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...chart busting, are the inspiration for Hanks' Wonders. The later Beatles, of Sgt. Pepper and The White Album, are fodder for Rutle in chief Neil Innes, who for Archaeology composed such cheery pastiches as "You got lonely-phobia / And I only hope ya / Get better." Innes says George Harrison gave his blessing to the project. "He said, 'Why not? It's all part of the soup.'" Why not indeed? Rutles footage appears on the Anthology video...
...while the third, the most eagerly anticipated of the three, falls well short of expectations. The cities: Los Angeles, Washington and New York. The books: I'm Losing You by Bruce Wagner (Villard; 319 pages; $23), Powertown by Michael Lind (HarperCollins; 264 pages; $23) and Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison (Crown; 355 pages; $24). The themes: sex, power and degradation; sex, racism and violence; sex, murder and a 300-lb. version of Rupert Murdoch...
...three heads better than none? Those who needed counseling after the demise of the nerdily cool Talking Heads, take note: the band is back, but without the talker. Five years after David Byrne unilaterally announced the breakup of the band, JERRY HARRISON, TINA WEYMOUTH and CHRIS FRANTZ have formed the Heads and recorded an album, No Talking Just Head. "We called some of our friends to ask them to sing with us," says Frantz, whose friends include Debbie Harry and Michael Hutchence. "Everyone said yes except for David...
...Lewis in the long jump; redemption for Dan O'Brien in the decathlon; a world record in the 100 m for Donovan Bailey; a first-course 200/400 double for Marie-Jose Perec of France, Guadeloupe and Beverly Hills, California; and his-and-hers gold medals for triple jumper Kenny Harrison and his girlfriend, 100-m winner Gail Devers. Then there were the Johnsons: Allen, who won the 110-m hurdles; Michael; and Michael...
Much of the film's fun comes from the collision of epic and everyday quirkiness, somewhat reminiscent of when Harrison Ford is momentarily thwarted in saving the United States from corruption by the "out-of-paper" beep from the printer: when the spacecraft have been hovering over the cities for a while, Los Angeleans are given the warning only Los Angeleans would need: not to fire their weapons into the air at the spaceships. When Captain Hiller finally faces off with one of the horrid space aliens, he does what anyone really, really mad would do: he slugs...