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Just for Variety By ARMY ARCHERD

GOOD MORNING, indeed, for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is celebrating "Total Recall's" hitting the $100 million bo. mark last night. "It's the first Summer picture to do it," the happy Arnold said on the set of his current film, "Kindergarten Cop." "And no matter what anyone says," reminded the actor, "it's a competition. Out here, everyone un­leashes its big talents for the Summer. Like Disney unleashed Warren Bcatty; Fox. Bruce Willis; WB, Steven Spielberg (Gremlins'); Para­mount, Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy." Schwarzenegger is also happy because he has a piece of the gross — "from the first dollar," he smiled. He started this gross arrangement with "Conan," said Arnold, who hit the $100 million mark before in "Twins," directed again in his current "Kin­dergarten" by Ivan Reitman. Carolco is tossing Arnold (and 'emselves) a party tomorrow at the Roxbury Club — converted to Mars — to celebrate. How does Schwarzenegger explain the "Total" success? "It was very clear that the audiences wanted to see an action adventure movie with comedy." There'll be more comedy and less physical work for him in "Kindergarten Cop." Yesterday, he made his first appearance as the cop­turned­kindergarten­teacher and, as he walked into the classroom, one of the moppets scanned him from toes to brows and asked, "Is he a giant?" "This is an acting challenge for me," Arnold said. "And a challenge for — Ivan!" But Reitman s well equipped to handle the chores — he's the fa­ther of three. "And it's good training for me, " said Schwarzenegger, re­cent papa of a baby girl with wife Maria Shriver. But next, sezze, it's back to the sweat and strain in "Terminator 2."

* * * Another film star was born Sunday night — apparent after the two

screenings of "The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane," starring Andrew Dice Clay. His personality lit up the screen. But off­screen Clay is totally unlike his professional self. Modestly accepting congrats from the mob of ad­mirers, Clay told us he'd really enjoy a sequel to the film, "If only they (audiences) like it." Tanned but tense. Clay admitted he'd like to remain off­stage this Summer and work preparing "The Gossip Columnist" for Fox and Larry Gordon's banner. This pic will not be as raunchy as Joel Sil­ver's "Fairlane" — nor any of Clay's "live" outings, we are assured. Daryl Hannah is being talked to play his leading (society girl) lady . . . Also getting congrats at the late (9 p.m.) Odeon Westwood Sunday screen­ing was director Renny Harlin — who is already basking in the boxoffice bonanza of his back­to­back filmed "Die Hard 2." How'd he do both pix? "I didn't sleep for a year," the affable Harlin admitted. He takes a break by p.a.'ing the films in Europe before starting "Rambling Rose." "I talked to Mario Kassar (at Carolco where Harlin has his overall deal) and convinced him into letting me produce it — only. Martha Coolidge will di­rect it." Laura Dern, at the "Ford" screening with Harlin, stars in the lesser­budgeted "Rose." Harlin returns to the epic scene directing "Gale Force " — Michael Douglas is among the stars being rumored for the hurri­cane disaster adventure. William Morris' Norman Brokaw and David Goldman were also celebrating. They represent both Andrew Dice Clay and Renny Harlin.

* * * Dean Stockwell did not return to work for the new season of "Quantum

Leap" yesterday, claims his pact for the U/NBC series was not renegotiat­ed as promised . . . The Woody Allen "Fall Movie," starring Cybill Shep­herd, Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin, etc., now has a title — "Alice" . Mike Druxman's brand new (10 days old) car was stolen in front of his lady friend's Sherman Oaks house while they were at the Pasadena Playhouse (they drove in her car) . . . Mayor Tom Bradley showed on the City Hall Saturday location of Barney Rosenzweig's new "Trial, Of Rosie O'Neill" series, starring Sharon Gless — to visit friend Georgann Johnson who plays Gless' mom . . . Among the many friends mourning Howard Duff is Dennis Cole, who started "Felony Squad" with Duff in the '60s and remained friends. "He was like a father to me," said Cole to us. "He was a great teacher" .. . John Goodman returned Sunday from London and U s "King Ralph I" and today start: 20th's "Barton Fink" for the Coen freres, with whom he struck gold in "Raising Arizo­na." Goodman's a 1941 Hollywood screenwriter in "Fink."

FILM REVIEW The Adventures Of

Ford Fairlane (Action Comedy — Color)

A 20th Century Fox release of a Silver Pic­tures production Produced by Joel Silver, Steve Perry Directed by Renny Harlin Ex­ecutive producer, Michael Levy Screen­play, Daniel Waters, James Cappe, David Arnott, based on a story by Cappe, Arnott, characters created by Rex Werner Camera (Deluxe color), diver Wood, editor, Michael Tronick, production design, John Vallone, music. Yello; art direction, Christiaan Wagener, set decoration, Linda Spheens, costumes. Marilyn Vance­Straker; sound (Dolby), John Dunn, Stephen Flick, assis­tant directors, Terry Miller, Michael Alan Kahn, Albert Cho, associate producer, Suzanne Todd, casting, Jackie Burch Reviewed at the Cineplex Odeon Theater, Westwood, July 5, 1990 MPAA Rating R Running time 96 mm

Ford Fairlane Julian Grendel . Colleen Sutton . Don Cleveland . Jazz Zuzu Petals Johnny Crunch . Sam The Kid Smiley Lt Amos

Andrew Dice Clay . Wayne Newton . Pnscilla Presley . . Morris Day . . Lauren Holly . Maddie Gorman

Gilbert Gottfried David Patrick Kelly

Brandon Call Robert Englund

Ed O'Neill

Groups offended by Andrew Dice Clay's standup act will have a bit less to complain about in this Fox release, except that it should expose the U.S. ' most vilified comic to plenty of new eyeballs. Surprisingly funny and expected­ly rude, Clay's first starring vehi­cle promises to track down a solid boxoffice bounty and pave the way for more big­screen feats — in part, no doubt, because of the furor surrounding him.

The film's decidedly lowbrow humor is a sort of modern equiva­lent to that of the Three Stooges, with jokes that leave men laughing even as they shoot sheepish glances

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Local 33 Gives Long Vote Of Confidence

Some 50 members of IATSE Stagehands Local 33 who attended a general membership meeting on Sunday voted unanimously to give Nick Long a vote of confidence in his bid for reelection as v.p. of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes.

Sunday's vote reversed a vote of no confidence conducted at a Local 33 membership meeting in May, when many of the local's members still blamed Long for not having stopped the IA from claiming Local 33's jurisdiction at the Sunset Gow­er Studios.

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Dole Backs Limited Entry Of Telcos Into Cable Biz

By DENNIS WASHINGTON ­ Senate Minori­

ty Leader Robert Dole (R­Kans.) has brightened the spirits of telephone­company lobbyists here by supporting limited telco entry in­to the cable­tv business.

Dole, in a statement skedded for insertion into the Congressional Record this week, called on law­makers to support Sen. Conrad Burns' (R­Mont.) bid to allow tel­cos to become a "common carrier" of cable programming and to supply up to 25% of telco­originated programming.

The Burns bill, slated for a hear­ing July 24 in the Senate Commerce Committee, is similar to an amend­ment that will be offered to pending cable legislation in the House of Representatives. Under the propos­al, only independent telcos would be permitted entry into cable; "Ma Bell" companies would be restrict­ed from entering the cable field.

In his statement, Dole called the Burns proposal "provocative in the best sense" in that it is designed to "move this body (Congress) off dead center in developing commu­nication technology."

"The future isn't in excluding competitive technologies," said Dole. "It's in using all the available tools to provide the services that communities need and customers want."

WHARTON The influential Republican said

the Burns proposal is "not an an­ticable industry bill." He praised cable's programming diversity, saying "all of us have benefited" from the industry's growth.

"It only seems reasonable that other ways of providing communi­cations service get the same chance to compete," said Dole.

'Hardware1 Lands'

X; 'Care' Rerated By JANE LIEBERMAN

Miramax Films' upcoming re­lease "Hardware" has received an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America's Classifi­cation & Rating Administration, marking the distribbery's third film to receive that rating this year.

A Miramax source acknowledged that the company was aware of the X and said that a statement would be forthcoming. J

Source would not speculate as to what action the distrihbery would take or what might have prompted theX.

Writer/director Richard Stanley's sci­fi horror film is targeted for a U.S. release on Sept. 14.

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