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1 J * I * Movies Check theatres for specific times and prices. Movies sub ject to change without norice. All listings are current through press time. Campus Theater 846-6512 V^aligula: Penthouse Maga zine's Bob Guccione backed this elaborate and expensive epic about the corrupt Roman emperor, starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole. R. Sweet Surrender: It may not be as sweet as the title sug gests, but it's surrendered. X. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Manor East 823-8300 1 aps: Cadets come to the aid of a 141-year-old military academy which faces demoli tion to make room for a real estate development. Starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton. PG. Night Crossing: John Hurt and Jane Alexander star in the true story of two East German families who attempt to cross the Berlin Wall in a hot air bal loon. PG. The Border: Jack Nicholson plays a Texas border patrol man who gets entangled in a black market baby-selling scheme. R. Escape From New York: Manhattan is a giant prison camp and no one has ever broken out. Until now. Star ring Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine and Season Hubley. R. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Heavy Metal: An animated feature with a rock score featuring Black Sabbath, Devo and Cheap Trick. R. Midnight Friday and Saturday. MSC Cepheid Variable 845-1515 Thursday night, Cepheid Variable presents the Omen trilogy: "The Omen," "Da mien, Omen 11" and "The Final Conflict." Be prepared for an evening of terror fol lowing the life of angelic- looking Damien Thorne from birth through destruction. Of who, we won't say. "The Omen" starts at 7:30, "Da mien: Omen 11" at 9:45, and "The Final Conflict" at mid night. All in Rudder Theater. R. MSC Aggie Cinema 845-2916 Body Heat: A devious woman utilizes her sultry good looks to coax a lawyer into committing murder; the murderous mess which en tails is a result of her many wanton desires. R. Friday and Satruday at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Tarzan, the Ape Man: Jung le Rot. Bo Derek stars as the voluptuous(?) Jane in this controversial remake of Edgar Rice Burrough's classic. When Bo is confronted with danger she whimpers and muscular Miles O'Keeffe (Tarzan — he gets second billing) comes to her rescue. R. Midnight Fri day and Saturday in Rudder Theater. The Sound of Music: The all-time favorite musical stars Julie Andrews as Maria, the misfit nun sent to govern a sea captain's seven unruly, but lovable, children. Winner of five Academy Awards. G. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Hamlet: Sir Lawrence Oli vier produced and directed this rendition of Shakes peare's classic tragedy. Oli vier also starred, giving us a fascinating Freudian interpre tation of the Prince of De nmark. Unrated. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in 274 East Kyle. IVlan of Marble: Andrzej Wajda teUs of the attempts of a young woman film maker to produce a documentary about a peasant bricklayer who was exalted as a worker-hero in the post-war build-up of Po land. Unrated. 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Plitt Cinema I&H: 846-6714 1 he Beast Within: Some thing beastly and horrible is growing inside a teenage boy and you get to see what it looks like. Near the end of the movie, of course. R. Rocky Horror: The most bizarre treatment yet of the Frankenstein myth. Starring Susan Sarandon. R. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Chariots of Fire: Two British runners are training in for the 1924 Olympics. Much of the film concerns the pressures put upon them: one was Jew ish, the other devoutly Christ ian. PG. The Day the Earth Got Stoned I Became a Rock and Roll Outlaw: Dialogue from those old movie serials such as the "Perils of Pauline" has been cut out with new dia logue dubbed in. The plotline: an evil outlaw from space bombards earth with rock and roll. PG. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Schulman Six: 775-2468 or 775- 2463 Raiders of The Lost Ark: This film may never leave Col lege Station. Go see it again to check out the new theaters. PG. Reds: This film explores the emergence of the American Communist Party by examin ing the life of American jour nalist John Reed and his love, Louise Bryant. Directed by and starring Warren Beatty, with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. R. Whose Life Is It Anyway?: Richard Dreyfuss plays a talented young sculptor who suffers irreparable personal damage after a tragic auto mobile accident leaves him paralyzed from the neck down. R. lAfindwalker: The story of an American Indian who com es back from the dead to help his family. Starring Trevor Howard and Nick Ramus. PG. Barbarasoa: Willie Nelson stars as an old drifter — Gary Busey stars as a young one. Together they join in a border feud in the 1800's. PG. Arthur: Dudley Moore stars as the drunken man-child who falls in love with a no thing (Liza Minnelli) and ends up having to make a grownup decision of choosing between love or money. R. Music Backstage: Thurday and Fri day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. en joy the piano music of Scott Carr. Then, Thursday night it's the Skillet Lickers, a blueg- rass band. Cover is $1.50. Un cle Walt's Band from Austin appears Friday night; cover is $3. Saturday night's feature is Julia Scott and Tom Solomon, who play progressive renaiss ance music. Also enjoy the 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. happy hour with 45tf draft beer and $1 bar drinks. Lakeview: Tonight it's the Moonlight Prowlers; it's also nickel beer night — Lone Star draught 5tf a cup and $2 a pitcher. Cover is $2. Saturday dance to the sounds of the Armadillo Express. Cover is $5. Rebels: Your Move, playing everything from rock to coun try-western, seems to have taken up permanent resi dence here. No cover charge. Happy hour features two-for- one drinks and half-price appetizers from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Texas Hall of Fame: The De- bonaires from Taylor play tonight; $2 cover charge. Fri day dance to the Texas High Riders from Austin; cover is $3. Bubba Cox and Easy Going from San Antonio are Saturday's band. Cover is $4. Pitcher beer is $3 on all these nights. Etc. Dhake Russell and Dana Cooper Band with Michael Marcoulier and John Vandiv er: This show is tonight in the Brazos Center. Tickets are $7.50 and $6.50 at Music Ex press. FOCUS Editor Cathy Saathoff Assistant Editor Nancy Floeck Reporter Colette Hutchings FOCUS will consider any items sub mitted for publication, although the de cision to publish lies solely with the edi tor. Deadline in 5 p.m. the Friday before publication. Floating to relax By Nancy Weatherly Two shrewd presentations By Colette Hutchings Eating right By Pam Barta. On the cover: This compu ter, which will probably find itself in someone's home soon, is speaking a different language than most people understand. By the way, a byte is a small unit of measurement found in a computer's memory. To find out about the union of homes and computers, turn to pages 8 and 9. Cover photo by Diana Sultenfuss.