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faf Urn 'iiyMmiiippi A E4 S.F. EXAMINER July 23, 1982 Philip Elwood I 7Jr fS I a. Scott GUnn, right, playing an American ttrottfightar who gets buried up to hit neck In the ground, Is offered a drink of water by Kenta Fukusaku 1 Failing to meet 'The Challenge' By John Stark Examiner movie critic The Beach Boys perform at Candlestick Park following the GiantsSan Diego baseball game on Sept ia Riding high on their Impressive performances as "opening acts" at last Sunday's Day on the Green, Iron Maiden and Scorpions (plus Girlschool) will play an Oakland concert on Sept 4 Mel Tillis and the Statesiders headline the Thursday night shows at the Contra Costa District Fair in Antioch. Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff perform at the Oakland Auditorium on Aug. 15.

Cris Williamson appears In concert on Sept 10 at the Berkeley Community Theater her sixth LP Rider," on Olivia) hits the market concurrently. Ticketholders for Sunday's Willie A Waylon concert at Spartan Stadium are advised to drive to the San Jose State campus, where there is plenty of parking, and then take the free shuttlebuses to the concert. Jazzmen from near and far will gather In a Musical Tribute to Conrad SUvert at the Boarding House on Aug.19; jazz writer SUvert. 34, died on July 15. Carla Bley returns with her jazz ensemble to the Great American Music Hall.

Aug. 19-20. Noel Nirola, one of Cuba's leading singers will perform at Berkeley Veterans Hall on July 31; also on the bill are Grupo Kaiz and Hurambee. Richie Cole and his Alto Madness ensemble will appear at the PTA Summer Music Workshop at McAtecr Iligb School on Wednesday, after classroom visits. Cole's group wUl perform at noon.

Folk Guitarist Robbie Basho plays Noe Valley Ministry on Aug. 14 Percy Mayficld will guest with Mark Naftalin's RiB Revue at Larry Blake's In Berkeley tonight. Dick Oxtot's Golden Age Jazz Band resumes its weekend performances at The Point in Pt Richmond tonight; Pamela Polland will be singing there with the Golden Agers on July 31. The second annual Eastern Front new-wave music weekend Ls scheduled for the Berkeley Aquatic Park at 11 a.m. on July 31.

Performing will be Discharge, Wasted Youth. The Lewd, Huskerdu, Circle One, Shattered Faith, Jody Foster's Army, Channel Three, Free Beer and Deadly Reiga The Eye Gallery (758 Valencia) continues its Summer Sunday Series this weekend with performances by Tom Patrick, Negativland and Young, White Gifted beginning at 3 p.m. Rudy's Ensemble, featuring the legendary rnandolinist and teacher Rudy Cipolla will perform at UCSFs Millberry Union lounge at 6 p.m. Wednesday. A big concert-party celebrating the publication of Irene Young's "For the Record," a visual record of women's music, ill be held at the Great American Music Hall on Aug.

28. More than a dozen of the big names in women's music will perform. The Market Street Development Project will present free "People in Plazas" noontime concerts in three locations during August at Market and Fremont Streets on Mondays. Justin Herman Plaza on Wednesdays and Hallldie Plaa on Fridays, Among those playing will be the Golden Mate Jazz Band, Witzend, Sweet 'n' Hot, Gene Gilbeaux Swing Orchestra, Cal Lewiston's Quintet, and Madeline Eastman with the Joey Burt Quintet. The Examiner Calendar will carry the day-to- day listings.

Reggae Sunsplash, an international music festival, will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Aug 3-7. The first annual Santa Cruz Dixieland Festival will be held on the Capitola Esplanade on Aug. 7. The third annual Dixieland Jazz Benefit Festival is scheduled for Old Railroad Square, Santa Rosa, on Aug. 22.

The Sixth First Annual Pismo Beach-by-the-Sea Festival 'that's its name) will be held Oct A "Music and the Movies" series, within the Fifth Annua Mill Valley Film Festival and Videofest (Aug.5-11) will include Neil Young's new movie. "Human Highway," as well as the 1942 "Syncopation," which includes performances by many of the swing-era greats. Also scheduled "Spirit of the Wind," featuring a soundtrack by Will Ackerman and Buffy Ste. Maie; "Countryman," with Bob Marley's soundtrack; "Rasta and the Ball," with Marley, "Zoot Island," and "Love." The last Is six films written and directed by women including Jonl Mitchell 1 HE EXVTLOPE. PLLVSE; The award for the REVIEW highlights "Th Chllng," from Embatty Pictures; produced by Robert t.

Roeeo ind Ron Beckman; directed by John Frankenhelmer; written by Richard Maxwell and John Saylea; starring, Scott Glenn and Toahiro Mifune, with Donna Kei Beni and Atsuo Nakamura. Set mostly In Kyoto. Glenn plays an American street tighter who gets Involved In 8 family foud involving swords. A juvenile atory with lota of violence. An unappaliiing gross-out from a respected director.

Rated R. Top admission, $5. At the St. Francis, Empire, Serramonte and Geneva Drive-ln. grossest movie oi me ween goes jonn rran-kenhelmer's "The Challenge," hich opens today at the St Francis, Empire, Serramonte and Geneva Drive-ln.

Set in modern-day Kyoto, it's about a family feud in which two brothers claim Hot notesThe 'Us Festival' The biggest news In the rock-pop musk world this week is the announcement that 31-year-old Steve Wowlak, the electronic whiz who brought the Apple 0 computer to the world Ls now bringing the "Us Generation Festival" to Glen Helen Regional Park near San Bernardino on Sept 345. There will be "about 30" major rock groups scheduled into the musical event, according to spokesmen for Bill Graham, who is producing the event. Confirmed so far is that Police, Talking Heads and the B-52s will play on FYiday. Sept Tom Petty and the lleartbreakers, Pat Benatar and Santana are scheduled for Sept i with Fleetwood Mac the only act announced for Sept 5. Tickets, at $37.50, will cover all three days Including parking, admission and camping space.

Ducats will go on sale at BASS outlets Sunday morning and will go off sale on Aug 31. in case all 250.U0U haven't been sold by then. There will be no tickets sold at the gates. Wozniak and his partner. Dr.

Peter Ellis, stress that the "I festival will have more security, more facilities (food, drink, conveniences, recreation) more computer-based displays, more music, more customers and more smiles than any event in U.S. history. "It's not going to be like Woodstock (the gigantic 1869 rock celebration) that was just thrown together in three weeks. It was a horrible disaster," Wozniak is quoted as commenting. Ellis said.

"This is to celebrate the us' decade of the '80s as op)osed to the Ve-they decade of the tiOs and the 'me' decade of the 70s. We're simply planning on having a nice peaceful festival a mini-world's fair. The idea is to put smiles on everybody's face it's not carrying signs and being frustrated about things being wrong in the world," Ellis said. 1 rightful ownership to a matched set of samurai swords, from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills and thank you Don Pardo. I This week's panel of judges are from the maximum-security wing of San Quentin Prison.

They were not so impressed with the number of people killed in this film, but in the ways they were done in. Scoring an impressive on their scorecards was a scene In which a sword slices a human head in half, vertically. A scene of particular malice Involved a crippled man being pushed out of a speeding van in his wheelchair. Unfortunately, he got a late push-off, which hurt his score, marring an otherwise perfect free-fall and ensuing splat. An unheard-of 11 on a scale of 10 was achieved during a dinner scene in which everyone ate his food raw.

Not just raw, but alive. A live lobster was cut in half horizontally. While the poor thing crawled around in agony the actors proceeded to pick at it One only wonders if the SPCA covers crustaceans. The great Toshiro Mifune plays a human Cuisinart who runs around Kyoto in samurai robes, slicing and dicing everyone he encounters. He looks like Mrs.

Bates, a la Anthony Perkins, in "Psycho." The judges did not overlook his colorful wardrobe. Scott Glenn, ho was in "Urban Cowboy" and "Personal Best," plays an American streetfighter who gets paid to smuggle a sword into Japan, where all bell breaks loose. In-one scene he gets buried up to his neck in the ground fdr five days. He gets so hungry that when a big black beetle walks by be sticks his tongue out catches It and eats it this point the judges passed out so the scoring stopped.) Frankenheimer, whose career goes up and down, has hit rock bottom with this one. Marilyn Beck tells about Hollywood stars hThe Examiner The most bizarre street in San Francisco is inside Fort Mason.

Billboard's top LPs The week's top record albums as compiled by Billboard magazine. 1. "Asia" Asia (Warner Bros.) 2. "Always on My Mind" Willie Nelson (Columbia) 3. "Mirage" Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.) 4.

"Toto" Toto IV (Columbia) 5. "Still Life" Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones Records) 6. American Fool" John Cougar iRiva-Mercury) T. "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor (Scotti Bros.) 8. "Pictures at Eleven" Robert Plant (Swan Song) 9.

"Good Trouble" REO Speedwagon (Epic) 10. "Special Forces" .38 Special 11. "Get Lucky" Loverboy (Columbia) 12. "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band (Capitol) 13. "Throwin' Down" Rick James (Gordy) 14.

"Keep It Alive" -The Dazz Band (Motown) 15. "Three Sides Live" Genesis (Atlantic) 16. "Dare" The Human League 17. "Escape" Journey (Columbia) 18. "Dreamgirls" Original Cast (Geffen) 19.

"All Four One" The Motels (Capitol) 20. "Tug of War" Paul McCartney (Columbia) TOP SINGLE "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor (Scotti Bros.) San Francisco Art Committion praatnta "TAKE SOMEONE YOU LOVE" Qitr fUrne alley's Pulitzer Priu YY. CrttiM' Circle "Bt Play" Tolly Lanford TONIGHT AT 3:30 i Thi atrt Cuidt for IXtails Wilson critic for the A Times, believes these facades would make "horrible, cloying architecture" However, the eminent architect, Philip Johnson, pra-laims. it "the most important exhibition of architecture of the Decide for yourself. But make plans now.

The exhibition closes July 2th. General admission: $5 Children, students and seniors: $3. The hours are 10a m. to 6 p.m.. Tuesdav through Sunday, at fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

Bring this ad tor off general admission. July 2t- The International Architecture Exhibition, "The Praence of the Past," jhou'S the work of seventy of the world's leading "post-modem" architects Inside of Pier 2, tu entY-jot giant facades for buildings have been constructed in this boll, innovative stle. The exhibition also includes a gallery of drawings, models and photographs, and an entire Italian marketplace for dining. You walk inside, and enter a ciry of the future. Strange and beautiful buildings rise three stories on both sides of a long street.

Your first reaction may be astonishment. Or laughter Or confusion. The revolutionary angles and shapes of the buildings represented here are nothing like the glass-box skyscrapers downtown This challenge to fixed ideas of modern architecture is precisely the goal of post-modernist design. It thrives on controversy. John Dreyfuss, August 7 TONIGHT! 8 PM Civic Auditorium Frt July 23 WtV Got Rhythm! An Evnlng of George Gershwin Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jeffrey Siegel, piano SAN FRANCISCO BALLET THIS WEEK ONLY Laser Images to Deep Space Or July the exhibitors will beam architectural images into space bv Thin rtrruriuHe event ill commence at dut.lt.

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