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04-11-2008, 12:12 AM
FilmFour & Film Four +1 04.11.08
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 Fanny By Gaslight (1944)
Romantic melodrama set in the 1870s with Fanny forced to overcome a series of problems before discovering both her true identity and true love, Harry Somerford. James Mason is wonderful as the dastardly Lord Manderstoke, the peer who blights Fanny's life.
15:10 Belle Starr (1941)
Very loosely based on a true story, Gene Tierney plays Belle, daughter of a Southern aristocrat. When the invading Yankees take over her land, she vows revenge and heads to Missouri where she marries Confederate outlaw Sam Starr, and joins him and his gang in harrying the occupying troops. In fact, the real Belle Starr was a simple outlaw who, with her Cherokee husband, used the confusion of war as an opportunity to line their own pockets; but Irving ***mings' tough western does at least stick to the truth about her eventual demise.
17:00 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)
Stuart Orme's film, based on Joan Aiken's fantasy novel, is set during the rule of King James III. Two cousins, Bonnie and Sylvia are taken from their comfortable home to a snow-swept orphanage, while evil governess Letitia Slighcarp plots to steal their uncle's fortune. But nature has a way of exacting revenge...
18:50 Explorers (1985)
Joe Dante's underrated sci-fi film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. When Ben Crandall's dreams inspire him and his friend Wolfgang to create a giant circuit board, they discover that they've invented a craft that can pass through solid matter. At first, they just enjoy the thrills but they soon find the military interested in their exploits, as are beings from another system who are rather disturbed by the implications of the kids' discovery.
21:00 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sean Connery stars in this all-action adventure as Allan Quatermain, called out of retirement in Kenya to help the government avert a world war being fermented by master criminal The Phantom. Quatermain gathers together a top team: Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and The Invisible Man are among those recruited, each with a spectacular skill. From Venice to the wastes of Mongolia, the team face perils and death in their desperate race against time.
23:05 Talk To Her ( 2002)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-winning film, starring Javier Cámara as Beningo, a male nurse fixated by Alicia, a dance student, and Marco as a journalist who interviews Lydia, a bullfighter on the eve of a fight. When the two women are separately injured and left in a coma, the two men meet and their mutual concerns for each of their "patients" sees them form a bond as they care for two women who cannot respond to their affection.
01:20 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Jay Roach's spy movie spoof that launched a thousand bar and club phrases stars Mike ***** as the eponymous hero, back after three decades in the cryogenic deep freeze, whose lack of dress sense, ***ual politics and technological expertise still won't stop him saving the world from Dr Evil.
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 Fanny By Gaslight (1944)
Romantic melodrama set in the 1870s with Fanny forced to overcome a series of problems before discovering both her true identity and true love, Harry Somerford. James Mason is wonderful as the dastardly Lord Manderstoke, the peer who blights Fanny's life.
15:10 Belle Starr (1941)
Very loosely based on a true story, Gene Tierney plays Belle, daughter of a Southern aristocrat. When the invading Yankees take over her land, she vows revenge and heads to Missouri where she marries Confederate outlaw Sam Starr, and joins him and his gang in harrying the occupying troops. In fact, the real Belle Starr was a simple outlaw who, with her Cherokee husband, used the confusion of war as an opportunity to line their own pockets; but Irving ***mings' tough western does at least stick to the truth about her eventual demise.
17:00 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)
Stuart Orme's film, based on Joan Aiken's fantasy novel, is set during the rule of King James III. Two cousins, Bonnie and Sylvia are taken from their comfortable home to a snow-swept orphanage, while evil governess Letitia Slighcarp plots to steal their uncle's fortune. But nature has a way of exacting revenge...
18:50 Explorers (1985)
Joe Dante's underrated sci-fi film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. When Ben Crandall's dreams inspire him and his friend Wolfgang to create a giant circuit board, they discover that they've invented a craft that can pass through solid matter. At first, they just enjoy the thrills but they soon find the military interested in their exploits, as are beings from another system who are rather disturbed by the implications of the kids' discovery.
21:00 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sean Connery stars in this all-action adventure as Allan Quatermain, called out of retirement in Kenya to help the government avert a world war being fermented by master criminal The Phantom. Quatermain gathers together a top team: Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and The Invisible Man are among those recruited, each with a spectacular skill. From Venice to the wastes of Mongolia, the team face perils and death in their desperate race against time.
23:05 Talk To Her ( 2002)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-winning film, starring Javier Cámara as Beningo, a male nurse fixated by Alicia, a dance student, and Marco as a journalist who interviews Lydia, a bullfighter on the eve of a fight. When the two women are separately injured and left in a coma, the two men meet and their mutual concerns for each of their "patients" sees them form a bond as they care for two women who cannot respond to their affection.
01:20 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Jay Roach's spy movie spoof that launched a thousand bar and club phrases stars Mike ***** as the eponymous hero, back after three decades in the cryogenic deep freeze, whose lack of dress sense, ***ual politics and technological expertise still won't stop him saving the world from Dr Evil.