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' Focus. The Battalion'
Friday, October 30, 1981
ON TAP
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and prices. Movies subject to
change without notice. All list
ings are current through press
time.
Campus Theater
846-6512
Patemity: Burt Reynolds finds
a mother for his long-wished-for
heir and gets more than he bar
gained for. With a cast of impre-
gnables including Beverly
D'Angelo, Elizabeth Ashley and
Lauren Hutton. Directed by
David Steinberg. Rated PG.
Rocky Horror: The most bizar
re treatment yet of the Franken
stein myth, complete with rock
music, transvestism and kinky
sex. And on Saturday night — a
Halloween costume contest for
Horrorgoers. Rated R. Midnight
Friday and Saturday.
Manor East
823-8300
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The
adventure story of the summer
is still hanging on. If you haven't
seen it yet, go. If you have, go
again. Rated PG.
Body Heat: A steamy murder-
for-lust story involving a lawyer
(William Hurt) and a calculating
hotsy-totsy, (Kathleen Turner),
based on James L. Cain's novel
"Double Indemnity." Good dia
logue and acting. Rated R.
Halloween II: The new and
improved version of a murderer
loose on Halloween. Hiding be
hind an eerie white mask, the
deranged killer stalks sweet
young high school students.
Maybe he was deprived of treats
as a child and resorted to tricks.
If it's half as scary as the first
one, watch out. Rated R.
IVIotel Hell: The horror story
of Farmer Vincent and his
famous smoked meats that are
the rage of the country. What's
the horror? "Farmer Vincent's
Fritters" are not tenderized from
your average cow or pig. This
should give you a hint why visi
tors in the town keep disappear
ing. Starring Rory Calhoun as
Farmer Vincent. Rated R. Mid
night Friday and Saturday.
MSC Aggie
Cinema
845-2916
Seems Like Old Times: Goldie
Hawn plays a crusading liberal
lawyer with a contemporary but
offbeat triangle between her ex-
husband (Chevy Chase) and her
ambitious husband (Charles
Grodin). This Neil Simon com
edy gets wacky and complicated
when the ex-husband, a duped
convict on the run, chooses as
his hideout the newly married
couple's home. What he doesn't
know is the district attorney
husband is leading the hunt to
recapture him. Rated PG. Friday
and Saturday at 7:30 and 9:45
p.m. in Rudder Theatre.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
This film details a crazed family
of four men who terrorize and
finally kill all but one of a group
of youths traveling through a
sparsely populated part of
Texas. If you're into blood, guts
and or even power tools, this
one's for you. Rated R. Mid
night Saturday in Rudder
Theatre.
The Wind and The Lion:
Based on an actual turn-of-the-
century event, when Teddy
Roosevelt sent Marines to re
scue an American citizen kid
napped by a Moroccan sheik.
Sean Connery is the sheik who
is slyly debunked by his beauti
ful captive, Candice Bergen.
Rated PG. Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
in Rudder Auditorium.
Images: A Hitchcock-like sus
pense turns images into a stun
ning psychological exploration
of an individual's mind — a por
trait of a woman's schizophre
nia. She's driven by the ex
tremes of modern living into a
world of fantasy which leads
ultimately to violence. Much of
the film's impact is due to the
macabre music of John Williams
and the brillant high contrast
photography of Vilmas Zsig-
mond. Rated R. Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower.
The Green Room: A story of
obsession. A World War I veter
an attempts to exist in the world
in which so many of his com
rades were killed. Grief-stricken
by the death of his wife, he com
es to believe that the dead sur
vive only in the memory of the
living and builds a shrine to
them. Rated PG. Wednesday at
7:30 p.m.-in Rudder Theatre.
Plitt Cinema I&II
846-6714
Arthur: Dudley Moore plays a
millionaire playboy (Arthur)
whose life has been one long,
usually drunken spree until he
falls for a nobody (Liza Minnelli)
from Queens. John Gielgud as
Arthur's salty-tounged valet
and best friend just about steals
the show. Theme song by
Christopher Cross. Rated PG.
The French Lieutenant's
Woman: John Fowles' novel ab
out a mysterious strong-willed
woman born out of time into
Victorian England. Harold Pin
ter's screenplay involves a para
llel narrative about the modern-
day film company which is
shooting the film. Starring
Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.
Directed by Karel Reisz. Rated
R.
The Hills Have Eyes: A typical
American family goes into the
mountains and is stranded there
due to an accident. The horror
begins when they end up near
an old nuclear testing site, meet
a family of mutants and have to
fight for their lives. A pretty
gruesome thriller. Rated R.
Showing with a Pink Panther
cartoon Friday and Saturday at
midnight.
Backstage: Jazz it up with
Scrapple tonight through Satur
day; $1.75 cover. Enjoy the 4-7
happy hour with 35c draft beer,
$2 pitcher beer and reduced-
price drinks. Talent performs
from 9 to close, and the kitchen
stays open till 10:30.
Grins: Tonight it's folk music
with Beacon City Band; $2 cov
er. Banded Geckos return Friday
and Saturday nights; $2 cover.
Enjoy happy hour's reduced-
price drinks weekdays from 4-7
p.m.
Lakeview: Tonight it's nickel
beer night — Lone Star draught
5c a cup — with Dennis Ivey and
his band; $2 cover. Friday it's
The Debonaires in a fund
raising dance for the Texas A&M
Society of Professional Journal
ists; $3 cover. Saturday, special
guest Curtis Potter joins Dennis
Ivey and the Dennis Ivey Band;
$3 cover.
Rebels: The Special Concen
sus Bluegrass Band plays all
week long; no cover. Happy
hour features half-price drinks
and appetizers 4-7 weekdays
and 11-7 on Saturday. Kitchen
closes at 11:30.
Rosewood Junction: The Price
Parafin band rocks and rolls
tonight through Saturday, $2
cover. Saturday dress up for
Rosewood's Halloween cos
tume contest. Happy hour has
half-price drinks 11:30 to 7
Wednesday through Saturday,
and 11:30 till close Monday and
Tuesday.
Texas Hall of Fame: Tonight
it's the Debonaires; $3 cover
charge for a Class of '83 dance
including a costume contest. Fri
day slide across the dance floor
with Tony Douglas and the
Shrimpers; $3 cover. Saturday
it's Clyde Brewer and the Ori
ginal River Road Boys; $3 cover.
Next Wednesday night dance to
Silver Creek; $2 cover or free
admission with a driver's license
and current Texas A&M I.D.
Pitcher beer $2.50.
Beat SMU Dance: Friday
night, the Texas A&M Society of
Professional Journalists is spon
soring a "Beat the Hell Out of
SMU" dance at Lakeview,
featuring the music of The De
bonaires from 8 to 12. Admis
sion is $3, and an early yell prac
tice will be held at intermission.
Football: The Texas Aggies
rope the SMU Mustangs this
Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field.
Pride: MSC Town Hall pre
sents Charley Pride this Friday
at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Col
iseum. Tickets are available at
the MSC Box Office.
FOCUS
Editor Cathy Saathoff
Assistant Editor .... Debbie Nelson
Staff Writer Colette Hutchings
Cartoonist Scott McCullar
Graphic Artist.. Richard DeLeon, Jr.
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.
The spirit of Halloween past
By Tom Solomon
Not-so-tricky pumpkin treats
By Colette Hutchings
Snug on an Oriental rug
By Cynthia Thomas
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9
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On the cover: Yes, the
spooks are spooking and
the pumpkins are cheesing
it up again for the yearly
Halloween tricking and
treating jazz. For stories on
the customs of Halloween
past and present, turn to
pages 8 and 9. Cover
artwork by Richard De
Leon Jr.