ForthComing FILMS
Twilight Zone ... wunderkind Steven Spielberg got together fellow directors John Landis, Joe Dante and George (Mad Max) Miller to make a tribute to Rod Serling's classic 50s TV series of the same name. Each directs one chilling story in this four-part story. Starts Jan 27. Wargames ... teen computer whizz David Lightman tries to break into the computer system of a video games company so he can play the games before they go on the market. Instead, he gets into the US Defence Dept's system and gets involved in a game called Global Destruction. Only it's not a game. Starts Dec. National Lampoon's Vacation ... Chevy Chase stars as an average American Dad who plans his family's cross-country holiday to the last detail on his home computer. Nothing can go wrong. But it does with a vengeance. Starts Dec 9. Spring Break ... you know the sort of thing Porky's goes to the Beach. Starts Feb. Staying Alive ... Travolta is back in his Saturday Night Fever role and directed this time by Sylvester Stallone. If in doubt, go back to what worked. Starts Jan 6.
Trading Places ... the scheming employers of Louis Winthorpe 111 (Dan Aykroyd) send him into poverty and pick up from the streets black petty crim Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphybto see what befalls them in a "nature vs. nurture" experiment. The two meet and discover what has happened. Starts Feb 10. V Brainstorm ... a machine capable of recording every physical, emotional and intellectual sensation experienced by an individual by linking into the brain has been developed. Stars Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood (her last film), Louise Fletcher and Cliff Robertson. Starts Feb 10. *
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Rip It Up, Issue 77, 1 December 1983, Page 4
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