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Film4 Listings for Monday 8th / Tuesday 9th December
13:00
The Americano (Film)
Glenn Ford plays Sam Dent, a cowboy given the job of delivering a herd of Brahma bulls to a Brazilian ranch. Along the way he must face land-grabber Bento Hermany and bandit El Gato while romance comes in the shape of Marianna and Teresa, two smouldering temptresses. Cult director William Castle was given a bigger budget than usual for this film and rewarded the producers with an all-action western, as Dent also contends with piranha-infested rivers and lurking jungle predators.
Director: William Castle
Starring: Glenn Ford, Frank Lovejoy, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess, Abbe Lane, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 2 Star)
14:40
The Silver Fleet (Film)
Ralph Richardson stars in this Powell and Pressburger WWII drama as Dutch shipyard owner Jaap van Leyden, who seems to be working with the Nazis and earns the emnity of the Dutch patriots around him. However, van Leyden is secretly aiming to make his own blow against the German invaders.
Director: Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Beresford Egan, Frederick Burtwell, Kathleen Byron
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, U, 4 Star)
16:25
Pom Poko (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's film uses the tanuki, creatures of myth, as his heroes. Beloved folk-tale characters, they are viewed as bringers of fortune with shape-changing abilities. In this film, their forest home is being threatened by urban development and, to save it, they must use all their supernatural talents. Dubbed in English.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Kokondei Shinchou, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya
(Widescreen, 1994, PG, 4 Star)
18:50
One Fine Day (Film)
George Clooney plays Jack Taylor, a 24/7 reporter exposing city hall corruption - and left holding his daughter when his wife walks out. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Melanie Parker, an architect preparing a major presentation who has to "hide" her son from her child-hating boss. And when they learn of each other's problems, taking turn to care for the kids also leads to love in Michael Hoffman's outstanding romantic comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz
(1996, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Silent Hill (Film)
Christophe Gans' stylish horror film, based on the classic video game of the same name, stars Radha Mitchell as Rose Da Silva, whose infant daughter Sharon keeps having nightmares about Silent Hill. Rosa decides to take her to the town in an attempt to solve the puzzle but on the way, she blacks out following a minor road accident. Coming round, she finds her daughter has disappeared into the deserted town, a place of evil that sits atop a smouldering mine, where grey ash falls, making it perpetual night and where the only inhabitants include bloodthirsty babies and ****** nurses. Not only must she avoid their murderous attentions, she must get to Sharon before they do.
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 3 Star)
23:25
Bullitt (Film)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces one of the classic cop movies. Steve McQueen stars as Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco cop determined to find out who killed a witness in his care, despite the interference of slimy politician Walter Chalmers. And, of course, it's the movie that set the benchmark for car chases...
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland
(Subtitles, 1968, 15, 4 Star)
01:40
Asylum (Film)
David Mackenzie's 60s-set drama stars Natasha Richardson as Stella Raphael, whose psychiatrist husband Max has been appointed as head of a maximum security hospital. Stuck in a loveless marriage and bored, she begins to take an active interest in one of the patients, Edgar Stark, which develops into a physical relationship. But what she doesn't realise is that Stark is dangerously insane and both he and Stella are being manipulated by the devious Dr Peter Cleave, bitter at being overlooked for the top job and eager for revenge.
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Gus Lewis, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Wanda Ventham
(Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 9th December
13:00
Theodora Goes Wild (Film)
Irene Dunn plays prim schoolmistress Theodora Lynn of the small Connecticut town Lynnfield, named after her ancestors. But to liven up her dull life, she secretly writes a racy novel based on the town which, when serialised in the town paper under a nom de plume, creates a local scandal. But when it is published as a book and becomes a national bestseller, Lynn is exposed and ostracised until the town discovers it's become a literary hotspot for tourists. Richard Boleslawski's comedy co-stars Melvyn Douglas as Michael Grant, the book's illustrator who, unhappily married to a socialite, falls for the honest charms of Theodora.
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Starring: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall, Rosalind Keith, Elisabeth Risdon
(Black and White, 1936, U, 3 Star)
14:55
The Woodlanders (Film)
Phil Agland makes his fictional feature film debut in this Film4-funded adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel. Emily Woof plays the daughter of a sawmill owner who loves woodsman Giles Winterbourne, but is pushed into a 'better' marriage to Dr FitzPiers with tragic consequences. Together with the narrative, Agland's sumptuous cinematic evocation of Hardy's Wes*** captures the eye in a way few directors can.
Director: Phil Agland
Starring: Emily Woof, Rufus Sewell, Cal Macaninch, Tony Haygarth, Jodhi May, Polly Walker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, U, 2 Star)
16:45
Only Yesterday (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli comes this animation from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Put-upon office worker Taeko suddenly recalls how in 1966, when visiting her sister to help harvest the saffron flowers, she fell for a handsome young farmer but turned him down for the lure of the big city. In her daydream, she wonders what life could have been and what he's doing now.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna
(Widescreen, 1991, PG, 4 Star)
19:10
Catch That Kid (Film)
Tomboy Maddy lives for danger, just like her dad. So when a climbing trip leaves him needing expensive treatment, Maddy plans to rob a bank to pay for it. Luckily, her mum designed the security system... 'Mission: Impossible' for the young teen crowd.
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
The Transporter (Film)
Jason Statham plays an ex-Special Forces officer now living in France with a new career - he will, for the right amount, take anything anywhere. His three rules are: no changes to the plan; no real names; no opening of the package ... until one package starts moving.
Director: Cory Yuen, Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, François Berléand, Ric Young, Doug Rand
(Subtitles, 2002, 15, 3 Star)
22:45
Mirror (Film)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's vivid film autobiography, in which he looks back at his childhood and his relationships with his parents, children, relatives and wife.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Margarita Terekhova, Philip Yankowsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankowsky, Maria Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova
(In B/w and Colour. In Russian With Subtitles, 1976, U)
00:50
Bamako (Film)
Abderrahmane Sissako's political drama is seen through the eyes and experiences of Malian bar singer Melé and her unemployed husband Chaka whose rocky marriage is an analogy for the suffering caused to Africa by the First World. A court is set up in the courtyard of their home to try the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for their roles in impoverishing the continent.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Starring: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Balla Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Hamadoun Kassogué
(Widescreen, Subtitles, In French and Bambara With English Subtitles, 2006, PG, 3 Star)
13:00
The Americano (Film)
Glenn Ford plays Sam Dent, a cowboy given the job of delivering a herd of Brahma bulls to a Brazilian ranch. Along the way he must face land-grabber Bento Hermany and bandit El Gato while romance comes in the shape of Marianna and Teresa, two smouldering temptresses. Cult director William Castle was given a bigger budget than usual for this film and rewarded the producers with an all-action western, as Dent also contends with piranha-infested rivers and lurking jungle predators.
Director: William Castle
Starring: Glenn Ford, Frank Lovejoy, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess, Abbe Lane, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 2 Star)
14:40
The Silver Fleet (Film)
Ralph Richardson stars in this Powell and Pressburger WWII drama as Dutch shipyard owner Jaap van Leyden, who seems to be working with the Nazis and earns the emnity of the Dutch patriots around him. However, van Leyden is secretly aiming to make his own blow against the German invaders.
Director: Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Beresford Egan, Frederick Burtwell, Kathleen Byron
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, U, 4 Star)
16:25
Pom Poko (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's film uses the tanuki, creatures of myth, as his heroes. Beloved folk-tale characters, they are viewed as bringers of fortune with shape-changing abilities. In this film, their forest home is being threatened by urban development and, to save it, they must use all their supernatural talents. Dubbed in English.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Kokondei Shinchou, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya
(Widescreen, 1994, PG, 4 Star)
18:50
One Fine Day (Film)
George Clooney plays Jack Taylor, a 24/7 reporter exposing city hall corruption - and left holding his daughter when his wife walks out. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Melanie Parker, an architect preparing a major presentation who has to "hide" her son from her child-hating boss. And when they learn of each other's problems, taking turn to care for the kids also leads to love in Michael Hoffman's outstanding romantic comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz
(1996, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Silent Hill (Film)
Christophe Gans' stylish horror film, based on the classic video game of the same name, stars Radha Mitchell as Rose Da Silva, whose infant daughter Sharon keeps having nightmares about Silent Hill. Rosa decides to take her to the town in an attempt to solve the puzzle but on the way, she blacks out following a minor road accident. Coming round, she finds her daughter has disappeared into the deserted town, a place of evil that sits atop a smouldering mine, where grey ash falls, making it perpetual night and where the only inhabitants include bloodthirsty babies and ****** nurses. Not only must she avoid their murderous attentions, she must get to Sharon before they do.
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 3 Star)
23:25
Bullitt (Film)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces one of the classic cop movies. Steve McQueen stars as Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco cop determined to find out who killed a witness in his care, despite the interference of slimy politician Walter Chalmers. And, of course, it's the movie that set the benchmark for car chases...
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland
(Subtitles, 1968, 15, 4 Star)
01:40
Asylum (Film)
David Mackenzie's 60s-set drama stars Natasha Richardson as Stella Raphael, whose psychiatrist husband Max has been appointed as head of a maximum security hospital. Stuck in a loveless marriage and bored, she begins to take an active interest in one of the patients, Edgar Stark, which develops into a physical relationship. But what she doesn't realise is that Stark is dangerously insane and both he and Stella are being manipulated by the devious Dr Peter Cleave, bitter at being overlooked for the top job and eager for revenge.
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Gus Lewis, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Wanda Ventham
(Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 9th December
13:00
Theodora Goes Wild (Film)
Irene Dunn plays prim schoolmistress Theodora Lynn of the small Connecticut town Lynnfield, named after her ancestors. But to liven up her dull life, she secretly writes a racy novel based on the town which, when serialised in the town paper under a nom de plume, creates a local scandal. But when it is published as a book and becomes a national bestseller, Lynn is exposed and ostracised until the town discovers it's become a literary hotspot for tourists. Richard Boleslawski's comedy co-stars Melvyn Douglas as Michael Grant, the book's illustrator who, unhappily married to a socialite, falls for the honest charms of Theodora.
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Starring: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall, Rosalind Keith, Elisabeth Risdon
(Black and White, 1936, U, 3 Star)
14:55
The Woodlanders (Film)
Phil Agland makes his fictional feature film debut in this Film4-funded adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel. Emily Woof plays the daughter of a sawmill owner who loves woodsman Giles Winterbourne, but is pushed into a 'better' marriage to Dr FitzPiers with tragic consequences. Together with the narrative, Agland's sumptuous cinematic evocation of Hardy's Wes*** captures the eye in a way few directors can.
Director: Phil Agland
Starring: Emily Woof, Rufus Sewell, Cal Macaninch, Tony Haygarth, Jodhi May, Polly Walker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, U, 2 Star)
16:45
Only Yesterday (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli comes this animation from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Put-upon office worker Taeko suddenly recalls how in 1966, when visiting her sister to help harvest the saffron flowers, she fell for a handsome young farmer but turned him down for the lure of the big city. In her daydream, she wonders what life could have been and what he's doing now.
Director: Isao Takahata
Starring: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna
(Widescreen, 1991, PG, 4 Star)
19:10
Catch That Kid (Film)
Tomboy Maddy lives for danger, just like her dad. So when a climbing trip leaves him needing expensive treatment, Maddy plans to rob a bank to pay for it. Luckily, her mum designed the security system... 'Mission: Impossible' for the young teen crowd.
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
The Transporter (Film)
Jason Statham plays an ex-Special Forces officer now living in France with a new career - he will, for the right amount, take anything anywhere. His three rules are: no changes to the plan; no real names; no opening of the package ... until one package starts moving.
Director: Cory Yuen, Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, François Berléand, Ric Young, Doug Rand
(Subtitles, 2002, 15, 3 Star)
22:45
Mirror (Film)
In the Films to See Before You Die strand, Paul Kaye introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's vivid film autobiography, in which he looks back at his childhood and his relationships with his parents, children, relatives and wife.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Margarita Terekhova, Philip Yankowsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankowsky, Maria Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova
(In B/w and Colour. In Russian With Subtitles, 1976, U)
00:50
Bamako (Film)
Abderrahmane Sissako's political drama is seen through the eyes and experiences of Malian bar singer Melé and her unemployed husband Chaka whose rocky marriage is an analogy for the suffering caused to Africa by the First World. A court is set up in the courtyard of their home to try the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for their roles in impoverishing the continent.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Starring: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Balla Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Hamadoun Kassogué
(Widescreen, Subtitles, In French and Bambara With English Subtitles, 2006, PG, 3 Star)