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Focus, The Battalion
Thursday, May 7, 1981
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
P rivate Benjamin: Goldie
Hawn plays a pampered golden
girl who joins the Army to take
advantage of condominiums,
yachts and other luxuries prom
ised her by a sly Army recruiter.
She learns the hard way that she
can make it on her own. Rated
R.
The Great Santini: Robert
Duvall stars as a Vietnam vet
who has no more wars to fight.
So he tries to inflict his strict
military standards on his family.
Duvall was nominated for best
actor in this one. Shown as dou
ble feature with "Private Ben
jamin." Rated R.
Female Athletes: Women jock-
types compete in the bump and
grind, the high hurdle and
many other contact sports. Posi
tions include tight end, wide re
ceiver and catcher. Great locker
room scenes loaded with skin. A
good film to see females in ac
tion. Friday and Saturday at
midnight. Rated X.
Manor East
823-8300
Death Hunt: Lee Marvin is a
Canadian Mountie and the man
he's after on a murder charge is
Charles Bronson. Also starring
Angie Dickinson. Bet you
thought it was one of those great
cheapie flicks about the futuris-
tic-but-chaotic world run by
murderous killers commanding
souped-up cars. Rated R.
Excalibur: Based upon the
legends of King Arthur. The
movie covers all (read: too
much) of the Arthurian legends.
from his lusty daddy to the
sword in the stone through
Arthur's armageddon. This is a
film of armored knights charg
ing their way into a bloody bat
tle. Directed by John Boorman.
Rated R.
All Night Long: An out-of-
work business executive, Gene
Hackman, sets out to break up a
romance between his son and
Barbara Streisand and ends up
falling for her himself. Diane
Ladd and Dennis Quaid also
star. Directed by Claude Tra-
mont. Rated R.
American Pop: Four genera
tions of American rock and roll
shown through the animated
story of one family. The film
could have been good if director
Ralph Bakshi had used more
music and less plot. Also too
much of the movie is just mov
ing cartoon characters instead of
fascinating animation. Friday
and Saturday at midnight.
Rated PG.
MSC Box Office
845-2916
Piranhacon II:
Piranhacon II is
Aggie Cinema's
year-end bad film
festival. The
following five
movies will shown
Friday in the
Grove. See story on
page 16.
The Terror of Tiny Town: A
short film — pun intended. This
is a short Western about short
people. Typical story line: hero,
bad guy, pretty girl and feuding
family. Westerns will never be
the same — er, except maybe
shorter. 8:50 p.m. Unrated.
Can't Stop the Music: A disco-
musical about singing and danc
ing and more singing and danc
ing. Alan Carr spent $25 million
to produce and direct this extra
vaganza starring the ever-
popular Village People, Valerie
Perrine and Bruce Jenner — so
be prepared for anything. 9:50
p.m. Rated PG.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes:
A common American housewife
is confronted by a bloodthirsty
tomato crawling out of her gar
bage disposal, and this is only
the beginning. This movie is
pure entertainment — comical,
that is. It was named "World's
Worst Vegtable Movie." 12:10
a.m. Rated PG.
Roller Boogie: Roller-disco is
the theme of this film starring
Linda "Exorcist" Blair, a sweet
young thing who teams up with
the best skater on the boardwalk
to win the roller-disco contest.
Might be a good chance to see if
Linda was really exorcised. 1:45
a.m. Rated PG.
Iwas a Teenage Frankenstein:
This one's the last of the
Piranhacon series. Another de
scendant of the infamous Baron
Frankenstein attempts to clear
his ancestor's name by carrying
on experiments in the heart of
Los Angeles. Starring Whit Bis-
sel, Phyllis Coates and Gary
Conway. 3:40 a.m. Unrated.
Plitt Cinema I&II
846-6714
ances. Starring Nastasia Kinski
and Peter Furth. Rated PG.
Friday the 13th Part II: The
gore continues as a psycho
pathic murderer bumps off peo
ple at the summer camp located
across the lake from the camp in
the first movie. Produced and
directed by Steve Miner, who
apparently didn't like summer
camp when he was young.
Rated R.
See review on page 4.
IVIeatballs: A much safer sum
mer camp. This has a zany por
trayal of a camp counselor, play
ed by Bill Murray, and the wild
actions of his campsters. Murray
tries to do for summer camps
what John Belushi did for frater
nity houses. Friday and Satur
day at midnight. Rated PG.
Music
Backstage: Thursday through
Saturday is jazz, jazz and more
jazz by Scrapple for $1.50 cover.
Guests may eat dinner, or simp
ly enjoy happy hour when draft
beer is 35 cents, bar drinks are 75 .
cents and all call drinks are half
price.
Grins: Hear Don Sanders
Thursday for $1 cover. Then
C.P.R. takes on the weekend
with boogie music Friday and
Saturday for $2.00. Happy hour
is 4-7 p.m. weekdays.
Lakeview: Tradition continues
with Dennis Ivey and The Way-
men playing country hits until
midnight Thursday. Cover is $1
for women and $3 for men, with
Lone Star draught beer 5tf a cup.
Friday night there's no dance,
but Saturday night two-step to
Rick Elliot and Silver for a $3
Tess: Roman Polanski directs
this adaptation of Thomas Har
dy's boring "Tess of the d'Ur-
bervilles," about a poor young
woman whose beauty and pas
sion, coupled with the revela
tion that she is of noble descent,
lead her into tragic circumst
Kebels: Doug Day from Dallas
plays everything from rock and
roll to country Thursday
through Saturday. No cover.
Happy hour features half-price
drinks Friday and Saturday.
Rosewood function: Drink
and dance to Stardust Thursday
for $1 cover, or on Friday and
Saturday for $2 cover. Two-for-
one happy hour until 7 p.m.
Texas Hall of Fame: Show off
those cowboy boots Thursday
night while kicking along with
the Debonaires from Taylor un
til midnight. $2 cover charge.
Friday's band is Johnny Lyon
and the Country Nu-Notes for a
$2 cover. Saturday, dance to the
country western music of Cher
okee Rose for a $3 cover.
Starlight Ballroom: Jerry Jeff
Walker travels to Snook on
Saturday, displaying his coun
try outlaw style from 8 p.m.- 1
a.m. Also appearing is Mes
quite. Advance tickets are $9 at
Courts or $10 at the door.
Etc.
Graduation — Class of '81:
Texas A&M University gradua
tion is held in three separate
ceremonies — Friday afternoon
at 2 p.m., Friday night at 7:30
p.m. and Saturday at 9:00 a.m. If
you don't want to attend the
commencement in G. Rollie
White Coliseum, watch it on
television. KAMU, Channel 15,
will carry live broadcasts of all
three ceremonies.
Final Review and Commis
sioning: All the glory and preci
sion of the Texas A&M Corps of
Cadets will be on display at Final
Review, Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
on the main drill field. Before
the review, formal commission
ing ceremonies for graduating
cadets will be held in G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 1:30 p.m.
Boot Dance: Corps of Cadets
juniors can wear their senior
boots for the first time at the
annual Boot Dance Saturday
night in the MSC, 9 p.m. to 1
a.m.
IVIother's Day: Sunday, May
10, is the day to show your
mother how much you care.
Send her the special Focus
Mother's Day card on page 3, or
why not reach out and touch her
with a telephone call?
focos
Editor Cathy Saathoff
Assistant Editor Debbie Nelson
Staff writer Colette Hutchings
Focus will accept any items submitted
for publication, although the decision
to publish lies solely with the editor.
Deadline is 5 p.m. the Thursday before
publication.
A last-minute Mother's Day card.
By Debbie Nelson
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Buying a straw hat for summer.
By Dana Smelser
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Piranhacon is coming.
By Colette Hutchings .
On the cover: Heads will
be spinning next week as
Aggies take final exams.
For many, it will be a last
chance effort to pull grades
up. Focus gives hints on
how to survive the week,
whether you plan to study
or not. Art by Scott
McCullar.