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...Sundance Fever Comes To Cannes "Twister" may be grossing upwards of $40 million in its U.S. debut, but filmmakers at Cannes are following the Sundance example and cutting economical deals for small "classic" films at a fraction of the cost of the average big-budget Hollywood production. While Dustin Hoffman and his production company, Punch Productions, have announced a deal with the Australian production company Village Roadshow to finance and distribute small dramatic films for about $10 million apiece, action producer Joel Silver is teaming up with "Lethal Weapon" director Richard Donner to make low-budget action films...
...TWISTER (opens May 10). Second-unit ingenuity spurs a destructo-fest, as naughty tornados send cars crashing and rip the roofs off barns. One suspects that, as a movie monster, this killer twister may be a dud: it has no personality and can't sneak up on you. But with the heft of Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton and Jan de Bont (Speed) behind it, Twister could suck hot air and still gross a quick $100 million...
...First-year Arts Program (FAP) has joined the tongue twister of first-year orientation programs which greet over a quarter of the entering class every year. This fall, 40 members of the class of 1999 will have the opportunity to participate in a pilot arts program which seeks to introduce incoming students to the arts resources available at Harvard...
...three women spend most of an evening trying to catch a glimpse of George Stephanopoulos, who is supposedly eating pizza in an apartment across the street. By the end of the half hour, the whole gang is back together, playing--talk about time on your hands!--a game of Twister...
...floor of the hall outside the courtroom looks as though a group of giants had played a massive game of Twister on it. Tape of various colors marks off space for the cameras of various local TV stations, and the floor tile is checkered by extension cords and black camera stands...