Thursday, December 1,1994
Pagemaster’
Taking refuge from a storm in
an empty library, a timid young
boy is sent on an amazing
animated adventure by The
Pagemaster, keeper of the bodes
and guardian of the written word.
Making the acquaintance of three
books, each representing the
timeless themes of Adventure,
Fantasy and Horror, the boy
takes a breathtaking journey as
his friends lead him through
their limitless world of
imagination.
Stars Macaulay Culkin and
Christopher Lloyd. The film
features the voices of Whoopi
Macaulay Culkin
takes a breathtaking
journey as his friends
lead him through their
world of
imagination.
limitless
Goldberg, Patrick Stewart,
Leonard Nimoy and Frank
Welker, and also stars Ed
Begley, Jr. and Mel Harris.
Playing Richard Tyler, both in
animated form and in the live
action sequences which bookend
the film, is Culkin, the youthful
superstar of the “Home Alone”
films, “The Good Son” and the
recent “Getting Even with Dad.”
Culkin’s other motion picture
credits include “Uncle Buck,”
“Jacob’s Ladder," “The
Nutcracker” and the upcoming
“Richie Rich.”
Producer and screenwriter
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David Kirschner’s credits include
the animated classic “An
American Tail,” the Emmy
Award-winning “The Last
Halloween” and Twentieth
Century Fox’s animated feature
“Once Upon a Forest" He also
produced “Hocus Pocus” and
“Child’s Play”
Live-action director Joe
Johnston worked on “Star Wars”
and its two sequels and earned an
Academy Award for Best Visual
Effects for “Raiders of the Lost
Ark.” He made his directorial
debut on the box office hit
“Honey, 1 Shrunk the Kids” and
then helmed “The Rocketeer.”
Animation director Maurice
Hunt began his career with Walt
Disney Pictures, where he
created visual effects for such
films as “The Fox and The
Hound” and “The Black
Cauldron." In 1988 he led the
animation production teams as
art director for ‘The Rescuers
Down Under.” He has also been
associated with Hanna-Barbera
Productions.
“The Pagemaster” is
theaters across the country,
Costner stars in ‘The War’
by Meg Dearth
CoUtgiai Staff
Are you wondering what “The
War” is about? Television
previews just don’t seem to tell
enough. Is it a Vietnam film?
A World War II flick? Neither,
it’s a movie about life.
"The War” is a film about a
Southern family trying to
survive after the Vietnam War.
Lois (Mare Winningham), a
mother of two and wife of a
veteran, is working two jobs to
support her family until her
husband Steven returns home.
While Steven was gone, money
was tight and they lost their
house, it was condemned.
Steven (Kevin Costner), who
was receiving psychiatric care in
a veteran’s hospital, comes
home to a receptive, loving
family that long awaited his
return.
Entertainment
Macaulay Culkin is presented as Richard Tyler in Twentieth Century Fox ‘s
release of The Pagemaster.” Richard encounters animated characters in his
journey from real life to fantasy land in this “G” rated film.
Once he returns, he makes it
his mission to buy a house that
he finds on the sales market. At
an auction, he bids on the house.
Since he isn’t sure if he can get
the old, dilapidated house, he
doesn’t want to get everyone’s
hopes up so he just tells his
son, Stu about his plans.
As well as finding a house,
Steven needs to find a job. He
goes from job to job until he
finally gets a high paying job in
the mine. Even though it’s
dangerous, he takes it
Stu and Lidia, Steven’s
children, both want to build a
tree house in the same tree.
After fighting over who gets the
tree, Steven tells them that they
must share it. Since neither
want to share, Stu and his
friends make a dare for Lidia and
her friends. If they win the dare,
the tree house will be built by
the boys and be shared. The
girls win.
A neighborhood family, the
Kinickeys, have five kids who
torment Stu, Lidia and their
friends. After seeing the tree
house, the Kinickeys want it and
take it over. But Stu and Lidia
want to fight for their creation
and dare the Kinickeys.
Whoever wins the dare,
swimming across the bottom of
the water tower, wins the tree
house. Stu wins, but the
Kinickeys still intend to take
over their domain.
As Steven and Stu begin
bonding, Steven tells Stu of the
horrible experiences of Vietnam,
and one in particular. While in
the war, his troops were bombed
and his best friend of the war
was hit. This experience has had
a dramatic impact on his view of
war and violence. Steven
believes that violence is no
answer.
While at work, Steven
encounters problems in the
mine. He and his partner are
trapped inside as the mine
collapses. Just as in Vietnam,
his friend in the mine is hit, this
time with rocks. Steven saves
him, but in return seriously
injures himself. Steven dies.
As the Kinickeys begin
attacking the tree house so they
can gain control, war breaks out.
Stu, stands back and sees the
effects that war have on people.
As the credits roll, top names
of Hollywood appear: Kevin
Costner, Elijah Wood and Mare
Winningham. Due to her
excellent performance in this
film, unknown Lexi Randall
should have a bright future on
the screen.
“The War” is an intense, as
well as fantastic, drama showing
how the violence of war leads to
destruction, not victory.
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