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I V I By David Baker Qamccock Film Critic Alien: Ridley Scott has directed Alien in a manner so oblivious to the viewer's feelings that the film often seems downright sinister. Anything he perceives as potentially jolting (or revolting) to an audience he puts on screen, including several scenes of disembowelment. (R) Jefferson Square. The Amityville Horror: The crummy performances of James uroiin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger ruin this filmization of Jay Anson's best-selling book. (R) Dutch Square. Breaking Away: The best ensemble acting of the year highlights this comedy about an Indiana youth's dream of becoming a champion bicycle racer. Peter Yates (Bullit and The Deep) directed with a fine eye for detail. (PG) Spring Valley. The Concord: Airport '79: The fun in watching Airport '79 comes from trying to figure out just how far into the realm of silliness the movie will CO. Past the noint of no return is the answer one finally arrives at. (PG) Richland Mall. Days of Heaven: Nestor Almendros won an Oscar for the stunning work he did in photographing this lush melodrama about a dying farmer and the three migrant workers who exploit him. Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz and playwright Sam Shepard are excellent in the leading roles, and Terrence Mallick's direction is flawless. (PG) Gamecock. SEPTI 15 Gordon Lightfoot 16 Dionne Warwick 19 Earth, Wind and Fire 20 Dire Straits 21 Dire Straits 21 Ronnie McDowell 22 Earth, Wind and Fire 23 Bad Company 23 The Dooble Brothers 27 Evle 28 Dire Straits 29 BeeGees 29 AC/DC, Pat Travers Band OCT 2 Outlaws 2 BeeGees 3 BeeGees 8 AC/DC, Pat Travers Band 10 AC/DC, Pat Travers Band it I aft Danlr Ian CnaomKIa v# i uuiir\ uwfci. 14 TfttCars 28 Kansas NOV! 2 Kansas 3 Kansas 4 Kansas 11 Aerosmith (tentative) 13 Harry Chapin COMING SOON: Doi A Gourmet's D< Happy Hour 4:30 - 7:00Mon Gourmet Sandwiches Served Till Great Drinks ? Nightly Enter Open Mon.-Fri. 12-2a.m., St Happy Hour Tuesday 12 - 2 Open 11 a.m. for Luncl Disco open at 4:30 Dinner served night Meeker Every Which Way But Loose: A heavy-footed look at moronic middle Americans and their timewasting craze for country music. Half of the characters in this cheaply-made piece of trash are priminnlc iinH tha ntkor half oro MIIVB M1V VVI1V1 ISUil Mi V? illiterate jackasses cheering them on. The second half of the double feature, The Outlaw: Josey Wales, is an interesting Western drama, well photographed and surprisingly well acted. Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke star in both films. (PG) Gamecock. Escape to Athena: A group of American prisoners decides to break out of a Nazi prison, taking several priceless German art i treasures with them. Roger Moore ' and Telly Savalas co-star. (PG) Bush River Mall. Grease: I've seen it 11 times, so far. The "You're the One That I 1 Want" sequence, wherein a hot unvia iNewion-Jonn struts and whirls about the sceen in a most seductive manner, is the absolute ( highlight of the past year in film. (PG) Plaza. 1 Hot Stuff: A cops-robbers r comedy with some delightfully original twists. Dom Deluise (whc? co-stars with Suzanne Pleshette and Jerry Reed) directed in much the same manner as his mentor. I Mel Brooks, might have done. (PG) Columbia Mall and Dutch Square. Jaws: There's no reason not to see this one again. After all, it's playing in town, it's playing on i campus and it's playing on Home I Box Office. You'd think it was a i EMBER Fox Theatre, Atlanta _ Fox Theatre, Atlanta Omni, Atlanta Park Center, Charlotte Fox Theatre. Atlanta Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte Carolina Coliseum Carolina Coliseum Omni, Atlanta Township Township Omni, Atlanta Park Center, Charlotte OBER Township Greensboro Coliseum Carolina Coliseum Fox Theatre, Atlanta Carolina Coliseum Carolina Coliseum Carolina Coliseum Omni, Atlanta EMBER Charlotte Coliseum I ittlAlnhn Cnliamim. Olemfinn Carolina Coliseum Carolina Coliseum Fox Theatre, Atlanta nna Summer, Chicago ???i???W???MSM?IHIHa ^ )?cC s"9hf Sept. 14 - Sat A m mM 12 Midnight B^aiS tainment m .t.u-12 Susan a.m. } Urquia ly 6-12 idMov plague. (PG) Richland Mall and Russell House. The Main Event: Heaven knows, I never thought I'd hate a Barbara Streisand movie, but there's simply nothing about this one to i _i _i a nivc. oucisaiiu tnews up aimusi every scene she appears in, and Howard Zieff's direction is laidback to the point where it looks like he radioed in his instructions while skiing in Norway. (PG) Spring Valley Manhattan; The best movie of 1979, and it gets better each time you see it. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton have done it again. Their interplay provides enough laughs to keep the viewer smiling for several days, and Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep and Michael Murphy are fine in support. (R) Columbia. Moonraker: Like the ten James Bond pictures that preceeded it, I 41? 1.2 ?J ~ r rzi? ii -1 iNwnruKer ia uie K.1I1U OI Ilim lliai can get away with anything. The stunts are exciting, the women are beautiful, and Roger Moore is the - AFTERTh j > - ' ; r* jr c /1 ^Pl^^oOpi 11*1 r-\ ?? /n ^ nignwgyj/tt wmmmmmmmmmmmmmaammmmmmmmmmm p? we'i 1 Saturday Aft rues u Loose 1 B14 Harden MHMHNHHHNHHNHHBflBBHHflHMHflMflHHBBMi 'ie Guic picture of elegance as 007. Easily the best film of the summer ? one of the classiest movies of the year. (PG) Columbia Mall. The Muppet Movie: Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor and Madeline Kahn join Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in their first big-screen extravaganza. (G) Bush River Mall. Mnrth - iwi VI? x-'M uuo *v/r \,y . JLilUllg^ perceptive and excruciatingly funny story of Phil Elliot, an aging offensive end for the North Dallas Bulls. As Elliot, Nick Nolte turns in the most riveting performance I've seen since Robert DeNiro went on a rampage in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. (R) Columbia Mall. Richard Pryor Revisited: Practically the same film that played here in March. Only the stage and Pryor's attire are noticable different. (No rating) Palmetto. Rocky II: This erratic sequel to the Academy-Award-winning Best Picture of 1976 has all of the original cast members returning IE GAME, SET ( with 1st round of drin J|? \ Let the Bounty Seafoo I for the evening . Enj Mmm i i . 11 . p;? f cocktails, exccucni se WL>J naut'ca^ decor. After Baby Bounty's even in ty If you love seafood just beyond the VA Hospitc nations for large parties acc y mor re chec m r wnwnK HP s ernoon Live! RAFT BEER (*/ Rock & R i Lips Featuring: Ron c* ie under the sovereign rule of Sylvester Stallone, who wrote, directed and stars. His direction is amateurish, and his screenDlav is downright childish, but Stallone's portrayal of Rocky is so good that you can overlook his technical shortcomings. (PG) Bush River Mall. The Seduction of Joe Tynan: An enjoyable motion picture about the pratfalls encountered by adult men and women in their quest to reach the top. Barbara Harris and Meryl wp U1 V CAVCUCIIl Ul Llllg roles, but it's Alan Alda's complex portrayal of the title role that holds the film together. (R) Columbia Mall. Star Wars: The most financially lucrative motion picture in history 1 1- III. -I A u? uatK wiui aooui live minuies worth of footage from its forthcoming sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, tacked on to the end. (PG) Spring Valley Up in Smoke: Marijuana comedy starring Cheech & Chang and Stacy Keach. (R) Columbia East. "CAN D II OAAI LIUI\ | bounty ks V2 price if Carolina wins) d Restaurant be your host joy Waterfront dining, afood, steaks and scenic your dinner, ride on the ig cruise. your ship's come in. il. 783-0305. :epted. 1 MBWinMBMUBOM IpGI* . 15th from 3:00 Until I loll Group) I ?Rock Body | 771-7376 1