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16-04-2009, 12:01 AM
Film4 Listings for Thursday 16th April
13:00
The Vicious Circle (Film)
Dr Howard Latimer is the Harley Street surgeon tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Frieda Veldon at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day. Detective Inspector Dane refuses to believe the film producer ever existed and, when one of his patients also turns up dead, things look bad for Latimer. A complex plot is brilliantly resolved by director Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)
14:40
Cottage to Let (Film)
Anthony Asquith's fast-paced comedy-thriller stars Leslie Banks as John Barrington, an inventor during the Second World War working on a new **** sight at his home in a remote Scottish glen. He is unaware that he is the target of a Fifth Column organisation operating out of Glasgow who have already installed an agent in his household masquerading as the cook. Also in the house are Barrington's wife Marguerite, daughter Helen and assistant Alan Trently, plus a Scotland Yard detective, disguised as their butler, who suspects Trently of passing on the secrets.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, Jeanne de Casalis, Carla Lehmann, George Cole
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1941, U, 3 Star)
16:25
The Four Feathers (Film)
Alexander Korda's spectacular production of AEW Mason's action-adventure novel was directed by his brother Zoltan. John Clements stars as Harry Faversham, who is unfairly accused of being a coward by three fellow-officers and his fiancée Ethne Burroughs, but proves himself a hero during the war in Sudan in the 1880s.
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, John Christopher Allen
(Subtitles, 1939, U, 3 Star)
18:45
Tales From Earthsea (Film)
Goro Miyazaki's dazzling Studio Ghibli animation brings to life Ursula Le Guin's superlative fantasy novels. Young prince Arren leaves his homeland in a quest to find out why Earthsea's life balance is failing. In the company of archmage Sparrowhawk, they discover that the evil ****** Cob is draining the planet's powers for his own purpose, one that needs Arren's life to reach completion, and as good and evil meet in a final battle, the fate of Earthsea hangs in the balance.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yűko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Film)
Larry Charles' fascinating do***entary follows Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's leading journalist and TV presenter, as he travels through the heart of America in an attempt to understand the land of the free and the home of the brave. Along the way, he's able to congratulate a packed rodeo crowd for their country's war of terror, enjoy a dinner with the cream of Southern society and fit in a visit to a gun shop to buy the best weapon for killing Jews. Oh OK, as everyone knows, Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the eponymous Borat, scabrously exposing smalltown America's prejudices in the company of his producer Azamat Bagatov. Other highlights include the two men engaged in nude wrestling and, of course, Borat's kidnapping of Pamela Anderson so he can enjoy a "romantic explosion" on her stomach...
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Ilham Äliyev, Bob Barr, Alan Keyes
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)
22:50
Naked (Film)
Mike Leigh's films stars David Thewlis as a misogynist out-of-work Mancunian who visits ex-girlfriend Lesley Sharp in London. Things get complicated when he sleeps with her flat-mate Katrin Cartlidge as is his sudden taking to the streets to talk to anyone he meets. Meanwhile, creepy landlord Greg Crutwell has plans for both the girls.
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, 18, 4 Star)
01:25
Jennifer Eight (Film)
Bruce Robinson's dark thriller stars Andy Garcia as John Berlin, a burnt-out LA cop who takes a job in the small town of Eureka, where his brother-in-law Freddy Ross is a local police officer. Within days, he's involved in the hunt for a serial killer who targets blind women, and Berlin soon thinks he knows who the next target is - Helena Robertson. But just as Berlin gets close to cracking the case and starts to fall for Helena, FBI agent St Anne arrives on the scene with a new suspect - Berlin himself.
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, Kevin Conway
(Widescreen, 1992, 15, 3 Star)
13:00
The Vicious Circle (Film)
Dr Howard Latimer is the Harley Street surgeon tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Frieda Veldon at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day. Detective Inspector Dane refuses to believe the film producer ever existed and, when one of his patients also turns up dead, things look bad for Latimer. A complex plot is brilliantly resolved by director Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)
14:40
Cottage to Let (Film)
Anthony Asquith's fast-paced comedy-thriller stars Leslie Banks as John Barrington, an inventor during the Second World War working on a new **** sight at his home in a remote Scottish glen. He is unaware that he is the target of a Fifth Column organisation operating out of Glasgow who have already installed an agent in his household masquerading as the cook. Also in the house are Barrington's wife Marguerite, daughter Helen and assistant Alan Trently, plus a Scotland Yard detective, disguised as their butler, who suspects Trently of passing on the secrets.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, Jeanne de Casalis, Carla Lehmann, George Cole
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1941, U, 3 Star)
16:25
The Four Feathers (Film)
Alexander Korda's spectacular production of AEW Mason's action-adventure novel was directed by his brother Zoltan. John Clements stars as Harry Faversham, who is unfairly accused of being a coward by three fellow-officers and his fiancée Ethne Burroughs, but proves himself a hero during the war in Sudan in the 1880s.
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, John Christopher Allen
(Subtitles, 1939, U, 3 Star)
18:45
Tales From Earthsea (Film)
Goro Miyazaki's dazzling Studio Ghibli animation brings to life Ursula Le Guin's superlative fantasy novels. Young prince Arren leaves his homeland in a quest to find out why Earthsea's life balance is failing. In the company of archmage Sparrowhawk, they discover that the evil ****** Cob is draining the planet's powers for his own purpose, one that needs Arren's life to reach completion, and as good and evil meet in a final battle, the fate of Earthsea hangs in the balance.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yűko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Film)
Larry Charles' fascinating do***entary follows Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's leading journalist and TV presenter, as he travels through the heart of America in an attempt to understand the land of the free and the home of the brave. Along the way, he's able to congratulate a packed rodeo crowd for their country's war of terror, enjoy a dinner with the cream of Southern society and fit in a visit to a gun shop to buy the best weapon for killing Jews. Oh OK, as everyone knows, Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the eponymous Borat, scabrously exposing smalltown America's prejudices in the company of his producer Azamat Bagatov. Other highlights include the two men engaged in nude wrestling and, of course, Borat's kidnapping of Pamela Anderson so he can enjoy a "romantic explosion" on her stomach...
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Ilham Äliyev, Bob Barr, Alan Keyes
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)
22:50
Naked (Film)
Mike Leigh's films stars David Thewlis as a misogynist out-of-work Mancunian who visits ex-girlfriend Lesley Sharp in London. Things get complicated when he sleeps with her flat-mate Katrin Cartlidge as is his sudden taking to the streets to talk to anyone he meets. Meanwhile, creepy landlord Greg Crutwell has plans for both the girls.
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, 18, 4 Star)
01:25
Jennifer Eight (Film)
Bruce Robinson's dark thriller stars Andy Garcia as John Berlin, a burnt-out LA cop who takes a job in the small town of Eureka, where his brother-in-law Freddy Ross is a local police officer. Within days, he's involved in the hunt for a serial killer who targets blind women, and Berlin soon thinks he knows who the next target is - Helena Robertson. But just as Berlin gets close to cracking the case and starts to fall for Helena, FBI agent St Anne arrives on the scene with a new suspect - Berlin himself.
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, Kevin Conway
(Widescreen, 1992, 15, 3 Star)