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4 1 LLSA vVOKLO Tuesday July 21 1998 Hopkins lets hair down for of By Mai Vincent The Wginian Pilot call him Sir for that matter call him Zorro either Call him Tony hope we're not going to talk about acting" Sir Anthony Hopkins (knighted by Queen Liz in 1992) was saying such a bore to talk about acting You learn the lines and you show up You stay in a nice hotel while filming and they pay you a big salary I do it for the mon ey And by the way call me Tony a working Tony Hopkins admits that he thought they were crazy when they offered him the part of Zorro in the latest reincarnation of the masked rider Mask of thought what kind of a mask are they going to use? It must be ma jor I'm a bit long in the tooth he said Antonio Banderas plays his RICO TORRES III BMxk ih Anthony Hopkins stare as Don Diego de la Vega In Mask of Zorro" protege the younger embodiment of Zorro Hopkins said he was offered the part of the villain in the James Bond film Never at the same time so was one or the oth er I thought: 'What can you do with a Bond villain? Zorro is in Mexico and be a nice hotel If they offer me enough money I'll do They met his price an action he added I actively wanted to get away from those stiff British types the stuff played too many guys who are dead from the kneecaps Hopkins complete with white beard and hair had entered the room with the aid of a cane He in jured his Achilles tendon while working on a movie with Cuba Gooding leg is in a brace to protect the or a new film version of Shake giving the character a limp to match his the kind of actor I am use appropriate at the expect him to return to the stage anytime soon a bunch of bull all that he said con sidered the bad boy of the British West Side Eagt Slde ARMAGEDDON LETHAL WEAPON 4 13) TITANIC (PG 13) 12:45 4:20 0:00 QUEST OA CAMELOT (0) 1:00 2:45 LES MISERABLES (PG 13) :35 7:00 0:30 BULWORTH(R) 2:10 4:25 7:10 9:25 CITY ANGELS (PG 13) 2:20 4:30 7:05 9:30 GplestaHHint Daily Lunch Buffet $695 Xl3O Summer Menu Now Available Paste Salads Greek Sahds and many more 749 9915 6540 Lewis there's something mary wwwaboutmarycom NOW SHOWING! 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The purpose of hype is to sell but it also changes our percep tions and perhaps our apprecia tion We may sense that a movie has not met our raised expecta tions Or perhaps we simply knew too much of what to ex pect ads and trailers gave away too many plot points laughs or memorable lines Hype has always been an es sential part of the entertainment industry as PT Barnum knew when he branded his circus Greatest Show on Mov ies an art form aimed at a mass audience have been particularly conducive to it with the was the most hyped movie of its era af ter three years of reports chroni cling its troubled production it was the most eagerly anticipated film ever and when it opened in 1939 the Hollywood Reporter deemed it the and Supreme Triumph of ilm Histo Enough people thought it lived up to the hype that it is the all time box office champ (if you adjust the dollars for inflation) and remains much loved as indi cated by the American ilm Insti ranking of it as the fourth greatest American movie of all Still the initial hyping of with the in volve television commercials and entertainment shows Web sites billboards that blanket high rises and a marketing budget of more than $50 million and on the other hand are likely to be remem bered more for their hype than their content really was beyond hype this said Variety editor in chief Peter Bart was more of an as Misplaced creativity Columbia marketing department certainly showed more creativity in promoting with signs every where approximating the size of the big various body parts than the filmmakers did in making it The marketing bud get reportedly was about $50 mil lion compared to the supposed budget of about $120 million It has been reported that after the film received a luke warm reception at a screening the studio actually de cided to pump up the marketing spending and hype so that a maximum number of people would be lured to see before the reviews hit cost Disney a reported $140 million to make (the most expensive movie ever!) and another $60 million to promote Among the expenditures were buildings painted to look as if meteors had blasted through them and a mammoth ad campaign packed with overheated quotes from level critics to whom studios show movies early so that proride ad copy Diane Kaminsky of KHOU TV promised suck the air right out of your lungs! Check your pulse at the Quote slut Ron Brewington of American Urban Radio Networks offered the word thus enabling the ad graphics folks to place the asteroid inside the The hype launched officially with an ad during the Super Bowl carries over to the movie itself which is edited like a 30 second commer cial at 300 times the length with cuts every two seconds empha sizing how action packed it is AI chairman Tom Pollock the former motion pictures chair man at Universal noted that the point of hype is to turn a movie into a must see event It's an event marketing which start ed in the is the desire to create a national phenomenon that you must be part of or you with Pollock you have to see the last episode of you have to watch the Super Bowl you have to see this particular movie because otherwise you can't comment on Bart said extravagant budgets dictate such a strategy (the studios) get involved in pic tures that cost $150 million they really have themselves in a situa tion where they have to resort to this massive Bart said it becomes put up or shut up Douglas Gomery a University of Maryland journalism profes sor who specializes in media eco nomics said entertainment in dustry mergers have helped raise the hype level think the big change of the is that a lot of television is under control of the same people that control Hollywood Dis ney being the big example but ox is no different UPN is no different WB he said noting that Morning routinely plugs movies from its parent company Disney The effectiveness is a matter of debate a movie like assuming the marketing depart ment knew they had a movie that would not be reviewed well but they could sell Pollock said who criticizes them for overhyping that movie is an idiot marketing job did a brilliant job on a movie that live up to the hype that it Studio spin The reviews were wretched and word of mouth ap parently has been the pits Over the long Memorial Day week end made about $55 million a lot of money for a lousy movie yet far short of the $902 million that Lost World: Jurassic grossed last year over the same period Since then the box office has dropped sharply and the movie has grossed about $134 million total It probably will have to make its profits in the overseas market and on video and TV Disney also was counting on astronomical numbers for but the three day first weekend take of $361 million approach the July 4 weekend openings of last in ($511 mil lion) or ($502 million) It also made less than the other killer space chunk movie in its opening weekend The studio is giving the num bers a positive spin the biggest opening ever for a Dis ney live action film a Jerry Bruckheimer produced film and a Bruce Willis film but at this point it looks like the movie will gross less in North America than it cost to make and market also received largely negative reviews But if and "Arma are seen as cautionary tales about overhype the lesson may be short lived Pollock pre dicts that hype will reach new heights when the new movie is released next May is the movie going to have the single biggest to he said origi nal) became an event it was not prehyped But I say going to hap pen with the Guitarist Doyle Dykes to hold workshop Tennessee based acoustic guitar ist Doyle Dykes called of the finest fingerpicking guitarists by Chet Atkins comes to Tulsa Tuesday for a guitar work shop and mini concert scheduled to appear 7 pm at Guitar House of Tulsa 6924 Admiral Place Admission is a $5 donation to the Red Cross Dykes is a frequent guest on the Grand Ole Opry a recording artist heard on both Windham Hui and Step One Records and a clini cian with Taylor Guitars since 1995 Press material indicates that his workshop is the intermedi ate to advanced player or enthusi with Dykes covering picking and techniques alternate tunings and (his) unique hand dy Call 835 6959 for information A Admiral 7355 E' Easton 835 5181 Adm 5500 11 Under REE Open 7 Days A Week 749 9915 6540 Lewis 99 CONCESSIONS MALL 31 665 7348 5970E 31ST MOVIES 8 PALACE PROMENADE MALL 628 021 5 ALL STADIUM SEATING I A I LM A IHX The Black Box SAND SPRINGS 8 THE MASK ZORRO TSgj IpgbLo 8 PARKLANE JWIN 51 sl6a2n2f052e6ld3ri Eftnlng Adult $5 00 Matiriee ChWn'e Adm S3 00 ARROW 8 ETON SQUARE 6181 riolbYMMMl EASTLAND MALL cimc SOUTHROADS 20 WOODLAND HILLS 66lhg2d EASTLAND M38 im mall fSANP SPRIGS 8 ONTANA 6 I lolhuoinl i PARKLANE ivir I CINEMA8 SAND SPRINOS MOVIES 8 TULSA 8 I lothuoiiil ASTlANntAALl VnMES GOOD TODAY ONLY) 4NO PASSES OR SUPER SAVERS? 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