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25-10-2008, 06:18 AM
Film Four & Film Four +1 25-10-08.
Astra 2D at 28.2E 10729 V SYM:22000 FEC 5/6
Film Four SID8335 VPID2312 APID2313 Eng
Film Four +1 SID8330 VPID2332 APID2333 Eng
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13:00
Secondhand Lions (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Tim McCanlies' affectionate coming-of-age drama stars Haley Joel Osment as Walter, a quiet, studious lad who suddenly finds himself left for the summer with his eccentric grand-uncles in the middle of nowhere, Texas. But as he hears tales about their adventurous past, they find new exploits beckon and his horizons are considerably widened. Edited for content.
Director: Tim McCanlies
Starring: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2003, 12, 4 Star)
15:10
Shockproof (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
In Douglas Sirk's drama, hard case Jenny Marsh, released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover Harry, comes under the wing of parole officer Griff Marat. Determined to make her go straight, and avoid the clutches of the still-infatuated Harry, Wilde moves her into his household as companion to his blind, widowed mother. But Jenny continues to hold clandestine meetings with her shady ex, and they hatch a scheme that guarantees their continued protection - marriage to Griff. The pair wed, but when Jenny truly falls in love with Griff, Harry doesn't take rejection lightly.
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John, Russell Collins
(Black and White, 1949, 12, 3 Star)
16:45
A Kid for Two Farthings (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Adapted from Wolf Mankowitz's novel, Carol Reed's A Kid for Two Farthings is a poetic fable. Set in Petticoat Lane, it focuses on young Joe, who lives with his mother Joanna above a tailor shop owned by Kandinsky. The tailor explains to Joe, through the legend of the unicorn, that everyone's dreams and wishes can come true and when the lad discovers a one-horned goat, he's determined to help realise all the wishes of his hard-working neighbours.
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Jonathan Ashmore, Brenda de Banzie
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 3 Star)
18:35
Batman Forever (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Caped Crusader returns, this time played by Val Kilmer in Joel Schumacher's take on the comic book hero. This time, he faces two villains; The Riddler and Harvey Two-Face, who both want him dead for their own reasons. The love interest comes from Nicole Kidman as psychiatrist Dr. Chase Meridian, who wants to get close to both Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego Batman. And Chris O'Donnell joins the crime-fighting team as Dick Grayson, who becomes Robin, Batman's faithful sidekick.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough
(Subtitles, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Brokeback Mountain (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal play Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two young cowboys paired up for a job tending sheep on a Wyoming mountain. As the days go by, their relationship grows until, after a heavy night drinking whisky, they make passionate love. Initially denying the attraction each feels for the other, they go their separate ways at the end of the job. Both marry and have children but meet regularly to slake their undying passion for each other, living desperate, unfulfilled lives between each meeting until the untimely death of one leaves the other broken and devastated. Ang Lee's Oscar-winning drama is a bold, emotional story of a passion that cannot be denied but must be hidden from a world that can only condemn it.
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway, Kate Mara, Michelle Williams
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, 15, 4 Star)
23:35
Reeker (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Five teens on their way to a rave find the highway inexplicably closed. Making the fatal mistake of staying at a deserted motel, they find themselves in a terrifying life and death limbo with a violent and decaying killer preying on their lives and their noses.
Director: Dave Payne
Starring: Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman, Scott Whyte, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Ironside
(Premiere, Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:25
Grave of the Fireflies (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's moving film looks at the effect of American attacks on the Japanese civilian population. The film opens on the day of Japan's surrender, as a young boy, Seita, dies alone. Then in flashback, it shows the death of his mother from burns inflicted in a ****ing raid, his attempts to look after younger sister Setsuko and their struggle against hunger, increasing attacks by the Americans and the abandonment of compassion and caring by the rest of society. An openly anti-war film, it shows that the suffering of the innocents in war happen both to the victors and the losers and despite its country of origin, could apply to any around the world.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1988, 12, 4 Star)
Astra 2D at 28.2E 10729 V SYM:22000 FEC 5/6
Film Four SID8335 VPID2312 APID2313 Eng
Film Four +1 SID8330 VPID2332 APID2333 Eng
********************************* **
13:00
Secondhand Lions (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Tim McCanlies' affectionate coming-of-age drama stars Haley Joel Osment as Walter, a quiet, studious lad who suddenly finds himself left for the summer with his eccentric grand-uncles in the middle of nowhere, Texas. But as he hears tales about their adventurous past, they find new exploits beckon and his horizons are considerably widened. Edited for content.
Director: Tim McCanlies
Starring: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2003, 12, 4 Star)
15:10
Shockproof (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
In Douglas Sirk's drama, hard case Jenny Marsh, released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover Harry, comes under the wing of parole officer Griff Marat. Determined to make her go straight, and avoid the clutches of the still-infatuated Harry, Wilde moves her into his household as companion to his blind, widowed mother. But Jenny continues to hold clandestine meetings with her shady ex, and they hatch a scheme that guarantees their continued protection - marriage to Griff. The pair wed, but when Jenny truly falls in love with Griff, Harry doesn't take rejection lightly.
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John, Russell Collins
(Black and White, 1949, 12, 3 Star)
16:45
A Kid for Two Farthings (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Adapted from Wolf Mankowitz's novel, Carol Reed's A Kid for Two Farthings is a poetic fable. Set in Petticoat Lane, it focuses on young Joe, who lives with his mother Joanna above a tailor shop owned by Kandinsky. The tailor explains to Joe, through the legend of the unicorn, that everyone's dreams and wishes can come true and when the lad discovers a one-horned goat, he's determined to help realise all the wishes of his hard-working neighbours.
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Jonathan Ashmore, Brenda de Banzie
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 3 Star)
18:35
Batman Forever (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Caped Crusader returns, this time played by Val Kilmer in Joel Schumacher's take on the comic book hero. This time, he faces two villains; The Riddler and Harvey Two-Face, who both want him dead for their own reasons. The love interest comes from Nicole Kidman as psychiatrist Dr. Chase Meridian, who wants to get close to both Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego Batman. And Chris O'Donnell joins the crime-fighting team as Dick Grayson, who becomes Robin, Batman's faithful sidekick.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough
(Subtitles, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Brokeback Mountain (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal play Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two young cowboys paired up for a job tending sheep on a Wyoming mountain. As the days go by, their relationship grows until, after a heavy night drinking whisky, they make passionate love. Initially denying the attraction each feels for the other, they go their separate ways at the end of the job. Both marry and have children but meet regularly to slake their undying passion for each other, living desperate, unfulfilled lives between each meeting until the untimely death of one leaves the other broken and devastated. Ang Lee's Oscar-winning drama is a bold, emotional story of a passion that cannot be denied but must be hidden from a world that can only condemn it.
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway, Kate Mara, Michelle Williams
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, 15, 4 Star)
23:35
Reeker (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Five teens on their way to a rave find the highway inexplicably closed. Making the fatal mistake of staying at a deserted motel, they find themselves in a terrifying life and death limbo with a violent and decaying killer preying on their lives and their noses.
Director: Dave Payne
Starring: Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman, Scott Whyte, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Ironside
(Premiere, Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:25
Grave of the Fireflies (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's moving film looks at the effect of American attacks on the Japanese civilian population. The film opens on the day of Japan's surrender, as a young boy, Seita, dies alone. Then in flashback, it shows the death of his mother from burns inflicted in a ****ing raid, his attempts to look after younger sister Setsuko and their struggle against hunger, increasing attacks by the Americans and the abandonment of compassion and caring by the rest of society. An openly anti-war film, it shows that the suffering of the innocents in war happen both to the victors and the losers and despite its country of origin, could apply to any around the world.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1988, 12, 4 Star)