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2 Focus, The Battalion • Friday, April 2, 1982 ON TAP Movies Check theaters for specific times and prices. Movies sub ject to change without notice. All listings are current through press time. Campus Theater 846-6512 Sharkey's Machine: Burt Reynolds is Sharkey, a detec tive who has been promoted to the vice squad. He's still out to get the city's ominous and anonymous crime czar, known only as "The Ace." R. Manor East 823-8300 v^hariots of Fire: The Academy Award winner for best picture. It's a touching story of two men's quest to run in the 1924 Olympics. PG. IV^Iaking Love: Kate Jackson and Michael Ontkean star in a film that follows young cou ple's problems after the hus band confesses his homosex uality. R. and Saturday in Rudder Theater. The H, i-n American Werewolf in London: If you don't go for the story itself, go for the spe cial effects — it won an Academy Award for best makeup. R. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Louse of Wax: Vincent Price stars as a wax artist who gets revenge in a bizarre way, by dipping his enemies in wax. And all in 3-D, too. PG. IV^onty Python's Life of Brian: Brian is bom in a man ger a short distance from and about the same time as Jesus Christ, and is continuously mistaken for the Messiah throughout his life. PG. MSC Aggie Cinema 845-2916 T he French Lieutenant's Woman: A story about a movie within a movie starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. R. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. The Fan: A suspense thriller about a deranged fan. Star ring Lauren Bacall and James Gamer. R. Midnight Friday Sting: Two con men op erate in and around Chicago circa '36. Starring the im- famous duo of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. PG. Sun day at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. City of Women: A spell binding display that is part burlesque, part satire and all cinema. Full of sexual fanta sies and illusions. Unrated. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. MSC Cepheid Variable 845-1515 The Fantastic Voyage: A shrunken submarine is in jected into a man's brain to repair damaged tissue. Un rated. Thursday at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Plitt Cinema I&II: 846-6714 Porky's: The misadventures of six high school chums with an interest in drugs and sex. Another film about learning the facts of life. R. See review in this issue. I Ought to Be in Pictures: A Neil Simon comedy starring Walter Matthau. PG. Warriors: A New York gang flees from the other gangs in tent upon destroying it. Mid night Friday and Saturday. Rated R. and Katharine Hepburn. PG. Raiders of The Lost Ark: Still hanging on after ages and ages. It's almost time for the Raiders' first anniversary par ty. PG. R.obin Hood: Walt Disney's animated story of the in famous Robin Hood, who steals from the rich to give to the poor. This may be a prom ising new economic theory. G. Silent Rage: A karate flick starring Chuck Norris, a kung fu freak who loses his cool. Don't make him mad. PG. Rocky Horror Picture Show: Rocky and company ham it up Friday and Saturday at mid night. R. Schulman Six: 775-2468 or 775- 2463 ^V^ctor, Victoria: Julie Andrews in perhaps her most challenging role. She plays a man — or is it a woman? Also stars James Garner. R. On Golden Pond: A couple marks their 48th year together during a summer stay at Gol den Pond. Stars Academy Award-winners Henry Fonda Richard Pryor Live on Sun set Strip: Still the same old rowdy and rude Richard. And the same old laughs. R. Music Backstage: Tonight enjoy King's English, a group of En glish professors who play bal lads and biuegrass; cover is $1.50. Saturday night's enter tainment is the jazz band Scrapple. Cover is $2. Also en- the 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. happy n ~ joy hour wit 45^ draft beer and $1 bar drinks. Lakeview: Tonight all un- escourted ladies get in for $1, and can beer is 75 cents. Satur day night dance to the tunes of Johnny Bush and the Ban- delleros; cover is $4. Thursday night stop by for "Thirsty Thurday," when cover is $3 and beer is free all night. Rebels: This week's band is Hickory Wind. 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: Tonight dance to the sounds of Sund ance from Austin. Cover is $2 with a ticket stub from Wednesday's Ronnie Milsap show; $3 without. Tommy Overstreet from Nashville lays Saturday night. Cover is 5. That Place: Strictly Tamoo, a fusion jazz band which plays a combination of rock/jazz/ funk, plays Sunday night from 7 to 10. Cover is $1, and happy hour features 2-for-l drinks from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Etc H, Lorse Show: The first-year class of Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine hosts its fifth annual open horse show Sunday at the Eques trian Park, starting at 8 a.m. No charge. CTard Stacking Contest: Up silon Pi Epsilon, the computer science honor society, spon sors its third annual card stacking contest Tuesday. See story on page 3 JT ilm and Video Festival: Films by Allen Coulter, film maker of Hobb's Case, will be shown starting at 7 p.m. in Room 105C of the Langford Architecture Center. FOCUS Editor Cathy Saathoff Assistant Editor Nancy Floeck Reporter Colette Hutchings Focus will consider any items sub mitted for publication, although the decision to publish lies solely with the editor. Deadline is 5 p.m. the Fri day before publication. Going wild over flowers By Colette Hutchings ... 16 Live a little By Nancy Floeck Shuffle the deck By Colette Hutchings On the cover: So Highway 6 really does go both ways. But is it worth the journey? Rather than send innocent Aggies in search of the truth. Focus braved the trip. Turn to page 7 for the results. Cover art by Richard DeLeon, Jr.