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Film4 Listings for Friday 23rd January
13:00
Innocents in Paris (Film)
Picaresque comedy about the British abroad, following a disparate group of people on a weekend tour of the French capital, which sends up both the visitors and stereotypical observations about foreigners. With Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, Claire Bloom, Claude Dauphin, Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards and James Copeland. Directed by Gordon Perry.
Director: Gordon Parry
Starring: Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, Jimmy Edwards
(Black and White, 1953, U, 3 Star)
14:45
Loving You (Film)
Elvis Presley stars in his second film as Deke Rivers, a delivery man discovered by and recruited to join a country and western band. But Deke's road to stardom is complicated by a romantic dilemma involving the band's publicist and singer. Among the many musical highlights are Teddy Bear and Lonesome Cowboy.
Director: Hal Kanter
Starring: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason, Ralph Dumke
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 2 Star)
16:45
Penny Serenade (Film)
Oscar-nominee Cary Grant stars as Roger Adams in George Stevens' surprisingly successful mix of tragic drama and humour, also starring Irene Dunne as his wife, Julie. As Julie packs in preparation for their divorce, the song Penny Serenade plays, transporting her back to her first meeting with Roger, their marriage and the tragic loss in birth of their son. Unable to bear children, they adopt an infant daughter, only for her to die just a few years later. Roger, wracked by guilt and loathing, sees no future for their marriage but redemption for both awaits. The script mixes cracking screwball comedy lines with scenes of intense emotion but somehow the disparate elements hang together in this romantic drama.
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Eva Lee Kuney
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1941, U, 4 Star)
19:05
Just My Luck (Film)
Donald Petrie's romcom stars Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright who is probably the luckiest girl in the States - the sun always shines on her, there's always a cab at her call and every scratch card she buys is a winner. Jake Hardin is her polar opposite; if there's dog excrement to tread in, he'll find it. But a chance kiss sees their luck reversed and as Albright struggles with life's travails, Hardin revels in his new good fortune until the miss-matched pair realise that being together is a matter of sharing the good times as well as the bad.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Missi Pyle
(Widescreen, 2006, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Braveheart (Film)
Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Oscar-laden epic as William Wallace, the medieval Scottish patriot spurred into revolt against the English when the love of his life is slaughtered. Leading his army into battles that become a war, his advance into England threatens King Edward I's throne before he is captured and executed, but not before becoming a symbol for a free Scotland. The mix of court intrigue, tender love scenes and stirring battles never flags and Gibson rightly took the Oscar for best picture.
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo, Sean McGinley
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1995, 15, 4 Star)
00:20
Last Days (Film)
Michael Pitt stars in Gus Van Sant's thinly-veiled story of Kurt Cobain's life. Pitt plays the charismatic yet troubled leader of an alternative rock band whose days are spent in his mansion avoiding hangers-on and fans.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius, Ricky Jay
(2005, 15, 3 Star)
02:10
Bats (Film)
Something is coming in the night. The dark air fills with the sound of flapping wings and menacing shrieks ... BATS. Escapees from a scientific laboratory, the genetically altered creatures blaze a path of terror through a sleepy Texas town. The only hope of stopping them comes in the shape of a zoologist (Dina Meyer), her assistant (Leon), and the local sheriff (Lou Diamond Phillips).
Director: Louis Morneau
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott, David McConnell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 2 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Saturday 24th January
13:00
Crocodile Dundee (Film)
"That's not a knife. This is a knife" is among cinema's best known quotes, as the eponymous Mick "Crocodile" Dundee routs a New York mugger in Peter Faiman's Oscar-nominated comedy. Hogan, a national institution Down Under, broke into the big time with this film, playing an Outback crocodile hunter who attracts the attention of American journalist Sue Charlton. After she shares his life and dangers in the bush, she invites him to New York, an environment that's alien to Dundee but one he adapts to with charm and humour as he and Charlton slowly fall in love. Edited for content.
Director: Peter Faiman
Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Ritchie Singer, Maggie Blinco
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1986, PG, 4 Star)
14:50
In and Out (Film)
Frank Oz's stylish comedy-satire stars Kevin Kline as Howard Brackett, a popular high school teacher in the small town of Greenleaf, Indiana, who is engaged to fellow teacher Emily. Then ex-pupil turned film star Cameron Drake mentions him in his Oscar-acceptance speech, inadvertently outing him as ***. Everyone, including Howard, is shocked but, as well as coping with the town's reactions, he must deal with his own feelings. With Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart and Tom Selleck. Edited for language.
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley
(1997, 12, 3 Star)
16:35
The River's Edge (Film)
Allan Dwan was one of the few directors who mastered the art of making B-movies look better than plot or budget allowed. In this thriller, Dwan's final film, Ray Milland plays Nardo Denning, a crook who needs to smuggle his cash into Mexico. His ticket over the border is his ex-girlfriend Margaret who is married to border guard Ben Cameron, but as the trio set out into the mountains and deserts, Cameron uses his knowledge of the territory to outwit the murderous Denning.
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Chubby Johnson, Byron Foulger
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 3 Star)
18:20
The Phantom of the Opera (Film)
Joel Schumacher directs this lavish, Oscar-nominated screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical, itself based on the classic horror novel by Gaston Leroux. Emmy Rossum plays Christine Daae, a promising soprano who takes singing lessons from the mysterious Phantom of the Opera. He forces the opera's diva to leave with a regime of fear, leaving his protégé to take centre stage, but she falls for the opera's new patron, Viscount Raoul De Chagny, her childhood sweetheart. Enraged, the Phantom, passionately in love with Christine, kidnaps her to his subterranean lair while unleashing death and terror on the opera house's audience and workers. Can Raoul rescue Christine from his clutches before he has his evil way with her? Edited for content.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Ciarán Hinds
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 4 Star)
21:00
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (Film)
Two of the greatest threats to Mankind are about to meet in battle. The shadowy alien terrors that are Predators face the extra-terrestrial monsters called Aliens, in a long-awaited movie that brings the real stars of two of Hollywood's biggest hit sci-fi series together. An archaeological expedition to Antarctica discovers an ancient Aztec temple, consequently awakening a dormant Queen Alien, who immediately starts breeding again. Meanwhile, five teenage Predators are about to arrive to take part in a coming-of-age ritual involving a fight to the death with the Aliens - neither race is likely to take kindly to any humans that get in the way... The stunning computer graphics and great fight sequences will certainly appeal to any devotees of the two great fantasy creations.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 15, 4 Star)
22:45
In the Cut (Film)
Jane Campion's thriller stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a middle-class teacher in New York who, one night, witnesses a ***ual assault that could have been the prelude to a murder by a killer roaming the city. Detective James Malloy arrives to interview her but their relationship soon moves from personal to passionate. But with the killer on the loose and too many suspects close to home, who can she really trust? Edited for content.
Starring: Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Meg Ryan, Micheal Nuccio, Alison Nega, Dominick Aries, Susan Gardner
(2003, 18, 3 Star)
01:00
Personal Services (Film)
Julie Walters stars in Terry Jones's film, inspired by the life of Cynthia Payne, as Christine Painter, a waitress who lets seedy flats to prostitutes and soon realises there's money to be made by organising 'parties' for specific requirements, setting herself up in genteel suburbia until the full force of the law descends. With Alec McGowen, Danny Schiller and Shirley Stelfox.
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen, Danny Schiller, Tim Woodward, Victoria Hardcastle
(1987, 18, 3 Star)
13:00
Innocents in Paris (Film)
Picaresque comedy about the British abroad, following a disparate group of people on a weekend tour of the French capital, which sends up both the visitors and stereotypical observations about foreigners. With Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, Claire Bloom, Claude Dauphin, Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards and James Copeland. Directed by Gordon Perry.
Director: Gordon Parry
Starring: Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, Jimmy Edwards
(Black and White, 1953, U, 3 Star)
14:45
Loving You (Film)
Elvis Presley stars in his second film as Deke Rivers, a delivery man discovered by and recruited to join a country and western band. But Deke's road to stardom is complicated by a romantic dilemma involving the band's publicist and singer. Among the many musical highlights are Teddy Bear and Lonesome Cowboy.
Director: Hal Kanter
Starring: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason, Ralph Dumke
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 2 Star)
16:45
Penny Serenade (Film)
Oscar-nominee Cary Grant stars as Roger Adams in George Stevens' surprisingly successful mix of tragic drama and humour, also starring Irene Dunne as his wife, Julie. As Julie packs in preparation for their divorce, the song Penny Serenade plays, transporting her back to her first meeting with Roger, their marriage and the tragic loss in birth of their son. Unable to bear children, they adopt an infant daughter, only for her to die just a few years later. Roger, wracked by guilt and loathing, sees no future for their marriage but redemption for both awaits. The script mixes cracking screwball comedy lines with scenes of intense emotion but somehow the disparate elements hang together in this romantic drama.
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Eva Lee Kuney
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1941, U, 4 Star)
19:05
Just My Luck (Film)
Donald Petrie's romcom stars Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright who is probably the luckiest girl in the States - the sun always shines on her, there's always a cab at her call and every scratch card she buys is a winner. Jake Hardin is her polar opposite; if there's dog excrement to tread in, he'll find it. But a chance kiss sees their luck reversed and as Albright struggles with life's travails, Hardin revels in his new good fortune until the miss-matched pair realise that being together is a matter of sharing the good times as well as the bad.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Missi Pyle
(Widescreen, 2006, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Braveheart (Film)
Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Oscar-laden epic as William Wallace, the medieval Scottish patriot spurred into revolt against the English when the love of his life is slaughtered. Leading his army into battles that become a war, his advance into England threatens King Edward I's throne before he is captured and executed, but not before becoming a symbol for a free Scotland. The mix of court intrigue, tender love scenes and stirring battles never flags and Gibson rightly took the Oscar for best picture.
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo, Sean McGinley
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1995, 15, 4 Star)
00:20
Last Days (Film)
Michael Pitt stars in Gus Van Sant's thinly-veiled story of Kurt Cobain's life. Pitt plays the charismatic yet troubled leader of an alternative rock band whose days are spent in his mansion avoiding hangers-on and fans.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius, Ricky Jay
(2005, 15, 3 Star)
02:10
Bats (Film)
Something is coming in the night. The dark air fills with the sound of flapping wings and menacing shrieks ... BATS. Escapees from a scientific laboratory, the genetically altered creatures blaze a path of terror through a sleepy Texas town. The only hope of stopping them comes in the shape of a zoologist (Dina Meyer), her assistant (Leon), and the local sheriff (Lou Diamond Phillips).
Director: Louis Morneau
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott, David McConnell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 2 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Saturday 24th January
13:00
Crocodile Dundee (Film)
"That's not a knife. This is a knife" is among cinema's best known quotes, as the eponymous Mick "Crocodile" Dundee routs a New York mugger in Peter Faiman's Oscar-nominated comedy. Hogan, a national institution Down Under, broke into the big time with this film, playing an Outback crocodile hunter who attracts the attention of American journalist Sue Charlton. After she shares his life and dangers in the bush, she invites him to New York, an environment that's alien to Dundee but one he adapts to with charm and humour as he and Charlton slowly fall in love. Edited for content.
Director: Peter Faiman
Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Ritchie Singer, Maggie Blinco
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1986, PG, 4 Star)
14:50
In and Out (Film)
Frank Oz's stylish comedy-satire stars Kevin Kline as Howard Brackett, a popular high school teacher in the small town of Greenleaf, Indiana, who is engaged to fellow teacher Emily. Then ex-pupil turned film star Cameron Drake mentions him in his Oscar-acceptance speech, inadvertently outing him as ***. Everyone, including Howard, is shocked but, as well as coping with the town's reactions, he must deal with his own feelings. With Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart and Tom Selleck. Edited for language.
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley
(1997, 12, 3 Star)
16:35
The River's Edge (Film)
Allan Dwan was one of the few directors who mastered the art of making B-movies look better than plot or budget allowed. In this thriller, Dwan's final film, Ray Milland plays Nardo Denning, a crook who needs to smuggle his cash into Mexico. His ticket over the border is his ex-girlfriend Margaret who is married to border guard Ben Cameron, but as the trio set out into the mountains and deserts, Cameron uses his knowledge of the territory to outwit the murderous Denning.
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Chubby Johnson, Byron Foulger
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 3 Star)
18:20
The Phantom of the Opera (Film)
Joel Schumacher directs this lavish, Oscar-nominated screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical, itself based on the classic horror novel by Gaston Leroux. Emmy Rossum plays Christine Daae, a promising soprano who takes singing lessons from the mysterious Phantom of the Opera. He forces the opera's diva to leave with a regime of fear, leaving his protégé to take centre stage, but she falls for the opera's new patron, Viscount Raoul De Chagny, her childhood sweetheart. Enraged, the Phantom, passionately in love with Christine, kidnaps her to his subterranean lair while unleashing death and terror on the opera house's audience and workers. Can Raoul rescue Christine from his clutches before he has his evil way with her? Edited for content.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Ciarán Hinds
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 4 Star)
21:00
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (Film)
Two of the greatest threats to Mankind are about to meet in battle. The shadowy alien terrors that are Predators face the extra-terrestrial monsters called Aliens, in a long-awaited movie that brings the real stars of two of Hollywood's biggest hit sci-fi series together. An archaeological expedition to Antarctica discovers an ancient Aztec temple, consequently awakening a dormant Queen Alien, who immediately starts breeding again. Meanwhile, five teenage Predators are about to arrive to take part in a coming-of-age ritual involving a fight to the death with the Aliens - neither race is likely to take kindly to any humans that get in the way... The stunning computer graphics and great fight sequences will certainly appeal to any devotees of the two great fantasy creations.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 15, 4 Star)
22:45
In the Cut (Film)
Jane Campion's thriller stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a middle-class teacher in New York who, one night, witnesses a ***ual assault that could have been the prelude to a murder by a killer roaming the city. Detective James Malloy arrives to interview her but their relationship soon moves from personal to passionate. But with the killer on the loose and too many suspects close to home, who can she really trust? Edited for content.
Starring: Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Meg Ryan, Micheal Nuccio, Alison Nega, Dominick Aries, Susan Gardner
(2003, 18, 3 Star)
01:00
Personal Services (Film)
Julie Walters stars in Terry Jones's film, inspired by the life of Cynthia Payne, as Christine Painter, a waitress who lets seedy flats to prostitutes and soon realises there's money to be made by organising 'parties' for specific requirements, setting herself up in genteel suburbia until the full force of the law descends. With Alec McGowen, Danny Schiller and Shirley Stelfox.
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen, Danny Schiller, Tim Woodward, Victoria Hardcastle
(1987, 18, 3 Star)