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Russell Hi j Today, 2:30 matinee only: Jules Dassin's 1954 French thriller, Ri/ifi, is the heist movie that all heist movies ever since have copied, more or less. n traces me iormation 01 me gang, the break-in itself (in a marvelous sequence in which no one speaks for 20 minutes), and the break-up of the gang. 115 minutes. Free. 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.: A Silent Comedy Festival with two hilarious classics apiece from Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin. About 120 minutes. Free. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 7 and 9:30 p.m.: Bette Davis and Herbert Marshal] star in The Letter, one of Bette's acting triumphs. From a story by Somerset Maugham. William Wyler directed brilliantly. 95 minutes. Free. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.: The uncensored version of the original 1933 King Wf^na pnmpc tr? pamnnc fnr (ho V.!Vfirst time. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot are out-acted by the suprisingly good special effects, but who cares? Enjoy. 105 minutes. 75<?. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2:30, 6:15, | 9:30 p.m.: From Lindsay Anderson, director of If..., O l Lucky Man! is a tale of a man trying to get ahead in neo I J m I ESttk Bk k Li m B -: IWhen the spirit move spirit needs moving mountains and the Wayn During the winter seasc is a fantastic place to get sororities, clubs, or ju We'll wine & dine yo there's a nice roaring Or, you can study ? Our daily rates begin as double occupancy. A typii ir?r?li irlin/^1 kr/>r?L in^iuuiuy ui ccir\ is just $99 per person Call or write our "Dean of today, and let us help you Extra: Groups of 15ormorerece SC ? Bring | ouse Films fascist modern England. Malcolm McDowell backed up by a first-rate British cast, including Ralph Richardson and Rachel Roberts. 165 minutes. $1. Friday, Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2, 7 and 9:30 p.m. (2:30 matinee Friday only): Ingmar j Bergman's Autumn Sonata (Sweden, 1978) is his first collaboration with Ingrid Bergman, who turns in a perfor ma nee that earned her an Oscar nomination. Bergman regular Liv Ullmann plays Ingrid's daughter who has always lived her mother's shadow. The acting is as devastating as any you're likely [ to see in any language. (Swedish with English subtitles. ) 92 minutes. $1. Friday and Saturday MidM mr in D nArvnlo f IT* . JLIJT pwpuia 1 demand the return of Dark Star (1974), the first film of director John Carpenter, who recently gave us Halloween. This one's a parody of 2001 and the forerunner of Alien. (Dan O'Bannon, who stars in this film, wrote it and Alien.) Dark Star begins a series of nidnight movies that will continue every Friday and Saturday ? U ? 1 Tiu:~ iiiiuuj^uuui uic scuicsin . 1 wis week only, admission is free. 88 minutes. "M imI >.-?^i''' ^^1^? s you?or when your ? move on up to the esville Country Club Inn. >n our 53 year-old resort I together for fraternities, ist a group of friends. u or just make sure l fire in the fireplace. ii ii uumeb iu mai. low as $22 per person, sal 2 day-2 night package fast and dinner? , double occupancy. Recreational Activities" set up a special package. ive FREE "study week " t shirts. this letter " with you and get a free d/vnA^li ' jA, I yy i Too much * By David Baker Gamecock Film Critic Hno'c nlonarmn fr\** WIIV n uin,mutt IUI V'a 1 I UCillCI n The Jerh depends almost entirely upon one's tolerance for its star, Steve Martin. I've always liked the silverhaired comedian in small doses ? both in episodes of television's Saturday Night Live and in his cameo appearances in such films as The Muppet Movie and The Kids are Alright. But after about 30 minutes of Martin in The Jerk, I was bored stiff. Yet I'm hesitant to say Martin was the reason for my boredom. I feel the blame instead belongs to Poinor *irV>n Incoc 1VV-H1V1 y TT i IV/ lUJV/O LUIIll Ul UI 11IC movie even before the opening credits end. In what is basically a simple story about a naive young man who becomes a millionaire after inventing a contraption called the opti-grab (the purpose of which is to keep glasses from sliding off a person's nose). Reiner has tried to preserve Martin's wild-and-crazy image by allowing (or possibly requiring) Martin to read every bit of dialogue as if it was the punch line of an incredibly hilarious joke. Thus, in nearly every scene, Martin seems to be begging for laughter, and eventually his grovelings become unnerving to even his most die-hard fan. 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