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02-11-2008, 10:15 PM
FilmFour & Film Four +1 03.11.08
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
Freedom Radio (Film)
British wartime propaganda starring Clive Brook as Karl Roder, an Austrian doctor respected by the Nazis who finds himself becoming deeply disillusioned with his patrons and gradually despairing as his wife falls under their spell.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley, Derek Farr, Joyce Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1941, PG, 3 Star)
14:50
Storm over the Nile (Film)
Stirring adventure yarn lavishly adapted from The Four Feathers, AEW Mason's tale of honour, redemption and derring-do is set during the British Army's 1898 campaign in Sudan. Anthony Steel stars as a disgraced soldier who goes way beyond the call of duty to prove his courage. Co-starring Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice and Christopher Lee.
Director: Terence Young, Zoltan Korda
Starring: Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson-Justice, Mary Ure, Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 3 Star)
17:00
Prince Valiant (Film)
Veteran director Henry Hathaway's Arthurian adventure is based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip by Hal Foster. Robert Wagner plays the eponymous prince, a Viking invited to join King Arthur's court. But the evil Sir Brack plans to oust the king and then invade Valiant's Scandanavian home and only Valiant can stop him. Janet Leigh and Debra Paget are the respective love interests to both parties and, with much of the film being shot in Britain rather than on a Hollywood back-lot, viewers will enjoy identifying castles and locations that form a backdrop to the rousing action.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)
19:00
Volcano (Film)
Mick Jackson's disaster movie is set in Los Angeles, where, to use the movie's tagline, "The coast is toast". The famous La Brea tar pits start bubbling, the first signs that a dormant volcano beneath the city has come to life, and before long lava is flowing through the sewers and the streets. Taking charge of the disaster is Mike Roark, head of the city's Office Emergency Management, assisted by scientist Dr Amy Barnes and his second-in-command Emmitt Reese. Can they save the city by diverting the threatening lava? Edited for content.
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1997, 12, 2 Star)
21:00
Crash (Film)
Paul Haggis won two Oscars for his major feature debut as director and co-writer. Set in Los Angeles over two days, it is a picaresque, episodic film with a cast of disparate characters whose lives coincide for one reason or another, from racist cop John Ryan who pulls over black TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine, to the simple hassles that Iranian Farad encounters. Haggis shows a city where racism and its manifestations are easily encountered but where those at both the giving and receiving end are not simple ciphers but complex human beings whose intolerance is caused by both their personal and society's problems.
Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 15, 4 Star)
23:10
Black Book (Film)
Paul Verhoeven returns to his Dutch roots with this visceral drama of life under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Rachel Stein is a Jewess intent on avenging her family's murder. She joins the Resistance and agrees to become the lover of high-ranking SS officer Ludwig Muntze in order to learn which Dutchmen are secretly collaborating with the occupiers. But she falls in love with the man rather than the monster and finds herself in danger not just from the Nazis but from her compatriots.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint
(Widescreen, In Dutch/English/German/Hebrew With Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)
02:00
Live Flesh (Film)
An original, funny and intimate tragicomedy from Pedro Almodovar, the master of bizarre characterisations, Live Flesh stars Liberto Ribal as Víctor Plaza, a highly-***ed 20-year-old infatuated with drug addict Elena. After Víctor gets into her apartment, he is jailed for shooting a cop but, on his release, the weird web of wonderful characters meet up once again and all their destinies finally come together.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz
(In Spanish With Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 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
Freedom Radio (Film)
British wartime propaganda starring Clive Brook as Karl Roder, an Austrian doctor respected by the Nazis who finds himself becoming deeply disillusioned with his patrons and gradually despairing as his wife falls under their spell.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley, Derek Farr, Joyce Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1941, PG, 3 Star)
14:50
Storm over the Nile (Film)
Stirring adventure yarn lavishly adapted from The Four Feathers, AEW Mason's tale of honour, redemption and derring-do is set during the British Army's 1898 campaign in Sudan. Anthony Steel stars as a disgraced soldier who goes way beyond the call of duty to prove his courage. Co-starring Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice and Christopher Lee.
Director: Terence Young, Zoltan Korda
Starring: Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson-Justice, Mary Ure, Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Lewis
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 3 Star)
17:00
Prince Valiant (Film)
Veteran director Henry Hathaway's Arthurian adventure is based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip by Hal Foster. Robert Wagner plays the eponymous prince, a Viking invited to join King Arthur's court. But the evil Sir Brack plans to oust the king and then invade Valiant's Scandanavian home and only Valiant can stop him. Janet Leigh and Debra Paget are the respective love interests to both parties and, with much of the film being shot in Britain rather than on a Hollywood back-lot, viewers will enjoy identifying castles and locations that form a backdrop to the rousing action.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)
19:00
Volcano (Film)
Mick Jackson's disaster movie is set in Los Angeles, where, to use the movie's tagline, "The coast is toast". The famous La Brea tar pits start bubbling, the first signs that a dormant volcano beneath the city has come to life, and before long lava is flowing through the sewers and the streets. Taking charge of the disaster is Mike Roark, head of the city's Office Emergency Management, assisted by scientist Dr Amy Barnes and his second-in-command Emmitt Reese. Can they save the city by diverting the threatening lava? Edited for content.
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1997, 12, 2 Star)
21:00
Crash (Film)
Paul Haggis won two Oscars for his major feature debut as director and co-writer. Set in Los Angeles over two days, it is a picaresque, episodic film with a cast of disparate characters whose lives coincide for one reason or another, from racist cop John Ryan who pulls over black TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine, to the simple hassles that Iranian Farad encounters. Haggis shows a city where racism and its manifestations are easily encountered but where those at both the giving and receiving end are not simple ciphers but complex human beings whose intolerance is caused by both their personal and society's problems.
Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 15, 4 Star)
23:10
Black Book (Film)
Paul Verhoeven returns to his Dutch roots with this visceral drama of life under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Rachel Stein is a Jewess intent on avenging her family's murder. She joins the Resistance and agrees to become the lover of high-ranking SS officer Ludwig Muntze in order to learn which Dutchmen are secretly collaborating with the occupiers. But she falls in love with the man rather than the monster and finds herself in danger not just from the Nazis but from her compatriots.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint
(Widescreen, In Dutch/English/German/Hebrew With Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)
02:00
Live Flesh (Film)
An original, funny and intimate tragicomedy from Pedro Almodovar, the master of bizarre characterisations, Live Flesh stars Liberto Ribal as Víctor Plaza, a highly-***ed 20-year-old infatuated with drug addict Elena. After Víctor gets into her apartment, he is jailed for shooting a cop but, on his release, the weird web of wonderful characters meet up once again and all their destinies finally come together.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz
(In Spanish With Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)