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by paulofilmo
Sat May 15, 2010 7:51 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: UK TV Film Recommendations
Replies: 203
Views: 631633

Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

BBC2:
14:15
The Man From Laramie (Film)
Challenging western typifying the partnership between director Anthony Mann and James Stewart, who forgoes the heroics to play the stranger who arrives in New Mexico to find his brother's killer. When a cattle baron tries to silence him the stranger's tenacity doubles, as does the hatred of the local townsfolk, who stand between him and justice.
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1955, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:55

TCM:
18:30
The Manchurian Candidate (Film)
Classic wartime thriller about two soldiers returning from the Korean war and haunted by nightmares and start to investigate the reasons behind them.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory
(Black and White, 1962, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
21:00

CH4:
21:00
Die Hard (Film)
High enery action movie about a New York cop who launches a one-man rescue operation when a gang of crooks crash a party in an LA office block and take everyone hostage, including his estranged wife.
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason
(Editor's Choice, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1988, 18, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:35
Saturday Night Fever (Film)
The film that sold a million white jackets, took disco out from the underground and into the charts, revived the careers of The Bee Gees and made a superstar out of Oscar-nominated John Travolta. Travolta plays Tony Manero, a no-hoper paint delivery boy who comes alive on the dance floor, either alone or with partner Stephanie, as they try to win the $500 dancing prize on offer.
Director: John Badham
Starring: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape, Donna Pescow
(Widescreen, 1977, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:50

BBC2:
00:10
The Breakfast Club (Film)
Five school kids - an athlete, a spoiled rich kid, a brainy nerd, an introverted loner and a rebellious punk - are brought together on a day-long detention where they break the rules, bare their souls and find they have more in common than just attending the same high school. One of the plethora of 80s teen films, John Hughes's bittersweet 'brat pack' comedy has many perceptive moments.
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Ally Sheedy
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:45
Scanners (Film)
Innovative sci-fi horror story about a group of people with the ability to control other people's minds and bodies, with often fatal results. The powers - the result of a thalidomide-like drug given to a group of pregnant women - are being used for evil purposes by a child of the experiment. His brother is recruited by the doctor behind the original project to stop the evil sibling and his fellow scanners.
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Robert A. Silverman
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1981, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
03:25

Film4:
01:30
Lake Tahoe (Film)
Fernando Eimbcke's drama, set in Yucatán, Mexico, stars Diego Cataño as Juan, a teenager who crashes the family car into a telephone pole. Trying to obtain the spare part he needs to get it back on the road, he comes across a disparate range of characters, all the while avoiding going back to his home. But in time, the underlying reasons behind his angst and the anger that led to the accident are revealed.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II, Yemil Sefani, Olda López
(Widescreen, In Spanish and English with English Subtitles, 2008, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
by paulofilmo
Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:15 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: UK TV Film Recommendations
Replies: 203
Views: 631633

Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

Five
13:15
The Asphalt Jungle (Film)
Drama about an ex-con's attempt to pull off one last heist, with the help of a crooked lawyer. But just when the painstaking planning appears to be paying off, the gang is dealt a shattering blow and their ambitious enterprise is reduced to a desperate bid to evade the police net tightening around them. Featuring an early appearance by Marilyn Monroe.
Director: John Huston
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1950, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:25
18:05
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Film)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the infamous bank and train robbers who, finally tracked by a persistent posse, decamp for the quiet life in Bolivia with Katharine Ross, Sundance's girl, where they pass into legend. George Roy Hill's classic western offers one of cinema's most enduring pairings.
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, 1969, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
20:00

TCM:
13:00
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Film)
Seminal 60s tale of rebellion and class warfare with BAFTA- winner Courtenay as Colin, the angry young man whose speed and stamina could help his ambitious borstal warden snatch the cup from the toffs' team. But Colin is running his own race.
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam, Joe Robinson
(Black and White, 1962, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:00
TCM:
23:15
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Film)
Comedy about two drag queens and a transexual who travel across the Outback to perform at a drag show. Starring Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce.
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Rebel Russell, John Casey
(1994, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:10

Ch4:
03:10
Champion (Film)
A boxer uses women, mobsters and his disabled brother to get the middleweight title.
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1949, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
04:45