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Small-town girl Lou (Julie Warner) introduces cosmetic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) to life in the slow lane. njiro)n A clever little world succeeds in capturing an ambitious doctor who tries to deny its small-town charms. Actor Michael Fox reflects on filming his new movie in Florida, Winn-Dixies, RC colas and Moon Pies. DOC HOLLYWOOD CRITIC'S RATING: MOVIE BOARD RATING: PG-13 (profanity, adult references) STARS: Michael J.

Fox, Julie Warner. Barnard Hughes, Woody Harrelson, David Ogden Stiers, Frances Sternhagen, Bridget Fonda DIRECTOR: Michael Caton-Jones PLOT SUMMARY: Ambitious young physician, stuck briefly in a tiny Southern town, starts to wonder what he really wants out of life. RUNNING TIME: 1 02 minutes LOCATION: See Movie Shorts, Page 13 Movies are rated from zero to four stars. By Bob Ross By Bob Ross "I love it," he explains, "because I came down to Orlando last year for the opening of the Universal Studios theme park. A lot of media, I think, take this whole notion of a film industry in Florida with a grain of salt.

Anyway, not five months later I was making a movie in Florida." Casually dressed in faded jeans, blue-trimmed white Nikes and a plain black T-shirt, Fox praises the process of filming in Micanopy and Mcintosh, the tiny towns near Gainesville that substituted for the movie's South Carolina setting. "It was great experience, a lot of fun," he recalls. "And I'm really glad that the studio let us make a movie about a small town in the South in a small town in the South. Pretty smart. "I couldn't imagine doing it any other way," he continues.

"They Universal Studio executives were talking initially about building a town on the back lot. I said, 'you can't do that' If you can't finish work at the end of the day and like, go to Winn-Dixie for an RC and a Moon Pie, what the hell's the point? And also I felt It was crucial that in scenes with a lot of extras, you know, atmosphere, that we had local people, not people from Encino doing whatever they saw on Gomer Pyle Continued on Page 22 THE DESTINATION is obvious. Getting there is all the fun. Ostensibly, "Doc Hollywood" is a romantic comedy about brash go-getter Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox), who is about to become a rich cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills just as soon as he can drive his rare, precious Porsche across the continent and take the job.

But before the ambitious doctor can escape the Eastern Seaboard, he finds himself stuck in a one-horse burg doing time community hospital service for automotively demolishing a white picket fence that belongs to the local judge. Sure, Stone resents the punishment. He hates bogging down in low-comedy Grady, S.C. a town known (if it's known at all) for its plump yellow squash. MIAMI E'S A PROFESSIONAL performer who enjoys the attention.

He doesn't seem to mind sitting for a half-dozen interviews and a couple of broadcast appearances in one tightly scheduled Miami-area day. He does take the minor precaution of registering at the posh Turnberry resort hotel in north Dade County under the false surname Stone a sly tribute to his character, Ben In the film. But Michael J. Fox says he's glad to be in hot, humid South Florida to promote his new movie. "I love that It was shot in Florida," the cheerful actor says of the romantic comedy "Doc Hollywood," which opens today nationwide.

But Grady turns out to be a gentle finger-trap of a town a cleverly woven little world that tightens its grip on the reluctant doctor even as he wriggles to free himself of its charms. The judge (Roberts Blossom) sentenc- Continued on Page 22.