Films going into production:Major League (Morgan...
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Films going into production:
Major League (Morgan Creek). Shooting in Tucson, Milwaukee, Cleveland and Chicago. Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen lead a troupe of misfit ballplayers who have a shot at showing their stuff in a heated pennant race. Executive producers Sydney Pollack and Mark Rosenberg. Producers Chris Chesser and Irby Smith. Director/screenwriter David S. Ward.
Men Don’t Leave (Geffen). Shooting in Chicago and Baltimore. Jessica Lange stars in this remake of the ’82 French offering “La Vie Continue,” on the trials of a widow. Producers Jon Avnet and Paul Brickman. Director Brickman. Screenwriters Brickman and Barbara Benedek. Distributor Warner Bros.
Union Street (MGM). Shooting in New England and Toronto. With Martin Ritt directing, factory worker Jane Fonda meets kindly--but illiterate--co-worker Robert De Niro and offers to help him learn to read. A relationship blossoms. Executive producer Patrick Palmer. Producers Alex Winitsky and Arlene Sellers. Screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. Also stars Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan and Feodor Chaliapin. Distributor MGM/UA Distribution.
Richard Christian Matheson’s name was not listed correctly in last week’s Movie Chart. He is a co-writer of the “The Von Metz Incident.”
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