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7 Tsvbn jSbnifranrtwExaofneri dcnca Friday November i 1' ii ii 01 ''What you Radiol MomAAamiM Hoa SO and 'BOa if, P7 PTT- 'itoiym (J nj 'imc. 1' n'tH 't' at nt i a The fourth vl fay Area PNtMMkora Oiowom run Friday through Monday at Mw Castro Thaatar, 429 Castro 8t. (621-6120). Amono tha weekend highlights art ttorti by Bruce Codm at 8 tonight, tha creator! of "Never Cry Wotf" hi a panel diacuaaion and selection of clips at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, synthesiet-compoeer Patrick Gletaon on film musk) aesthetics at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday and "8loriaa of Black America" at 9 p.m. Sunday. Tha San Francisco Sytriphoriy'a feaw and Unuauai Muelc seriee begirt with tha West Coast premiere of Robert Ashley's comic opera, "Atalan-ta" at 8:30 in tha Japan Center Theater. Matilda Kuntn, Serena Mondavi Ventura, Pat Montandon and til Safdie are teatured In PhMHp Henry Jaroaz'a "Ooddata," pramiaring In a a 8125-a-aeat, biaok tie, banaM for Children aa Teacher of Paaea, at 8:30 p.m. in tha Legion of Honor Utlo Theater (775-2323).

Mora than 60 dealers show and salt their ware at tha IF. Fan Antique Show, 1 1 a.m. to 8 m. today and Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, at Fort 1 Mason Center, Pier 3.

Dancer-choreographer Tandy Baal olo at 8:30 tonight and Saturday at the Now Performance Gallery, 3163 17th 8t. Frienda of the Library't Literary Lecture Striae features a talk by Nora Ephron at 6 p.m. In tha Hertoat Theater, Van Nats and McAllister. Thlt I the final weekend for urban cowboy to enjoy the 39th Grand National Rodeo, Horte Show and Uvettock Exposition at tha Cow Palace. Aran how are at 7:30 tonight, 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday and 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Phon 469-. 6068 for tickata. lOton Barta iokaa around at 8 p.m.

at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rota. A Monty Python FettWei gracaa tha tcreen In Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley. "And Now for Something Completely Different." "Monty Python and tha Holy Grail" and "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" begin at 6 tonight. "Tim Bandit" (directed by Python Tarry Gilliam, tttrring John Cleete), 'Ufa of Brian" and "The Meaning of Life" begin at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The Blake Street Hewkeyet pretent OavM ScheM Mloing in hi "In the Kay of and John 'O'Kaefe' "Man in tha Moon" at 8:30 tonight and Saturday at 2010 Blake Berkeiey. Thorn F. Megoire tUrt in "Tha Heroee of XocMoukM," Rick Foeter'a "one-man Wettem Epic" at 8:30 tonight and Saturday at tntaraaction, 766 Union St. i a collaborativ performance work by compoter Jad Spear and performer Bob Ernat," on tha boarda at midnight tonight and Saturday at lntrction. "I Fratelli Bofogn" (tha Permanent Preee Corp in "Tha Right Stuff" pretentt "Big Fall Show" at 8 tonight and Saturday, 3 p.m.

Sunday, at tha Julian Theater, 963 DeHaro St. open "Romeo and Juliet" at 8:30 in the Cryttal Room of the Bellevue Hotel. Pop: Cheap Trick and Zebra rock in concert at Berkeley Community Theater; the Ktumorim play Yiddiah jau in UCSF't Milbarry Union; tha Gravan-itee-Clppolina Blue Band and New Rtdor of th Purple Stag entertain at tha Stone; Road Runner and Huth tr at Wolfgang'i; Margia Adam play the Great American; Count Batla performs at the Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, Santa Cruz. SfllUrClfly N0Vember Guitarist Julian Bream playa works by Weiss, Sor, Mompou, Walton, Granadoa and Villa-Loboe at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley.

Cellist Lttzlo Varga perform an all-Bach program at 8 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church, 1 187 Franklin St. The California Braat Quintet pretend concert of muaic by William Brade, Victor Ewald, Charles tvee, Robert Liptak, Vaclav Nelhybal, Eugene Boa and J.S. Bach at 8 p.m. in St.

John' Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Berkeley. The Galileo Qem and Mineral Society Gam Show and Sal it held at tha Hall of Flower, Golden Gat Park, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tha Civil War Attociation, Northern California District, holdt it quarterly encampment Saturday and Sunday, at Fort Point. Hghlighta are slide-lectures on Pickett's Charge at tha Battle of Gettysburg, musket drills and formal inspection of the uniformed "troop." Admission to th fort, open 10 t.m.

to 6 p.m. daily, i free. A lecture teriet deeigned to prepare Bay Area audience for "Th Vatican Collection" feature! UC Berkeley Art History Prof. Loren Partridge peaking on "Decoding th Symbol: What to Look for in Christian Art" at 2 p.m. in the Trueteee' Auditorium, de Young Muaeum.

Pop: Deed Kennedy rock Keystone Berkeley; United Front perform at th No Valley Miniatry; Black Athletes and Almost Blind are at the On Broadway; Mutant and Johnny and th Potato Chip shake up the Sleeping Lady, Fairfax; tha Dlnotaurt and Dm Hick play tha Cotati Cabaret; Maxin Howtrd'a Downhome Bluet Band it at the Cryttal Pistol, Oakland. Sunday' November '1 1 Rofcby Canaon portraya CUiy EX A movie of racing and racism By Allan Ulrica Examiner staff critic 3 HEY JUST DONT make theatrical movies anymore like the sports biography, "Running Brave," which opens today at the Regency Inspirational btopics of athletes -who, despite handicaps, succeed in reaching the finish line first are now fodder for cable television. So this new Disney production about 1984 Olympic champion runner Billy Mills comes as something of an anachronism. With all its noble intentions, "Running Brave" is also a dull, harmless placebo of a flick, which says all the right things and may just appeal to kids without unduly insulting their intelligence. It does maintain the distinction of being the first commercial Hollywood feature underwritten -See Page ES, cot REVIEW highlights "Running Breve," Buene Viata reteaeo, directed by D.S.

Everett, written by Henry Been end Shirl Hendryx, tarring Robby Benton tnd Pal Hingle. tnapirational bwpic ot Billy Mills, the half-Sioux runner who battled through, prejudice to win the tOOOO-meter run in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. A harmless, respectable the first commercial Hollywood feature financed by Native Amen- cane. Not much in tha way of thrill or depth, but it should appeal to children without ineuHing their intelligence. Rated PQ.

At the Regency Van Neaa at Sutter. Top ticket, S6. Marata Van Kamp aa Princaaa Daisy By Mkhael Dougaa Examiner television columnist must have been at least two years ago that I received a missive from the Rev. Donald Wildmon regarding NBCs plans to make a miniseries of the Judith Krantz potboiler Princess Daisy (beginning at 9 p.m. Sunday, Ch.

4). ejat1' nil cttSrc) runa from 7 to midnight tonight in thr rfott Rsjsnca Qotdon Gata Ball- room. iialc ia by Bobby Fraaman and tha Ctau Crummala at this banafit for ExaminarCharHiaa, Inc. Tha Haart Aaao 1 elation praaanta a fundraiaar, for Haart," a thraa-hour DanoErgatiea mara then, baglnnlng at 9 a.m. Saturday in UCPa Mamorlal Gym (433-2273).

a Wii 'fh eftsrmstSi of a nuctesr attack secure. The movie builds slowlv. craduallv reveal- ins the familv's commonnlace routine, ounc- tuated by a loving moment here and a small squabble there, and the camera lingers with prffX -See Page E8, col. 1 REVIEW highlighto 'TMianMnt," dkotd by Lynn Littmtn: produced by LHIniM tnd Jonathan BamaMn; diitributad by Paramount Picturaa; aoraanplay by John Saorat Young, baaed on a atory by Carol Amen. 8tarrlng Jane Alexandar, William Oavane, ROaa Harria and Philip Angttm.

The unthinkable becomea reality: A email town diea ol radioactivity alter a nuclear attack on nearby San Franciaoo and the situation ia entirely believable not in atatiatica or exploaive drama but in aimple, domeitie detail. Save lor aome sentimental i.ecenea, if a a powerful Mm, with a powerlul performance by Alexander. Rated PQ, Top admiaaion, $6. At the Clay. Theater, Fillmore at Clay.

acholarahtpa In 'Ail tha Right Uovaa' team Craig T. Netaon of "Poltergeist" plays the school's hard-hearted, overly zealous coach, who does the kicking. Nelson give a strong, uncaricatured performance. He makes a terrif 1c villian. Stef is accused, wrongly so, of having sprayed graffiti on the coach's house, and having hung a dead chicken on his front porch.

Any teenager who's been snubbed or intimidated by a teacher can understand Stef frustration. Lea Thompson plays Stef girlfriend, Lisa. Director Chapman and screenwriter Michael -v-: -5e Page 1 Colorful and unique pieces of Mexican folk art are to be sold to the public at a benefit for the Mexican Muaeum tomorrow through Nov. 13, noon to 6 p.m. daily, in tha museum shop in Fort Mason'a Building D.

Woven baskets from Oaxaca are shown above. ntt. gHaBBritaakttBti Kltul iuid 1 1 1 1 Roxsna Zd endlJbScsj Hsss, in the Young, has made no compromise with the ultimate results of nuclear warfare for those who live outside the immediate blast area. And because his' story is so intensely personal and so understated, it may be more convincing to some audiences than a dozen documentaries with their awesome explosions and mushroom There is nothing awesome in Testament," and there is no mushroom cloud. It begins on ordinary day in the life of an ordinary middleclass family in.

a pretty little town called Hamlin. It could be St. Helena, or Aptos, anyplace about two hours from The City. Or, it could be Sunnyvale, where author Carol. Amen was living, when she wrote the story on which the movie is based.

It was filmed, in fact, in Sierra Madre hear Pasadena, and it looks little likeJBronxville, New York with palm trees. A lovely place, serene and Tom Crulaa and Laa thompaon hopa for feel for his plight Stefs dreams of a scholarship are shattered when he's kicked off his school's football REVIEW highlights "A MeM Movee," from 20th Century-Fox. Directed by Mtohael Chapman, the cinemetographar tor "Taxi Driver" and "Reotna Bull." Chapman haa Muted a eaooherkie atory about rural Penneytvanie teee-eoere want-ing to get into eoHege with a erttty reeliam. Tom Croiao start ae a young man who's blackballed from getting cohaoe football eohotarehlp. Craig T.

Melton pleya a hard-haart ad, oterty zeelout high echoot footbaN eoaoh. Lee Thompton portraya Cruiaa'a girlfriend. Good script. Tight editing. Plenty of dramatic friction.

Rated R. Top admittkM, At the Alexandria and Stoneetmm. Climbing weekend Tha Academy of Sciences presents a weekend of climbing evente to honor the opening of Galen Rowell'a photo exhibition, "Mountain Light." Attractions include orienteering, films, fashion shows and rock climbing and rappeling demonstrations, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday (752-6268). 'r i I Jsm Atoxsndsr coenf orti her chSSdrcn, By Nancy Scott 2 Examiner sUff critic for the human race opens today at the Clay Theater, and it's almost as hard to write about it as it was to see It is caUed Testament." It is about the slow radioactive death of a small town in Northern California after a nuclear attack on San Francisco and every other major city in the UJS.

I have, no idea who is going to be courageous enough to see it, but if there are any, survivalisls, scoffers, skeptics or saber-rattlers' on your block, I urge you to take them firmly by the hand and head for the Clay Theater. It's not a perfect In fact, some scenes appear to have been scripted by Hallmark Cards, but the writer, John Sacret A movie that treats teens right By John Stark Examiner movie critic LL THE RIGHT MOVES" does, something that not many films about teen-agers do. treats them as adults, which is to say: It doesnt write down to them. It takes you into their world, perceives the hurt, confusion and injustice of adolescence through their eyes. Because of this, adults can identify with the characters and enjoy the goingson.

Michael Chapman, who did the cinematography for Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," directed. He's infused what could have been a saccharine story with gritty realism. It takes place in a depressed Pennsylvania mining town. Gray skies. Barren trees.

Dilapidated bouses. You can feel the despera-1 tion of being trapped there. i- i Tom Cruise of "Risky Business" stars as Stef Djordjevic, a high school senior who wants to get a football scholarship to a decent college. He wants to study engineering, and football is bis ticket out Cruise gives a warm, ingratiating performance, full of hope. You 6m A an or I 16.

The San Francisco Opera opena ita production of Offenbach' '1 Grande Duchette de Gerot-atetn," featuring French diva Regina Cretpin, at 2 p.m. in the Opera House (864-3330). The Merit! LynctvS.F. Symphony Great Performer teriet feature Chtriet Mackerra conOucting the English Chamber Orcheatra, with piano toioiat Emanuel Ax. at 8:30 p.m.

in Oaviea Symphony Hall. Cinematheque tcreent two rellgiou allegoriet, Rottellini'a "Th tMrsct" (1948), tttrring Anna Magnani and Fedarleo FeNini. and Sirk'a "Th Flrtt Legion" (1960). with Chart Boyer, at 7:30 at the SP. Art Institute, 800 Cheetnut St.

Th Smtll Prett dub of Marin hokte Ha 11th annual Printer Fair from noon to p.m. at Park School. Mill Valley. Admiteion it tree. Today1 Artist Concert pretentt Israeli clarinetltt Giora Feidman in a program entitled "From the Art of the Warmer to tha Classics" at 4 p.m.

in the Herbst Theater. Pop: Jazzy violinist Jean Luc Ponty performa in Zellerbach Auditorium. UC Berkeley; Chaka Khan and Kiique are featured at Circle Star Theater, Whttkey Before Breakfast and tha Dick Hold-atock-AUan MacLeod folk duo perform at Ptow-aharea, Fort Mason; Count Bask and Hia Orchettr play the Great American Music Hall; Mental a Anything, Looter and Party of Ftv rock Woifgtng't; new wavere BalUstic MJaaUs wake up tha Sleeping Lady, Fairfax; Mtiippi Johnny Water and tha Sonny Lane Rsvue are at Eli't Mile High. Oakland. J- Donald, head of the ultraconservatjve Coalition for Better Television, did not approve.

"Princess Daisy," he contended, was chock full of sex, including incest To prove it, be included Xeroxed copies of the passages in the book that most offended him. They were lusty indeed. After I got them back from the boys in the office, I called Wildmon at Jus Mississippi headquarters. "Do you know that you are guilty of sending pornography through the VS. mail and I am going to file a complaint?" 1 said.

Donald thought that was funny He laughed and said he wished I would. I didn't I also called NBC about Wildmon's campaign to keep "Princess Daisy" of the air. They laughed too, explaining that not one word of script had been written and those -See Page Ell, CsLl .3, (..