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ENTERTAINMENT

Movie income near renere

Total $4.9 B without
glut of blockbusters

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The film
crowd expects The Godfather III to
climax a near-record year in a
holiday season without the usual glut
of big-budget and possible Academy
Award movies.

Francis Ford Coppola's con-
tinuation of the bloody Corleone

rrives on Christmas Day,
giving it only one week to augment
the 1990 box-office total.

“If Godfather Ill had been
released on Nov. 21 as led, it

Predator Il.

Here are the attractions seeking
big audiences in December:

© Kindergarten Cop features Ar-

might have contributed to ‘another
says Daily Variety’s
Barring a miracle, the
year’s total will be $4.9 billion, only
$100 million behind 1989’s record.
The spring was sensational, with

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This holiday season will bring only
12 films in wide release, compared
with 20-25 in the early 1980s. About
10 others will receive limited releases
to enhance their prestige and Oscar
chances.

Some of the movies will remain in
the marketplace through New Year’s.
Dances With Wolves will certainly be
among them. Other possibilities:
Rocky V, The Rescuers Down Un-
der, Three Men and a Little Lady,

nold Scl returning with
his Twins director Ivan Reitman in a
comedy with kids and action.

* The Bonfire of the Vanities stars
Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith and
Bruce Willis in Tom Wolfe’s novel
of urban corruption, directed by
Brian DePalma (The Untouchables).

© Awakenings is another change
of pace for Robin Williams, based
on a real-life story of a doctor who
revives catatonic patients. With
Robert De Niro and directed by
Penny Marshall (Big).

© Misery has Rob Reiner (When
Harry Met Sally . . .) turning serious
with a Stephen King novel, starring
James Caan and Kathy Bates.

© Mermaids represents Cher’s
return to films after the Oscar-
winning Moonstruck. With Winona
Ryder and Bob Hoskins.

* Look Who's Talking Too is a
reprise of last year’s hit, with
Roseanne Bart joining Bruce Willis
as a baby’s voice.

© The Rookie features Clint East-
wood returning to the police force
after bombing as White Hunter,
Black Heart.

* Almost an Angel teams Paul
Hogan and new wife Linda
Kozlowski in a comedy to

convenience with Andie McDowall

fantasy from Tim Burton (Batman,
Beetlejuice).

© Alice has Woody Allen writing
and directing but not acting. William
Hurt, Mia Farrow and Alec Baldwin
do perform.

© The Sheltering Sky is a love
story by Berardo Bertolucci (The
Last Emperor) with Debra Winger
and John Malkovich.

© Hamlet stars the commercially
viable Mel Gibson and Glenn Close,
directed by Franco Zeffirelli

* Come See the Paradise is an in-
terracial romance during the wartime

of Ji

the Crocodile Dundee films that in-
troduced them.

Here are other films that will have
less impact on the 1990 total because
of limited released, but will be heard
from in 1991:

© Havana reunites Robert Redford
and Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
for a love story against the backdrop
of the Cuban revolution.

© Russia House stars Sean Con-
nery and Michelle Pfeiffer in the
John le Carre spy thriller.

© Green Card offers the American
film debut of Gerard Depardieu as a
French immigrant in a marriage of

© Mr. and Mrs. Bridge stars Paul
Newman and Joanne Woodward as
an aging Kansas City couple.

° Mr. Johnson features Pierce
Brosnan in an African political story
directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving
Miss Daisy).

Even with a lesser number of films
in wide release, that’s a carload of
movies to be considered by audien-
ces, critics and importantly,
Academy voters. But the six-week
year-end market comprises 13 per
cent to 14 per cent of the year’s box
office, and companies have some of
their best attractions for this period.

Fan thinks he has show figured

By BILL ANDERSON
CP Television Writer

OK, Peaks freaks, time to wake up
and smell the coffee.

Leland Palmer is not suffering a
split personality, and if he did kill his
daughter, Laura — as the big Nov.
10 episode suggested — the reason
wasn’t anger or guilt.

No, poor old Laura managed to
figure out the identity of shadowy,
long-haired Bob. But before she
could reveal it, she was offered as a
human sacrifice to the coven of devil
worshippers who inhabit Twin
Peaks.

That’s right — Bob is Mr. Big
himself. The guy with the horns.
Satan.

Hew.do we, kngw all this?, ..

Welt we don’t for sure.

But Toronto Peaksologist Peter
Howell has this theory, and since it
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Star on Oct. 13, it has suffered
remarkably few setbacks.

The basic idea is that Twin Peaks
creators David Lynch and Mark
Frost have been able to disguise their
supernatural thriller as an offbeat
whodunit.

Only recently have they begun —
as the one-armed man might say —
to show their true face.

In order to see it, however, it helps
to understand the raft of mythical,
numerological and religious symbols
planted throughout the series.
(There’s also a barrel of TV and
movie references — identical cousins,
homages to The Prisoner — but
that’s another story.)

Howell, a news reporter at the
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“*They’re using all kinds of sym-
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terview after the Nov. 10 episode.
“*Frequently the symbols sort of can-
cel each other out, or they’re just
thrown into a kind of hodgepodge,
but obviously a great deal of it is
deliberate.’’

Howell said he first twigged to
what was going on last season,
during a dream sequence that
featured a circle of candles — a
symbol of good — being blown out.

From there, he began to log the
other symbols, using his trusty tex-
tbook and also the paperback com-
panion to the series, called The
Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.

A full accounting would run for
pages, but here are some highlights
of Howell’s guide to Twin Peaks:

The Log Lady — A fringe figure
up to now, Margaret will play an in-
creasingly imporant role as the
season heads toward a cataclysmic
clash with Satan. Cradling a log in
her arms, she represents the crucified
Christ.

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In Cirlot’s book, backwards-
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giants represent Collective Man,
rising up as a community against
evil. Both symbols represent protec-
tion.

Owls — Cooper was warned ‘‘the
owls are not what they seem.’’ In-
deed, they are symbols of darkness,
and spies for the devil.

Cooper’s Hotel Room — Cooper
Stays at the Great Northern, room
315, a portentous number. In
numerology, 3 represents the Holy
Trinity. When it sits in front of 15 —
a devil number — it means evil is
gaining.

“It suggests that Cooper’s room is
a rift between heaven and hell,’’
Howell says, and might be the ‘‘one
chance out between two worlds’’
spoken of by the one-armed man.

“Or it could be that the whole
hotel is a kind of passageway. It’s
worth noting that the original name
for the series was Northwest
Passage.””

Overall, Howell admits that some
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it’s time you told them the truth.

That Santa’s sleigh is on hock? Nope.
That Christmas has been moved to mid-July?, No,

Tell them that this year’s white Christmas isn’t
going to put you in the red. That this year, you're
buying their Christmas toys on a budget.

Consumers wishing to keep the recession at bay —
and all indicators suggest most are in that category —
will have to strike a few things from their Christmas lists
this year.

Such items as computer systems, most electronic
gadgets, riding toys, doll houses and fad playthings
won't be making many appearances in Christmas
stockings.

But while the flash and dazzle toys will have to wait
for another time, you can still keep your wallet intact
and buy toys children will enjoy long after the eggnog is

“It’s not at all important to spend a lot of money
on toys,” says Heather Smith, the Canadian Toy
Testing Council’s media relations director. ‘“There are
very good toys available at all price levels.””

Bearing this in mind, Smith has scanned the coun-

If a child would rather cuddle than construct,
perhaps Baby Soft Love fits the bill.

Its soft body and simple detailing make it an ex-
cellent first doll for two- to four-year-olds. Baby Soft
Love is priced between $5 and $10.

For children aged four and up, Mattel’s Barbie and

several dolls in different price ranges. Check the toy
report for details.

Although highly promoted, gimmicky dolls

cost more than people on a budget can afford,
they tend to be more flash than fun. Most are hard,
heavy and don’t function well.

“They're a novelty, at best,”” says Smith.

Some fads have become standards, however. Take
Playmates’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($5-$10).
These action figures received the toy report’s highest
rating of three stars.

While these pizza-eating creatures get the nod, so
do some of the items in Fisher-Price’s Fun with Food
line. Kids can serve coffee and McDonald's food, go on
picnics or whip up i omelietes.

For the child who prefers brain puzzlers to making

cil’s 1991 Toy Report and devised a list of
under $20 for the money-consciqus consumer.

Finding cheap toys for babies and toddlers
shouldn’t get you rattled. A range of quality
noisemakers, as described in the Toy Report, are
available. For somewhat older infants, Little Tikes
Sacking Clown, a set of three bright two-toned rings and
a clown’s head, will keep them amused. Prices range
from $5 to $15.

Keeping with the stacking theme, Measure Up!

‘ups by Discovery Toys are a set of 12 brightly colored
cups for $13. Kiddicraft’s Building Beakers, a set of six
plastic cups, for $5 to $15, are essential first toys.

After a full day of stacking and nesting, the one- to
three-year-old may want to sit back in a hot tub with his
or her Busy Splash’n Play by Playskool. These water
toys keep the toddler scooping, filling and pouring for
between $10 and $15.

If children would rather build than pour, construc-
tion toys will satisfy.

For the budding architect, 18 months to six years
old, Irwin’s Natural Wood Kindergarten Blocks are a
must-buy item. These 30 large wooden blocks in 15
shapes enhance dexterity and co-ordination.

Unfortunately, parents will have to pay more than

suggests people on a budget can ask a few relatives to
buy parts of the same series.

only a of toys is
available in this price range. MagnaPlay’s ABC Ark
Magnetic Teaching Puzzle, for $10 to $15, is among the
best. This colorful magnetic board depicts an ark full of
animals and 26 durable magnetic puzzle pieces.

If your children tire of imaginary creatures, they
may want to explore real flora and fauna. Somerville
House has developed products to encourage
young scientists. Its Pond Pail and Book ($10-$15), Bug
Bottle and Book ($10-' and Beach Bucket — Salt-
water Edition ($10-$15) are some examples.

Although these toys develop solitary play, children
with siblings may enjoy group games. Testers rated three
highly.
The first, Ravensburger’s Baggage Claim ($10-$15),
challenges four- to eight-year-olds to find the luggage an
airline has lost.

The second was Whitman Golden's King’s Court
($10-$15), a board game based on checkers but with a
centre court.

Finally, in keeping with new twists to old games,
Parker has adapted Monopoly for five- to cight-year-
olds and come up with Monopoly Junior ($15-$20).

If board games leave them bored, miniature cars
might rev their engines. Matchbox Vehicles (under $5)
by Galoob’s Mi i ($5-$10), and
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