48 I, BUGSY
BY JAMES TOBACK
Writer-director James Toback assured Warren Beatty that he could write Bugsy in
ten days. Six years later, he completed a workable script. "I was writing,"
says Toback. "And rewriting. And revising my rewritten rewrites of my original
draft."
54 CHRONICLE OF A LIFE UNTOLD
BY Peter Biskind Warren Beatty, Hollywood's most famous bachelor, candidly discusses impending
fatherhood, Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg, the making of Bugsy, and his relationship
with his directors, including himself: "The difference between directing
yourself and being directed is the difference between masturbating and making
love."
64 MAMBO PRINCESS
BY CHRISTOPHER BAGLEY
"I had a tendency to be disagreeable," says the beautiful Dutch actress
Maruschka Detmers. But a starring role in the upcoming Mambo Kings taught her
something about lightening up.
66 Oliver Stone TALKS BACK
BY Oliver Stone
Continuing his cinematic exploration of the '60s with JFK, the Oscar-winning writer-director
addresses the controversy surrounding his new movie, which sUmmarily dismisses
many Warren Commission findings.
74 SHOT BY SHOT: 'RUSH'
BY SEAN MITCHELL
Director Lili Fini Zanuck filmed the climactic shoot-out in Rush in only one take.
After all, she says, "I was going to shoot my leading man."
78 THE LAST TIME WE SAW RICHARD
BY David HANDELMAN
"If Richard Pryor had not come along," says Keenen Ivory Wayans, "there
would not be an Eddie Murphy or an Arsenio Hall—or even a Sam Kinison."
But the career of the brilliant artist who defined comedy for an entire generation
has been ravaged by drugs and bad choices.
93 SPECIAL SECTION
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO GUIDE
Reasons to go on being a couch potato: Ted Turner introduces CNN Video; Eastern
European video takes off; Spike Lee describes his influences (and defends his
dad); SkyPix goes on line. DEPARTMENTS
13 IN THE WORKS
BY RACHEL ABRAMOWITZ
Eddie's back after two years; Arnold directs; De Niro and Lange are together again
in Night and the City.
16 SHORT TAKES
A Madonna watch in Chicago; the Coen brothers befuddle the Gaffe Squad; the top
ten movies of all time (adjusted for inflation).
22 CALIFORNIA SUITE
BY JOHN H. RICHARDSON
A squabble at Disney and a deathwatch at Paramount.
25 READERS POLL BALLOT
Vote for your 1991 favorites in the fifth annual PREMIERE Readers Poll.
26 ON THE SET
BY JOHN CLARK Steve Martin replaces Spencer Tracy as the frantic Father of the Bride.
29 BUSINESS
BY JEFFREY GOODELL
For the past decade, the movie industry was fat and happy. But in 1991, the bottom
fell out. Suddenly the only things those huge blockbusters were busting were pocketbooks.
Here's why Lala Land's fallen on hard times—and some suggestions from Hollywood
bigwigs about how to solve the problems.
35 INDEPENDENTS
BY J. HOBERMAN
A look at the cinematic history of beatnik legend William Burroughs as his "unfilmable"
novel Naked Lunch hits the screen.
39 CAMEOS
Breathless actress Jennifer Tilly; zealous costumer Wayne Finkelman; Brit directors
of past and future Peter Medak and Isaac Julien.
47 FADE-IN
BY GRAHAM FLASHNER
What exactly does a "senior vice president, worldwide production" do?
The musical chairs and dastardly politics of executive titles.
105 IF YOU ASK ME
BY LIBBY GELMAN-WAXNER
How Libby and Josh stack up against other Hollywood couples. MISCELLANY
10 MOVIE CALENDAR
106 CLASSIFIEDS
108 FILMOGRAPHIES
