma in the TV series ''Taxi." De enVito gives some ergy to Jewel of the Nile." the sequel to Romancing the Stone." in which once again he plays New York hood Ralph, foil to Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. As a director he directed he three episodes of "Taxi" scored again recently with the opening show in the new Mary Tyler Moore series. Mary." And come Jan. 3, he's due to be seen in "Head Office," a comedy of corporate life in America. "It was made before 'Jewel of d but the Nile,' " the De Vito was saying here recently. I die on page 27 of the script, but 1 had a lot of fun doing it anyway because it was shot in Toronto, a city I love. Then in January I begin a new movie with Bette Midler. I look forward to working with the Divine Miss "I didn't meet Nicholson until we were rehearsing for 'One h'lew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' -- - where I in Oregon. When played Martini - heard I was from Asbury Park, he raced across the Day Room ol the lunatic asylum set. and hugged rue We've been friends ever since. lie long-runnin- g much-neede- d short-tempere- - 4 Enemy Mine stunning until it stumbles 26, 19K5 Danny De Vito is ' t Dtrrniber Thursday, - pint-size- e "When I was a kid I was an altar boy at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Orammar School and Oratory Ircp. My Catholic upbringing was more important to me in those days than it is now. I loved going to church, hut when we were Id out of school we were a bunch ol wild men. "When I graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. I remember, the big thing was 'street theater.' But 1 related to it beeause that's what I'd been doing years before with my pool-hal- l pals. "We did a lot of clowning around, like mock arguments, for World War II. De Vito has the funniest single line in "Jewel of the Nile." As a Middle Eastern guru. Avner Eisenberg announces: "I am the Jewel of the Nile." To this De Vito instantly responds: "Yeah, and I ni a kumquat a kumquat from Actually, Asbury Park, N.J., where his father at various times ran a luncheonette, a pool parlor and a business. "1 never thought I'd be an actor." he says, "but I always had an affinity for the characters I saw at the movies. Every Saturday and Sunday I went to the matinees at f: the Mayfair1 or the St. James theaters, and remember them with delight to this day. "The Mayfair was a lush, Art Deco palace with cloud configurations passing by in the midnight-blue- , d sky overhead. The St. James was equally beautiful. but not quite as elaborate. box-offic- make-believ- as each character learns the other's language, and as they learn each other's spiritual values. A remarkable an event involvevent takes place ing a death and a birth. In the hands of a less sophisticated filmmaker and less talented actors this scene would leave us unbelieving. But we do believe because Petersen has portrayed this world in such detail. Even the most astonishing event doesn't faze us. It's when the plot reverts to standard movie tricks such as having a main character die and then suddenly that having him come back to life we cease Uo believe. "Enemy Mine" loses its magic and becomes common. even hokey. That's too bad, be- - second place with $4.7 million, and "Spies Like Us" held onto third with $4 3 million. "Out of Africa," a Universal release, brought in $3.6 million, followed by "Santa Claus: The Movie'" with $3.2 million. Columbia's White Nights" dropped from fourth to sixth place on a gross of $2.8 million, and, "101 Dalmatians" brought in $2.4 million with its latest debut. T ribune released after March THIS SHOWTIMtS m f Of. 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DONT MISS IT. distributed quick-thinkin- DAN AYKROYD CHEVY CILASE m 111 Hitr, Advertising Policy he SuM Lake Tribune's tws'C rfdver fistny pphve. tasteful ifiiiiy isiodtc pi the non .Kjvei hsmy ut dll tdtul services, and ot dll kiduct thai ate loyally manuidt hired and 1 and they respect the pecking order, whatever it may be. It made you on " your feel. star-studde- If only that sense of reality could nave been maintained, then "Enemy Mine" would be a great movie, instead of a mediocre mo.ic with some great moments. For much of the film, Petersen and e his cast make us believe in this world. The scenes between Gossett and Quaid are extraordinary advertisements Being short contributes to certain parts you're offered." De Vito admits, but he's quick to point out that it didn't stop such actors as the late Alan Ladd from being major Hollywood heartthrobs. "Of course they had a problem casting him with short heroines. That's why he was always with Veronica Lake, the only ladv who was shorter than he was. off. SO attilude, . "Rocky IV" HOLLYWOOD (AP) draw remained the lop over the weekend, grossing $8 4 million to boost its total to $88 7 million in four weeks. "Out of Africa." a new release starring Robert Redford and Meryl of Streep, and Disney's "101 Dalmatians" provided what little movement there was, opening at No. 4 and No. 7, respectively. "Jewel of the Nile" remained in e protective-defensiv- It's interesting to think about w'hat "Enemy Mine might have been. It could have been an entertaining, visually overpowering film about two people overcoming their differences, of two enemies realizing that they have much more in common than they ever dreamed possible. Rocky IV wins another round "We didn't know it was called street theater' then, it was just having a good time." Row does a boy from Asbury Park become a kumquat from Queens? "Oh, wherever tough ethnics reside, there's the same sensibility, really. They're streetwise, with an r from Queens."he's about halfway through the lllm, things fall apart and what began as a provocative, highly original drama, turns predictable and riddled with cliches. cause there are aspects of "Enemy Mine" that are very original. The sets, the photography and Gossett's makeup are completely convincing, as is the transformation that takes place between the two main characters. This is a particularly daring performance for Gossett, and he pulls it BAMN the people standing outside eating their Carvel ice cream cones. It was all to elicit attention and experiment with realism. Sometimes the fights would be so realistic we had the audience dripping their Carvels all over their shoes. M. Where "Enemy Mine" stumbles is the storyline. The initial premise is interesting and shows promise The actors play their roles earnestly Yet in Juii Oil Frwoy Tala 53rd axil wait ond follow (hi ilgni |
