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features Battalion%| June 10, STUDY BREAKS Movies Campus Theater: 846-6512 Richard Pryor Live in Concert: This is the uncensored version of Pryor’s 1978 tour which intro duced America to his bawdy style of humor. Tuesday. R. Some Kind of Hero: Richard Pryor plays a POW returning from Vietnam to face nothing but terrible misfortune. Thurs day. R. vjrone with the Wind: Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable star in this epic movie about the Civil War in the Old South. Wednes day. Unrated. re treatment yet of the Franken stein myth, complete with rock music, transvestism and kinky sex. Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon portray lost travelers who wander into Tim Curry’s castle and experience a night to remember. Midnight Friday and Saturday. R. planet is stranded on earth by his mother ship and hidden by a small boy. They learn from each other how to grow up alone on their respective planets. PG. meanie hulk and a voluptous blond as his sidekick. R. .Arthur: Dudley Moore is fun nier than ever as a lovable play boy who falls in love with a sho plifter, portrayed by Liza Min nelli. Friday and Saturday. PG. Plitt Cinema I&II 846-6714 Manor East 823-8300 Skyway Twin Drive-In 822-3300 Bambi: The Walt Disney classic about an orphaned fawn who is adopted by other animals in the forest and learns he has to grow up fast. Thumper, the bunny, co-stars. G. Friday, Johnny Lyons and! Country New Notes will cover is $3. Saturday is 1 Cox and the Easygoing admission at $5. ra Wizards: The ultimate sibling rivalry —- two twin brothers, both posessing magical powers, fight a battle of good and evil in dynamic Ralph Bakshi anima tion, which tends to be better than his storyline. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at mid night. PG. Otar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The second in the Star Trek movie series, supposedly better than the first, with a more action-packed plot. For Trek- kies, consider this a sequel to one of the TV episodes — “Space Seed.” PG. Hanky Panky: In this comedy Gene Wilder is an innocent bys tander turned victim and hero, and coincidentally so is Gilda Radner. Both are caught in a world of international intrigue, suspense and murder. PG. Death Wish: Charles Bronson is back as the vigilante. This time he is avenging his daughter’s rape/murder. R. If You Could See What I Hear: The story about a blind man’s troublesome rise to fame as a musical performer. Maybe if we could hear what he sees, the movie would be a little more bearable. PG. Excalibre:a top rock and roll band Juba play this week at Excalibre, cover charge and happy hi from 4 to 7 p.m. with free hors d’oeuvres. Backstage:jean i, n F Unitei DALL ational - 'ednesc tpprom posal up’s ppters mber; ace. Rotar born a rhythrnand blues siii| ^on will perform Friday and f fr< Blowout: John Travolta is a sound technician who records an accident that may, instead, be an assasination. The storyline is vaguely familiar with that of Chappaquiddick. R. On Golden Pond: Henry Fon da and Katharine Hepburn give Oscar-winning performances as an elderly couple coming to grips with old age. PG. day from 9 to 1 p.m. Coverii and happy hour is from ft p.m. Parasite: A 3-D horror film ab out a scientist who has created a parasite which has been stolen and is now chewing up everyone in sight. R. V v isiting Hours: Another hor- ror-in-the hospital movie. This one claims to be so frightneing you may never recover. But maybe it beats getting sick. R. Raiders of the Lost Ark: Still hanging on or around or what ever. Until a sequel is created, it looks like we’ll be stuck with this adventure-cliff-hanger forever. PG. Etc. JI movie MSC Grove: 845-1515 sorcerer s Dragonslayer: A young apprentice must save a Middle Ages English village from an evil red dragon. Thurs day. PG. (Tease II: Further tales about the sock-hoppin’ life of the 50’s complete with hoop skirts, be boppin’ songs and male hair-dos created with — grease. PG. Post Oak Mall Eyewitness: A murder mystery that is offbeat for the simple reason that its principal pleasure is not to be found in such usual gimmicks of the genre as sifting through puzzling clues and trying to decide who is the killer among a bevy of likely suspects. R. Check theaters for specific times and prices. Movies subject to change without notice. All listings are cur rent through press time. The American VolksportAs ciation has officially sanction- Eca the 7th International Frederic | sburg, Texas Walkfest to 1( | n escla) held Saturday and Sui je S that Routes of 8.4 miles and If he use c Music Cinema 764-0616 Stripes: Bill Murray becomes an unlikely hero when he joins the Army in this comedy. Friday and Saturday. R. Oh God!: God, played by George Burns, pops into the life of an unsuspecting grocery store manager portrayed by John De nver. Sunday. PG. Road Warriors: About the dai ly traffic drivers on Texas High ways ... just kidding, but you probably wouldn’t want to drive with these guys. R. Schulman Six 775-2468 From Russia with Love: Sean Connery, as James Bond, must find a missing decoding machine while avoiding Russian agents. Monday. Unrated. N^ine Lives of Fritz the Cat: This kitty really lives in this ani mated flick. Definitely not of the Walt Disney genre, as this feline could be considered Garfield’s naughty uncle. Midnight Friday and Saturday. R. Poltergeist: About a suburban neighborhood project that is built over an ancient burial site. A poltergeist is a ghost who makes himself known by loud noises and rappings, and all of the ghosts from this graveyard eventually manifest themselves in one household. Probably where the old saying “more than three poltergeists is a crowd” came from. PG. Rocky III: Sylvester Stallone stars as everyone’s favorite box er, Rocky. In this feature, Rocky is rich and fights to stay that way, along with savoring his pride. Starring the same old characters from the past two Rocky films. PG. Lakeview: Thursday night is 50-cent beer night with The Bastard Express providing entertaiment. Thursday cover is $2. Friday listen to rock and roll by O-Z. Cover is $3 and all un escorted ladies get in free. Don Plass and Hard Country play Saturday — cover charge is $3. miles will be featured. For» de will information contact Tim Dc>i jerience at the Fredericksburg Chaml fP 1 * 511 of Commerce (512) 997-3411 jr ^ The Arts Council of Brazosli L^fn ley is sponsoring an exhibit! | anc lle “Texas Women — A Celek Omhe 1 tion of History,” throughjt! hts, ast 19 at the new College Stab: umbia < Community Center. |s fr° m ide. The The Bond’s Alley Art Festiifrepair and Tour of Homes will be k fit, Nes Saturday and Sunday at Hi p to li sboro, Texas. Free Admission " 10 ^ 4 0: the Country Store, booksta^ A ^ A melodrama theater, dancii Rebels :Fast Break a band which plays rock and new wave is featured this week. Happy hour is from 4 to 7 p.m. with no cover. dolls and singers as wellasal! artist and craft booths will offered. For more informal contact the Hillsboro Charak of Commerce at (817)582-21 ® goblet Rocky Horror: The most bizar- E.T.: An alien from a distant Conan The Barbarian: A vio lent movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the big Texas Hall of Fame: The Debonnaires play Thursday with a $2 cover. 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Main — Bryan 822-2823 “A Complete Automotive Service Center" • Tune-Ups • Brakes • Clutches • McPherson Struts • Front End Parts Replacement • Air Conditioning Service All American Cars Datsun-Honda Toyota (Master Card & VISA Accepted) United Press International DALLAS — Australia has its own version of the “Star Wars” phenomenon, in the person of a scruffy, leather-clad hero who survives as a kind of gun-for- hire in a post-apocalyptic waste land where law is laughed at. “Mad Max” was thought of as nothing except a car and guns exploitation flick when it was made a few years back for a measly $400,000. In the United States it only made a quick run through the drive-in circuit, but worldwide it has grossed more than $100 million and made the lead character, Max, a cult idol. “Mad Max” was a first project for director George Miller, 36, who admits even he didn’t real ize what a common cultural chord he had struck. When it came time to make a second film, he resisted th idea of a se quel, but was seduced by the offer of $4 million to make, essentially, the movie he wished “Mad Max” had been. The result is “Mad Max II,” which is being called “The Road Warrior” in the United States. Miller’s influences in creating his hero — a man constantly on the move, with no affections or allegiences, no roots — were the American Westerns and Japanese Samurai stories, as well as comic books, science fiction and old movie serials. “The Road Warrior” takes place, as the prologue explains, “in another time when the world was powered by the black fuel.” Max, played by Mel Gibson, who also starred in last year’s “Gallipoli,” is a highway patrol man out of a job because there are no jobs. There is barely any society. While escaping from a band of venal creeps, he comes upon a small band of good peo ple trying to defend an oil refin ery and the precious fuel. Max agrees to help, for the price of as much gasoline as his car will hold, and what ensues is, indeed, little different from the plot of “Seven Samurai” or any American Western where the hero tries to defend a hapless town against rapists and plun derers. “It’s based in f>op culture,” Miller said after “The Road Warrior” had an immensely popular showing at the USA Film Festival last month. “I think really the most important influ ence is JOSEPH Campbell.” Campbell, who was one of the world’s leading authorities on mythology, formulated the theory that certain myths recur spontaneously in all cultures. crashes and exciting stiooi Violence, Miller believe thing that is to do with if;. and emotions, like sexarfl and love. I’ve got at theories. I think the filmt ambience more of violeiw “From that, (George) Lucas took the ‘Star Wars’ stories,” Mil ler said. “We were retelling a story that had been told many times before Each culture, each generation retells it. “The classic hero serves un wittingly and quite often reluc tantly for the new order. Max realizes the futility and also that he should not be part of the new order. He serves them. He’s kind of a closet human being. He refuses to acknowledge that he has any humanity. At the end, he at least begins to have a sense of humor.” The world of “The Road Warrior” is a brutal one, and the movie is filled with stunt chases, “Frame-by-frame therj a lot of violence. To wad like ‘Road Warrior’ in tk ma is different than tov; on TV on a regular basis'I go into the darkersideoft! experience.” The director, who k striking resemblance to sion personality Gene with his wild-man hair at* handlebar mustache, * know which way he’ll tun “‘Mad Max’ was a fin and really a bitter experief a whole host of reasons. Ik control over the medi* didn’t feel satisfied. Thet was a lot of pressure to d (second) film after it wasn ful. And you can’t go ot* make a cynical sequel k' the audience catches on. $195 MSC Dinner Theater to Specials [laughter, suspense, food providi , drink Chicken Fried Steak w/Fries Soup and Sandwich Quiche Sausage steamed in Beer 6^ Backstage 319 University Dr. (Northgate) 846-1861 by Colette Hutchings Battalion Staff The MSC Dinner Theater play, “A Shot in the Dark,” should keep you laughing as well as guessing Wednesday. “A Shot in the Dark” is a mys tery-comedy, written by Harry Kurnitz, which originated on Broadway in 1961. It helped launch the careers of Walter Matthau and William Shatner. The story of the play involves Inspector Clousseau, a magis trate, recently transferred from his home in Lyons to Paris. His first case is a murder which in volves a maid and the wealthy and influential family she works for. Clousseau finds that he faces a dilemma in solving the case: to convict an innocent party and earn a promotion or to refuse to compromise his dignity and probably be sent back to Lyons. Clousseau, of course, is the bumbling inspector made famous in the Pink Panther movies by Peter Seller, and will played by theater arts major, Ronny Bingham. But don’t look for the character Sellers’ played. Bingham will portray his own version of the inspector. Josefa, the maid, once played by the blond and buxom Elke Sommer, will be played by third year veteranarian student, Christi Warren. Morestan, Clousseau’s ex perienced clerk, is played by Ron Edwards, a junior environ mental design major. Characters include: LeB- lache, the Senior Magistrate, portrayed by senior physics ma jor, Leslie Rhorer; Antinoette, Clousseau’s wife, played by Mary Bonin, a College Station waitress; and Benjamin and Dominique Bequrevers, the wealthy bankers Josefa works for, played by senior theater arts major, Bryan McKenzie and Sheryl Croix, a receptionist for the theater arts section. Production and set direction are being provfded by Roy O’Valle and Robert Wenck of the Theater Arts Section of the Department of English. The assistant director is Fran Tin dall. This is the first dinner theater production of the summer. Tickets for the perfott must be purchased 24 ho> advance and are on salef the MSC Box Office. The only non-dinner performance will be Week' but will include free drink cookies. The cost for thL formance is $2.50 for M I and senior citizens and $3 non-students. The next dinner theaK : .f‘ duction will be “The 0d| l pie,” and will be presented gust 4 thorough 7. David Duller, publicitv man for the dinner t program, said audition* open to eveyone. All intfk should go to the Academk Agency Building room June 22 and 23 at 7 p.m 3 P D////« ' ,e 9e si