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The Big Red One: The
Reconstrudion **'/2 Warner Bros., $26.99
DIRECTOR Sam Fuller is the
king of movies that were
butchered by film studios and
this World War II drama is
example No.1. Forty minutes of
new scenes show how well he
captured the downtime and .
vicissitudes of war. Extras
include a look at Fuller's career
and the real exploits of the unit
portrayed. National
'D'easure **'/2 Disney, $29.99
AN enjoyable bit of
malarkey about
Freemasons, the
Knights Templar, buried
treasure in downtown
Manhattan and a secret
map on the back of tl1e
Declaration of
Independence. We can
be relieved that this
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DIRECTOR Joel Schumacher
has made a very faithful
adaptation of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's mega-musical, so of
course this is a stiff, dreadful
bore. "Evita" made a better
movie and the much-maligned
"Cats" had better lyrics. But at
least Webber now can boast of
the most expensive keepsake in
Broadway history. j
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