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28-10-2008, 01:05 AM
FilmFour & Film Four +1 28.10.08
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
13:00 She Married Her Boss (1935)
Gregory LaCava's screwball comedy stars Claudette Colbert as Julia Scott, the efficient secretary to widower boss Richard Barclay. She's in love with him and they get married but she soon finds there's a world of difference between running an office and a home, particularly with an interfering sister-in-law as well as Annabel, Barclay's young daughter. However, love conquers all, but not without fast laughs along the way.
14:50 The Return of Frank James (1940)
Fritz Lang's first western is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 classic, in which Jesse James was shot in the back by the Ford brothers. His brother Frank, now a law-abiding farmer, is happy for the law to take its course, but when the killers are pardoned, he vows revenge. With his young sidekick Clem and newspaper reporter Eleanor Stone in tow, he tracks the Fords down to a vaudeville show in which they reconstruct Jesse's death. Frank confronts Charlie, who accidentally falls to his death, but when Frank catches up with Bob, the two are prepared for a fight to the finish.
16:40 Rio Grande (1950)
Tough Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke has a new recruit - his son - to train in warfare and life. A mature, moving western - the third in John Ford's Cavalry trilogy, following Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.
18:45 Save the Last Dance (2001)
Romantic drama about a teenage ballerina whose comfortable middle-class life is devastated when her mother is killed in a car crash. Afterwards she has to go and live with her father in a Chicago ghetto, but the girl has problems fitting in at her new high school until she strikes up a friendship with a young man whose passion for hip-hop helps rekindle her love of dance.
21:00 Hero (2002)
Zhang Yimou's stunning all-action film is set during the time of China's warring states, before the country was unified. To the court of the King of Qin, who seeks to rule the united country, comes Nameless, who claims to have killed three deadly assassins who were all determined to kill the King. As Nameless recounts his exploits in flashback, each time the wily King responds with his version. Is Nameless a true servant of Qin or does he have a secret agenda?
22:55 Short Cuts (1993)
Robert Altman's film, based on Raymond Carver's short stories, follows a crowd of Los Angelinos whose lives, while initially seen separately, all intersect at some point. Highlights include Jack Lemmon's confession of adultery and Peter Gallagher's literal take on dividing property with his ex-wife.
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 She Married Her Boss (1935)
Gregory LaCava's screwball comedy stars Claudette Colbert as Julia Scott, the efficient secretary to widower boss Richard Barclay. She's in love with him and they get married but she soon finds there's a world of difference between running an office and a home, particularly with an interfering sister-in-law as well as Annabel, Barclay's young daughter. However, love conquers all, but not without fast laughs along the way.
14:50 The Return of Frank James (1940)
Fritz Lang's first western is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 classic, in which Jesse James was shot in the back by the Ford brothers. His brother Frank, now a law-abiding farmer, is happy for the law to take its course, but when the killers are pardoned, he vows revenge. With his young sidekick Clem and newspaper reporter Eleanor Stone in tow, he tracks the Fords down to a vaudeville show in which they reconstruct Jesse's death. Frank confronts Charlie, who accidentally falls to his death, but when Frank catches up with Bob, the two are prepared for a fight to the finish.
16:40 Rio Grande (1950)
Tough Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke has a new recruit - his son - to train in warfare and life. A mature, moving western - the third in John Ford's Cavalry trilogy, following Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.
18:45 Save the Last Dance (2001)
Romantic drama about a teenage ballerina whose comfortable middle-class life is devastated when her mother is killed in a car crash. Afterwards she has to go and live with her father in a Chicago ghetto, but the girl has problems fitting in at her new high school until she strikes up a friendship with a young man whose passion for hip-hop helps rekindle her love of dance.
21:00 Hero (2002)
Zhang Yimou's stunning all-action film is set during the time of China's warring states, before the country was unified. To the court of the King of Qin, who seeks to rule the united country, comes Nameless, who claims to have killed three deadly assassins who were all determined to kill the King. As Nameless recounts his exploits in flashback, each time the wily King responds with his version. Is Nameless a true servant of Qin or does he have a secret agenda?
22:55 Short Cuts (1993)
Robert Altman's film, based on Raymond Carver's short stories, follows a crowd of Los Angelinos whose lives, while initially seen separately, all intersect at some point. Highlights include Jack Lemmon's confession of adultery and Peter Gallagher's literal take on dividing property with his ex-wife.