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Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., Tuesday, July 2, 1996 B9 Entertainment 'Independence Day' missing fireworks I If' II In I puter whiz, soon discovers, they are using our own satellite system to time an attack. How does he know that? Because his laptop receives the signal and displays it as a digital read-out. As the hours and minutes tick down toward Armageddon, I had only one question: Why are the aliens using hours and minutes? Does their home planet have exactly the same length of day and year as ours? How convenient. "Independence Day" is not just an offspring of the 1950s flying saucer genre, it's a virtual retread right down to the panic in the streets, as terrified extras flee toward the camera and the skyscrapers frame a horrible sight behind them. Like those old B-movies, the alien threat is intercut with lots of little stories involving colorful characters who are chosen for their ethnic, occupational and sexual diversity: Representing the human race here are not only David the techhead and the president, but also assorted blacks, Jews, Arabs, Brits, exotic dancers, "INDEPENDENCE DAY" PG-13 12 BY ROGER Ebert Universal Press Syndicate The best shot in "Independence Day" is one of the first ones a vast shadow falling across the lunar surface.

Visitors have arrived from beyond the solar system, and soon their presence is detected in our skies. Their ship is pretty big: "One-fourth the size of the moon!" a scientist gasps, and although an object that size in near-Earth orbit might be expected to cause tidal waves, this is not a movie that slows down for small details. As the president of the United States and an assortment of other stock movies types look on, the mother ship dispatches smaller saucers (only 15 miles across) to hover menacingly above Earth's cities. Do they come in peace? Don't make me laugh. As David (Jeff Goldblum), a broadcast technician and com An alien spaceship hovers menacingly above Earth In this scene from 'Independence Bill Pullman plays the president, who must rally the country to defeat Invading aliens.

homosexuals, cute children, generals, drunken crop dusters, frizzy-haired scientists, tight-lipped defense secretaries and the McLaughlin Group. There is not a single character in the movie who doesn't wear an invisible label. Although the special effects in "Independence Day" are elaborate and pervasive, they aren't outstanding. The giant saucers are a dark, looming presence at the top As the president (Bill Pullman) readies Earth's response, it is clear much will depend on a jerry-built solution by David, whom Goldblum plays as a hemming and hawing genius. His plan, after he" devises it, depends on fighter ace Steven Hiller (Will Smith) for its delivery.

For all of its huge budget, "Independence Day" is a timid movie when it comes to imagination. engaging in aerial dogfights with the U.S. Air Force? And why don't they blow up everything at once? Or knock out the Internet with a neutron bomb, instead of simply causing snow and static on television screens? We're not supposed to ask such questions, I know. We're supposed to wrap ourselves in the story, and there are some clever ideas in the movie. of lots of shots, big but dull, and the smaller "fighter" saucers used by the aliens are a disappointment clunky, squat little gray jobs that look recycled out of ancient Rocket Men of Mars adventures.

When the aliens attack, there are shots of the White House and the Empire State Building exploding, but if these creatures can field a space ship a fourth the size of the moon, why do they bother The Nutty Professor' weighs in at No. 1 People Premiergfe Releases?" 9. "Dragonhead," Universal, $1.8 million, $1,265 per location, $44 million, live weeks. 10. "Eddie," Disney, $1 million, $1,112 per location, $28.8 million, five weeks.

Weekend Box Office ONE MAD MUSICIAN: Sammy Hagar is grappling with "devastating, backstabbing, I-don't-get-it, real big disappointment" over his split with Van Halen. Hagar and the band went their separate ways over the decision to bring back lead singer David Lee Roth after 11 years. Hagar's departure was announced last week. Hagar said that while he harbored no ill will toward Roth, he thought the other members considered his predecessor to be Public Enemy No. 1.

"(The other) three guys in the band hated him more than anyone on the planet. They wouldn't even talk to the guy. If anyone brought up the name, they would freak out," Hagar said in an interview. Place your ad in Real Estate and get results. It's a good story with a happy ending.

Call (201) 515-9300 Every Friday in the WEDNESDAY, JULY 3rd 8 pm-1 am Gov. Morris Hotel MORRISTOWN Hagar In their duel at the box office, Eddie Murphy, who plays a corpulent chemistry teacher, shot down muscle man Arnold Schwarzenegger. In short: The Nutty Professor" rubbed out "Eraser," earning $25.4 million in its debut weekend. The three-day take topped the total gross receipts Murphy's previous film, "Vampire in Brooklyn," earned during its run in '95. Demi Moore's "Striptease" also exceeded industry projections, but those projections had been conservative because of terrible reviews.

Some executives expected the film to earn no more than $8 million. It grossed $12.3 million nearly matching the record paycheck Moore received for starring in the film. What follows are the top 10 movies at North American theaters (inl-cuding Friday-Sunday gross, receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release), according to Exhibitor Relations Co. 1. "The Nutty Professor," Universal, $25.4 million, $12,015 per location, $25.4 million, one week.

MORRIS COUNTV NEWSPAPEft A S'S-t FII'E ix 2. "Eraser," Warner $17 2 million, per location, $53 6 million, two KS. 3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Disney, $14.3 million, $5,151 per location, $47.1 million, two weeks. 4.

"Striptease," Disney, $12.3 million, $6,255 per location, $12.3 million, one week. 5. "The Rock," Disney, $11 million, $4,559 per location, $98.3 million, four weeks 6. "Mission: Impossible," Paramount, $4.83 million, $2,185 per location, $164.3 million, six weeks. 7.

"The Cable Guy," Columbia, $4.81 million, $1,856 per location, $50.5 million, three weeks. 8. "Twister," Warner $4.78 million. $2,065 per location, $219 6 million, eight weeks. Hi I WA II II 1 1,14 Mfc.HdTTn CHWA RZ EE a He said he also was dead-set about the group making a greatest hits album, but learned the others had been secretly recording with Roth.

"A band has a greatest hits album when they have nowhere else to go," he said. "Can you name one band in (its) heyday that's done a greatest hits record?" Representatives for Roth and the remaining members of Van Halen said they had no comment. MALIBU JOEY: California is the place they ought to be, so Joey's loading up the truck and moving his family to Beverly, Hills that is swimming pools, movie stars and all that. Joey "The Long Island Lothario" Buttafuoco, whose affair with the "Long Island Lolita," Amy Fisher, has made him one of the favorite coverboys of the tabloids, says he's leaving New York with his wife, Mary Jo, and their two children, and heading to Hollywood to work in movies. He said he already has three projects in the works.

The first, to begin shooting in about six months, is "The Underground Comedy" with Anna Nicole Smith. He said he will play "a Mafia-type heavy." In the second, he's supposed to play a bouncer. The third is a horror film called "Don't Open My Grave." "We're well-accepted out in California," Buttafuoco said. "They have a different attitude there I'm not this image built up by the media." KICKIN' COUSINS: Chuck Norris doesn't pull any punches in the martial arts arena, not even when the other guy is a fellow celebrity. Country star Randy Travis said he trained with Norris for a couple of years in Los Angeles.

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