MOVIES - Nov. 10, 1989

Japanese Fund ‘Crisis’: Japanese money continues to flow into Hollywood. This time two major Japanese companies are footing the bill for a $30-million film to be produced by special effects wizard Richard Edlund (“Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark”), a four-time Oscar winner. “Solar Crisis,” a futuristic story about a mission to the sun in the year 2050, drew funding from NHK Enterprises, a unit of the Japanese TV network, and the multimedia concern Gakken Publishing Co. Principle filming on “Solar Crisis,” which will star Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle and Jack Palance, began this week in the Los Angeles area. Richard Sarafian (“Vanishing Point,” “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing”) directs.