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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 ...
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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.