Aug 27th  
Willow**  
US 1988. MGM/Lucasfilm/Imagine Entertainment. 126m. Panavision

In a faraway land, the safety of a child born to overthrow a wicked sorceress falls into the hands of a midget farmer.
Slick and sometimes sluggish fantasy, heavily derived from Tolkien and Lucas's own Star Wars. The special effects are impressive, if a little under-developed by today's high standards, although compared to subsequent recent epics, this one is much more enjoyable than any of the Star Wars prequels, and more economically self-contained than Peter Jackson's magnum opus.

Written by: Bob Dolman, from a story by George Lucas.
Producer: Nigel Wooll.
Director: Ron Howard.
Starring: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer (a performance with strong echoes of Harrison Ford), Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Gavan O'Herlihy, Pat Roach, Phil Fondacaro, Rick Overton, Kevin Pollak, Maria Holvoe, Mark Northover, Billy Barty.
Photography: Adrian Biddle.
Music: James Horner.
Production Design: Allen Cameron.
Special Effects: John Richardson.
Visual Effects: Dennis Muren, Micheal McAllister, Phil Tippett.

Preceded by:
Superman inShowdown**(US 1942. A Superman impersonator is involved in a theft racket.; d: Izzy Sparber; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck.)