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Film4 Listings for Friday 11th February
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
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11:00
Bugles in the Afternoon (Film)
Roy Rowland's western stars Ray Milland as Kern Shafter, a cavalry officer reduced to the ranks after a fight with fellow officer Edward Garnett. Ten years after the event, Shafter is assigned to a cavalry outpost in Dakota where Garnett is the commanding officer. Still smarting after his humiliation, Garnett assigns him the most dangerous of scouting duties among the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and, to complicate matters, they both fall for the same woman, Josephine Carter. As both professional and emotional tensions rise, the action culminates at the Battle of Little Big Horn, where Shafter is sent to scout the enemy's positions while Garnett leads his men into battle alongside Custer.
Director: Roy Rowland
Starring: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1952, 3 Star)
12:40
The Comancheros (Film)
Western starring John Wayne as Texas Ranger Jake Cutter. After taking gambler Paul Regret into custody, Cutter is forced to team up with his prisoner on a covert mission to tackle a band of thieves and gun runners called the Comancheros. This final film, from Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, features star support from Lee Marvin and Nehemiah Persoff, and a stirring score by Elmer Bernstein. Edited for content.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara
(Subtitles, PG, 1961, 3 Star)
14:45
How to Steal a Million (Film)
Hugh Griffith stars as Charles Bonnet, a Frenchman who for years has been forging unknown masterpieces by great painters, to the continuing despair of his daughter Nicole. But vanity overtakes him and he allows his Cellini Venus to go on view in a Paris gallery, and art critic De Solnay engages private detective Simon Dermott to investigate.
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravey
(Subtitles, U, 1966, 4 Star)
17:05
Jane Eyre (Film)
Magnificent classic film version of Charlotte Brontë's celebrated novel of love, madness and cruelty in Victorian Yorkshire, starring Orson Welles as the anguished Mr Rochester and Joan Fontaine in the title role of the demure governess.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1944, 3 Star)
18:55
Never Let Me Go Special (Entertainment)
Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield talk about the new film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go.
(Repeat, Subtitles)
19:05
Meet Dave (Film)
Director Brian Robbins' sci-fi comedy stars Eddie Murphy as both a man-sized humanoid spaceship and the diminutive captain of the same vessel. When a piece of extraterrestrial technology crash-lands in young Josh Morrison's bedroom, he initially thinks it's a meteorite. But it's actually an alien device designed to drain the Earth's oceans and save its home planet from salt-depleted doom. And when it fails its mission, a team of 100 tiny aliens are sent to complete the job, arriving amid a fireball on Liberty Island. Tenacious cop Officer Dooley is soon on their trail, while the alien crew start to mutiny over their plans to totally dehydrate Earth when they discover that the locals are much less primitive than they'd expected.
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Kevin Hart
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2008, 2 Star)
20:50
Paul Special (Chat Show)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost talk about their new road-trip comedy that finds them teaming up with an alien passenger called Paul.
21:00
Run, Fat Boy, Run (Film)
David Schwimmer's debut directorial feature stars Simon Pegg as Dennis Doyle, seen in the film's opening sequence abandoning a very pregnant Libby Odell at the altar. Five years later, he's an overweight security guard with limited access rights to their son Jake, but still holding a torch for her. When he finds she has a new boyfriend, superfit all-round jock Whit, he decides to win her back by entering the same charity marathon as Whit and beating him. With coaching from his landlord and encouragement of sorts from his friend Gordon, he sets off over the start line, but has he prepared enough to make it to the finish? Some strong language.
Director: David Schwimmer
Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, Ameet Chana
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2007, 3 Star)
22:55
Raising Arizona (Film)
The Coen Brothers' classic comedy stars Nicolas Cage as H I McDunnough, a small time crook who has spent more time inside than out. Determined to go straight, he marries the police department's official photographer Edwina and the two set up home. But she can't conceive and, in desperation, they steal one of magnate Nathan Arizona's quintuplets, on the principle he won't miss one. But when Arizona discovers he's a baby short, he assigns both the FBI and bounty hunter Tex Cobb to the case, and the couple's only hope is to flee into the desert in search of freedom.
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray
(Subtitles, 15, 1987, 4 Star)
00:50
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Chat Show)
The 1970s and 80s saw a renaissance in film making in Australia, with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, My Brilliant Career and The Getting of Wisdom just three titles that were universally acclaimed. But at the same time, Ozploitation movies were being produced at an almost industrial rate. Mark Hartley's joyous celebration features such luminary directors as Brian Trenchard-Smith and interviews with Quentin Tarantino and Barry Humphries, who offers his recipe for perfect screen vomit. He also looks at the three main genres: ***, horror and action pix, with clips from titles including The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Razorback and The Man from Hong Kong. Visceral horror, nudity, ***ual violence and strong language.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2008, 4 Star)
02:50
Paul Special (Chat Show)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost talk about their new road-trip comedy that finds them teaming up with an alien passenger called Paul.
03:00
Never Let Me Go Special (Entertainment)
Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield talk about the new film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go.
(Repeat, Subtitles)
Film4 Listings for Friday 11th February
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11:00
Bugles in the Afternoon (Film)
Roy Rowland's western stars Ray Milland as Kern Shafter, a cavalry officer reduced to the ranks after a fight with fellow officer Edward Garnett. Ten years after the event, Shafter is assigned to a cavalry outpost in Dakota where Garnett is the commanding officer. Still smarting after his humiliation, Garnett assigns him the most dangerous of scouting duties among the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and, to complicate matters, they both fall for the same woman, Josephine Carter. As both professional and emotional tensions rise, the action culminates at the Battle of Little Big Horn, where Shafter is sent to scout the enemy's positions while Garnett leads his men into battle alongside Custer.
Director: Roy Rowland
Starring: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1952, 3 Star)
12:40
The Comancheros (Film)
Western starring John Wayne as Texas Ranger Jake Cutter. After taking gambler Paul Regret into custody, Cutter is forced to team up with his prisoner on a covert mission to tackle a band of thieves and gun runners called the Comancheros. This final film, from Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, features star support from Lee Marvin and Nehemiah Persoff, and a stirring score by Elmer Bernstein. Edited for content.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara
(Subtitles, PG, 1961, 3 Star)
14:45
How to Steal a Million (Film)
Hugh Griffith stars as Charles Bonnet, a Frenchman who for years has been forging unknown masterpieces by great painters, to the continuing despair of his daughter Nicole. But vanity overtakes him and he allows his Cellini Venus to go on view in a Paris gallery, and art critic De Solnay engages private detective Simon Dermott to investigate.
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravey
(Subtitles, U, 1966, 4 Star)
17:05
Jane Eyre (Film)
Magnificent classic film version of Charlotte Brontë's celebrated novel of love, madness and cruelty in Victorian Yorkshire, starring Orson Welles as the anguished Mr Rochester and Joan Fontaine in the title role of the demure governess.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1944, 3 Star)
18:55
Never Let Me Go Special (Entertainment)
Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield talk about the new film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go.
(Repeat, Subtitles)
19:05
Meet Dave (Film)
Director Brian Robbins' sci-fi comedy stars Eddie Murphy as both a man-sized humanoid spaceship and the diminutive captain of the same vessel. When a piece of extraterrestrial technology crash-lands in young Josh Morrison's bedroom, he initially thinks it's a meteorite. But it's actually an alien device designed to drain the Earth's oceans and save its home planet from salt-depleted doom. And when it fails its mission, a team of 100 tiny aliens are sent to complete the job, arriving amid a fireball on Liberty Island. Tenacious cop Officer Dooley is soon on their trail, while the alien crew start to mutiny over their plans to totally dehydrate Earth when they discover that the locals are much less primitive than they'd expected.
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Kevin Hart
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2008, 2 Star)
20:50
Paul Special (Chat Show)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost talk about their new road-trip comedy that finds them teaming up with an alien passenger called Paul.
21:00
Run, Fat Boy, Run (Film)
David Schwimmer's debut directorial feature stars Simon Pegg as Dennis Doyle, seen in the film's opening sequence abandoning a very pregnant Libby Odell at the altar. Five years later, he's an overweight security guard with limited access rights to their son Jake, but still holding a torch for her. When he finds she has a new boyfriend, superfit all-round jock Whit, he decides to win her back by entering the same charity marathon as Whit and beating him. With coaching from his landlord and encouragement of sorts from his friend Gordon, he sets off over the start line, but has he prepared enough to make it to the finish? Some strong language.
Director: David Schwimmer
Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, Ameet Chana
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2007, 3 Star)
22:55
Raising Arizona (Film)
The Coen Brothers' classic comedy stars Nicolas Cage as H I McDunnough, a small time crook who has spent more time inside than out. Determined to go straight, he marries the police department's official photographer Edwina and the two set up home. But she can't conceive and, in desperation, they steal one of magnate Nathan Arizona's quintuplets, on the principle he won't miss one. But when Arizona discovers he's a baby short, he assigns both the FBI and bounty hunter Tex Cobb to the case, and the couple's only hope is to flee into the desert in search of freedom.
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray
(Subtitles, 15, 1987, 4 Star)
00:50
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Chat Show)
The 1970s and 80s saw a renaissance in film making in Australia, with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, My Brilliant Career and The Getting of Wisdom just three titles that were universally acclaimed. But at the same time, Ozploitation movies were being produced at an almost industrial rate. Mark Hartley's joyous celebration features such luminary directors as Brian Trenchard-Smith and interviews with Quentin Tarantino and Barry Humphries, who offers his recipe for perfect screen vomit. He also looks at the three main genres: ***, horror and action pix, with clips from titles including The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Razorback and The Man from Hong Kong. Visceral horror, nudity, ***ual violence and strong language.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2008, 4 Star)
02:50
Paul Special (Chat Show)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost talk about their new road-trip comedy that finds them teaming up with an alien passenger called Paul.
03:00
Never Let Me Go Special (Entertainment)
Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield talk about the new film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go.
(Repeat, Subtitles)
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