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22.04.2009
13:00 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE - 100*MINS
(1957) John Mills plays a top surgeon who is tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Lisa Daniely at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day.
14:40 COTTAGE TO LET - 105*MINS
(1941) Comedy-thriller starring Leslie Banks as an inventor working on a top-secret device at his remote Scottish home who becomes the target for Nazi spies determined to kidnap him.
16:25 THE MAN IN GREY - 145*MINS
(1943) Classic Gainsborough melodrama set in the 18th century, following the fortunes of two old school friends (Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calvert). With James Mason.
18:50 IN GOOD COMPANY - 130*MINS
(2004) Paul Weitz's comedy stars Dennis Quaid as a middle-aged ad exec faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age and who is dating his daughter (Scarlett Johansson).
21:00 THE NOTEBOOK - 145*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. Nick Cassavetes' drama stars Gena Rowlands and James Garner as an elderly couple whose romance is told in flashback. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams also star.
23:25 ENDURING LOVE - 115*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. When Daniel Craig and Rhys Ifans both witness a fatal ballooning accident, it arouses a dangerously violent obsession. Directed by Roger Michell. Strong language.
01:20 I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE - 140*MINS
(2006) New Crowned Hope season. Ming-liang Tsai's drama stars Kang-sheng Lee as both a comatose patient and, in a parallel story, a vulnerable man attacked by a mob. ***ual scenes.
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Film4 Listings for Thursday 23rd April
13:00
The Siege at Red River (Film)
Rudolph Mate's lavish Civil War action film stars Van Johnson as Confederate agent James Faraday, who steals a Gatling gun prototype from the Yankees. But smuggling it south through enemy territory proves more difficult, especially with detective Frank Kelso on his back, treacherous scout Brett Manning double-crossing him, and nurse Nora Curtis to protect.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Starring: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Craig Hill
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)
14:45
Sailor of The King (Film)
Roy Boulting's action drama stars Jeffrey Hunter as Canadian Andrew 'Canada' Brown, serving in the WW2 Royal Navy, who is taken prisoner by the German raider that sinks his ship. The ship then puts in for repairs and Brown delays the ship's departure by escaping and sniping at the sailors working on the vessel. With Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller and Bernard Lee. The film was shot with alternate endings, both of which will be shown.
Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1953, 15, 3 Star)
16:30
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
Flight of The Phoenix (Film)
A re-make of Robert Aldrich's classic 1965 story of plane crash survivors who are stranded in the extremely hostile Mongolian desert. Facing all kinds of danger, they realise they have only one chance of escape - to build another plane from the wreckage. Dennis Quaid gives a superb performance as hard-bitten pilot Frank, who rather reluctantly assumes the leadership of the motley group of passengers.
Director: John Sanford Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran, Sticky Fingaz
(Widescreen, 2004, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Film)
Tom Ripley craves the life led by Dickie Greenleaf. When Dickie's father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood, never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Tom will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all, it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 4 Star)
23:45
Shopgirl (Film)
Anand Tucker's film is written by Steve Martin, based on the actor's novel and also stars him as Ray Porter, a millionaire who falls for shy shopgirl Mirabelle Buttersfield. She's an aspiring artist working to pay off her student fees and not only does he sweep her off her feet, but also he pays for everything. The second man in her life is Jeremy, who's an artist too - well, he stencils the boxes that amps come in. He's a slacker but he loves her, while to Porter, she's merely an acquisition. The film tenderly and perceptively observes Mirabelle's predicament as the men's characters, warts and all, are drawn out and she is placed in the position where she must choose one or the other.
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy
(Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:50
Daratt (Film)
Written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Daratt is a drama set in Chad after a 40-year civil war. Incensed by the news that the authorities have granted an amnesty to war criminals, Gumar Abatcha orders his 16-year-old grandson Atim to find and execute Nassara, the man who murdered his father during the conflict. But Nassara is now a religious and law-abiding family man, and when Atim gets work as an apprentice in his bakery, he finds it's not as easy to kill his enemy in cold blood as he had imagined. Showing as part of the New Crowned Hope season of films made by international filmmakers to celebrate the spirit of Mozart.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Khayar Oumar Defallah, Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Djibril Ibrahim
(Premiere, Widescreen, In Arabic and French With Subtitles, 2006, 12)
13:00 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE - 100*MINS
(1957) John Mills plays a top surgeon who is tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Lisa Daniely at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day.
14:40 COTTAGE TO LET - 105*MINS
(1941) Comedy-thriller starring Leslie Banks as an inventor working on a top-secret device at his remote Scottish home who becomes the target for Nazi spies determined to kidnap him.
16:25 THE MAN IN GREY - 145*MINS
(1943) Classic Gainsborough melodrama set in the 18th century, following the fortunes of two old school friends (Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calvert). With James Mason.
18:50 IN GOOD COMPANY - 130*MINS
(2004) Paul Weitz's comedy stars Dennis Quaid as a middle-aged ad exec faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age and who is dating his daughter (Scarlett Johansson).
21:00 THE NOTEBOOK - 145*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. Nick Cassavetes' drama stars Gena Rowlands and James Garner as an elderly couple whose romance is told in flashback. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams also star.
23:25 ENDURING LOVE - 115*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. When Daniel Craig and Rhys Ifans both witness a fatal ballooning accident, it arouses a dangerously violent obsession. Directed by Roger Michell. Strong language.
01:20 I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE - 140*MINS
(2006) New Crowned Hope season. Ming-liang Tsai's drama stars Kang-sheng Lee as both a comatose patient and, in a parallel story, a vulnerable man attacked by a mob. ***ual scenes.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Film4 Listings for Thursday 23rd April
13:00
The Siege at Red River (Film)
Rudolph Mate's lavish Civil War action film stars Van Johnson as Confederate agent James Faraday, who steals a Gatling gun prototype from the Yankees. But smuggling it south through enemy territory proves more difficult, especially with detective Frank Kelso on his back, treacherous scout Brett Manning double-crossing him, and nurse Nora Curtis to protect.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Starring: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Craig Hill
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)
14:45
Sailor of The King (Film)
Roy Boulting's action drama stars Jeffrey Hunter as Canadian Andrew 'Canada' Brown, serving in the WW2 Royal Navy, who is taken prisoner by the German raider that sinks his ship. The ship then puts in for repairs and Brown delays the ship's departure by escaping and sniping at the sailors working on the vessel. With Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller and Bernard Lee. The film was shot with alternate endings, both of which will be shown.
Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1953, 15, 3 Star)
16:30
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
Flight of The Phoenix (Film)
A re-make of Robert Aldrich's classic 1965 story of plane crash survivors who are stranded in the extremely hostile Mongolian desert. Facing all kinds of danger, they realise they have only one chance of escape - to build another plane from the wreckage. Dennis Quaid gives a superb performance as hard-bitten pilot Frank, who rather reluctantly assumes the leadership of the motley group of passengers.
Director: John Sanford Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran, Sticky Fingaz
(Widescreen, 2004, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Film)
Tom Ripley craves the life led by Dickie Greenleaf. When Dickie's father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood, never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Tom will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all, it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 4 Star)
23:45
Shopgirl (Film)
Anand Tucker's film is written by Steve Martin, based on the actor's novel and also stars him as Ray Porter, a millionaire who falls for shy shopgirl Mirabelle Buttersfield. She's an aspiring artist working to pay off her student fees and not only does he sweep her off her feet, but also he pays for everything. The second man in her life is Jeremy, who's an artist too - well, he stencils the boxes that amps come in. He's a slacker but he loves her, while to Porter, she's merely an acquisition. The film tenderly and perceptively observes Mirabelle's predicament as the men's characters, warts and all, are drawn out and she is placed in the position where she must choose one or the other.
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy
(Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:50
Daratt (Film)
Written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Daratt is a drama set in Chad after a 40-year civil war. Incensed by the news that the authorities have granted an amnesty to war criminals, Gumar Abatcha orders his 16-year-old grandson Atim to find and execute Nassara, the man who murdered his father during the conflict. But Nassara is now a religious and law-abiding family man, and when Atim gets work as an apprentice in his bakery, he finds it's not as easy to kill his enemy in cold blood as he had imagined. Showing as part of the New Crowned Hope season of films made by international filmmakers to celebrate the spirit of Mozart.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Khayar Oumar Defallah, Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Djibril Ibrahim
(Premiere, Widescreen, In Arabic and French With Subtitles, 2006, 12)