Goldie does it again for Warner

Press, 2 September 1986, Page 23

Goldie does it again for Warner

By

DAVID WILSON

Warner Home Video has a line-up of top stars in its list of new releases and re-releases available from September 10.

The new releases are:— “Protocol.” Goldie Hawn stars as Sunny Davis, a cocktail waitress wrenched from a mundane existence to serve her country in a very unorthodox way. Through an unexpected series of events, she is catapulted first to national attention and then into the international spotlight. She mesmerises the media, parries with politicos and hobnobs with foreign figures. Sunny accidentally saves a powerful foreign diplomat from assassination and becomes a national heroine. The film’s director, Herbert Ross, said: “ ‘Protocol’ was one of the hardest pictures I’ve ever done — about -280 speaking parts and more than 4000 extras.” This is Goldie Hawn’s fourth consecutive film for Warner Bros, the others being “Private Benjamin,” "Best Friends,” and “Swingshift.” “Doin’ Time” is a classic case of the inmates taking over the asylum. John Dillinger Penitentiary is the only prison in the world where you break out laughing. The prisoners are in complete control, throwing all-night parties, cooking burgers on the electric chair, and producing their own programmes for prison tele-

vision. Then the prison board brings in a new boss to restore order, but the inmates’ leader, Big Mac, has other ideas and it’s a fight to the finish! “Deal of the Century.” The director, William Friedkin, focuses his camera on the complex world of the international arms and aerospace industries. This film tells the story of Luckup Industries’ effort to sell the “Peacemaker,” a hightech, multi-million-dollar “ultra” weapon that flies without a pilot and kills without a thought. “The

film is a realistic mixture of actual events that have taken place over the last 15 years or so, fictionalised, but only minimally;” says Mr Friedkin. He chooses comedy as the medium for his message. The movie stars Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver and Gregory Hines. “First Family” brings together the hilarious comedy stars Gildna Radner, Bob Newhart and Madeline Kahn in a biting satire of White House weirdness. Bob Newhart stars as President Manfred Link, who sets

out to shore up his sagging popularity by establishing diplomatic relations with the little-known island of Upper Gorm. At Gorm, they practice virgin sacrifice. Luckily, Link has just the virgin — his randy daughter, Gloria, who has lived in the White House for three years and has made 17 unsuccessful escape attempts. Any resemblance to real first families, past or present, is, of course, completely coincidental! The September re-re-leases from Warner Home Video are:— “The End” — a black comedy that looks at death in a humorous and light-hearted way. Burt Reynolds is Sonny Lawson, a groovy Californian who is told he has only a short time left to live. He races around announcing his circumstances to his wife, lover and best friend and finds himself planning his own fate ahead of time to avoid facing the coming doom.

“Freebie and the Bean.” Two plainclothes policemen, Freebie Walters and Benito Vasquez, run into evidence which leads them bn a wild goose chase to find the big-time mobster, Red Meyers, involved in the San Francisco “numbers” racket. Freebie and Bean try to arrest Meyers on a staged charge of

indecent exposure. What follows is a mass of chaos and confusion —• the Bean is wounded, Meyers has a heart attack, and Freebie is back where he began. The stars in this crazy action adventure are James Caan, Alan Arkin and Loretta Swit. “The In-Laws.” Whoever would have thought dentistry could be this dangerous! Sheldon Kornpett, a mildmannered dentist, gets in over his head with the C.I.A. On the other hand, Vince Ricardo, his friend and accomplice, has been in over his head for so long he may have lost it completely. Ricardo can talk his way out of anything, but in this case it means talking very fast in front of a firing squad. “The In-Laws” stars Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. “The Frisco Kid.” An orthodox rabbi from Poland, moving to a new congregation in San Francisco, is the victim of a trio of villains, who steal his money and possessions and leave him unconscious in the centre of Pennsylvania. Regaining his senses, he sets out for San Francisco and is befriended by a lawman along the way. The two become involved in a series of events which include tangling with Indians, being chased by a sheriff, and finally facing the trio of bandits who had robbed Avram the first time. Everything seems to be running quite smoothly, until Rosalie shows up! Starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford.

“Uptown Saturday Night” — stars Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Harry Belfonte. Hustlers, pushers, underworld figures, detectives and gangsters are all in the world that Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin know. They begin their Saturday night at Madame Zenobia’s where they lose money and a lottery ticket worth $50,000. They .go after the crooks they believe have taken the money, but land in jail. They hire a private detective, but he takes the money and disappears, and the duo find themselves caught up in a gang feud — and so the story goes on.