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27-11-2008, 08:46 PM
Film4 Listings for Friday 28th November
13:00
Shockproof (Film)
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)
14:35
Cleopatra (Film)
Still the most expensive film ever made and famous for bringing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton together in what was to become one of the world's most famous on-off-on relationships, Joseph L Mankiewicz's film almost defines the word 'epic'. Taylor plays Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, who uses both her political wiles and her body to first woo Julius Caesar then Marc Antony to protect and even expand her realm.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall
(Subtitles, 1963, PG, 4 Star)
19:15
Carpool (Film)
Arthur Hiller's good natured chase-comedy sees Daniel Miller as an ad-man obsessed with time-keeping. So when his wife is taken ill and he has to run the morning carpool, it's with efficiency - the kids are picked up and, on the way to the school, there's even time to stop to buy donuts. But as he's waiting to pay, there's a hold-up and before he knows it, he and his five charges are being held ******* by Franklin Laszlo, an innocent customer identified as the robber. With the cops in hot pursuit, Miller, Laszlo and the kids set off for freedom and the chance to prove their innocence.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook
(Widescreen, 1996, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Film)
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. With Liz Hurley, Robert Wagner and Michael York all mugging it up, a sheer ****gfest of fun.
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Mike *****, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green
(1997, 15, 4 Star)
22:50
Glue (Film)
UK NETWORK PREMIERE Alexis Dos Santos' coming-of-age film stars Nahuel Perez Biscayart as Lucas, an adolescent coming to terms with both his body and his ***uality. As are his best friend Nacho and their mutual friend Andrea. As the trio begin exploring both emotionally and physically their changing desires, Santos paints a moving yet humorous portrait of the pains of growing up in suburban Patagonia.
Director: Alexis Dos Santos
Starring: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Inés Efron, Verónica Llinás, Héctor Díaz, Florencia Braier
(Premiere, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2006, 18, 3 Star)
01:05
Swimming Pool (Film)
François Ozon's erotic thriller stars Charlotte Rampling as Sarah Morgan, a writer of mystery novels. She's suffering from writer's block, so her publisher John Bosload offers her use of his summer retreat, but the quiet is soon broken when his daughter Julie arrives. Her promiscuous *** life at first appals then intrigues Sarah until one of Julie's conquests is found dead in the pool and the two women, both implicated, must conspire to save themselves, for very different reasons.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour, Marc Fayolle, Mireille Mossé
(In French and English With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2003, 15, 3 Star)
13:00
Shockproof (Film)
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)
14:35
Cleopatra (Film)
Still the most expensive film ever made and famous for bringing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton together in what was to become one of the world's most famous on-off-on relationships, Joseph L Mankiewicz's film almost defines the word 'epic'. Taylor plays Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, who uses both her political wiles and her body to first woo Julius Caesar then Marc Antony to protect and even expand her realm.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall
(Subtitles, 1963, PG, 4 Star)
19:15
Carpool (Film)
Arthur Hiller's good natured chase-comedy sees Daniel Miller as an ad-man obsessed with time-keeping. So when his wife is taken ill and he has to run the morning carpool, it's with efficiency - the kids are picked up and, on the way to the school, there's even time to stop to buy donuts. But as he's waiting to pay, there's a hold-up and before he knows it, he and his five charges are being held ******* by Franklin Laszlo, an innocent customer identified as the robber. With the cops in hot pursuit, Miller, Laszlo and the kids set off for freedom and the chance to prove their innocence.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook
(Widescreen, 1996, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Film)
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. With Liz Hurley, Robert Wagner and Michael York all mugging it up, a sheer ****gfest of fun.
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Mike *****, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green
(1997, 15, 4 Star)
22:50
Glue (Film)
UK NETWORK PREMIERE Alexis Dos Santos' coming-of-age film stars Nahuel Perez Biscayart as Lucas, an adolescent coming to terms with both his body and his ***uality. As are his best friend Nacho and their mutual friend Andrea. As the trio begin exploring both emotionally and physically their changing desires, Santos paints a moving yet humorous portrait of the pains of growing up in suburban Patagonia.
Director: Alexis Dos Santos
Starring: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Inés Efron, Verónica Llinás, Héctor Díaz, Florencia Braier
(Premiere, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2006, 18, 3 Star)
01:05
Swimming Pool (Film)
François Ozon's erotic thriller stars Charlotte Rampling as Sarah Morgan, a writer of mystery novels. She's suffering from writer's block, so her publisher John Bosload offers her use of his summer retreat, but the quiet is soon broken when his daughter Julie arrives. Her promiscuous *** life at first appals then intrigues Sarah until one of Julie's conquests is found dead in the pool and the two women, both implicated, must conspire to save themselves, for very different reasons.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour, Marc Fayolle, Mireille Mossé
(In French and English With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2003, 15, 3 Star)