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2 Focus, The Battalion Friday, April 16, 1982 on TAP Movies Check theaters for specific times and prices. Movies subject to change with out notice. All listings are current through press time. Campus Theater: 846-6512. M/ssi/ig: stars Jack Lemmon as a success ful Wall Street executive in search of his son, who has mysteriously disappeared in a South American country. Sissy Spacek plays his anguished daughter- in-law. PG. Talk Dirty to Me— the title perhaps says it all but this really sounds like a invitation from a prank phone call. Midnight Thursday, Friday and Satur day. X. Manor East: 823-8300. clash of the Titans is a smashing grab-bag of Greek gods, heros and mythical crea tures based on the myth of Perseus (Har ry Hamlin) and the deadly Medusa, a real looker who can turn living things to stone with a single glance. PG. A Little Sex stars Tim Matheson (Otter from Animal House) as a successful commer cial director who has problems keeping his marital vows. In House of Wax Vin cent Price is a wax artist who gets re venge in a bizarre way, by dipping his enemies in wax. And all in 3-D, too. PG. Monty Python's Life of Brian is about Brian, born in a manger a short distance from and about the same time as Jesus Christ, and is continually mistaken for the Messiah. PG. MSC Aggie Cinema: 845- 2916. Continental Divide is a romantic comedy set in the Rocky Mountains, starring the late John Belushi. A big-city muckraking reporter meets a privileged Bostonian who lives in a commune with the endangered bald eagles, and together they tackle the wilderness. Fri day and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Grove — rain 701 Rudder R. The WW II prop- anganda film We've Never Been Licked has Texas A&M as a back drop and is a cult favorite on campus. You'll meet the role-model for Rock The Good Ag. Thursday at 9:45 p.m. in the Grove — rain 701 Rudder. Unrated. Another cult film. Animal House, is set on the cam pus of a small private college. The pic ture takes us into two fraternity houses; that of the well-groomed, sophisticated Omegas and the Delta house, which is a collection of misfits, slobs and rule breakers led by John Belushi. Friday and Saturday at midnight in the Grove — rain 701 Rudder. R. West Side Story is the screen version of the celebrated Broadway musical about rival white and Puerto Rican gangs in a New York ghet to. Starring Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. G. A lush, brillant adaptation of the classic 1858 novel by Ivan Gonchar ov, Oblomov, begins as a comic allegory about a well-to-do landowner who pre fers to stay in bed. It ends as a tragedy of a Russian who allows life to pass him by because he does not feel a part of it. Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Unrated. MSC Cepheid Variable 845-1515. In The Day of the Dolphin George C. Scott plays a marine biologist on the verge of a momumental scientific break-through-communication between himself and a dolphin. Politics and tragedy intrude upon his experiments forcing a decision that wars with his commitments to himself and the animals with whom he shares a unique and mov ing relationship. Thursday at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in 601 Rudder. PG. Plitt Cinema I&II: 846-6714. Porky's is about the misadventures of six high school chums with an interest in drugs and sex. Another film about learn ing the facts of life. R. In an Agatha Christie whodunit. Evil Under the Sun, Peter Ustinov leads an all-star cast. PG. Rocky and company ham it up in the Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday and Saturday at midnight. R. The Stewar desses is a stewardess training film — or how they really get their wings. All this and more in 3-D. (And for this you want glasses?) Friday and Saturday at mid night. R. Schulman Six: 775-2468, 775- 2463. In Victor, Victoria Julie Andrews plays perhaps her most challenging role, that of a woman playing a man playing a woman. See review on page 5. R. The Academy Award winner On Golden Pond is the story of a couple marking their 48th year together during a sum mer stay at Golden Pond. The Academy Awards were for best actor (Henry Fon da), best actress (Katharine Hepburn) and best screenplay adaption. PG. Still hanging on after ages and ages is Raid ers of The Lost Ark. It's almost time for the Raiders' first anniversary party. Raiders won Academy Award for best film editing. PG. Silent Rage is a karate flick starring Chuck Norris, a kung fu freak who quietly loses his cool. Don't make him mad. PG. Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip stars the same old row dy and rude Richard. And the same old laughs. R. Chariots of Fire is the Academy Award winner for best pic ture, a touching story of two men's quest to run in the 1924 Olympics. Also chosen as Academy Award winner for best ori ginal score and best original screenplay. PG. Skyway Twin Drive-In: 822-8300. The drive-in has opened for nice weather, so get out your lawn chairs and coolers. Kentucky Fried Movie is a hilarious spoof of television and the movies from the Kentucky Fried Theater in Los Angeles. If you liked National Lampoon's Animal House, you'll love this one. Airplane is the classic cliche movie, mocking the series of cloud- hangers featuring misfits pinch-piloting jumbo jets safely to earth. PG. Sharkey's Machine stars Burt Reynolds as Sharkey — who has been demoted to the vice squad, but is still out to bet the city's omnious and anoymous crime czar, known only as “The Ace." His machine consists of a confederation of vice cops and friends, imformants, plus the lovely Miss Ward as a top-money call girl who lies down on the job for the mdb. R. In Outland a Federal District Marshall assigned to police the mining colony of Con-Am 27, located on Jupiter's volcanic moon, must deal with impending marit al break up while he is busy investigat ing a series of homicides. Starring Sean Connery and Frances Sternhagen. R. Post Oak Mail Cinema: 764-0616. Quest For Fire is the story of a prehistoric tribe and their slow transi tion into civilization. R. One of Richard Pryor's better films. Some Kind of Hero, has him playing a POW returning from Vietnam to face nothing but terible mis fortune. R. Deathtrap stars Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve in the film version of Ira Levin's Broadway smash hit. PG. FOCUS What to do with Mom and Dad By Dennis Prescott Editor Cathy Saathoff Assistant Editor Nancy Floeck Reporter Colette Hutchings And the winner is ... By Lezlee Smith 4 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. Surviving Senioritis By Cathy Saathoff . 16 Music Backstage: Tonight and Saturdiij night enjoy Gilligan Fallon BamU ; acoustic-harmony band. Also enjoytk, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. happy hour withfe; draft beer and $1 bar drinks. Lakeview: Tonight and Saturdi night rock 'n' roll with OZ. Cover is with an A&M ID and $3 othenvisf Thursday night stop by for "Thirst: Thurday,” when cover is $3 and ter; free all night. Rebels: This week's music is pr vided by Diamond Past, a countn i western band. No cover charge. I hour features two-for-one drinks anil half-price appetizers from 4 p.m. p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to7p.m.ori Saturday. Texas Hall of Fame:L T , dance to the sounds of the Texas Hijli riders. Cover is $3. Bubba Cox andlk Easygoing is Saturday night's Cover is $3. That Place: Strictly Tamoo, a fir I sion jazz band which plays a combin: tion of rock/jazz/funk, plays Sundar night from 7 to 10. Cover is $1, and hap py hour features 2-for-l drinks fromi p.m. to 9 p.m. The Texas A&M Surf Club will sponsor the film “Adventures in Paradisr Thursday, April 22 in 100 Heldenfet The film is a new release from Chr; Bystrom and features footage from lr donesia, Hawaii and secret spots arouno the world. Enjoy Parents' Weekend, starting tonight with Casino '82 and the MSf Variety Show. More than30otlicracli«- ties are planned. See page 3 for detail: The Floriculture-Ornamental Horticu ture Club will sponsor a Plant Sail Saturday in the Floriculture greenhous from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Texas A&M's theater arts programpfr sents Dames at Sea tonight and Satin day night in Rudder Theater. See ston on page 5. On the cover: The McCrary home, one of Calvert's showplaces, will be open to the public this weekend during the Robertson County historical homes tour. For more information about Calvert and its his tory and future, see pages 8 and 9. Cover photo by Diana Sultenfuss.