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16-04-2009, 10:08 PM
Film4 Listings for Friday 17th April
13:00
The Destructors (Film)
An agent in the pay of an Oriental power vying for world supremacy plans to steal a super laser gun that can destroy any target it is aimed at. The Americans try to foil the plan by placing their own spy in the action to beat the master criminal to the weapon.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Richard Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, David Brian
(Widescreen, 1967, PG, 2 Star)
14:55
The Mark of Zorro (Film)
Feckless Mexican nobleman Don Diego returns to his family home to discover the locality has been taken over by corrupt officials. Consequently, he adopts the disguise of Zorro, masked master swordsman, who aims to clear the land of corruption. Also starring Ricardo Montalban, Yvonne De Carlo, Anne Archer and Inez Perez.
Director: Don McDougall
Starring: Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Yvonne de Carlo, Louise Sorel, Robert Middleton
(Subtitles, Audio Described, Made For TV, 1974, U, 2 Star)
16:25
The Undefeated (Film)
John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take different paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans for conquest. The film suffered from being released in the same year as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch and Wayne in Oscar-winning form in True Grit, but it stands alongside them, with a panoramic sweep of a story and two leads who successfully spark off each other.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1969, PG, 3 Star)
18:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Kiss The Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)
23:15
City of God (Film)
Fernando Meirelles' award-winning film centres on the poor of Rio de Janeiro and the armed gangs who run riot, seen through the eyes and camera of Rocket. Rocket escapes the influence of Li'l Zé, who goes on to become the area's godfather. Over two decades, Rocket witnesses the rise of his peers from children to men and the escalation of the violence as he, distanced but emotionally involved, charts their lives. Taken from a fact-based novel by Paul Lins, this is a stunning, violent yet compelling insight into Brazil's underbelly.
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
(In Portuguese With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2002, 18, 4 Star)
01:50
Storytelling (Film)
Todd Solondz's film tells two separate stories. In Fiction, Selma Blair ignores her disabled boyfriend's writing talents to pursue creative-writing professor Robert Wisdom, while Nonfiction sees would-be filmmaker Paul Giamatti shoot a do***entary about his friend Mark Webber's life while behind the camera, Giamatti's family is falling apart. Fascinating and challenging, this is a dark look at relationships and family.
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Devorah Rose
(Widescreen, 2001, 18, 3 Star)
13:00
The Destructors (Film)
An agent in the pay of an Oriental power vying for world supremacy plans to steal a super laser gun that can destroy any target it is aimed at. The Americans try to foil the plan by placing their own spy in the action to beat the master criminal to the weapon.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Richard Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, David Brian
(Widescreen, 1967, PG, 2 Star)
14:55
The Mark of Zorro (Film)
Feckless Mexican nobleman Don Diego returns to his family home to discover the locality has been taken over by corrupt officials. Consequently, he adopts the disguise of Zorro, masked master swordsman, who aims to clear the land of corruption. Also starring Ricardo Montalban, Yvonne De Carlo, Anne Archer and Inez Perez.
Director: Don McDougall
Starring: Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Yvonne de Carlo, Louise Sorel, Robert Middleton
(Subtitles, Audio Described, Made For TV, 1974, U, 2 Star)
16:25
The Undefeated (Film)
John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take different paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans for conquest. The film suffered from being released in the same year as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch and Wayne in Oscar-winning form in True Grit, but it stands alongside them, with a panoramic sweep of a story and two leads who successfully spark off each other.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1969, PG, 3 Star)
18:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Kiss The Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)
23:15
City of God (Film)
Fernando Meirelles' award-winning film centres on the poor of Rio de Janeiro and the armed gangs who run riot, seen through the eyes and camera of Rocket. Rocket escapes the influence of Li'l Zé, who goes on to become the area's godfather. Over two decades, Rocket witnesses the rise of his peers from children to men and the escalation of the violence as he, distanced but emotionally involved, charts their lives. Taken from a fact-based novel by Paul Lins, this is a stunning, violent yet compelling insight into Brazil's underbelly.
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
(In Portuguese With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2002, 18, 4 Star)
01:50
Storytelling (Film)
Todd Solondz's film tells two separate stories. In Fiction, Selma Blair ignores her disabled boyfriend's writing talents to pursue creative-writing professor Robert Wisdom, while Nonfiction sees would-be filmmaker Paul Giamatti shoot a do***entary about his friend Mark Webber's life while behind the camera, Giamatti's family is falling apart. Fascinating and challenging, this is a dark look at relationships and family.
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Devorah Rose
(Widescreen, 2001, 18, 3 Star)