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21-03-2009, 08:40 PM
Film4 Listings for Saturday 21st March
13:00
Carpool (Film)
Arthur Hiller's good natured chase-comedy sees Daniel Miller as an ad-man obsessed with time-keeping. So when his wife is taken ill and he has to run the morning carpool, it's with efficiency - the kids are picked up and, on the way to the school, there's even time to stop to buy donuts. But as he's waiting to pay, there's a hold-up and before he knows it, he and his five charges are being held ******* by Franklin Laszlo, an innocent customer identified as the robber. With the cops in hot pursuit, Miller, Laszlo and the kids set off for freedom and the chance to prove their innocence.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook
(Widescreen, 1996, PG, 2 Star)
14:45
Blanche Fury (Film)
Victorian melodrama starring Valerie Hobson as Blanche Fuller, a young woman whose arrival as governess on a family estate is the catalyst for betrayal, the revelation of old family secrets and murder. Stewart Granger plays Philip Thorn, the scheming illegitimate son who sees Blanche as his way to reclaim what he believes to be rightfully his. Co-starring Walter Fitzgerald and Michael Gough.
Director: Marc Allegret
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Susanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham
(Subtitles, 1948, 15, 3 Star)
16:35
The Raid (Film)
Based on real events, this film stars Van Heflin as Major Neal Benton, leader of a group of Confederate soldiers who escape from a Union prison in New York and take refuge in Canada. He then comes up with the daring plan of crossing the border to take a small American town, creating a second front and diverting the North's attention from the South. But his spying mission is upset both by his affection for war widow Katy Bishop and the disruptive influence of fellow officer Keating in Hugo Fregonese's fascinating Civil War thriller.
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Starring: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 3 Star)
18:25
K-19: The Widowmaker (Film)
Based on a real-life incident, Kathryn Bigelow's tense film stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as Alexei Vostrikov, the commander of Russia's first nuclear submarine, and Mikhail Polenin, his executive officer, whose first test voyage ends in disaster when the reactor fails. The only hope is for the crew to repair it at the risk of fatal irradiation. But the two men also have very different political agendas, one of which could trigger global conflict rather than maintain the uneasy truce of the Cold War.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Joss Ackland, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo
(Subtitles, 2002, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
A Knight's Tale (Film)
In the film that made him a box office star, the late Heath Ledger plays Will Thatcher, a lowly squire who replaces his dead master at a tournament, which he wins, before deciding he'll go for the big tournament in London. Along the way, he picks up Geoffrey Chaucer, who helps him further his career and hide his lowly roots. Brian Helgeland's film, with Shannyn Sossamon as the love interest, draws inspiration from MTV as much as it does derring-do, to rollicking good effect. Edited for language and violence.
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, PG, 3 Star)
23:35
Bug (Film)
William The Exorcist Friedkin's horror film stars Ashley Judd as Agnes, a waitress in a run-down bar who lives in a cheap motel. Into her life comes drifter Peter who, having served in the Gulf war, is obsessed with the idea that he is infected by bugs implanted by the government during medical treatment. She begins to share his paranoia and the pair spiral into a violent conspiracy theory which sees them become violently delusional to the point of extreme self-harm as they battle the bugs they believe are within them. Based on Tracy Letts' play from Chicago's Steppenwolf theatre, this is a visceral, frightening film but one that maintains an empathy for its characters up to the apocalyptic finale.
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne, Neil Bergeron
(2006, 18, 3 Star)
01:40
LA Antena (Film)
Esteban Sapir's fantasy film is a homage to the era of silent movies but with nods to German expressionism, surrealism and Soviet propaganda posters thrown into the mix. In a futuristic city, the residents have lost their voices to both the omnipotent Mr TV and the nameless corporation that runs the metropolis. Their words instead form as solid blocks, acting as surtitles for the viewer. The only hope of regaining their voices lies with the Voice, a mysterious, ethereal singer, and her eyeless son.
Director: Esteban Sapir
Starring: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro, Raśl Hochman, Ricardo Merkin
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2007, PG, 4 Star)
13:00
Carpool (Film)
Arthur Hiller's good natured chase-comedy sees Daniel Miller as an ad-man obsessed with time-keeping. So when his wife is taken ill and he has to run the morning carpool, it's with efficiency - the kids are picked up and, on the way to the school, there's even time to stop to buy donuts. But as he's waiting to pay, there's a hold-up and before he knows it, he and his five charges are being held ******* by Franklin Laszlo, an innocent customer identified as the robber. With the cops in hot pursuit, Miller, Laszlo and the kids set off for freedom and the chance to prove their innocence.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook
(Widescreen, 1996, PG, 2 Star)
14:45
Blanche Fury (Film)
Victorian melodrama starring Valerie Hobson as Blanche Fuller, a young woman whose arrival as governess on a family estate is the catalyst for betrayal, the revelation of old family secrets and murder. Stewart Granger plays Philip Thorn, the scheming illegitimate son who sees Blanche as his way to reclaim what he believes to be rightfully his. Co-starring Walter Fitzgerald and Michael Gough.
Director: Marc Allegret
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Susanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham
(Subtitles, 1948, 15, 3 Star)
16:35
The Raid (Film)
Based on real events, this film stars Van Heflin as Major Neal Benton, leader of a group of Confederate soldiers who escape from a Union prison in New York and take refuge in Canada. He then comes up with the daring plan of crossing the border to take a small American town, creating a second front and diverting the North's attention from the South. But his spying mission is upset both by his affection for war widow Katy Bishop and the disruptive influence of fellow officer Keating in Hugo Fregonese's fascinating Civil War thriller.
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Starring: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 3 Star)
18:25
K-19: The Widowmaker (Film)
Based on a real-life incident, Kathryn Bigelow's tense film stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as Alexei Vostrikov, the commander of Russia's first nuclear submarine, and Mikhail Polenin, his executive officer, whose first test voyage ends in disaster when the reactor fails. The only hope is for the crew to repair it at the risk of fatal irradiation. But the two men also have very different political agendas, one of which could trigger global conflict rather than maintain the uneasy truce of the Cold War.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Joss Ackland, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo
(Subtitles, 2002, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
A Knight's Tale (Film)
In the film that made him a box office star, the late Heath Ledger plays Will Thatcher, a lowly squire who replaces his dead master at a tournament, which he wins, before deciding he'll go for the big tournament in London. Along the way, he picks up Geoffrey Chaucer, who helps him further his career and hide his lowly roots. Brian Helgeland's film, with Shannyn Sossamon as the love interest, draws inspiration from MTV as much as it does derring-do, to rollicking good effect. Edited for language and violence.
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, PG, 3 Star)
23:35
Bug (Film)
William The Exorcist Friedkin's horror film stars Ashley Judd as Agnes, a waitress in a run-down bar who lives in a cheap motel. Into her life comes drifter Peter who, having served in the Gulf war, is obsessed with the idea that he is infected by bugs implanted by the government during medical treatment. She begins to share his paranoia and the pair spiral into a violent conspiracy theory which sees them become violently delusional to the point of extreme self-harm as they battle the bugs they believe are within them. Based on Tracy Letts' play from Chicago's Steppenwolf theatre, this is a visceral, frightening film but one that maintains an empathy for its characters up to the apocalyptic finale.
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne, Neil Bergeron
(2006, 18, 3 Star)
01:40
LA Antena (Film)
Esteban Sapir's fantasy film is a homage to the era of silent movies but with nods to German expressionism, surrealism and Soviet propaganda posters thrown into the mix. In a futuristic city, the residents have lost their voices to both the omnipotent Mr TV and the nameless corporation that runs the metropolis. Their words instead form as solid blocks, acting as surtitles for the viewer. The only hope of regaining their voices lies with the Voice, a mysterious, ethereal singer, and her eyeless son.
Director: Esteban Sapir
Starring: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro, Raśl Hochman, Ricardo Merkin
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2007, PG, 4 Star)