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???? gj?-4* Above, Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa " Redgrave in a scene from 'Agatha'; below, Robert DeNiro and John | Savage in 'Deer Hunter' lHrcil '^ ;^fe< J i?PF. ~J ^c \ f% i O V^KmmmmKummMmmmsBmammmmmmmmmmmmmagsamsaaammmmBtmauBmmmaBmi i U.S.C. Budweiser Sup at the State Budweis at Clemso ? Weekend M By David Baker H Ent?rt?lnm?nt Editor j? b Agatha: Stylish thriller that runs out of steam 30 minutes (PC before it ends. Vanessa Redgrave would probably be Ic nominated for a 1980 Oscar for her portrayal of the shy Ms. by t Christie if she hadn't raised such a stink at the 1978 Ha\ ceremony. Dustin Hoffman is quite good in support. (PG) Joh Spring Valley bou The Brink's Job: William Friedkin's first film since his acc Sorcerer Mopped in 1977 is his first comedy in more than 10 N years. The all-star cast is headed by Peter Falk, whose sue characterization can be summed up as Columbo gone bad. fun (PG) Bush River Mall and Columbia Mall thai The Deer Hunter: Nominated for nine Academy Awards, The Deer Hunter IS a great film ? it just isn't a very en- T joyable one. If it was Michael Cimino's intention to make a stai movie about the utter futility of mankind, he has succeeded and greatly. (R) Jefferson Square R Every Which Way But Loose: Already Clint Eastwood's few most financially successful film, this hillbilly version of his Hard Times is the most distasteful comedy I've seen in Dec years. The local rednecks must like it quite a bit, though, as mis it is now entering its eleventh week at two theatres. (PG) Si Columbia Mall and Gamecock the Fast Break: See review this issue. (PG) Columbia Mall Bur and Dutch Square acc Fellini's Amarcord: The winner of the Best Foreign Film rem Oscar in 1974, it is Fellini's most critically praised film rerr since8Funny as well as touching, its most memorable Squ scene involves a horny teenager who is granted an evening Sj of pleasure from the 400 pound object of his affections ? if Joh he first can pick her up. (R) Russell House evei The Great Train Robbery: An absolute gem of a movie, bee Michael Crichton directed and wrote the screenplay (from Sati his own novel), and Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and cou Leslie-Anne Down make the perfect cast. (PG) Richland Mall Halloween: Seeing Halloween is like riding a roller- mil coaster ? it's fun while you're doing it, but afterwards you Din feel a bit dizzy from having gone so fast. There are scenes to c in it, however, that Hitchcock himself could not have done Chr any better. (R) Spring Valley Val Hard Core: The first 110 minutes of Paul Schrader's T latest exercise in sex and violence are as good as anything boy I've seen this year, but the last five minutes destroy it all. wre No previous movie has ever been saddled with an ending as Visi ridiculous as this. (R) Fox rat< awiy ?aiwiWllVII9 >er Sports placed 3rd in ( er College Super Sports n University on Jan. 27, * King oiMeers*.* Wi ' * ' ' .' : ' '.' ' .... .: ' '4. , ? f" ^ twytlT ftttril - : y? MBH - ^ wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmamnammmmmmmmMmmmmmammmmmmmm ovie Guide ? eaven Can Wait: The #1 movie on my 10 Best list of 1978 ack again to capitalize on its nine Oscar nominations. J) Bush River Mall :e Castles: A very good movie that is constantly plagued rying to be better. Looking like a cross between Goldie vn and Meredith Baxter-Birney, 19-year-old Lynn-Holly nson makes a smashing debut as a young girl who is nd for the Olympic ice skating team before a tragic ident leaves her virtually blind. (PG) Bush River Mall ational Lampoon's Animal House: The second most cessful movie released in 1978 (behind Grease) is a lot of and is infinitely better than the three television shows t are trying their best to imitate it. (R) Gamecock he North Avenue Irregulars: Disney crime-spoof -ring Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Barbara Harris Dntk \ */r?n nuui vvjr/ v/uiuniuia lYiau ichard Pry or Live in Concert: Filmed in Long Beach a months ago, this movie-concert captures Pryor in all comic glory. If you missed him in Atlanta this past :ember, here's an excellent chance to see what you sed. (R) Palmetto ameTime, Next Year: A film that is every bit as good as play it sprang from . . . maybe even better. Ellen styn and Alan Alda are flawless as a housewife and an ountant who meet, become lovers, and continue to dezvous every year for 26 years ? all the while taining happily married to other people. (PG) Dutch are iturday Night Fever: Because we want evervone to see n Travolta's performance . . . because we want ryone to hear the number one group in the country . . . ause we want to milk the public for all it's worth . .. irday Night Fever is now rated PG, which, in this case, Id stand for pretty grotty. (PG) Spring Valley Lipernian: A colorful, kaliedoscopic fantasy that, at $40 lion, is one of the most expensive films ever produced, ector Richard Donner keeps the action nicely blown up omic strip proportions without ever letting it get silly, istopher Reeve is the perfect Man of Steel. (PG) Spring ley f t_ ' - I 1 antuunu, L/VJ1 Cllil) Lxtlimd, WllVlct S IIIUSI'IC'DUUIIU friend in Grease, in a story about a high school istling team. It is the first movie ever released by Buena La (the company that distributes Disney films) that isn't idG. (PG) Richland Mall 3 field of 8 teams competition held 1979. Kneelina - Left to fS ^ Peterson