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Grisham sells
movie rights
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Di
rector Joel Schumacher says he’ll
do the movie of John Grisham’s first
novel, “A Time to Kill.” And
Grisham’s Mississippi residence is
a possible shooting location.
Schumacher, who directed
Grisham’s “The Client,” says he
looks forward to the project. The
setting for the novel is Mississippi,
Grisham has a home in Oxford, but
currently lives in Charlottesville,
Va.
“However, I haven’t had much
time to think of many specifics,’
Schumacher said. “Right now I’m
preparing to get' Batman Forever’
ready for shooting Sept. 24.”
“Batman Forever” is the third
installment in the “Batman” movie
scries.
New Regency, the company thal
produced “The Client,” purchased
the rights to Grisham’s first book or
Aug. 10. Variety reported the com
pany paid “not less than $6 mil
lion,” a record price for film rights
to a Grisham property.
Buttafuoco set
for beginning
of new career
NEW YORK (AP)—And now,
the star of our show — Joe>
Buttafuoco!
The man who inspired several
made-for-TV movies is embarking
on his own acting career, with an
off-Broadway role already a possi
bility.
Buttafuoco, 38. is under consid
eration for the role of the groom’s
father in the hitplay“Tonyn’Tina’s
Wedding,” the show’s general man
ager said Friday.
“I talked about the possibility of
him doing it sometime next year,
and 1 invited him down to sec the
show,” said Leonard Mulhcrn, who
spoke with Buttafuoco’s represen
tatives at the Ruth Webb Talent
Agency.
Another possibility: A spot in a
touring company of “Breaking
Legs,” a mob comedy that ran off
Broadway last year. Either role
would suit Buttafuoco just fine, said
Sherry Spillanc of the Webb agen
cy.
“Acting skills? He’s a natural
talent,” said Spillanc.
The auto body repairman’s last
role was a four-month stint as a
prisoner in the Nassau County Jail.
He pleaded guilty to statutory rape
for his sexual relationship with the
then-underage Amy Fisher, who’s
serving 5-to-15 years for shooting
Buttafuoco’s wife.
Caruso agrees
to movie terms
NEW YORK (AP) — David
Caruso, who’s leaving the hit tele
vision show “NYPD Blue,” report
edly has signed a $2-million deal to
star in the movie “Jade.”
Caruso will begin working on
the Paramount film after finishing a
four-episode run as co-star of ABC’s
police drama during its second sea
son this fall, according to the Daily
News on Sunday.
He will play a San Francisco
district attorney who investigates
the murder of a prominent socialite.
But he’s the former lover of the
suspect, a psychiatrist.
The script for “Jade” was written
by Joe Esztcrhas. It will be directed
by William Friedkin, the newspa
per reported.
ZZ Top keeps
its act rolling
LOS ANGELES (AP) — ZZ
Top guitarist Billy Gibbons says the
blues-and-rock band has one rule:
Keep the music simple.
“We haven’t learned the fourth
chord yet,” Gibbons said, referring
to the three-chord tunes that domi
nate the band’s 14 albums.
As for on-stage antics and im
provisation, that’s a different story.
On the current Antenna Tour,
visuals include a stage designed to
resemble an oversized 1950’s-era
tube radio, exotic dancers, elabo
rate skits and fur-covered guitars.
“We’re probably still together
because we’re trying to guess what
the other guy is going to do next,”
Gibbons said. “It’s a real good,
groovy free-for-all on stage.”
Roger Clinton
records song
DALLAS (AP) — Roger
Clinton’s new gig as husband and
father isn’t keeping him away from
his music.
President Clinton’s little brother
has recorded a song for his friend.
Bill Tillman, who’s putting togeth
er an album due out by early De
cember, according to The Dallas
Morning News. The album also will
feature work by members of Steely
Dan.
Clinton married Molly Martin
on March 26. Shortly after that, the
two had a son, Tyler Cassidy.
Tillman’s 10-piece band played at
their wedding and on the couple’s
first date.
The song Roger sings on
Tillman’s album is called “Father,”
about a man who grows up without
a father. Roger has an album of his
own due out in September.
Stewart sues
British tabloid
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Raspy
voiced Rod Stewart says his throat
is fine, and he’s suing a British
tabloid for saying it isn’t.
Stewart seeks at least $40 mil
lion in the lawsuit filed Friday
against News Group Newspapers
Ltd., which publishes The Sun.
A Feb. 22 article said Stewart
suffered from inflamed throat nod
ules and was unfit to perform, ac
cording to the lawsuit. It also said
the problem eventually would de
stroy Stewart’s singing career.
Tom Crone, legal manager of
News Group Newspapers, said Sat
urday that he hadn’t seen the law
suit, but was surprised because he
thought the problem had been re
solved.
“(Stewart’s lawyer) wrote to us
after that article and we said that we
would correct it and apologize,”
Crone said. “He said that Rod
Stewart’s manager would ring the
journalist directly and they would
work out an apology.”
MUSIC REVIEWS
Photos courtesy of Epic Soundtrax
“Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack”
Various Artists
Epic Soundtrax
Grade: A
Time. Moments in time. Vivid rec
ollections of the moments that impact
ed our lives.
Music that lives with us, always
there to remind us of the people, the
places, and the events of our times.
These are the words of Robert
Zemeckis and Eric Roth, the director
and screenplay writer of the block
buster movie “Forrest Gump,” respec
tively.
The soundtrack to the film consists
of 32 classic songs on two CDs, more
than most but less than there should be.
Music was one of the central themes
to the film and most filmgoers were
probably astounded by the high num
ber of recognizable classics that were
played throughout the movie.
Unfortunately, not all of these were
placed on the soundtrack, but it still
holds a sizeable amount of fantastic
tracks.
The first disc opens with the King’s
“Hound Dog” and closes with Simon
and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson.”
Between these bookends are some of
the best songs of the ’50s, ’60s and
’70s.
The Mamas and the Papas’ “Cali
fornia Dreamin’” combined with the
Doors’ “Break on Through,” Aretha
Franklin’s “Respect,” the Beach Boys’
“Sloop John B” and 10 other classics
make the first disc with a great compi
lation.
The second disc almost surpasses
the first with yet another 15 hits rang
ing from the Byrds’ “Turn! Turn!
Turn!” to Willie Nelson’s “On the
Road Again.”
While not as perfect a soundtrack
that it had the potential to be, “Forrest
Gump: The Soundtrack” is anything
but a disappointment.
— Joel Strauch
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock
MCA Records
Grade: A
When the hype of the Woodstock
’94 festival was at its peak, the release
of the Jimi Hendrix performance 25
years before was nothing more than a
ploy by the owners of the Hendrix
estate to make a little more money.
Shame on them for marrying one of
the better live Hendrix performances
with an commercialized media jug
gernaut.
The Woodstock album is one of the
better live Hendrix recordings for the
sole fact that you can tear Hendrix is
having fun out there in front of half a
million people.
Hendrix played the Woodstock fes
tival not as the Jimi Hendrix Experi
ence, the band with which he became
famous, but as the Band of Gypsies.
The Woodstock band was made up
of drummer Mitch Mitchell, the onjy
member of the Experience to remain
true to Jimi; bass player Buddy Miles,
a friend of his from his early days
starting out in the South and several
other musician friends that played with
Hendrix at his studio in New York.
Woodstock fell at a bad time, finan
cially and musically, for Hendrix. To
hear him having fun with his greatest
love, the guitar, is heart-warming for
his die-hard fans and impressive for
the average listener.
The guitar work he did at Woodstock
is great, even for Hendrix. He rolls
through his well-known songs “Fire,”
“Purple Haze” and “Voodoo Child
(Slight Return),” but throws in some
other jams and not-so-wcll-known
songs there also.
By the time Hendrix plays his infa
mous rendition of “The Star-Spangled
Banner,” the speakers in his Marshall
amplifiers are on their last legs.
As a side note, the album was mixed
and engineered by Eddie Kramer, the
man Hendrix insisted engineer all of
his recordings. Kramer’s name on the
credits is an assurance that the sounds
on the album are what Hendrix would
have wanted.
For anyone looking to find more
Hendrix than what can be found in the
Greatest Hits album, this is the album
to find. For the collector, this will not
leave your stereo for months.
The album would have received an
A+, but lost it because of the blatant
capitalism and the greed tied to the
timing of the re lease—something that
bums die-hard Hendrix worshipers.
— Matthew Waite
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