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Banya (Zerkalo Films). Shooting in Yaroslavl and Uste, U.S.S.R. This contemporary romantic comedy follows the exploits of four male Muscovites who annually venture outside the confines of wife and family to enjoy American traditions. While eating Yankee food, drinking our beer and speaking English, they meet an American woman who turns their lives around. Executive producers Jill Alman and Sandra Forman. Producers Mark Donadio and Andrei Ustinov. Director/screenwriter Chris Schmidt. Stars Kathryn Mederos.

Dolly Dearest (Dolly Dearest Prods.). Shooting in Sante Fe, N.M. Denise Crosby, Rip Torn and Sam Bottoms star in this horror tale of a family who settle in a small town and try to resurrect an abandoned doll factory. Supernatural forces are unleashed that toss them into some real jeopardy. Executive producers Pierre David, Igo Kanter and Frank Lieberman. Producer Daniel Cady. Director/screenwriter Maria A. Lease. Distributor Image Org.

Hudson Hawk (Silver Pictures/Flying Heart Films). Shooting in Budapest, Rome and London. “Die Hard 2” principals Bruce Willis and Joel Silver re-team here for this epic from “Heathers” director Michael Lehmann. Willis, who also co-wrote the story, is extricated from prison and given the unenviable task of finding and returning valuable stolen canvases. Producers Silver and Willis. Screenwriters Steven E. de Souza and Dan Waters. Also stars Isabella Rossellini and Danny Aiello. Distributor Tri-Star. Summer release.

Little Man Tate (Little Man Tate Prods.). Shooting in Cincinnati. Jodie Foster’s directing bow concerns a middle-class woman (Foster) who almost loses her brilliant son to a teacher (Dianne Wiest) intent on touting him all over the country. Producers Scott Rudin and Peggy Rajski. Screenwriter Scott Frank.

Newman (Jube Films). Shooting in L.A. “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ ” Marcia Strassman stars in this inventive tale of two youngsters who whip together a nifty robot. Soon their deceased father returns as the robot’s soul and saves the family from danger. Executive producer Pernille Siesbye. Producer Just Betzer. Director/screenwriter Tony Cookson. Also stars Joshua Miller and Edan Gross.

Riders on the Storm (Largo). Shooting in L.A. and Hawaii. Patrick Swayze stars in this action adventure about an unlikely pair of FBI agents (Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey) who must haunt the beach scene--and look like they belong there--to expose a bank-robbery ring. “Blue Steel’s” Kathryn Bigelow directs. Executive producer James Cameron. Producers Peter Abrams and Robert Levy. Screenwriters Peter Iliff, Cameron and Bigelow. Distributor Fox.

The Terror Within II (Concorde). Shooting in the Mojave. Andrew Stevens stars, directs and writes this sequel about the lone survivor of a global plague who must struggle his way to a remote nuclear lab where other humans exist. Executive producer Roger Corman. Producer Mike Elliott. Also stars Lee Ermey, Chick Vennera, Burton Gilliam and Stevens’ mom, Stella.