Premiere July 1988

July 1988 edition of U.S movie magazine Premiere, with a cover story on Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail' (Donaldson). The interview goes into detail about Cruises' childhood and his passion for cars and bikes, as well as the process of production. The edition opens with a section on current projects such as 'New York Stories' (Allen, Scorsese, Coppola), 'Christ the Man' (Verhoeven, novel), 'The Beverly Hillbillies' (Spheeris, 1993), and 'Batman' (Burton). Numerical movie trivia and 'Short Takes' follow, covering script secrecy and security, characters inspired by real people, upcoming paratextual film events, studio Urban Classics' lewd titles, art in movies, the colourising of black-and-white classics, and the failure of Rambo merchandise. There are additional articles on the early struggles of making 'The Prince of Tides' (Streisand, 1991), Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to fame, the role of the fire department in production safety, taking credit for a film's success/blame for its failure, the inception and creation of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' (Zemeckis), kitschy film spots in Hollywood, and a personal account of the torture of having your film made by a domineering studio. A variety of interviews are included, with John Hughes, Elizabeth Perkins, Stockard Channing, Charles S. Dutton, Carol Kane, producer Stever Tisch, and directors Tom Holland and Paul Morrissey. There are additional features including a shot-by-shot analysis of the chase scene from 'The Presidio' (Hyams), a home-viewing guide recommended by directors Spike Lee, Peter Bogdanovich, Norman Jewison, John Sayles, and Barry Levinson, reviews of recent releases, VHS technology support, David L. Newman's preservation of classic movie scores, Bud Yorkin's direction of 'Arthur' (Gordon, 1981) sequel, and the filmographies of Sean Connery, John Hughes, and Bob Hoskins. Several advertisements are interspersed for cars, alcohol, toothpaste, albums, deodorant, confectionary, jewelery, sun-cream, color film, and upcoming releases in cinema and on VHS including 'A World Apart' (Menges), 'Like Father, Like Son' (Daniel), 'The Great Outdoors' (Deutch), 'Dark Eyes' (Mikhalkov), and 'The Couch Trip' (Ritchie).