THIS WEEK
Movies
Check theatres for specific times
and prices. Movies subject to
change without notice. All list
ings are current through press
time.
Campus Theater
846-6512
American Pop: Ralph Bakshi's
animated story about America
and rock and roll. This movie
traces not only American music,
but also a musical family. But
somehow pretty pictures aren't
enough for this film. Rated PG.
John Wayne Mini-Festival:
Two of Wayne's later westerns,
"The Shootist" and "True Grit,"
are featured. They're not the
Duke's best movies, but he re
ceived an Oscar for "True Grit."
Friday and Saturday at mid
night. Rated PG.
Manor East
823-8300
Raging Bull: Robert DeNiro
stars as boxer Jack LaMotta in
this gripping tale photographed
in black and white. Sure to win
an Oscar for something — Best
Movie, Best Director (Martin
Scorcese), Guttiest Film. Rated
R.
The Postman Always Rings
Twice: Jessica Lange and Jack
Nicholson are a lusty couple in
deed in the movie that tries to
make sex as steamy as an active
volcano. The two lovers plot to
kill her husband, but it's not as
easy as it sounds. Rated R.
The Devil and Max Devlin:
Comedian Bill Cosby is full of
hot air in this Disney comedy
about a mild-mannered soul,
played by Elliot Gould, who'd
rather be in Philadelphia than in
hell. So he has to find someone
to replace him. In his search, all
hell breaks loose. Rated PG, but
it's still a Disney.
MSC Box Office
845-2916
Aggiecon, Cepheid Variable's
annual science fiction convention,
starts Thursday and ends Sunday.
This year Aggiecon features the fol
lowing 10 science fiction films, all of
which will be shown in Rudder Au
ditorium.
Barbarella: This is one film
Jane Fonda probably wishes
she'd never made — her acting
is skimpier than her costume.
This bizarre sci-fi thriller-
comedy has Fonda wiping out
evil forces existing in outer
space. Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Rated PG.
Boy and His Dog: This is
no Lassie tale and was originally
advertised as "a different kind
of love story." A boy and canine
try to survive after the atomic
wars devastate Earth. And
many earthly habits, like food
and sex, just aren't the same
anymore. Thursday at 9:20 p.m.
Rated R.
W atership Down: This film
starts Aggiecon's night of ani
mation. Rabbits try to survive in
the world full of menacing hu
mans and other rabbits. It's not
as hokey and it sounds — it's
actually a fine adaptation of the
Richard Adams'bestselling
novel. Friday at 7 p.m. Rated
PG.
izards: The ultimate sibling
rivalry — two twin brothers,
both posessing magical powers,
fight a battle of good and evil in
dynamic Ralph Bakshi anima
tion, which tends to be better
than his storyline. Friday at 8:50
p.m. Rated PG.
Allegro Non Troppo: Classic
al music is given new life in Bru
no Bozzetto's wonderful anima
tion. The seventies' version of
Walt Disney's classic "Fanta
sia." Friday at 10:40 p.m. Un
rated.
Fantasic Planet: Somewhere
on a distant planet far, far away
— sorry, wrong movie. Any
way, this is a highly-acclaimed
European animation about two
distinct races that develop a
planet—the powerful, mentally
superior Drags threaten to eli
minate their weaker counter
parts, the Oms. Late Friday
night (or early Saturday morn-
ing)at 12:30 a.m. Rated PG.
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (Special Edition): This
version takes you inside the
Mothership. For those who've
never seen the movie, any edi
tion is worth seeing at least
once: this is a different, re
freshing approach about the
possibility of human contact
with aliens. Saturday at 7 p.m.
Rated PG.
Sleeper: One of the older, non-
autobiographical Woody Allen
so, of course, it's hilarious.
Allen plays a jazz musician who
wakes up from an operation ab
out 250 years too late. It's a great
story with wonderful one-liners
about life, present and future.
Saturday at 11:45 p.m. Rated
PG.
The Day The Earth Stood Still:
Michael Rennie stars in one of
the first non-violent, intellectual
sci-fi films. He plays cool-
headed alien who's come to
warn Earth against its foolish
habits like war and greed. The
movie is much better than its
cheap, sensational title. Un
rated. Early Sunday morning at
1:30 a.m. Unrated.
IVIidnight Cowboy: Dustin
Hoffman and Jon Voight are two
low-life characters in this Oscar-
winning film. Hoffman is a crip
pled bum and Voight is a hustler
who dream of being successful
in New York. This movie exem
plifies the acting abilities of both
men. The theme song is Harry
Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'
at Me. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
in Rudder Theatre. This former
X-rated movie has been up
graded to R.
Plitt Cinema I&II
846-6714
The Final Conflict: The final
chapter (Thank God) in the
Omen trilogy. Somehow the de
vil's disciple becomes President
of these United States and starts
doing devilish deeds. So what
else is new? Rated R.
Backroads: Sally Field and
Tommy Lee Jones star in one
those cute little movies about
two opposites who somehow
manage to be attracted to each
other. In this film, our good-
hearted prostitute travels along
the backroads of America (in
cluding Brownsville) with a box
er with a glass jaw. See review of
"Backroads" on page 18. Rated
PG.
Music
Backstage: Lyle Lovett starts
“off the weekend on Thursday
and Friday it's ja2z by Scrapple
from 8p.m. until closing. Satur
day's entertainment was un-
comfirmed at press time, but
doors will open at 4 p.m. Guests
may eat dinner, or simply enjoy
happy hour when draft beer is
35 cents, bar drinks are 75 cents
and all call drinks are half price.
Grins: Scrapple plays their
own form of jazz Thursday for a
$1 cover, and Rusty Wier enter
tains country and western fans
Friday and Saturday nights for
$7. Happy hour is 4-7 p.m. dur
ing weekdays.
Lakeview: Tradition continues
with Dennis Ivey and The Way-
men playing country hits until
midnight Thursday. Women get
in for $1 and men for $3. There's
no dance Friday, but Hank Wil
liam's Original Drifting Cow
boys and Dennis Ivey get every
one's heels kicking Saturday, for
a $5 cover. Reservations for
Saturday may be made by
phone.
Rebels: Hickory Wind's rock
'n roll is featured all weekend.
Patrons will be treated to half
price drinks, chips and hot
sauce during happy hour Friday
and Saturday. No cover.
Rosewood Junction: With
two-for-one happy hour until 7
p.m. and a $1 cover charge
Thursday, and $2 Friday and
Saturday, the popular rock 'n'
roll tunes of Morning may be
heard.
Texas Hall of Fame: Heels will
be kicking when the Debonaires
from Taylor, Texas play country
and western music Thursday
until midnight. $2 cover charge.
Friday, Roy Robbins and the
Availables play from 9 p.m.-l
a.m., with $2 cover. Jerry Nail
and Armadillo Express will en
tertain Saturday, for a $3 cover.
Etc.
Antique Show: An antique
show and sale will be held at the
Brazos Center on Friday and
Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and
Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
There will be over 40 dealers
represented, and concessions
will benefit the Brazos Valley
Shrine Club.
Town Hall: MSC Town Hall
presents "A Chorus Line" Sun
day at 3 and 8 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium.
FOCUS
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Cycling
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On the cover: This week's
Focus features a variety of
sports, from traditional
pastimes like cycling, to a
new game called hacky
sack. Cover art by Scott
McCullar, photos by Skip
Merrick and Becky
Swanson.