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"The Abyss" *** ('89} Ed Harris, Mary.Elizajjeth Mastrantonio. Estranged oil-platform work-^
ers alTcTaf Navy SEAL findpink aliens down
deep. (Science fiction) (PG-13) 140m. Wed. 8
"April Fool's Day" ** ('86) Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal. Heiress Muffy invites
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Forest Whitaker, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Grey, and Anthony La Paglia star in
''Criminal Justice" showing Saturday evening andlaiemght on HBO, ('84) George Stevens Jr. chronicles his father's career as cameraman, combat photographer and Hollywood director. (Documentary)
110m. Wed. 10 p.m. , 4.05 a.m. (VCR)
•The Great American Cowboy" *** (73)
Rodeo veteran Larry Mahan and-newcoroer Phil
Lyne are seen during a year of competition.
(Documentary) (G) 89m. Thu. 12 a.m. (V©Rf
"Jeremiah Johnson" *** ('72) Robert Red ford,
Will Geer. An 1830s loner leaves civilization for
Jhe Rockifls and learns from a hermit how to be
a mountain man. (Adventure) (PG) 111m. Thu.
10p.m. ,3a.m. (VCR)
"The Ufe and Times of Grizzly Adams" * (76)
Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks. Falsely accused of
murder, an 1880s trapper becomes a mountain
man with a bear for a friend. (Adventure) (G)
93m. Wed. 8 p.m. , 2:30 a.m. (VCR)
"The Little Kidnappers" ('90) Charlton Heston, Charles Miller. Two Scottish orphans keep
a stray baby despite their surly grandfather in
circa-1900 Nova Scotia. (Drama) 93m. Sun. 4
p.m. , 2:30 a.m.; Fri. 1 p.m. , 1 a.m. (CC)
"The Man Called Flintttone" ** (66) Bedrock
homeowner Fred Flintstone fills in for Rock Slag,
an injured look-alike spy. Animated. (Children)
88m. Wed. 6 p.m. (VCR)
-Miss Morison's Ghosts" ** ('81) Wendy Hitler,
Marie Antoinette and other courtly ghosts at the
Palace of Versailles in 1901. (Mystery) 104m.
Sun. 11 p.m.
"Monkey Business" *** ("52) Gary Grant, Ginoer Rogers. Drinking an elixir makes a prorosso/ and his wife act teen-age and worse.
(Comedy) 97m. Mon. 12:30 a.m. (VCR)
"Oh Qortl You Devil" ** ('84) George Burns,
Ted Wass. Prankish Harry, the devil, puts a musician's mind in the body of a rock star, and
vice versa. (Comedy) (PG) 97m. Sat. 9 p.m. ,
4:05 a.m. (VCR)
"Oh, God! Book II" * ('80) George Burns,
Suzanne Pteshette. God returns as an old man
in a blazer, spreadina spiritual PR with the
eat beans and meet a slasher. (Horror) (R) 89m.
Mon. 2:05 a.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"The Assassin" ** ('89) Steve Railsback, Sam
Melville. Terrorists attack a U.S. senator in
Mexico; his CIA bodyguard thinks it was an inside job. (Action) (R) 92m. Sun. 2:45 a.m.; Thu.
5:30 a.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"Black Eagle" ** ('88) Sho Kosugi, JeanClaude Van Damme. A CTA free-lancer takes his
children and a baby sitter to Malta, where he
meets his KGB match. (Action) (R) 90m. Wed.
1:35 a.m. (VCR)
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"Blood Red" ** ('86) Eric Roberts, Giancarlo
Giannini. A Sicilian winegrower's son falls in
love during a war with a railroad magnate
in 19th-century California. (Western) (R) 91m,
Wed. 4:50 a.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"The Boy Who Could Ry" ** (86) Lucy
Deakins, Jay Underwood. A teen-ager befriends
an autistic boy who sits on his roof across from
her window, perched as if ready to fly. (Fantasy) (PG) 108m. Mon. 8 a.m. , 5:30 p.m. ; Sat.
1 p.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"Caddyshack II" ** ('88) Jackie Mason, Dyan
Cannon. The snooty president of a country club
tees off a self-made man whose daughter wants
to join. (Comedy) (PG) 97m. Wed. 6:15 p.m. ,
3.10 a.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"Casualties of War" ***
('89) Michael J
Fox, Sean Penn. An innocent private sees his
half-mad sergeant lead the rape/murder of a
Vietnamese girl. (War) (R) 114m. Tue. 11" p.m.
; Fri. 12:15 a.m.
"Criminal Justice" ('90) Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Grey. A young white woman prosecutes a
black ex-convict accused of assaulting a prostitute. (Drama) 90m. Sat. 9 p.m. , 4:55 a.m.
help of a fifth-grader. (Comedy) (PG) 94m. Fri.
9 p.m. , 2:35 a.m. (VCR)
"Our Little Girl (Color)" ('35) Shirley Temple,
Rosemary Ames. A girl unites her parting par(CC)
ents by running away from home. (Drama) 64m.
"Dangerous Love" it ('88) Lawrence MonoFri. 7p;ttv(CC)
son, Elliott Gould. A detective's girlfriend falls
"The Parent Trap" *** ('61) Hayley Mills,
for a computer executive suspected of killing
Maureen O'Hara. A prissy Bostonian meets
video-club dates. (Suspense) (R) 92m. Sun.
her California-tomboy twin, and they plot to
1:10 a.m.; Wed. 12 a.m. (VCR)_
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reunite their parents. (Comedy) 129m. Mon. 9
"The
Daring
Dofcermans"
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"(73)
Charles
a.m. (CC) (VCR)
Knox Robinson, Tim Considine. Crooks train
"Parent Trap II" ** ('86) Hayley Mills, Tom
Doberman pinschers to rob banks in this sequel
Skerritt. A girl asks her divorced mother's twin
to The Doberman Gang." (Children) (G) 89m.
sister to flirt with another girl's widower father.
Tue. 4 p.m. (VCR)
(Comedy) 95m. Mon. 4 p.m. (CC)
"The Dead Pool" ** ('88) Clint Eastwood. Pa"The Purple People Eater" * ('88) Ned Beatty,
tricia Clarkson. San Francisco's "Dirty Harry"
Neil Patrick Harris. A shaggy alien and a
Callahan protects a newswoman and others on
12-year-old boy form a band and bail out olda celebrity hit list. (Action) (R) 91m. Sat. 1:15
sters with a benefit concert. (Fantasy) (PG) 92m.
a.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
Wed. 9 a.m. (VCR)
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"Dead-Bang"
* ('89) Don Johnson, Penelope
"Rootin Tootin' Roundup" ('90) The Wild West
Ann Miller. ,A Los Angeles
salute includes "Pueblo Pluto," "Two Gun Goofy,"
neo-Nazi killer biker to his Oklahoma hide-out.
"Dude Duck," "The Lone Chipmunks." Animated.
(Action) (R) 103m. Mon. 9:45 p.m. ; Sat. 11:30
(Children) 90m. Tue. 9 a.m. (CC)
"Sleeping Beauty" * ('87) Morgan Fairchild,
p.m. (CC) (S) (VCR)
"Deadly
Friend" ** ('86) Matthew Laborteaux,
Tahnee Welch. The prince wakes enchanted
Rosebud with a kiss, and they live happily ever
Kristy Swanson. A teen-age whiz kid puts his
after. (Children) (G) 90m. Thu. 6 p.m. , 1:30 robot's brain in an almost-dead girl's head.
"The Strongest Man in the World" ** (75)
Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn. A college dean courts
a cereal company with a strength formula accidentally tested by a student. (Comedy) (G) 92m.
Sat. 7 p.m. , 2:30 a.m. (CC)
"The True Story of Spit MacPhee" (88) John
Mills, Phillip Hancock. His grandfather's death
in the 'hands'
of townsfolk and the court. (Adventure) 120m.
Sun. 7 p.m.
"Young Again" ** ('86) Robert Urich. Lindsay
Wagner. An odd fellow grants a 40-year-old his
wish: to be 17, in high school and know what
he knows now. (Fantasy) 96m. Mon. 2 p.m.
2:10 a.m. (CC)
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"The Experts" ** ('89) John Travolta, Arye
Gross. The KGB shanghais a hip New Yorker
and his sidekick to teach square spies how to
act American. (Comedy) (PG-13) 89m. Mon. 2
p.m. (S)(VCR)
"Fear City" * ('84) Tom Berenger, Billy Dee
Williams. An ex-boxer turned talent agent hunts
a sick martial artist out to rid Manhattan of
strippers. (Crime drama) (R) 92m. Fri. 9 p™
(VCR)
"Feds" * (-88) Rebecca De Mornay, Mary
Gross. An ex-Marine and a bookworm put up
with sexist jokes while training to become FBI
agents. (Comedy) (PG-13) 84m. Tue. 6:30 p.m.