Premiere April 1997

<b>FEATURES </b><br> 78 &#39;Saint&#39; Elsewhere<br> BY JOHANNA SCHNELLER<br> Val Kilmer&#39;s obvious gifts as an actor are, at times, overshadowed by his detractors&#39;
calling him &quot;difficult&quot; and &quot;demanding,&quot; even &quot;disturbed.&quot;
Now The Saint&#39;s mysterious star gives his own take on hanging up his Batsuit,
his failed marriage to actress Joanne Whalley, and predators he&#39;s encountered
onscreen and in the wild.<br>
86 Belle de Jour<br>
BY TRISH DEITCH ROHRER<br>
It was destiny,&quot; says the beautiful French actress Sophie Marceau about landing
the title role in Leo Tolstoy&#39;s Anna Karenina. Perhaps it was, but along the way
there were a few hurdles, such as surviving Mel Gibson&#39;s practical jokes on the
set of Braveheart.<br>
88 Sundance&#39;s Class of &#39;97<br>
BY CHRISTINE SPINES AND ANNE THOMPSON<br>
The press stressed the excess of crowds and the dearth of big-money deals, but
those who actually went to screenings at the Sundance Film Festival discovered
at least a dozen fine, small movies and some remarkable new filmmakers and performers.<br>
95 The Big Night<br>
BY STEVE POND PHOTOGRAPHS BY LARA JO REGAN<br>
PREMIERE takes an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the painstaking rehearsals
and last-minute crises that turned last year&#39;s Academy Awards into Hollywood&#39;s
main event. To prep for the new prize, check our critics poll of the noteworthy
movies of &#39;96.<br>
114 The Don Cheadle Experience<br>
BY MARK EBNER<br>
Nabbing roles in John Singleton&#39;s Rosewood and the upcoming Boogie Nights and
Volcano hasn&#39;t softened actor Don Cheadle&#39;s attitude toward racism. &quot;It&#39;s
epidemic and endemic,&quot; he says, &quot;and of course you&#39;re going to see it
in Hollywood.&quot;<br>
118 Mod Sod<br>
BY STEVE POND<br>
PHOTOGRAt hED BY DAVID STRICK<br>
An exclusive peek ai the Mike Myers spy spoof, Austin Powers: International Man
of Mystery, reveals sets and costumes to make the &#39;60s go snap-crackle-pop!<br>
<b>DEPARTMENTS</b><br>
30 Hollywoodland<br>
Madonna s small-town blues; Sigourney Weaver&#39;s Alien Resurrection coup; John Waters&#39;s
Pink revival; a Blissful controversy; and jungle-movie bungles.<br>
62 The Sorrow and the Pity<br>
BY LIBBY GELMAN-WAXNER<br>
Still recovering from Daniel Day-Lewis&#39;s marriage to someone other than herself,
Libby expounds on Woody Allen&#39;s ego, Turbulence&#39;s crash landing, and Shine&#39;s treacherous
&quot;Rach 3.&quot;<br>
67 THE FILMMAKER SERIES<br>
David Cronenberg<br>
BY GLENN KENNY<br>
The cinema&#39;s master provocateur takes the critics of his latest film, Crash, head-on,
and explains why hard-to-watch sex scenes are easy to shoot.<br>
73 Now Leaving Fargo<br>
BY DAVID KRONKE<br>
What&#39;s next for Frances McDormand? The actress who won critical acclaim, numerous
awards, and the much-valued respect of her peers for her performance in Fargo
discusses her path down Paradise Road and beyond.<br>
121 Home Guide<br>
Is PCTV a must-see?; Russ Meyer does what he does breast; Albert Brooks sweats
it out with Holly Hunter in Broadcast News; and more.<br>
<b>OTHER</b><br>
22 LETTERS<br>
24 CALENDAR<br>
126 CLASSIFIEDS<br>
136 THE MARTINI