Big Summer Triple: ‘Hannah,’ ‘Horrors,’ ‘Midnight’; ‘Peggy Sue’ Trips Into Past, ‘Sid & Nancy’ Into Despair

“Hannah and Her Sisters,” Woody Allen’s biggest hit, was destined to be a home-video success even before the Academy Awards ceremonies. So when Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest won the best supporting Oscars, it was merely icing on the cake. Due to be released by HBO June 17, this should be one of the summer’s most popular rentals.

That week, beginning June 14, will be a big one for home-video debuts, with two other Oscar-nominated musical films, “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Round Midnight,” also scheduled for release by Warner Video.

Coming next week: “Mona Lisa,” “Firewalker” and “Tai-Pan.” The main releases for the week of May 10 are “Children of a Lesser God” and “The Color of Money.”

NEW RELEASES: CBS-Fox’s “Peggy Sue Got Married,” directed by Francis Coppola, was a hit ($40 million box-office gross) because it offers viewers a chance to wallow in a cozy fantasy. What if you could turn back the clock and undo a mistake--such as a bad marriage?

Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) falls into such an opportunity. A 43-year-old mother whose marriage to a TV huckster (Nicholas Cage) is on the rocks, she gets a chance to play out this fantasy, returning to 1960 when they were high-school sweethearts.

The fun of this comedy/drama is watching a woman with contemporary hindsight cavort in the past. For most of the movie, Turner, who’s in her 30s, plays a teen-ager. Acclaimed for her performance in a difficult role, she was a candidate for the best-actress Oscar, which was won by Marlee Matlin for “Children of a Lesser God.”

Embassy’s “Sid & Nancy,” which wasn’t big box-office, should be a rental hit. Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman), bass player of the Sex Pistols, is a bored thrill-seeker who hooks up with Nancy, an American junkie (Chloe Webb), who hooks him on heroin. Both wind up dead. Director Alex Cox uncompromisingly documents their horrifying decline while offering a grisly portrait of the late ‘70s punk scene.

Critics loved this well-done downer, which ranks with the best junkie movies--”A Hatful of Rain” (1957) and “A Man With a Golden Arm” (1955). The performances by Oldman and Webb were lavishly praised. This is a truly disturbing movie that’s not for the squeamish. Parents who want to give their kids a glimpse of the horrors of drug addiction might rent this one for family viewing.

HBO’s “Nothing in Common” was largely marketed as a comedy, but it’s really two movies--a riotous comedy and a grim family drama. If you’re in the mood to laugh, the dramatic elements, concentrated in the second half, may be a bring-down.

Tom Hanks stars as a smart-alecky, womanizing advertising whiz whose carefree bachelor life is disrupted by his parents’ divorce. While his mother (Eva Marie Saint) savors her freedom, he’s saddled with his crotchety, ailing father (Jackie Gleason)--a virtual stranger to him. The heart of the movie is the rekindling of the father-son relationship. The performances, critics noted, are first rate. Gary Marshall directed.

MGM/UA’s “A Sunday in the Country,” is a subtitled French film that won Bertrand Tavernier--who recently directed “Round Midnight”--the 1984 best-director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Set in the French countryside at the turn of the century, it’s about an elderly painter (Louis Ducreux) enjoying a Sunday visit from his two children, a daughter-in-law and three grandchildren.

There is no real plot. The only action is the noisy arrival of the painter’s giddy daughter, who’s having relationship problems. Languidly paced, the film truly has the feel of a lazy day in the country. Many will find it boring. But if you stick with this movie, it has a cumulative power. There’s a long, moving finale, after the guests are gone, featuring just the grandfather. That’s really the guts of the movie. CHARTS (Compiled by Billboard magazine)

TOP VIDEOCASSETTES, RENTALS

1--”Top Gun” (Paramount).

2--”Stand by Me” (RCA/Columbia).

3--”The Fly” (CBS-Fox).

4--”Aliens” (CBS-Fox).

5--”Ruthless People” (Touchstone).

6--”Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (Paramount).

7--”Legal Eagles” (MCA).

8--”Blue Velvet” (Karl-Lorimar).

9--”Soul Man” (New World).

10--”Tough Guys” (Touchstone). TOP VIDEOCASSETTES, SALES

1--”Top Gun” (Paramount).

2--”Jane Fonda’s Low Impact Aerobic Workout” (Karl-Lorimar).

3--”Callanetics” (MCA).

4--”Jane Fonda’s New Workout” (Karl-Lorimar).

5--”Sleeping Beauty” (Disney).

6--”Scarface” (MCA).

7--”Star Wars” (CBS-Fox).

8--”Alien” (CBS-Fox).

9--”The Sound of Music” (CBS-Fox).

10--”Star Trek III: The Search For Spock” (Paramount).