CALENDAR THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA?

CALENDAR LOS ANGELES TIMES DECEMBER IS. 1991 I: v... THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA? Why is Oliver Sne's movie "JFK" so thretening so mny people? It ll boils down truth, lies, hisry myth. In trenches with controversil filmmker s he wges wr over his $40-million "why-whodunit." By Robert Scheer. Pge 4 -- ter On run with Jon Collins (who just loves bre... her soul). Pge 3 Movies On Loction: Romn Polnski on sex in cinem Americ. Pge 7 Westside/Vlley Behind lens with George Hurrell, phogrpher cinemtic legends. Pge 98 3

COVER STORY President Mrs. John F. begin ir fteful limousine ride in 1963: "WK.' direcr Oliver Sne sys he just wrts " get people smell rt." Oliver Sne Builds His Own Myths filmmker hs uched some very rw nerves gin. But now, with 'JFK,' It's big time hisry he's messing with By ROBERT SCHEER um not Vietnm. Slvdor or even Delcy Plz In Dlls. Just dubbing stge t I Skywlker Sound in Snt Monic. But Oliver Sne ht once gin t wr. "Cll me guerrill hisrin]." Sne sp, munching turkey swich while lst frme fmous Zpruder 8-millimeter "home movie" showing PM. ftdent John F. getting his hed blown f plys over over on screening room wll. Sne hs been holed up for 18-tinur dys editing his film "JFK" while fighting rer-gurd ction ginst intense crincism his new most provoctive film hs engendered. sight unseen. His critics resent lredy controvermt poching on scred l ssssintion. rerrnging relics brething life in ghosts. Some don't like his eltcits on Wrren Commission's Len Hrvey Oswld-did-!Lerm cone/tlon. Ors detest his portrying former New OrlenDist. Atty. Jim Gmm who brought only Cle tril in ssssintion, s hero plyed by Kevin Costner. And movie's lrger-thn-hie sis blming sswrintion on secret prllel government nested in militry- industrd complex strikes me s bizrre. Sne is lterntely perplexed ngry over criticl rticles columns., which hve mde free-fire sone round Ms movie before it finished shooting. Punching hles in his dversries' rgumenu with his rt--tt redy--fire fcts, he is pprehensive. combtive cn even pper hurt n he suddenly flshes n impish grin one senses he's hving bil. With his unruly hir, sill boyish good looks eight movies three Acdemy Awrds under his belt. Sne t 45 evidences outrge lightly lced with glee one who Is sitting just where he belongs. 111. tit whtever criticism. film hs get done. Sssing swich. Sne turns Ms Jck-rbbit intensity bck perfectly mtching sound with picture end overcoming or obstcles getting film done two weeks before it opens. Zpruder frme, tken by en mteur phogrpher present t usulntion, enlrged in frightening detil. is crxil Sne's cinemtic indictment ficil Wrren Commission Report in finl scenes movie. Kevin Cnner uses It illustrte how bullet forced President's hed "bck left." indicting ftl shot cme from somewhere or thn where Oswld ws sid lobe sting. With ech shot fired t President. Sne's hed snps involumrdy. This my he movies, foreign distriburs showing up for screenings remind one dily high finncil stkes for $40-inlilion Wrner Bros. picture 1 with nor $15 million for promotion). but thce's no question for Sne. "JFK" ws is cuse_ In n industry built n recycling plesing myths In prit. Sne insists on doing it hrd wy. His re counter-myths. 011.1116dismorwm - AU. Wed M. Sne. twice womtded Vietnm vetern. views "IFK" no digging deeper in wht he sees s origins wr nothing less thn " bttle over mening my genertion with likes Dn Quyle. bttle between ficil In scene from "JFK." Lee Hrvey Oswld (Gry Oldmn) In police cusdy surrounded by medi. e SUNOtr. ti CEFilhER ti 1941 F w LOS. i:mis TOILS 'f 3/41.1,70 R Z.

,........ s.. 4..,... 141... Nov. 22, 1261 Frmes from fmous 8-millimeter Abrhm Zpnider show President John F. being "home struck movie" tken by by n ssssin's mythology With hi* Wept-in disturbing prt" truth." jcket end his &wild:mess. er.ee n-reverent esily outrged idelism, lwys Sne bers mrks genertion onmetkhle Mrin ficil is e version He ws ftlly 's Lsesllot ft eir he or Is not 1963, while riding Nov. 2Z In his ccomplishments =vie exggerte downwn Dlls by morcde lone gunmn through ettined t presidency. Rr. like mny brief tion. Sne persists on mourning de n gener- School Book Meth floor window Toms Deposiry. Shortly fter innocence lest shooting. Lee Hrvey Oswld. n employee deposiry who fled building =menu orm Tht ssumption fr. "JFK" CIA-sponsored frogiving te. shooting. ws rrested chrged By Pig Invsion disptching Cub In 1961 Dlls policemn. with murder Oswld denied both test troop, Vietnm sme yer, orwise noble were course, mely blunders he quickly n n s murders he ws under being questioning, two dys lter. trnsferred All county loll, he ws from city shot Ocber, recgnised 19S2, error C71113, his wys. After Dlls killed by neged on his pledge upport nor re- A specil nightclub owner lck Ruby, presidentil chired commission Invsion he Cub, hit before his deth investigted by Chief lurice Erl Wrren shooting, en hd Kilned n order troops from Vietnm..4thdrs.rillg I,000 1964. Sept. 24, ws 'issued lne ssssin. report stted Oswld nedy Sne's is contention mn who l greed true nucler Ken- lslintion But ".1F. K" finds tem mny tn cidtes mke for n disillusinned for bt Progreso bn trety economic Initited id progrm. Allisece Cubns hrd-liners militry were lrmed within by goverment industril complex. Americn ws militry succeeded - this evideere portryed by Lyndon in Bs film Johnson. who Is s servnt In nor scene, New Orlens Atty. Jim Grrison {plyed by Kevin Costner) 'Mune/rm peers through sights sme type rifle used In ssssintion. bullet, eee wht skimping hppened, wrd Jcqueline being struck second s Texs time. Gov. John Connlly turns economic Inter jingoistic p.-ties beneded Vietnm Wr from vst escltion go night. gently in success Hollywood "So I've creted counter-myth nf curse, n Oliver Sre %/ wouldn't be merely n entertining movie ficil one one is so bd?" he sks. with Costner commercil s f3rrison venture, Grrison even though ws shrply it strs designed his trdemrk throw chllenger sucker f questions gurd. criticized for beteg New Orlens merrid No, It's unusul for business he's tn, he chnt Cubns Cly Shw ors in fr-rnging nti-cstro low-budget knows rebel. him This Is not sme like spircy kill President conspircy con- "Z" Cots-0,1Vr.le brings or his up. wn "Slvdor." which he ten This is high-stkes holidy seson, But he Grrison could not prove ws lso in court_ rebel hero fr crp gme. mke-it-on--first-weekend sme, mking him nturl subject Sne, who with movies like "Plon," for mke It's provoctive understble politicl why films. Stre given would his "Born on Fourth Doors." July" " hs [ught e bttle for soul pst experience' recounted in "Plon" In fmieroue Interviews. But why Bst Sne Is compelled self-mockingly terms "demon by wht he ship would Wrner Bros, united in prtner- with counterculturl drive" stick he cmers In ting Time-Life. bnkroll this excori- roost sensitive ntionl solve mot punling wound, ttempt Is this view Americn Estblishment? ruling-clss deth wish? Is it. s Sne puts It only hlf joking, " mysteries, Estblishment chmpion tke n CIA. widely dirredited FEL Joint lwmen Chiefs. fissring-t is obviously crcking L.B.J., Mfi Wshingn Sy wht you will bout Sne, he does Post endive. cn be "ught In cnner not meeting two yers go t cet reolu- Reese see Pge 25 Mrketing J.F.K.'s Murder By ELAINE DIAILA W O hen SO-million Wrner Ers. prorntionl embrked e/hels for on certin "JFK," Oliver It ws by no mens Stte. win finished shooting movie n July. would be ble deliver lst it dy by Dec. 10 relese dew. rury Though opening Sne s hd fllhrk, considered Feb- It woo M Interest etudes In picture come out during holidy seson. movieginng It time fter rummer. biggest yer. ber A Decem- opening tree' fur would Oscr qulify considertion. direcr. mt Importnt in terms prestige box ll fice. And. not so euperthino by nture hd incidentlly. been Sne- successful relesing very "Plon," won best picture. "Born on which Fourth July" t time pull Operting It f, on studio ssumption begn its medi he'd bins close-up in erly fll. film's Posters er feturing Costner were plstered on Kevin buses. stlls subwy sttions. A triler In bus woe running in ters cross country by mid-ocber. On Nov. 24, two-pge d rn in Los Angeles Times New York Times. neon irwves dy, Wrners blnketed p 51 mrkets. A 90-second Night Footbll." d ws A plced 90-second on "Mondy herlding - movie event version yer" ppered s first spot n CBS "MASH" tlk shows, s well specil. s on MTV. lte-night news brodcsts. studio employed During technique known s "rodblocking"- only used, s rule, night before mim film is open: It bought Plese see Pop 36 REI=E ilietcif. IV! 5

COVER STORY Fces From Movie, Fces From Hisry In Oliver Snes "MX." some notble crs re cst s notble figures in ssmdnn Its ftermth. Kevin Coste. fresh trm winning bundle Or-rs for his "Dnces With Wolves," plys New Orlens Diet Ally. Jim Grmn. Bribeh cr Gry Oldmn plys Lee Hrvey Oswld, 's lleged ssssin. Tommy Lee Jones plys Cly Shw. who ws ccused by Grrison being prt plot kill And Grrison himself hs been cst - u Chief Justice Erl Wrren. who chired c nneission found Oswld be lone ssmin Oldmn Jones Continued trm Pge 5 rnt In Beverly Hills with Stine. his Cretive Artists Agency gent Pul Wgner, three tp executives from Wrner Bros. President Chief Operting Officer Terry Smote!. Chirmn Bord Chief Executive Officer Bob Dly Bill Gerber, Werner production executive who hd long been interested In Sne's work. mbience meeting mrks dimnce Hollywood hs trveled from dys when it ws run by conservtive moguls who held ll crds. Wht hs emerged in its plce, if Sne', experience Is guide. is les ideologicl more competffive Hollywood cpitlism focused more purely on mking buck. It lso mrket in which successful rtists, no mtter ir politics, betted by powerful gencies represent m, cn hve considerble clout. Sne ws bt direcr, Wrners hd ben courting him for some time mke movie bout Howrd Hughes. Tht effort cme nught becuse Wrren Betty controlled rights Sne ld Wrners execs he hd "quietly optioned" two books n n even more importnt mystery. Sne. who hd won n Acdemy Awrd for screenply for "Midnight Dtmess." wnted write script bout ssssintion. One books Sne optioned ws "On Tril Assssins" by Jim Grrison. published in 1988 by Sheridn Squre Press brely reviewed. It ws revision s erlier book by Grrison, n Louisin Appellte Court. Justice, In defense his erlier cse chrging New Orlens-bsed conspircy Included Cly Shw, n interntionl merchnt or book ws Jim Mrrs' compendium, "Crowflre Plot Tht Killed : which coven gmut sserintion ories. "My immedite rection ws 'Wow! Wht powerful gret Ide for movie: " sid Wrners' Semel. "Any time ssssintion hd come up in In 30 yers, everyone seemed feel we didn't get whole sry." But could Sre ttrct tp-drwing crs project? It helped Sne ws ccompnied by Wgner CAL Sne hs hd close working reltionship with Wgner since 1985, when she helped put his movie "Slvdor" ger. At time, she secured services Jmes Woods. who ws lso represented by her gency. She would subsequently get Sne ger with CAA clients Torn Berenger Willem Defoe for "Plon." Michel Dougls for "Wll Street," Tm Cruise for "Born" Vl Kilmer, who strred in " Doors." "So." Sne lughs. "I guess Pul I hve reltionship." In bort, Sne cme meeting holding quite few those crds would hve been solidly in hs studio in old dys. only one he ws mixing which y bd ws money. But be didn't thirdk ws mjor obstcle with this property ws coon. dent successfully shopping It round. Sne sys "better dels could hve been mde in interntionl mrket" but he preferred selling whole thing Wrners becuse "1 didn't wnt scipt going ll over world be bid on reed. I knew mteril ws dngerous I wnted one entity finnce whole thing hisry Wrner Bros., given Terry Semel's record politicl films, ws my first choice." Wrner Bros. under Semel produced "Ali President's Men: Prllx View" " Killing Fields." Dinner night round tble In front room Grill ws "like bunch guy. sitting round in Ls Vegs sying. 'Hey, I wnt build this thing people will come:" Sne sys. 1 ld m I wnted 'JFK' be movie bout problem covert prllel government in this country deep politicl corruption Here's sry. I lid it ft in 15. 20 minutes. y were ll ers. I sid I wnt tell Mry s It ws firm undersod in IfsMi n tell It over over o It unrvels by end you see it In tlly different light" Sernel remembers Sne sying lots things like 'Are you concerned politiclly? Would It ffect your compny? Are re negtive resons why you wouldn't do It?' My Immedite rection ws 'No, we should do IL' if it's entertining It's intriguing, gret murder mystery bout something we ll cred bout grew op thinking bout, why not? To me, It ok two minutes be tlly ensconced In whole ide." By time cppuccino ws served. y hd hshke del. detils ok months brgining work out. but commitment film for round $20 million ws mde Sne knew "my movie hd home" CAA client Coste ws signed In ply Grrison In Jnury, 1991, (two months before Costner. "Dnces With Wolves" swept Acdemy Awrds). budget doubled $41 mil. lion when Amon Mohn, n Isreli representing Germn French money, becme executive producer, Sne ws ble fford n impressive cst stepprents crs s well presence Joe Pd. Wlter Mtthn, E9 Amer. Donld Surl, Jck Lemn ors ws Importnt Sne's strtegy: supporting cst provides mp Americn psyche fmilir comfortble fces wlk you through winding pth In drk woods. Wrners thought It ws o costly In hve m but those cr' ll wived ir norml fees help picture." Despite rumors Mel Gibson ors were cidtes ply GrrLoon, Sne insist.' Costner ws his preferred choice. It helped!caa President] Mike ()vitt ws strong fn doe movie," Sne sys, ws strongly urging Costner. his client, be in It An obstcle ws cr's promise his wife he would tke yer f from work. But, s Crmer sys, "fter she red book, she sett 'You hve do it- Costner, who pointed out he comes from conservtive Republicn bckground, reserched mteril crefully before' Ine-e see Pge 32 Z. $421-DAY.DELINISER it twin ips etigele5 TIMES f CALM-AR

IFK' Continued from Pge 28 greeing ply Grrison. "I met with his critics s well s people on street who still love him. He's complex chrcter both Oliver I wnted him plyed wy," sys Costner, who credits Sne with exposing him full rnge Grrison's critics. Sne dds: "I wnted Costner get both sides, witness htred extremism Jim engenders s n cr look in eyes his enemies know wht he ws up ginst bck n. se were ugh people y'd come in prde in front Costner with ir New Orlens ccent sying Jim's snke he liked boys ws ngry Shw sle his lover lot worse. "Kevin red script severl times, sw bck-up mteril it ws not esy for him do. Kevin ok some chnces he's going mke some enemies with this movie but I'm proud him." Sne feels signing Costner ws crucil brek for film not just becuse cr's box-fice ppel. "Kevin ws perfect choice for Jim Grrison becuse he reminds me those Gry Cooper, Jimmy Stewrt qulities morl simplicity quiet understte- ment. He listens well. He nchors movie in very strong wy. He guides you through it becuse you empthize with him his discoveries become yours. Through Kevin plying Jim you get on 50-yrd line for ssssintion." But while Costner is quintessentilly believble, rel-life chrcter he plys, Grrison, is not. Flmboynt, mbitious, crousing quick mouth, Grrison burst in ntionl medi with series wild chrges. When he brought Cly Shw tril in Mrch, 1967, on chrges conspircy kill. fter mny delys, two yers lter jury ok only n hour declre Shw innocent. G rrison picked up enemies in news medi long wy hve now risen in outrge t thought, decdes lter, Sne hs cst this fellow in heroic role. "Dlls in Wonderl: How Oliver Sne's Version Assssintion Exploits Edge Prnoi" is how Wshingn Post hedlined piece by its ntionl security correspondent, George Lrdner, who hd crossed swords with Grrison while covering originl tril. Lrdner hdn't seen movie but, bsing his criticisms on n unuthorized erly drft script, proceeded

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A riveting ffecting sry. - ;RA Cm, GASINETE NEWS VICE Nedit's white-het pssion stirring jerlormnces dd up explosive drm! - Pe. Trr.rrs. it01-1-.ng st)s ' Two thumbs up!' - wrn 4 BERT,...1.11till=t11+1.1 1! JFK' Continued from Pve 33 fter three-lodge pnel gr fury sid he hd sufficient evidence Grtisn ws thwrted t every turn in his Investigtion by much Americn legl politicl Estblishment. His subpoen ginst [CIA Direcr] Allen Dulles, Chrles Cbel [Dulles' deputy) Richrd Helms [who succeeded Dulles s CIA direcr) were ll qushed. four governors in four different sttes would not honor his extrdiuon requests. his files were copied pssed on defense by severl trirs n his stff his fice ws tpped. He ws lso bribed with federl judgeship his witnesses were thretened. cjoled lso bribed. tt movie is compelling not D LA becuse It mkes cse ginst Shw or for Grrison but becuse it presents in exhusting detil conflicting ccounts indicte something very different from ficil version mor, dughter, lover. reltionships cn be murder. "DELICIOUSLY FUNNY 1,, -Dr d NEW YORK PRILAA,3, CRiR STORY hppened. We Grrison still re not sure wht it proves. except Wrren Commission got It No one relly knows exctly wht hppened, who didit or how." Sne concedes. "but we hve some pretty good clues we rech some conclusions In movie I hope will shpe counter- myth one Wrren Commission put out will ost in minds net genertion. Mythology is not child's firy tle; its true inner mening n event." But why hng pluthle cse ginst Wrren Commission on controversil ories Grrison why did Sne pck this book for his "JFK"' Sne hd not thought much bout ssssintion until 198& when Grrison book ws pressed upon him by Ellen Ry, publisher Covert Action Informtion Bulletin, which delights in exposing CIA. publisher book. on creky elevr when y met by chnce, or so It seems, In Hvn's old Ncionl Morel. Sne ws in Cub ccept Ltin Americn Film Festivl wrd fr "Slvdor- _ from Nobel lurete Gbriel Grci Mrquez. Sne t first thought Ry ws "Just nor sl-wering dvocte cuse," but he ok book with him Philippines. where he ws completing shots for "Born on Fourth July." "It ws gret gumshoe sry. This pisl whipping occurs on night [Nov.] 22 on riny night In which this guy. Jck Mrtin In FBI informntl. gets his skull lid open by his boss. Guy Bnister, [ former FBI bureu chief out Utile Rymond Chler kind incident. Grrison spins this tle out with interntionl intrigue hell tril. As drmtist. excited me" After lso buying rights Jim Mrrs hook. Sne temed up with Zchry Sklr. edir Grrison's book. write script bsed on books mssive mount or informtion gred by Jne Rusooni. recent Yle grdute he hd hired s resercher. mteril, gred over two yers. "llowed me use Grrison s vehicle for lrger perspective thn ws vilble him In 1961-69." "use" Grrison or rel-life chrcters in this *Winn lob t hogs.. A coot th derdy mdin VS3.17pLkstd politkr Pt.. Mn rs thinidng person'. rktnight movie' Kon31113.. ARA6A To. 'It IS teli r PI ill/ fl nn 10.71 An engging spo bout love, lust murder." "VISUALLY POWERFUL. wildest cinem come out Jpn in yers." Angry. 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X chr- stunned who me with Iv I Incorported wht reveltions. in meeting between he [Costner ld me sh Grrison Surl I feel ws ct e violtion spirit truth, becuse met Deep Throt Grrison type lso turned Richrd be Cue N'gell. who climed CIA gent mde Sim wre 1111A17!VW scenrio thn microcosm in New Clenen's Arnher dosing melnge rgument involves Gr- &Lw Will. which Includes much ctul rgument tril's trnscript. but hlf from which ws written by Sne get in he UP, lerned since time "I wnted mke it better. up mn's whle life In summtien my bout his feelings feelings, re. which crossed in composite - drmtist events tkes chrcters License in condensed mce; moving fct three Aroundhomoseul For escmple. I tke chrcters spotted who Oswld Shw with Ferric mde chrcter plyed by m Kevin in Bcon. one This tie: is hrdly unusul Plekle."Redf for drms- 'Miming' cme mind s elstic but ccurte interprettion our 'MNinirtiL is;:asx mw:je. n *Wm oomn =01140I 01111 7terr roilihi.7 =Kw.79..0.811 I IS...YELEr TISFES-CM:q DAR - - - - 133=1:123 - -. I hisry. doing: we're I'm not putting hiding out wht screenply which Is highly footnoted I'm our choices sources so It cn s be studied picked imm "Sometimes it's hrd rove her Med who'll with who movie. when You you're fin. become prt never regret chrcter. hving visited but I Jim will Grrison's souk, LE mde me better MU. How do you Like quote? It wttl relly got hters out" M rut Grrison neverless cities ttcking seem shre re Sne ws more Gnison' thn ir view gunmen Wrren Commission ws one Sne, who hs ten refore been ccused wrong. sclpel using will sledgehmmer do. this tints crves when out den fter mysterious detil rebut m:vie- unmn ory. from =probble book deposiry. ngle fire "mgic bullet" sid by Coirnission Wrren nedy rid Texs hve Gov. hit John both Connlly in throe seprte plces. Ot Ken- wld' chep Itlin rifle. Incpble mods. getting Mysterious f requisite deths. Contr. Venet dietry sight" ren Commtssion WILMRSIN refused ques. Wr- lion. 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Al Irriitio 38 SOMA Y. rintgr I f..199y/ Fs W `JFK' Continued from Po 35 n concluded single bullet found on stretcher t hospitl hd entered President'. bck exited through front his throt n proceeded enter Connlly behind his right rmpit, corning out in front his chest, brekg nb n entering breking his right wrist exit- Mg smshing In governor'. left thigh. Most mirculous ll, bullet emerged virtully unscd. This explntion ws ccepted by Wrren COMMIS- Mrketmg Continued from Rep.5 sme time slot on ll networks ir locl ffilites, Incresing chnces reching lrgest possible udience. Print publicity lso kicked in. current Issue Vnity Fir fetures Cowles on cover. Time Newsweek cover sries re in works, If not dislodged by sries bout disintegrtion Soviet Union, would sve s free billbords for film. 5151, re re those who believe film fres n uphill bttle "JFK." y pint out. my not be 31/2 hour-with-n-intermission mrthon Sne hd once contemplted But three hour-muting time could still pose problems for ter owners udiences. subject ssssintion our 35th Preectent Is downbet, prticulrly t holidy time when fmily films lighter fre usully thrive. Costner, skeptics dmit. is superstr, n obvious wy brodening "JFK's" udience over-25 yer-olds. But this time round, y point out, he's plying role ffords him less thn him usul quot chrism sexulity. hedline-grbbing Sne Hrulou tussle', C.O.N.V.I.C. Robert DUVALL Luks HAAS Jmes Erl JONES n despite FBI tests shooting similr bullets in humn cdvers nimls resulted in mw disrtions bullets. This or evidence led House Select Committee on ims nitrtions in I9T9 conclude fter two-yer investigtion "President John F ws prob. bly ssssinted s result conspircy." Most Sne's critics teem lso believe re ws more thn one killer, s do most Americns. Tht suspicion hs been lrgely ltent In public psyche. but if Sne hs his wy it my bubble up surfce. "I just wnt get people smell rt I wnt people be hs strong following, s welt 13111 observers question wher it will be enough ensure "JFK" holds its own in field *wed with high-prile "dult" films. such s "Bogey," " Prince Tides" "Gr Cnyon." movie's defenders believe it will. y point lst yer's Oscr-winning "Dnces With Wolves." nor three-hour Cotner vehicle (with subtitle*, t ) grossed $184 million in Molted Sttes Cnd lone. y rgue or hevyweight drms, such s "Rin Mn" "Plon," did excellent business during Christms Beson. y predict if "JFK" is s good s its word--mouth, good portion sets in more thn 1,150 ters showing It should be filled- - mrket exps or convcu bsed on qulity or, t lest on wher It contins films people wnt see," mintins Joe Peixo. vice president film buyer for Metropolitn ters. "At Thnksgivg, ' Addms Fenn- ly,"beuty Best' 'My Girl' ll ok f. And this, fter box fice ws so terrible In fll. A pck good films doesn't hve be drwbck. If people see 'Prince Tides' like it, y're more likely go movies "DUVALL IS TERRIFIC...THE FILM CREATES A SPECIAL POIGNANCY." V7NCENT CANBY N.Y. TWO %It it. 111% SPIV,. D. krukhd FR(IDLI:fit) IlL1411 tl R 1, 111 t5 11AIESLARI.IONTS 41 KAM i's% S in PERK!Oft 1.A.re.i...ELLIOTE115E'slil ATI.r."10, fimin 'eo t hr ok* \ MX1R. FmtiontInILINATHANO hrantnistelilll(; \ Af.EVEN J11,0,11,01.1 tr VIASIT Is; AC AC1131Y QUALIFICATION Will ws ONLY LUMI VOWS STARTS FRIDAY Fl 0 NI C 1321 221 3t.,A0 117 WILMA 172 ws swri TM I OLEr 193-1141 moved by it hve ir con- 'muffles, shifted I wnt movie works. All wrds in world don't dd up ;& if movies don't work movie 4 set---pnt eimenence." At film's conclusion, fct mny government's records on ssumntion hve been seled until yer 3029 is n end title on screen. If udience leves ter with n pprehensive questioning bunt heightened suspicion ficil truth why blme Oliver Sne? Aobert Scheer is =nl corremondent for Ls Angel Time; gin. If 'JFK' is s good s I've been led believe by erlubl n who sw it. udience will be re." Vriety box-fice nlyst Art Murphy sys, since trget udience is dults segment skepticl turned f by more trditionl forms dvertising reviews plcement on yerend 10-best lists could help film. Still, he cutions. it would be mistke evlute "JFK's" box flee performnce o fst_ "I wouldn't be concerned if numbers ren't lrge when movie opens," he sys. "For one thing, becuse movie is long, It will hve one or two fewer showings dy so you'd hve multiply %MK'S numbers by 11/2 order equlize things, For nor. subject mtter my cuse people defer seeing it until fter holidys so no conclusions should be drwn unti well in Jnury. if picture opens big, though, ll re qulifictions don't pply. re's nothing like bit tke cre ll dvnce specultion" For his prt. direcr Sne bucks ll this "mrketing" tlk_ "It's something sick in Americn culture when every Christms we hve tlk bout how mny ys re sold how much money is mde f Christms movies when It thould be time spiritul coining ger," he sys. "I mde best Fin I cn, whoever comes. comes," Sne cknowledges, however. if "JFK" performs well commercilly. It my hve ripple. effect. - success 'Mism. 'StIkwood.' 'Reds.' 'Killing Fields' helps next one get mde." he pints out "Those do well crete more mrket for or hisricl interprettions help continue trdition." 0 Eltne Inke u Times stff writer WORLD REPORT Every Tuesdy Us Angeles dimes 1.0S teoruesnsovelttt4