Surprising twists in plot begin with murder
MURDER from page 12
in North Korea or Regis’ impending
eviction to make room for a parking
garage.
Snipes is excellent in his role as
secker-of-truth Regis, and this role
rises above a great deal of his past
work for the simple reason that he
takes himself seriously. Instead of the
murder desensitizing him to the point
he’s cracking jokes left and right, it’s
made him a very serious, somber hu
man being.
The facts
Film: ‘Murderat 1600'
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane,
A/an Aida, Dennis Miller
Director: Dwight Little
Rating: R(Nudity,Language, Violence)
Grade: B+
Five Words: White House cover
up? No way!
Photo courtesy op Warner Bros.
“MURDER AT 1600” stars (from left to right) Dennis Miller, Diane Lane and Wesley Snipes.
‘8 Heads’ can’t deliver the goods as dark comedy
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A series of humorless gags ensue,
including the most stagnant and worn
out of all — his duffel bag gets
switched.
Of course this results in a cross
country pursuit; meanwhile an unas
suming and seemingly oxygen-de
prived college kid, Charlie, ends up
with the duffel bag in Mexico where
he is vacationing with his girlfriend
and her parents.
Needless to say, he is shocked to
find eight heads in his duffel bag and
doesn’t know how to react. So what
does he do? He runs around like a
chicken with its head cut off (sorry,
had to get it in there somehow).
Andy Comeau, who plays Charlie,
is the kind of guy who looks as if he
saw a movie once but never thought
he’d be lucky enough to act in one.
He is so excited that it seems he en
tirely forgot that people were going to
be watching this. He lamely incorpo
rates age-old antics into a performance
The facts- *
Film: "8 Heads in a Duffel Bay
Stars: Joe Pesci, David Spade,
Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson,
George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon
Director: Tom Schu/man
Rating: R(Language, Violence)
Grade: D
Five Words: Decapitate writer of
"8 Heads"
that would embarrass Jerry Lewis.
The screenwriting shares many of
the same problems; the film is prima
rily character-driven, but none of the
characters are going anywhere.
“8 Heads” is a tremendously lame
and baldfaced rip-off of a trendy and
successful genre done in such an in
sipid, mediocre manner as to make
one envy those eight heads in the duf
fel bag.
Photo courtesy of Orion Pictures
JOE PESCI stars as Tommy Spinelli, a mobster who is asked to deliver a
bagful of body parts to his boss, in the new comedy “8 Heads in a Duffel
Bag.” The film, directed by Tom Schuknan, also stars George Hamilton,
Dyan Cannon, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson and “Saturday Night Live”
alum David Spade.
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‘Anaconda’
keeps spot
at box office
LOS ANGELES (AP)—“Ana
conda” kept its grip on the top box
office spot for a second weekend
with an estimated $12.2 million in
ticket sales.
“Liar Liar” was second with
$10.2 million, according to indus
try estimates Sunday. The Jim
Carrey comedy has earned $133.6
million in just five weeks.
“Anaconda,” about giant snakes
that terrorize scientists in the Ama
zon, saw its take drop just 27 per
cent from its opening weekend,
which by Hollywood standards
means it had staying power.
Three new films made the Top
10, according to Exhibitor Rela
tions Co. Inc.
“Murder at 1600,” starring
Wesley Snipes as a Washington
homicide detective digging into a
White House murder, opened in
third place with $8 million.
“McHaJe’s Navy,” based on the old
TV sitcom, tied for seventh place,
grossing $2.1 million. And Joe
Pesci’s new film about a profes
sional killer and a luggage mixup,
“8 Heads in a Duffel Bag,” was
ninth with a $1.8 million gross.
Another hit-man comedy,
“Grosse Pointe Blank,” placed
fifth, taking in $4.9 million in its
second week.
Final weekend box office figures
were to be released today.
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The following films brought in the most
box office receipts over this past weekend
(Friday through Sunday)
T. Anaconda $12.2 Million
2. Liar Liar $10.2 Million
3. Murder at 1600 $8 Million
4. The Saint $7.3 Million
5. Grosse Pointe Blank $4:9 Million
6. The Devil's Own $2.4 Million
7. McHale's Navy $2.1 Million
7. That Old Feeling $2.1 Million
9.8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
10. Chasing Amy
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