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10-12-2008, 08:51 AM
Film4 Listings for Wednesday 10th December
13:00
The Wrong Arm of the Law (Film)
Peter Sellers stars as Pearly Gates, the manager of a West End fashion boutique: a cover for his real job as boss of a gang of inefficient villains. Angered by the arrival of a crew of Australian crooks, they join forces with Scotland Yard in an attempt to undermine the men from down under in Cliff Owen's caper comedy.
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye, Nanette Newman, Bill Kerr
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1963, U, 4 Star)
14:55
23 Paces to Baker Street (Film)
Thriller starring Van Johnson as Phillip Hanson, a blind playwright who overhears a kidnapping plot in a pub. He approaches the police, but as his only clue is the perfume one of the suspects wore, the coppers are unimpressed. Determined to stop the crime, Johnson teams up with his fiancée and secretary, and the detectives set out to bring the villains to book.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan, Maurice Denham, Estelle Winwood
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1956, U, 4 Star)
17:00
The Kentuckian (Film)
Burt Lancaster's only stint at directing came in this film in which he plays Elias Wakefield, a frontier man who moves to Texas with his son in search of the American pioneering dream. Unexpectedly, for a man better known for his fighting action, Lancaster's direction reveals a more thoughtful side, concentrating on characters and relationships, although a showdown does take place between the unarmed Wakefield and Stan Bodine in the latter's finest, and bloodiest, bullwhipping moment.
Director: Burt Lancaster
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, John McIntire, Una Merkel, John Carradine
(1955, PG, 3 Star)
19:10
The Beverly Hillbillies (Film)
Based on the classic TV series, Jim Varney heads up the Clampett family as Jed, who finds oil on his Arkansas farm. Deciding that his daughter Elly May needs to become a 'lady', the family move to Beverly Hills, where their boondock ways are forgiven on account of their wealth. But when widower Jed decides to re-marry, there's no shortage of candidates, as Jed's scheming bank manager Milburn Drysdale and his assistant, Miss Hathaway, try to make sure their own chosen candidate is selected. Penelope Spheeris's film, following her success with Wayne's World, continues in the same comic vein, and fans of the TV series should look out for a cameo role from Buddy Ebson, the original Jed Clampett.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Lea Thompson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Transporter 2 (Film)
Frank Martin is back as the Transporter, who'll take anything anywhere, no questions asked, for the right money. This time, he's earning what should be easy money guarding the son of government drugs czar Billings. But when the boy is kidnapped by drugs lord Gianni, Martin takes it as a professional slur and sets out to find the boy and the baddies in Louis Leterrier's all-action film co-written by Luc Besson.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
22:45
Lucky Number Slevin (Film)
Paul McGuigan's tricksy thriller stars Josh Hartnett as Slevin Kelevra, who pitches up at his friend's New York apartment only to find it empty. He makes himself at home but his peace is interrupted by employees of crime lord The Boss, who mistake him for his absent friend, who owes The Boss $96,000. But The Boss makes Slevin an offer: kill the son of his rival The Rabbi and the debt will be wiped clean. But The Rabbi soon gets hold of Slevin and makes a counter-offer. Add in cynical assassin Mr Goodkat, who is playing both ends against the middle in what might be a long-term plan, and Lucy Liu as Lindsey, Slevin's next-door neighbour who soon becomes his love interest, and the result is a multi-stranded double cross but one with only one lucky winner...
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Michael Rubenfeld
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 18, 4 Star)
00:50
The Principles Of Lust (Film)
Penny Woolcock's film stars Alec Newman as Paul, a struggling artist in a relationship with single mother Juliette. But he also meets hedonists Billy and Hole and soon his life is divided between his domestic life and the violent drug-fuelled, ***-led lives they follow.
Director: Penny Woolcock
Starring: Alec Newman, Sienna Guillory, Marc Warren, Lara Clifton, Julian Barratt, Mark Catley
(2003, 18, 2 Star)
13:00
The Wrong Arm of the Law (Film)
Peter Sellers stars as Pearly Gates, the manager of a West End fashion boutique: a cover for his real job as boss of a gang of inefficient villains. Angered by the arrival of a crew of Australian crooks, they join forces with Scotland Yard in an attempt to undermine the men from down under in Cliff Owen's caper comedy.
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye, Nanette Newman, Bill Kerr
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1963, U, 4 Star)
14:55
23 Paces to Baker Street (Film)
Thriller starring Van Johnson as Phillip Hanson, a blind playwright who overhears a kidnapping plot in a pub. He approaches the police, but as his only clue is the perfume one of the suspects wore, the coppers are unimpressed. Determined to stop the crime, Johnson teams up with his fiancée and secretary, and the detectives set out to bring the villains to book.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan, Maurice Denham, Estelle Winwood
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1956, U, 4 Star)
17:00
The Kentuckian (Film)
Burt Lancaster's only stint at directing came in this film in which he plays Elias Wakefield, a frontier man who moves to Texas with his son in search of the American pioneering dream. Unexpectedly, for a man better known for his fighting action, Lancaster's direction reveals a more thoughtful side, concentrating on characters and relationships, although a showdown does take place between the unarmed Wakefield and Stan Bodine in the latter's finest, and bloodiest, bullwhipping moment.
Director: Burt Lancaster
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, John McIntire, Una Merkel, John Carradine
(1955, PG, 3 Star)
19:10
The Beverly Hillbillies (Film)
Based on the classic TV series, Jim Varney heads up the Clampett family as Jed, who finds oil on his Arkansas farm. Deciding that his daughter Elly May needs to become a 'lady', the family move to Beverly Hills, where their boondock ways are forgiven on account of their wealth. But when widower Jed decides to re-marry, there's no shortage of candidates, as Jed's scheming bank manager Milburn Drysdale and his assistant, Miss Hathaway, try to make sure their own chosen candidate is selected. Penelope Spheeris's film, following her success with Wayne's World, continues in the same comic vein, and fans of the TV series should look out for a cameo role from Buddy Ebson, the original Jed Clampett.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Lea Thompson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, PG, 2 Star)
21:00
Transporter 2 (Film)
Frank Martin is back as the Transporter, who'll take anything anywhere, no questions asked, for the right money. This time, he's earning what should be easy money guarding the son of government drugs czar Billings. But when the boy is kidnapped by drugs lord Gianni, Martin takes it as a professional slur and sets out to find the boy and the baddies in Louis Leterrier's all-action film co-written by Luc Besson.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
22:45
Lucky Number Slevin (Film)
Paul McGuigan's tricksy thriller stars Josh Hartnett as Slevin Kelevra, who pitches up at his friend's New York apartment only to find it empty. He makes himself at home but his peace is interrupted by employees of crime lord The Boss, who mistake him for his absent friend, who owes The Boss $96,000. But The Boss makes Slevin an offer: kill the son of his rival The Rabbi and the debt will be wiped clean. But The Rabbi soon gets hold of Slevin and makes a counter-offer. Add in cynical assassin Mr Goodkat, who is playing both ends against the middle in what might be a long-term plan, and Lucy Liu as Lindsey, Slevin's next-door neighbour who soon becomes his love interest, and the result is a multi-stranded double cross but one with only one lucky winner...
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Michael Rubenfeld
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 18, 4 Star)
00:50
The Principles Of Lust (Film)
Penny Woolcock's film stars Alec Newman as Paul, a struggling artist in a relationship with single mother Juliette. But he also meets hedonists Billy and Hole and soon his life is divided between his domestic life and the violent drug-fuelled, ***-led lives they follow.
Director: Penny Woolcock
Starring: Alec Newman, Sienna Guillory, Marc Warren, Lara Clifton, Julian Barratt, Mark Catley
(2003, 18, 2 Star)