Suddenly, you sound like your parents.

"Five dollars!" you say, "For a movie?" You remember when movies cost $2.50, right? Well, you could wait for it to come out on video, or you could see it on the big screen in Chambers, the Forum, or Osmond. Movies sponsored by campus organizations such as the Student Union Board and the Graduate Student Association are shown every weekend and feature an extreme range of films from foreign flicks to recent blockbusters.

This weekend, on-campus movies include the recent Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and the older, but fascinating Highlander. An animation festival is offered for cartoon buffs and old, rare films are playing in Carnegie Building.

The revenue from these films doesn't go to neon concession lighting, or popcorn with or without artificial butter flavor. The raised funds are put back into attaining future films and backing the organizations' other projects.

"They're our weekly money maker," said Lauren Kelly, SUB secretary. "Most of the money goes back to other films and to pay the projectionist and the ticket takers, and some fund other committees in our organization."

Other committees and special events sponsored by SUB include the MTV Remote Control contestant search, comedy competitions, and other free special events. "All the money we make goes back into more programs," Kelly said.

The GSA films also fund student and community activities, such as the graduate fair, housing information, educational programming and blood drives.

"We try to combine excellent commercial films and also those fine films that are smaller but are still of interest to the community," said Curtis Bayer, GSA coordinator of film programming.

The GSA sponsors a free foreign film festival every spring, often featuring a certain director such as Ingmar Bergman. "I've traveled to Washington, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh to screen films," Bayer said, "but we certainly welcome any suggestions for films to play on campus," he said.

"We have a committee that makes film suggestions," Curtis said. The committee also organizes free sneak previews.

"Mostly (the filmmakers) approach us," he said. "It's free advertisement for them, and they get to run a test on the film."

SUB and other sponsoring organizations gains advertising from showing the films. Students gain a wider range and variety of film choices.