| Show ft ENTERTAINMENT Friday November The Salt Lake Tribune Love loyalty not always black and white issues t F ''t i ! 1 4 "- 1 - 1- -- ' ' A ST' -- d - k of- 1 -- - i ( b k 1 t i1 - - 4A r - ' - - 4 I frt I 'e I ' t- - 1 ' 1 abrahead 0 — - -- 1 71 ' - A ''''' ''''' N 1 : ( 4 aa L4 t: 4 ) riff Rapaport) is white Jewish and caught between two worlds — affluent old friends and the lower-clas- s and diverse community ethnically where he feels more at home His best friend Dee (DeShonn Castle) is black and Zack has been imculmersed in ture most of his life Zack's father — a widower played by Ray Sharkey — owns a record store and r the is a expert in blues sou and rap He was directing his own script trying hard to keep his integrity intact when an unforeseen tragedy occurred It turned out his lead actor (a cameo by Christopher Walken) had more integrity and he doomed the project Now Marvin is reduced to 'Mistress' uncovers Hollywood's motives fr Mistress watching classic Jean Renoir The business of making movies is revealed in a funny yet depressingly authentic portrait of art held hostage by money d movies in his bungalow and getting depressed over what might have been Then the phone rings Jack Roth (Martin Landau) a producer who has not made a picture in years is grasping desperately at straws when he comes across an old script by Marvin At their first meeting Jack shows up with Stuart (lace Alexander) a young screenwriter who "took classes from the same " teachers that taught Steven Marvin grows more suspicious with each suggested change to his script And so begins a story about desperate men tryinor to raise money to make a movie It is a wry tale about conflicting mo- tives ambitions that have nothing to do with the end product The first backer they court is George (Eli Wallach) a millionaire looking for a leading part for his twentysomething mistress Then there's Danny Aiello's Carmine a gambler who recklessly spends money to stave off depression He's looking for a film for his girlfriend to keep her happy and save their stagnating relationship She's a stewardess with dreams of being a comedienne The third backer is Evan (Robert De Niro) a powerful entrepreneur and control freak His mistress — an independent and intelligent black woman played by Sheryl Lee Ralph — is a legiti Like "The Player" "Mistress" is about the film industry and its between money and art a contest won 99 times out of 100 by money Unlike "The Player" "Mistress" takes place on Hollywood's fringe The greasy deal makers actors the starving the would-bwriters They don't "take meetings" in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hilton They meet in delicatessens that have served the same thing for decades The sessions aren't with heads of studios who with a phone call can "green light" a $40 million movie These meetings are with shady businessmen who seek legitimacy by being in the movies Actor Barry Primus — whose long film career includes roles in "Guilty by Suspicion" and "Absence of Malice" as well as a stint as a regular on TV's "Cagney and Lacey" — makes his directorial debut with "Mistress" He also the script (with JF Lawton of "Pretty Woman") no doubt culled from his own experience scrounging for work in the industry with the highest unemployment rate Robert Wuhl plays Marvin Landisman a writer about to abandon his aspirations of making it in Hollywood He had a shot once Zack's presence among his black friends is accepted until Dee's cousin Nikki (N'Bushe tug-of-w- Wright) shows up from Brooklyn Zack is immediately attracted to Nikki "Would it bother you if I asked her out?" he asks Dee "Of course not" says Dee But others including parents worry about the interracial romance Nut a crackhead played by Ron Johnson likes Nikki too The triangle tilts toward tragedy r Anthony Drazen who developed his script with the assistance of the Sundance Institute captures the rhythms and soul of this urban landscape More impressive is his insight into the alienation young people feel Zack has no one to turn to for emotional ballast His father is a middle-age- d r a relentless womanizer who hasn't figured out the difference between sex and love Dee's father though doting is a man seething with anger at the bigotry around him He's skeptical of his son's friendship with a white boy Occasionally "Zebrahead" slips and becomes too preachy and simplistic in its call for people to get along But more often it is buoyed with natural performances and an edge that is bracingly real — Terry Orme e Writer-directo- teen-age- Spiel-berg- ' V( t A Home Alone 2: Lost in New York A Cbristmas movie that offers little — except more sadistic violence — that's new from the 1990 blockbuster "Home Alone 2" should be called "Home Alone Too" It is a remake more than a sequel because writerproducer John Hughes and director Chris Columbus do not tinker with success After all the original is the most lucrative comedy of all time Instead they shamelessly rip off themselves Sure they don't want to mess too much with the formula but this is ridiculous Anyone who witnessed the comic mayhem of the first movie will have an overpowering sense of dej a vu sitting through the sequel There is the frantic evening before the McCallister family is about to leave for a Christmas vacation There are the same jokes — Terry Orme -- 14 l'—- s 11 - coll'eleliatp 0 ttiXtP rilDr"TAU 0 Esoso 1 1 A I F NNIER -- IGGE EMR ' 101 '11 Li: A Pim fri citrejS trf BARRY PRIMUS - ' 1 4' IN v t - '1- tio6: ': - ' iil ' z:-- ' k t 1 coy '' 1 tn 4 - 6 ol : ' 01' g A f 1'S i I it l 9 i t T- ''' - i 4 g - - - :e 4 ' ti t ? r -74 - : V? -- r --- i SI ' ''f' - - - '' - 'i t4 - 4 ' -- ' ea 1 fg!Cs ‘ F ik i ‘v k ! - 1 : w F: e i N i A' ' 't4 I 'N t (- 1 1 '' c: - lk - I ' - ''''N S r - '49': — '-- Z 1 a B ItYA 61L44' L 4 t4:—'4t4- - - 411 tel iflor Ilk wtiIi '4'43 1i il I I 11141 II A i 4 7-- t 7''" 12:: ' c- ' 4'4 - A4- o ' 1'41:---141- it 4 1 I C: ' ' J' !04 til ' 4 Lt "114 t 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IT i LA An incredibly beauttlul and seductive meditation an this anislx acmes& stemno Emmanuelle Soot (at MASON OF INE SPRING) and Jane Sintin 4 t - - (Evening 011MISSIOn rates dootwl — 1931 CANNES FILM PESTIVAL WINNER MINX --- ito'tN fel 4 ‘ now by latq unn YOU COULDN'T WISH FOR A MORE WONDERFUL MOVIE" - 1 - ' ilifn "ALADDIN' IS A MAGIC CARPET RIDE THAT JUST DOESN'T STOP ' a t am S00 am J p A 'At GRANO - n )1‘ : i e' t P i 0 ENO r itiry ni e 1' ' t Bcli c oiscus c a 1 Ii 1 Et 4 oI f1 : - '' V -- 4i 3 il ' A - - t '' el7: t 1 4i l''''‘ 1 ' I CAPISTIM 'I tt454v IL 141i 1 : ----:' i ) ' — IG11 7'25 — ends Thud An Eifel Moms eins about the lite and theories at cosmologist 4 21 "a Steonen Hosannas Stunning ' 2! kscinating — Salt Lake Inbuntk "a a Aosolutrea nennetraina" — Deseret Neves L 525 9:15 An intelligent and uproarious comedy about Hollywood "AKSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! OE NIKO IS BRILLIANT'" - Mochael Medved SNEAK PREVIPAI ir 4 I 4----- 0 4 ik '''a kx i 'MI r1 g Os 1 "40 folm°1k i -a r 4' ' t k el - - ( :I' '': 4 fa el e f !''''' -- 1 1E I - -- 11 4 I -- - t 06- °- le '''''''Ino- I qt rf4 1- - - )t y (R) i el 1113111 I HISITIO Tr V ' 4— so IBM A - 4 PRICE A qp v I Pass ton— A Has It - ' - : Dikrit-771- 2:atelmA I 1:30 One of the all time wacked out animated cult (P) ii 1 i a EVERYBODY HAS EVERY PASSION HEAVY tviEr tr-lea-t 1 - HE telltSt- i- 1 0i ELEA S E S kl 7 1411 E -- 4 : 1 If you liked 'Home Alone' skip sequel watch the original P In nOLY Co person this time a street woman who feeds pigeons She's played actress by the wonderful Irish Brenda Fricker of -- My Left Foot" Some reward for winning an Oscar It's just a matter of time before the two bumbling crooks — Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern back for an easy buck — show up Out of the millions of people they could meet in Manhattan they run into Kevin the boy who sadistically tormented them to the mass delight of young audiences in the first movie The same thing soon happens in "Home Alone 2If anything the second movie has more violence — albeit of the cartoon variety While intended to be slapstick comedy the movie aggrandizes adolescent sadistic fantasies In one scene Mr Pesci puts his head in a toilet to extinguish the fire in his hair Trouble is Kevin has filled the bowl with kerosene There are moments when the movie rises above its stilted formula Ms Fricker brings authentic emotions to a superficial story and Eddie Bracken in a brief turn as the owner of a toy store is a cheery presence For the two seconds he's on screen Donald Trump acquits himself well But Mr Pesci and Mr Stern are wasted as caricatures Tim Curry and Rob Schneider are embarrassing as snobbish employees at the Plaza Hotel Kevin's hostelry of choice while in New York As for the charming young Mr Culkin "My Girl" was a better career move He's too young to be repeating himself — Terry Onne Nt444 i is back for "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" above 1 mate actress Evan wants control of the film in order to control her With Stuart in charge of rewrites Jack and Marvin attempt to accommodate everyone The deal is to be consummated at a lavish party Will Marvin sell out to get his film made? Will all the parties be placated? Will this fragile negotiation bear fruit? The answers come in a farcical finale of disintegrating loyalties and exploding egos While not as biting or as inventive as Robert Altman's "The -Player" Mistress" hits the satirical buffs eye when it comes to the movie business The performances — particularly Mr Landau's Willy Loman-lik- e producer — are hilariously dead on The message of the movie comes from Stuart the Spielberg wannabe As he says to Marvin: -I'm sure this is your letter to the world But I have news for you They're only making your movie so that they can put their girlfriends in it" One wonders: How many actual movies were made under similar circumstances' seventy-somethin- g te The similarities continue: There's the misunderstood older Ni i lY "Zebrahead" Macaulay Culkin Sweatalitgrom zoiskadSh African-America- n teen-age- I 4-4- - Michael Rapaport and N'Bushe Wright at left confront the pressures of interracial love in --- ---- 4' '"'' lo " - - --- rs (Michael - L 7 ' ''1 - - ' ' '- i ) fr1 - if "tribe" ' - - - ' t i 4' ' 1 y r non-acto- rs I I ' ? 4k e':' 47k‘ --:- 1 y0111119S'''r A low-budg- et Zack " 404 ' Itti' "Zebrahead" deals with young people on their terms This production starring and newcomers is rough around the edges but focuses on essential conflicts of growing up in 1992 urban America The story is of a racially mixed faced group of Detroit with choices — decisions about loyalty about remaining true to themselves or to their sense of teen-age- : '1::"-- it' :00tio-- 0 Detroit teen-ager- s cope with the pressures of tribalism and affairs of the heart in this involving drama about racial loyalty - ' '''4 '7" 1 I 1 1"' 1' 1 1 Ink about the cousin who wets the bed Predictably the next morning the alarm clock doesn't work Alc1 of course Kevin (played again by Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the craziness to get to the airport Instead of being left home Kevin gets on the wrong plane While his family heads south from Chicago to Florida Kevin goes east to New York ' - 10 - 4r ' - E3 20 1992 - Ill - 1 -- : |
