WAR OF THE BUTTONS
No stones in slingshots. No skirmishes too late in the day. They're rules of war for the youngsters of two neighbouring Irish villages. And here's another rule: if you spit shake on something, you better follow through. Kids will be kids; but sometimes they, in their own fanciful ways, will be adults. "What's unique and marvellous about War of the Buttons,"; says Oscar -winning Chariots of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland, "is that it's not an adult's view of childhood at all, but a child's view of adulthood.";