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Show p'; 2M The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, February ! 21, 1986 At the movies I r summer film about a (Michael J. Fox) who travels back in time to the high school days of his parents. Christopher Lloyd plays the mad scientist whose machine does the transporting. A movie with good performances, close attention to period detail and some surprising twists and turns. Rated PG. New Movies Ing "ANNIHILATORS," A group of Vietnam veterans organize a vigilante group to wreak havoc on society's criminals. Rated R. Midvolley Cinemas, Cottonwood Mall. THE HITCHER," Psychopathic killer (Rutger Houer) hitches a ride with a young Texan (C. Thomas Howell), terrorizes him and then sets him up os the culprit for a list of crimes the killer commits. Rated R. Trolley Corners, Trolley North, Century, Midvalley Cinemas, Fashion Place. "GRUNT! THE WRESTLING MOVIE," A take-of- f on the wrestling craze. Rated R. Midvalley Clnemos teen-age- Sandcastte, Sandy, Volley Twin, Valley choreography Is oil new, there have been changes In the music. But the heart and energy of what Bennett conveyed Is there bigger than life on the screen. This Is a story about 17 dancers oudltlonlng for a Broadway show. Only eight will be chosen. All 17 confront the possibility of relectlon, and we feel for them as they bare their souls on stoge. Rated Sondy. CLUE," The board game becomes a movie actually three movies, with three different endings. Different theaters will have different endings. An Interesting cinee matic ploy? More likely lust a way to repeat business. Eileen Brennan, Tim PG-1- "BETTER OFF DEAD, John Cusak stars In this typical teen-ag- e comedy about a young man who loses the girl to a lock. He decides to Impress the woman of his dreams by challenging a killer ski course. Some of this film was made at Snowbird. Rated PG. Valley Fair. BRAZIL," Terry Gilliam's controversial film Is not about the country Brazil, but Is a satiric look Into the future. Hard to follow, and Impossible to describe. It Is part black comedy, fantasy ond love story. A bizarre, and daring, mixture of Orwell's 1984" and satire. The cast Includes Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Robert DeNIro and Mlchoel Palin. Rated R. Trolley Square. A CHORUS LINE," Richard Attenborough brings Michael Bennett's Broadway musical to the screen. There are differences the Currently Showing THE ADVENTURES OF AMERICAN Animated feature about a SuperRABBIT, bunny" who dons a red, white and blue costume to do combat with the evil forces of the world. For kids and patient parents. Rated G. Cottonwood Moll, Plaza 5400, Utah, Family Center Trolley, Trolley North. "BACK TO THE FUTURE, An entertaln- - guor-onte- Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Mlchoel McKean, Martin Mull ond Lesley Ann Warren play the cast of board game characters. Rated PG. Valley Fair. "THE COLOR PURPLE," Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's novel Is a beautiful film about a young, block woman who rises above the sublugatlon of others to find her ploce In the sun. Spielberg softens some of book's explicitness, but the emotional power is there. With o cast lead by Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover, this Is one of the best acted films of last year. It Is This weekend CRAIG LARSON TRIO, iazz, Cliff Lodge, 0 Snowbird, Saturday, p.m. UTAH SCHOLA CANTORUM and ORCHESTRA, French music Including Faure's Requiem," Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets, Music OINGO BOINGO with WALL OF VOODOO, modern music, Fairgrounds Coliseum, day, 8 p.m. Fri- BUDDY RICH, big band music, Main Ballroom, Wilkinson Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Friday, 8 p.m. FLIGHT, rock and top 40s, Widow McCoy's, 3928 Highland Dr., Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. JUST THE FACTS, rock, AbbleS, 925 S. 300 West, Friday ond Saturday, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 o.- m. LORI LYNNER, rock, Dead Goat Saloon, Arrow Press Square, Friday, Saturday, 9 p.- m. DAVID LaFLAMME BAND, rock. Room at the Bottom, Salt Loke Hilton, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. LEGENDARY BLUES BAND, Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple, Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. azz piano. Lodge BARBARA DANIELSON, 0 . Club, Snowbird, Friday and Saturday, p.m. SPACES, rock and blues, Legacy Social Club, Pork City, Friday ond Saturday, 9 p.m. PAUL WEBB, classical guitar, Clift Lodge, p.m. Snowbird, Friday, THREE CHAMBER OPERAS, Bernstein's ' Trouble in Tahiti," Eugen d' Albert's "The Departure, Hindemiths "Hin und Zuruck," ond P.D.Q. Bachs "The Stoned Guest," S4. "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE," Allred Theatre, Browning Center, Weber State College, Ogden, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. LIL'L ABNER," Snow College Theatre, Ephraim, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. "THE LITTLE FOXES," Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center, Logan, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. THIS IS THE PLACE," Egyptian Theatre, Main Street, Park City, Frldoy and Saturday, Theater STANDING 8 p.m. ON MY KNEES," Salt Lake 168 W. 500 North, Friday 8 p.m., Sunday, 7 p.m. Dance Acting Company, and Saturday, "CAMELOT, Dickens Building, 50 S. 300 West, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Matinee Saturday, 2 p.m. "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE," Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 South and University Street, Friday ond Saturday, 8 p.m. THE INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX," and "THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART, Lab Theatre, Performing Arts eulldlng, University of Utah, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Matinee Friday, 5 p.m. THE THREE MUSKETEERS," Promised Valiev Playhouse, 132 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Matinee Saturday, 2 p.m. THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Little Bowery, upstairs. Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 S. State, Friday ond Saturday, 7:30 p.m. THE HONORAblE URASHIMA TARO," Plum Alley, Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Matinee Saturday, 2 p.m. "RUN FOR YOUR WIFE," Theatre 138, 138 S. 200 East, Friday and Saturday, B p.m. NEW CLOTHES FOR THE EMPRESS, Hale Center Theatre, 2801 S. Main, Saturday, 1 p.m. Tickets, S3. "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, DeJong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Matinee Monday, 4:30 p.m. Nelke Experimental Theatre, Brigham Young University, Friday ond Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets, S4 ond S3 for students. SHANN JACOBSEN-WOOD- , pianist, Stein- Hall, 154 S. Main, Friday, 8 p.m. MICHAEL CANNON, pianist. Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Free. PERCY KALT, violinist, BYU faculty recit- wav al, Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Friday, 8 p.m. Free. ; A COLLAGE OF SOUND, presented by Utah State University department of music, Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. MARIUS PETIPA'S SLEEPING BEAUTY," presented by Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., matinee, Saturday, 2 p.m. Et cetera STEVE McGREW, comic, Cartoons Comedy Club, 115 S. West Temple, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 p.m. ARCHITECTURE LECTURE AND EXHIBITION SERIES, "Education of an Architect," by Director of Colorado State Buildings and designer of the Chicago Civic Center Jacques Brownson, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Utah, Friday, 4:30 p.m. Free. "A COMET CALLED HALLEY" and "THE LAST TIME I SAW THE COMET," stor shows, Hansen Planetarium, 15 S. State, Friday and Saturday, 4:30 and 7 p.m. LASER MAGIC, laser shows with Top 40 rock hits, Hansen Planetarium, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 3:15 and 8:30 p.m.; LASER VISION," Friday ond Saturday, 9:45 p.m. THE SECRET OF THE CARDBOARD ROCKET," children's star show (ages 4 to 8), Hansen Planetarium, Saturday, 1 1 a.m. "QUESTION THE ANSWERS," star show for families and children (ages 9 and up), Hansen Planetarium, Saturday, 2 p.m. also uplifting and Inspiring. Rated Cottonwood Mall, Plaza 5400, Crossroads, PG-1- Family Center Trolley. THE DELTA FORCE," Based on last year's TWA hllacklng. Chuck Norris ond Lee Marvin play two special forces commandos who attempt to rescue a plane full of hos-togheld by Arab terrorists. Sometimes this movie Is better than It sounds, realistically portraying the tension of the hostoges. It turns Into a predictable comic book once the rescue begins. Another example of Hollywood rewriting recent history. Rated R. Plaza 5400, Trolley Square, Century, Olympus, Fashion Ploce. DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS," Based on Jean Renoir's comedy "Boudu Saved from Drowning," Paul Mazursky's new film stars Bette Midler ond Richard Dreyfuss as a nouveau-rich- e Beverly Hills couple who find a bum (Nick Nolte) who has tried to drown himself In their swimming pool In one last desperate oct. At times a hilarious lampoon of chichi life. At other times, a film where the comedy seems unfocused and strained. Rated R. Centre, Villa. "FX, Movie lorgon for special effects," "FX" is an entertaining, tongue-in-chee- k thriller about murder and double crosses. Bryon Brown (Breaker Moranf') plays Rol-ll- e Tyler, a special effects wizard hired to fake a gangland execution. When the mobster turns up dead, Rollle is not only surprised, but a prime suspect In the murder. Brian Dennehy ("Cocoon") Is the cop who Is hot on the cose. Rated R. Cottonwood Mall, Midvalley Cinemas, Trolley Sqaure, Fashion Ploce. THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, A pop bottle falls from an alrplone flying over Southern Africa, nearly striking XI, a bush-maIn the head. He sees It as a gift from the gods and embarks on a lourney to return It. This Is a fresh, wonderful comedy as we follow XI's exploits. He runs Into a scientist living In the bush, and a group of revolutionaries. Their three stories collide at one point with hilarious results. Rated PG. Sandy. "IRON EAGLE, Another variation on "Rambo," with Louis Gossett Jr. ond Jason Gedrick playing a pair of hot shot pilots who go on a suicide mission Into a Middle Eastern country to rescue an American hostooe. Rated PG-1Midvalley Cinemas, Fashion Place. THE JEWEL OF THE NILE," Michael Douglas, Kathleen T urner and Danny DeVito return In this sequel to Romancing the Stone." While It has lots of action and some good, comedlc performances, Jew I of the Nile" cant escape feeling like a retreod. Despite o charming Douglas and Turner, this doesn't match up to the original. Rated PG. Mann Plaza 5400. "KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN," William Hurt and Raul Julia give tour de force performances as two very different prisoners sharing the same cell in South America. Hurts character, Incarcerated for sexual relations with a boy, passes the time bv acting out scenes from his favorite movies. Julia's political prisoner Is disgusted with such trivial pursuits. Eventually these two strike a powerful friendship. An excellent adult movie. Rated R. Utah. MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDER-DOME,- " The third Installment in the Mad Max series pits the hero, once again played by Mel Gibson, aoalnst the sinister matron of a shanty town, played by Tina Turner. Director writer brings the same frenetic energy of the earlier films to this one, ond gets more Into Max's character here. All In all, a good addition to the "Mad Max" series. Rated PG-1Sandy. MURPHY'S ROMANCE," An affectionate, movie about a divorcee (Sally Field) who moves to a small Arizona town to start life anew, where she meets the town's eccentric ellolble bachelor, played with charming savoir-fair- e by Jomes Garner. An enloyable night at the movies. Rated PG-1Plaza 5400, Cottonwood Mall, Mann Trolley Corners, Family Center Trolley, Trolley North. MY CHAUFFEUR," A young woman becomes the first female chauffeur for a Los Angeles limousine service in this comedy about sexual shenanigans. Rated R. Volley Fair. "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET H," Freddy Krueger, the killer with the burned foce ond razor sharp flgernalls Is back. Rated R. Carriage Square Trolley, Trolley Square, Family Center Trolley, Century, Olympus. 101 DALMATIONS, This charming animated film from Disney was first released In 1961. The story Is about the villalness Cruella De VII who kidnaps a litter of puppies and " sets Into motion a wild Rated G. Sandy, Valley Twin, Valley Fair. OUT OF AFRICA, Great cast, beautiful cinematography ond poetic source material make this a wonderful film about writer Isak Dinesen. Meryl Streep delivers onother excellent performance as Karen Bllxen who wrote under the name of Isak Dinesen. Robert Redford plays her lover; Klaus Marla Brandouer Is her husband In an arranged marriage. Sydney Pollack does a masterful lob of combining all these elements for an extraordinary film. Rated PG. Monn Plaza 5400, Fomlly Center Trolley, Cross- roads. "PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE," Pee Wee Herman makes his motion picture debut. While this endearing wimp Is good for some laughs, his ontlcs are not enough to fill a feature-lengt- h movie. This seems to be the same loke played over ond over again. Rated PG. Sandy. PRIZZI'S HONOR," With such names as John Huston (director) and Jock Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, you would think this would be one of the best films of last year. Not the cose. This dark comedy Is often flat, slow ond quirky. Nicholson has some witty lines, but the chemistry you would expect lust isn't there. Rated R. Trolley Corners, "QUICKSILVER, Kevin Bacon plays a stock broker who suffers a sudden string of bad luck. Devastated financially and personally, he retreats Into the wild world of being an urban bicycle messenger. An Interesting premise which goes undeveloped. The filmmakers opt to make a variation on "Flash-dance- " and formula action pictures Instead of exploring Bocon's character realistically. Rated PG. Flick, Midvalley Cinemas, Queen, Century, Fashion Ploce. RUNAWAY TRAIN," Jon Volght and Eric Roberts play two prisoners who escape from o prison In northern Canoda. They hop a train, with a character played by Rebecca DeMornay, and find themselves aboard a runaway train. Directed bv Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky. Rated R. Valley Fair. SMOOTH TALK, A haunting coming-of-og- e old story. Laura Dern plays a girl anxious to have her first sexual experience. What begins as an Innocent longing turns Into a frightening encounter when her flirtatious countenance attracts Arnold Friend (Treat Williams). Exceptional performances by Dern and Williams make for a If disturbing film. Adapted memorable from a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. Rated I BACON KEVIN THREE-PEC- JACKCASEY SUIT FOR A AND TVS: STREETS. IS BLUE MOUSE, 260 E. 100 South, Hal Ashby's "Harold and Maude." Edouardo La Cage aux Folles." NIGHT VISION, Utah Media Center film series, Salt Lake Art Center Auditorium, 20 S. West Temple, Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant In Notorious," Frldoy, 7 p.m. Saturday, 9:45 p.m. Sunday, 8:45 p.m. Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean In Giant," Friday, 9 p.m. Saturday, 6:15 p.m. Sunday, 5:15 p.m. FRIDAY FILM SERIES, "Romance On the High Seas," Salt Loke City Public Library, 209 E. 500 South, Lecture Hall, third floor, Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets 25 and 50 cents. 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SUN. I4T1 ATEMURRAY "THE HITCHER" (R) 1:30, 3:30, 6:00, 7:55, 9:50 "DELTA FORCE" (R) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Showtimes 7:15, 9:15 5766 f 1:00, 3:10, 5:45 8:00, 10:00 ' &Q 1 T WOO - ANTHONYr - ALLAN HOLZMAN HAMM TMCATMCt SHOWING ANNIHILATORS ONLY 2 40. 4:24. 6 10, 00 t G ROBINSON MUItRA Y 33HP 5:25, 7:30 9:35 5:00, 7:10 9:10 PICTURES-JAM- Q ' ' trolley SQUARE lLM I PICTURES PRESENTS MOLLY RINGWALD HARRY DEAN STANTON JON CRYER ANNIE POTTS JAMES SPADER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JOHN HUGHES ANDREW M'CARTHY AND MICHAEL CHINICH WRITTEN BY JOHN HU6HES PRODUCED BY PARAMOUNT A FEEUNGYOU NEVER IOSE. SO FUDWOO RO 1:45, 3:45, 5:45 7:45, 9:45 i ; s tP r r ,u J j Retrospectives and Series Utah. PG-1- SNEA In Vietnam they fought forjheircountry, Nowz.theyre fighting for their friends "THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Geraldine Pope takes us Inside the iharocter of Carrie Watts like few octresses do. We come to know her strengths, her weaknesses, her past and her dreams. And we like her for her plovfulness. Adapted from a Horton Foote play, this Is a fine dramo about an elderly woman who wonts to return home, to the rural land where she was raised, and where she in turn raised her chlldr en. John Heard, Carlin Glynn, and Rebecco De M or nay round out the fine cast. Rated PG. Regency. en"TWICE IN A LIFETIME," Middle-ag- e nui sets In on a steel worker who has been When he goes to the married for 30 years. bar for his 50th birthday, he discovers anothlife. A new a and er woman, thoughtful and perceptive look at the consequences of the break up of a marriage. Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madlgon, Ally Sheedy and Brian Dennehy all give fine performances. Rated R. Crossroods, Carriage Square Trolley. "WHITE NIGHTS," This film runs the gom-u- t from sublime to ridiculous. As a dance with Mikhail Baryshnikov and movie It Is exhilarating. As a tale Gregory Hines about espionage and Soviet repression, It Is contrived and predictable. Rated PG-1Sandy. "WILDCATS," Goldie Hown plays a football fon whose dream of becoming a coach she finds herself turns Into a reality coaching at the roughest school In the city. Hawn tries to corry the comedy by herself, but can't. The other characters are flat stereotypes. Rated R. Midvalley Cinemas, Trolley North, Century. "YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES," Owing much more to Steven Spielberg than to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this film speculates about what would happen had Holmes and Watson met while schoolboys. The strong points are the young cast, the Vlctorlon setting, ond the remarkoble special effects that you expect out of a Spielberg production (Barry Levinson directed). The weak point Is that It resembles so many other Spielberg movies that at times It loses Its own Identity. Sondcostle. Rated PG-1"YOUNGBLOOD, Rocky plays hockey. An action droma about the sometimes brutal world of omateur hockey, with Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Gibb. Rated R. Cottonwood Moll. "QUICKSILVER" (PG) 1:00, 3:10, 5:45, 8:00, 10:00 "FX (R) 1:30, 6:00, 10:03 IRON EAGLE" ) 3:35, 8:1 (PG-13- I f |