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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 24th August
Film4 Listings for Tuesday 24th August
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
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11:00
It's in the Bag (Film)
Richard Wallace's comedy stars Fred Allen as Fred F Trumble Floogle, a flea-circus owner who comes in to a surprise inheritance. The only problem is that it's hidden in one of five chairs he's just sold and he must retrieve them before a gang of thieves beat him to it. Allen was a hugely popular American comedian who ranked alongside Don Ameche, Jack Benny and Robert Benchley. This was his only leading role and is a rare chance to enjoy his dry yet madcap wit.
Director: Richard Wallace
Starring: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, William Bendix, Binnie Barnes, Robert Benchley, Jerry Colonna
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, U, 3 Star)
12:45
Rage at Dawn (Film)
Tim Whelan's western is loosely based on the true-life exploits of the infamous Reno Brothers gang, led by Frank. The film opens with a planned bank raid going wrong; in revenge, the gang find and kill the private detective who set the ambush. Undeterred, the agency send their finest man, James Barlow, to Indiana where, posing as a train robber, he infiltrates the gang. But can he outwit the Reno Brothers and keep his identity secret from the townsfolk, who are all in the pocket of the brothers but also all in dread of them?
Director: Tim Whelan
Starring: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1955, PG, 2 Star)
14:30
Operation Petticoat (Film)
Cary Grant stars in this Oscar-nominated WWII comedy as the commander of a crippled submarine that's returned to operational duties by the skills and scrounging of junior officer Lt Nicholas Holden. Leaving the Philippines days ahead of the invading Japanese and with the submarine painted bright pink and now home to five stranded army nurses plus Filipino refugees, they must evade both the Japanese and their own Navy, who have no record of a pink submarine. Blake Edwards' film is a fun take on the Pacific conflict with the highlight the torpedoing of a truck rather than a tanker. Oddly enough, there was a pink sub in the Pacific early in the war for the reasons outlined in the film.
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Dick Sargent
(Subtitles, 1959, U, 4 Star)
16:55
Oliver Twist (Film)
Alec Guinness's superb performance as Fagin dominates David Lean's classic adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. With John Howard Davies in the title role, Robert Newton as Bill Sikes, Kay Walsh as Nancy and Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Henry Stephenson
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1948, U, 4 Star)
19:10
The Simpsons Movie (Film)
America's favourite family make their debut on the big screen in David Silverman's comedy. When Homer rescues a pig from certain death, little does he realise the full consequences of his action: Springfield will be isolated from the world by a gargantuan glass dome. It's the only way the government can prevent the pollution that he caused escaping to the outside world and creating a race of six-eyed squirrels. The townsfolk, armed with torches and pitchforks, are soon after him, and the family have to flee to Alaska. But even Homer knows he must return to do the right thing... Warning: contains full frontal male nudity.
Director: David Silverman
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, PG, 3 Star)
20:55
Frightfest Special: Eli Roth (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.
21:00
The Departed (Film)
After five previous nominations, director Martin Scorsese finally picked up the Oscar he so richly deserved for this crackling, taut thriller, based on Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs. Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, spotted as a kid by gangster Frank Costello, who grooms him to become a successful cop, Frank's eyes and ears inside. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, who comes from a family with previous. Enlisting into the police force, he is sent undercover into Costello's gang. Both sides know they have an informer in their midst and both use their man to try and uncover the identity of the other. As each gets closer to their target, the tension on both sides rise.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 18, 5 Star)
23:50
Vinyan (Film)
Fabrice Du Welz's follow-up to Calvaire is this equally chilling Film4-funded film. Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart play Paul and Jeanne Behlmer, a couple who lost their son in the 2004 tsunami. Remaining in Thailand as aid workers, they view a video of children in the refugee communities on the Thai/Burmese border at a fund-raising event. Jeanne becomes convinced one of the children is their son. Hiring a local 'fixer', Thaksin Gao, they set off into the jungles of Burma, stumbling unwittingly into a heart of darkness where a feral foe destroys all intruders.
(Premiere, 2008, 18)
01:45
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (Film)
Following the success of Ju-On: The Grudge, director Takeshi Shimizu's sequel was released in the same year. The cursed building is now the setting for a TV special, presented by Tomoko Miura and directed by Keisuke, with special guest horror actress Kyoko Harase. But for each of them and other members of the crew, strange events presage the appearance of a ghostly young boy and a mysterious woman with long flowing hair, precursors of macabre deaths guaranteed to jolt any viewer out of their seat.
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Nîyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa, Shingo Katsurayama, Takako Fuji
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 2003, 15, 3 Star)
03:35
Frightfest Special: Eli Roth (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.
03:40
Frightfest Special: Adam Green (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
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11:00
It's in the Bag (Film)
Richard Wallace's comedy stars Fred Allen as Fred F Trumble Floogle, a flea-circus owner who comes in to a surprise inheritance. The only problem is that it's hidden in one of five chairs he's just sold and he must retrieve them before a gang of thieves beat him to it. Allen was a hugely popular American comedian who ranked alongside Don Ameche, Jack Benny and Robert Benchley. This was his only leading role and is a rare chance to enjoy his dry yet madcap wit.
Director: Richard Wallace
Starring: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, William Bendix, Binnie Barnes, Robert Benchley, Jerry Colonna
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, U, 3 Star)
12:45
Rage at Dawn (Film)
Tim Whelan's western is loosely based on the true-life exploits of the infamous Reno Brothers gang, led by Frank. The film opens with a planned bank raid going wrong; in revenge, the gang find and kill the private detective who set the ambush. Undeterred, the agency send their finest man, James Barlow, to Indiana where, posing as a train robber, he infiltrates the gang. But can he outwit the Reno Brothers and keep his identity secret from the townsfolk, who are all in the pocket of the brothers but also all in dread of them?
Director: Tim Whelan
Starring: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1955, PG, 2 Star)
14:30
Operation Petticoat (Film)
Cary Grant stars in this Oscar-nominated WWII comedy as the commander of a crippled submarine that's returned to operational duties by the skills and scrounging of junior officer Lt Nicholas Holden. Leaving the Philippines days ahead of the invading Japanese and with the submarine painted bright pink and now home to five stranded army nurses plus Filipino refugees, they must evade both the Japanese and their own Navy, who have no record of a pink submarine. Blake Edwards' film is a fun take on the Pacific conflict with the highlight the torpedoing of a truck rather than a tanker. Oddly enough, there was a pink sub in the Pacific early in the war for the reasons outlined in the film.
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Dick Sargent
(Subtitles, 1959, U, 4 Star)
16:55
Oliver Twist (Film)
Alec Guinness's superb performance as Fagin dominates David Lean's classic adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. With John Howard Davies in the title role, Robert Newton as Bill Sikes, Kay Walsh as Nancy and Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Henry Stephenson
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1948, U, 4 Star)
19:10
The Simpsons Movie (Film)
America's favourite family make their debut on the big screen in David Silverman's comedy. When Homer rescues a pig from certain death, little does he realise the full consequences of his action: Springfield will be isolated from the world by a gargantuan glass dome. It's the only way the government can prevent the pollution that he caused escaping to the outside world and creating a race of six-eyed squirrels. The townsfolk, armed with torches and pitchforks, are soon after him, and the family have to flee to Alaska. But even Homer knows he must return to do the right thing... Warning: contains full frontal male nudity.
Director: David Silverman
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, PG, 3 Star)
20:55
Frightfest Special: Eli Roth (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.
21:00
The Departed (Film)
After five previous nominations, director Martin Scorsese finally picked up the Oscar he so richly deserved for this crackling, taut thriller, based on Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs. Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, spotted as a kid by gangster Frank Costello, who grooms him to become a successful cop, Frank's eyes and ears inside. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, who comes from a family with previous. Enlisting into the police force, he is sent undercover into Costello's gang. Both sides know they have an informer in their midst and both use their man to try and uncover the identity of the other. As each gets closer to their target, the tension on both sides rise.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 18, 5 Star)
23:50
Vinyan (Film)
Fabrice Du Welz's follow-up to Calvaire is this equally chilling Film4-funded film. Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart play Paul and Jeanne Behlmer, a couple who lost their son in the 2004 tsunami. Remaining in Thailand as aid workers, they view a video of children in the refugee communities on the Thai/Burmese border at a fund-raising event. Jeanne becomes convinced one of the children is their son. Hiring a local 'fixer', Thaksin Gao, they set off into the jungles of Burma, stumbling unwittingly into a heart of darkness where a feral foe destroys all intruders.
(Premiere, 2008, 18)
01:45
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (Film)
Following the success of Ju-On: The Grudge, director Takeshi Shimizu's sequel was released in the same year. The cursed building is now the setting for a TV special, presented by Tomoko Miura and directed by Keisuke, with special guest horror actress Kyoko Harase. But for each of them and other members of the crew, strange events presage the appearance of a ghostly young boy and a mysterious woman with long flowing hair, precursors of macabre deaths guaranteed to jolt any viewer out of their seat.
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Nîyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa, Shingo Katsurayama, Takako Fuji
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 2003, 15, 3 Star)
03:35
Frightfest Special: Eli Roth (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.
03:40
Frightfest Special: Adam Green (Entertainment)
The special guests of Film4 FrightFest 2010 talk about their new films and their love of the horror genre.