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by paulofilmo
Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:25 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: UK TV Film Recommendations
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Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

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Film4:
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Funny Ha Ha (Film)
Andrew Bujalski's film sat on the shelf until 2007, when it was finally released to critical acclaim. Marnie is 23 years old and encountering that post-university problem. What do you do when the social structures that supported you disappear? As she drifts through temp jobs and relationships with Mitchell and Alex, the film captures her attempts to take control of her life, including a desultory 'to-do' list that she never quite gets round to achieving, but in a wry observational way rather than in a condemnatory fashion. At the end, she's offered a chance that could lead to something better but her surprising decision still leaves an upbeat ending to an engaging directorial debut.
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Kate Dollenmayer, Mark Herlehy, Christian Rudder, Jennifer L. Schaper, Myles Paige, Marshall Lewy
(2003, 15, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Film4:
16:45
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Film)
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" is the famous quote from what is considered to be one of John Ford's finest westerns, and it pretty much sums up the film. Greenhorn lawyer Ransom Stoddard sets up in a frontier town where everyone, bar the tough-but-decent Tom Doniphon, fears the brutal bully Liberty Valance. As Stoddard's influence grows and Valance's wanes, a confrontation between the two seems inevitable. And duly it comes, with a result that shocks the town.
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1962, PG, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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TCM:
23:40
Coming Home (Film)
Emotional war drama starring Jon Voight in his award winning role as a paraplegic war veteran who finds life difficult after returning to America from the war in Vietnam.
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
(1978, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:10

ITV1:
22:35
Full Metal Jacket (Film)
A powerful study of warfare, from basic training to the killing fields of Vietnam. The dehumanising effects of US marine corps training constitute the first part of the film, which deals with the recruits' reactions to a relentless drill sergeant. But it is not until the soldiers reach Southeast Asia that the brutal consequences of their military commitment are fully realised.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Followed by Itv News Headlines, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1987, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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More4:
21:00
Brassed Off (Film)
This award-winning FilmFour production marked the directorial debut of writer/director Mark Herman. Brassed Off is the passionate, moving story of a small mining community struggling to survive when its chief industry is closed down to devastating effect, leaving the colliery brass band as its only point of pride.
Director: Mark Herman
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1996, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Brassed Off (Film)
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