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11:00The Straight Story[SUB AD]
An old man embarks on a bizarre cross-country journey to visit his estranged brother, hoping to heal the rift between them before it is too late. Though his eyesight leaves much to be desired, he carries on regardless - choosing a motorised lawnmower as his form of transport. David Lynch's drama, starring Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway, Everett McGill and Harry Dean StantonFilm/General Movie/Drama

13:10Jane Eyre[SUB AD BW]
A naive young woman becomes governess in a mysterious Yorkshire mansion and before long she is completely besotted with her charismatic but intimidating employer. Little does she suspect he is concealing a dark secret from her. Romantic period drama based on Charlotte Bronte's novel, starring Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead and Margaret O'BrienFilm/General Movie/Drama

15:05Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
<sub>A post-apocalyptic tribe faces constant danger from a rival faction and a species of giant insects. The daughter of the kingdom's leader hopes to find a way to communicate peacefully with the bugs rather than destroying them, only to uncover a plan to repeat the cataclysm that nearly destroyed their world. Hayao Miyazaki's animated fantasy, with the voices of Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman and Uma ThurmanFilm/Animated Movie/Drama/Fantasy

17:25The Mark of Zorro[SUB AD]
A 19th-century nobleman returns to his Californian home to find the local people living under the tyranny of a cruel military officer. He adopts the guise of a masked hero, fighting oppression wherever he finds it, while acting like a foppish aristocrat in his day-to-day life to avoid suspicion. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Frank Langella and Ricardo MontalbanFilm/Adventure/War

19:00Three Men and a Baby
The lives of three flat-sharing bachelors are turned upside down when they discover a baby on their doorstep. While trying to get to grips with the necessary parenting skills, they find themselves under threat from criminals searching for missing drugs. Comedy, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg and Nancy TravisFilm/Comedy

21:00The War of the Roses
A Washington lawyer and his wife decide to divorce, but when it comes to dividing possessions - especially their magnificent house - it turns into an increasingly ferocious battle of wills, schemes and one-upmanship which is likely to end in tears. Black comedy, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, who also directedFilm/Comedy

23:15The Accused
A down-at-heel waitress vows to bring to justice the gang who raped her in a small-town bar - but is shocked when her attackers are given a light sentence. Determined not to be beaten, she persuades the district attorney to prosecute the men who watched the attack but did nothing to stop it. Oscar-winning drama, starring Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi and Woody BrownFilm/General Movie/Drama

01:25My Beautiful Laundrette
An Asian teenager joins forces with a former National Front member to open a trendy laundrette, but as the project develops, so does the boys' relationship - leading to mixed feelings and racial tension. Stephen Frears' comedy drama, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke and Saeed Jaffrey. Written by Hanif KureishiFilm/General Movie/Drama

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  11:00Porco Rosso[HD]
  A 1930s flying ace cursed with the head of a pig scrapes a living protecting ships in the Adriatic from airborne bandits. However, his daring deeds look set to come to an abrupt end when a deadly rival attempts to ground the plucky porker - permanently. Hayao Miyazaki's animated adventure, with the voices of Shuichiro Moriyama and Tokiko KatoFilm/Animated Movie/Drama

  12:50A Ticket to Tomahawk[SUB HD]
  The daughter of a railway pioneer sets out to prove her trains can beat a rival's stagecoaches to the same destination. However, the competition is marred by a campaign of dirty tricks, and the locomotive passengers - a travelling salesman and a chorus of showgirls - get dragged into the conflict. Comedy Western, starring Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Arthur Hunnicutt and Walter BrennanFilm/Comedy/Western

  14:40David and Bathsheba[SUB HD]
  King David embarks on a reckless affair with the wife of a loyal soldier, and arranges for her husband to be killed. In time he starts to neglect his duties to his people, finally incurring the wrath of God - who sends drought and famine to plague the land, forcing David to atone. Biblical drama, starring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey and Kieron MooreFilm/General Movie/Drama

  16:55The Hunters[SUB HD]
  A former Second World War pilot leads a squadron on a series of daring missions deep into enemy territory in Korea. However, one assignment seems set to fail as a flight lieutenant's nerve cracks under the strain and the squadron leader tries to save the situation. Action adventure, starring Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, May Britt and Lee PhilipsFilm/Adventure/War

  19:00Eragon[SUB AD HD]
  A young farm boy discovers a dragon's egg, which hatches into the last surviving specimen of its mighty race. His friendship with the winged creature soon comes in handy when he discovers he is destined to overthrow the evil tyrant who has taken control of the kingdom. Fantasy adventure, starring Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Robert Carlyle and John Malkovich, with Rachel Weisz providing the voice of the dragonFilm/Fantasy

  21:00Braveheart[SUB HD]
  Account of the life of medieval Scottish hero William Wallace. After the slaughter of his father and brother, young Wallace is taken in by his uncle, who teaches him how to use not only his brawn but his brain - which he employs to great effect years later when he resolves to drive the English out of Scotland. Oscar-winning historical epic, directed by and starring Mel Gibson. With Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau and Catherine McCormackFilm/General Movie/Drama

  00:20Comrades[HD]
  The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the 19th-century farm labourers who took a stand against the harsh treatment and poor wages handed out by the land owner who employed them. Fearing the loss of his livelihood, the ruthless farmer takes desperate measures to crush the uprising. Historical drama, starring Robin Soans, Robert Stephens and Michael HordernFilm/General Movie/Drama

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Film4 Listings for Friday 15th October

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night


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11:00
Dallas (Film)
Western starring Gary Cooper as Blayde Hollister, an ex-Confederate officer who poses as a newly appointed US Marshal to exact vengance against brothers Bryant, Will and Longfellow Maarlow for plundering his estate and murdering his family.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 3 Star)


12:50
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film)
Nominated for five Oscars, Michael Curtiz's lush historical drama stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as one of her favourites, the Earl of Essex. She is infatuated with him but is also aware he has designs on her throne. Essex, while not immune to her charms, has a roving eye which encourages Lady Penelope Gray, only for her hopes to be dashed. Donald Crisp plays Francis Bacon, friend to both the Queen and the Earl while among those plotting Essex's downfall are Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Jr., Vincent Price
(Subtitles, U, 1939, 3 Star)


14:55
Hills of Home (Film)
Fred M Wilcox directs this adventure, starring Lassie and Edmund Gwenn as her owner, Dr William MacLure. Lassie has an aversion to water, despite the doctor's best efforts to coax her into it, but when his life is in danger, she overcomes her phobia and saves him. Unfortunately, not soon enough, but MacLure manages to pass on her ownership to the two romantic leads, Tammas Milton and Margit Mitchell.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen
(Subtitles, U, 1948, 3 Star)


16:45
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Film)
The third outing for the Magnificent Seven is led by George Kennedy as Chris, the legendary gunman enlisted to help free the incarcerated rebel leader Quinetero and aid the Mexican revolution. He assembles a posse of disparate fighters, including James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Joe Don Baker and Scott Thomas, and they head for the prison and a date with destiny.
Director: Paul Wendkos
Starring: George Kennedy, James Whit, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Scott Thomas
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1969, 2 Star)


18:50
The Family Stone (Film)
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear. Edited for language.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2005, 3 Star)




21:00
Walk the Line (Film)
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash, and Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon plays June Carter in James Mangold's acclaimed biographical film about country music's legendary 'man in black'. The film follows Cash from his childhood, where he was touched by tragedy, through his years on the road to his marriage to June Carter, who was country royalty, and their struggle to find happiness as she weans him off booze and drugs. Walk the Line is a warts-and-all biopic, showing Cash's faults as well as his undoubted star quality as one of the greatest singer/songwriters that America has ever produced.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2005, 4 Star)


23:35
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
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2006, 4 Star)


01:40
Solaris (Film)
Steven Soderbergh's re-make of the classic Andrei Torkovsky film stars George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a therapist sent to mentor a group of astronauts on the Prometheus space station, where the remaining crew are both locked in their own fears, speaking of visions of lost loved ones. Kelvin is, at first, sceptical, but when his deceased wife appears to him, he begins to wonder what influence the mysterious planet Solaris has on the human psyche.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho
(Subtitles, 12, 2002, 3 Star)

Film4 Listings for Tuesday 19th October

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night


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03:25
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


11:00
The Tall Men (Film)
Rousing action Western about a Civil War veteran who, with his brother Cameron Mitchell, agrees to crooked cattleman Robert Ryan's offer to be trail boss on a massive cattle drive from Texas to Montana. On the way they meet Nella from the Indians who decides to ride with them.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan GarcĂ­a, Harry Shannon
(Subtitles, U, 1955, 3 Star)


13:20
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


13:25
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film)
Nominated for five Oscars, Michael Curtiz's lush historical drama stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as one of her favourites, the Earl of Essex. She is infatuated with him but is also aware he has designs on her throne. Essex, while not immune to her charms, has a roving eye which encourages Lady Penelope Gray, only for her hopes to be dashed. Donald Crisp plays Francis Bacon, friend to both the Queen and the Earl while among those plotting Essex's downfall are Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Jr., Vincent Price
(Subtitles, U, 1939, 3 Star)


15:30
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Film)
For a brief period in the 60s, there was a fad for madcap movies such as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Monte Carlo or Bust, The Great Race and Around the World in 80 Days, and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines rightfully joins the list of those that worked. Newspaper publisher Lord Rawnsley puts up a ÂŁ10,000 prize for the winner of a flight from London to Paris and soon his daughter Patricia, her would-be husband Richard, his rival for her hand and a motley collection of aviators are gathered, ready for the race to begin. Among them, of course, is the requisite villain, Sir Percy Ware-Armitage, aided by his put-upon servant Courtney. Although the gags are flagged, the cast are all game for the fun and respect should go to cinematographer Christopher Challis and the anonymous stuntmen who, for some of the scenes, had to fly planes that were only slightly more robust than the original pre-WWI craft they were modelled on.
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Fröbe
(Widescreen, Subtitles, U, 1965, 3 Star)




18:05
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


18:15
Anna and the King (Film)
Jodie Foster stars as Anna Leonowens, a prim English governess engaged by King Mongkut of Siam to educate his children. At first, the two cultures clash but as the pair get to know each other, romance begins to blossom, threatened only by a plot against the throne.
Director: Andy Tennant
Starring: Jodie Foster, Yun-Fat Chow, Ling Bai, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 1999, 3 Star)


21:00
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Film)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star in Doug Liman's all-action thriller as an apparently typical suburban couple, attending marriage counselling in an attempt to reignite their relationship. What neither of them knows is that the other is a highly skilled assassin; until they each get a call for their next job. Accidentally double-booked, they both discover the truth about their spouse's secret existence and are now in danger, not only from their respective organisations, but also from each other. But it's amazing what the frisson of danger can do for a jaded marriage... As well as becoming an off-screen item during filming, Pitt and Jolie play a believable couple on screen, bickering through the mayhem and looking like they actually had fun making the film.
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Keith David
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2005, 3 Star)


23:15
Tulpan (Film)
Sergei Dvortsevoy's amazing Cannes-winning comedy drama is set on Kazakhstan's bleak Hunger Steppe where Asa, a young sailor recently discharged from the Russian Navy, is living in a yurt with his sister Samai and her family. He is determined to become a shepherd and to marry a local woman but the only single one is Tulpan, who turns him down because his ears are too big. Can Asa change her mind and can he and Samai halt the increase in stillborn lambs in their flock?
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy
Starring: Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Ondas Besikbasov, Samal Esljamova, Askhat Kuchencherekov, Bereke Turganbayev
(Premiere, In Kazakh and Russian with English Subtitles, 12, 2008, 4 Star)


01:10
The Dreamers (Film)
Bernado Bertolucci's film, scripted by Gilbert Adair from his novel, and set in 1968, stars Michael Pitt as an American student who enters the lives of Parisians Theo and his sister Isabelle. The three share a love of the movies but soon their relationship is one of sexual entanglement. The film's plot is counter-pointed with extracts from classic films that almost act as a Greek chorus on their relationships, while the trio's reality is affected by the growing unrest on the streets.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
(In English and French with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 18, 2003, 2 Star)




03:25
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)

Film4 Listings for Thursday 21st October

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night


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03:20
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


11:00
I Am Cuba (Film)
Showing in a restored version, Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov's propaganda film charts the rise of the Cuban revolution through four stories; a prostitute, a farmer, student revolutionaries and finally, Castro's forces are profiled to show the evil of the Batista regime and the right of the revolutionaries to fight him. Although the politics are somewhat obvious, the film is rightly revered for its artistry, with Kalatozov using techniques, angles and set-up that were, at the time, genuinely revolutionary.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, JosĂ© Gallardo, RaĂșl JimĂ©nez, Luz MarĂ­a Collazo, Jean Bouise
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, Black and White, PG, 1964, 4 Star)


13:45
Sea Wife (Film)
An offbeat melodrama. An RAF officer, a Sea Wife, a nun, a brash businessman and a purser all end up drifting on a life raft in the Indian Ocean after their ship is torpedoed. Romantic and racial tensions divide the four as they hope for rescue in Bob McNaught's taut film.
Director: Bob McNaught
Starring: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson
(Subtitles, U, 1957, 2 Star)


15:25
Boomerang (Film)
Elia Kazan's Oscar-nominated classic noir thriller, based on a true-life case, stars Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey, a New England State Attorney who is determined to prove vagrant John Waldron innocent of the murder of a prominent churchman.
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1947, 4 Star)


17:10
Death Drums along the River (Film)
Exciting location-filmed thriller based on Sanders of the River and starring Richard Todd as Inspector Sanders, investigating diamond smuggling, mystery and murder in deepest Africa.
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Starring: Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Vivi Bach, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla, Jeremy Lloyd
(Subtitles, PG, 1963, 2 Star)




18:50
The Family Stone (Film)
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear. Edited for language.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2005, 3 Star)


20:50
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


21:00
The Insider (Film)
"60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honour a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court.
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1999, 4 Star)


00:05
Dance with a Stranger (Film)
Miranda Richardson stars in this moving recreation of the events that led Ruth Ellis to become the last woman in Britain to be hanged, telling the story of her torrid love affair with handsome racing driver and its tragic consequences. With Stratford Johns, Ian Holm and Matthew Carol.
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Tom Chadbon
(Subtitles, 15, 1985, 3 Star)


02:00
The Hole (Film)
Nick Hamm's dark thriller sees public school student Thora Birch desperate for the attention of handsome Desmond Harrington. Fellow pupil Daniel Brocklebank suggests the pair plus two other friends bunk off a geography school trip and sneak off to a disused bomb shelter for three days where she'll have a chance to make her move. But after three days, Brocklebank isn't back to release the four and, as the days go on, the four are, literally, dying to get out. Told in flashback by one survivor, this is one of the most chilling films of recent years and proof that British directors can do cerebral horror.
Director: Nick Hamm
Starring: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley, Embeth Davidtz
(Subtitles, 15, 2001, 3 Star)

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11:00The Way Home
A spoilt seven-year-old boy is horrified when he is sent to live with his mute grandmother in a remote area of South Korea. At first the poverty and the solitude prove too much for him - but, as time passes, his anger begins to ebb away and he develops a deep affection for the old lady. Drama, starring Eul-boon Kim, Seung-ho Yu and Hyo-hee DongFilm/General Movie/Drama

12:45Gaslight[SUB BW]
A newlywed couple move into the former residence of an heiress who was murdered 20 years earlier. Rumours persist of a priceless stash of rubies hidden within the house and, when an ex-policeman recognises the husband as a relative of the murdered woman, he suspects the man has returned to claim the missing loot. Thriller, starring Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell and Cathleen CordellFilm/Detective/Thriller

14:30Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines[SUB HD]
In a bid to boost the sales of his newspaper, a publisher offers to sponsor the first London-to-Paris air race. Among the motley assortment of characters that signs up for the challenge is a scheming nobleman bent on sabotaging the efforts of the other entrants. British period comedy, starring Terry-Thomas, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Robert Morley, Benny Hill, Tony Hancock, Eric Sykes and Gert FrobeFilm/Comedy

17:05The Time Machine
<sub>A Victorian scientist creates a machine that catapults him through time and sends him far into the future to a nightmarish age when the human race has divided into two species - one a gentle childlike race dwelling on the surface of the planet, the other a subterranean tribe of cannibals. Sci-fi adventure, starring Rod Taylo, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young and Sebastian CabotFilm/Science Fiction

19:10Taxi[SUB HD]
A bumbling New York cop is unable to pursue a gang of bank robbers in their souped-up getaway car because he does not have a driving licence. Fortunately, help is on hand in the form of a taxi driver with dreams of becoming a racing driver, and whose customised cab can give the crooks a run for their money. Comedy thriller remake, starring Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon and Gisele BundchenFilm/Comedy

21:00The Sentinel[SUB HD]
A secret service agent is convinced a member of a neo-Nazi militant group has infiltrated the White House. But his attempt to investigate comes to a halt when he is framed for murder and blackmailed over his affair with the president's wife. As he battles to clear his name, his former protege is given the task of bringing him to justice. Spy thriller, starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria Parker, Kim Basinger and the late Jackie BurroughsFilm/Detective/Thriller

23:05Que la bete meure
A grieving father becomes obsessed with avenging his son's death in a car accident, and ingratiates himself with the family of the driver. However, his conscience is pricked by his closeness to the family, while someone else also has murder on their mind. French thriller, directed by the late Claude Chabrol and starring Michael Duchaussoy and Caroline CellierFilm/Detective/Thriller

01:15The Hole
Four school friends escape the tedium of a field trip by hiding in an underground bunker, only to realise they are inexplicably sealed in. As panic gnaws away at them, tensions inevitably rise, and they desperately try to work out how they can escape. Thriller, starring Thora Birch, Keira Knightley, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Embeth Davidtz and Steven WaddingtonFilm/Detective/Thriller

03:20Close</sub>

Film4 Listings for Friday 15th October

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night


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11:00
Dallas (Film)
Western starring Gary Cooper as Blayde Hollister, an ex-Confederate officer who poses as a newly appointed US Marshal to exact vengance against brothers Bryant, Will and Longfellow Maarlow for plundering his estate and murdering his family.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 3 Star)


12:50
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film)
Nominated for five Oscars, Michael Curtiz's lush historical drama stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as one of her favourites, the Earl of Essex. She is infatuated with him but is also aware he has designs on her throne. Essex, while not immune to her charms, has a roving eye which encourages Lady Penelope Gray, only for her hopes to be dashed. Donald Crisp plays Francis Bacon, friend to both the Queen and the Earl while among those plotting Essex's downfall are Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Jr., Vincent Price
(Subtitles, U, 1939, 3 Star)


14:55
Hills of Home (Film)
Fred M Wilcox directs this adventure, starring Lassie and Edmund Gwenn as her owner, Dr William MacLure. Lassie has an aversion to water, despite the doctor's best efforts to coax her into it, but when his life is in danger, she overcomes her phobia and saves him. Unfortunately, not soon enough, but MacLure manages to pass on her ownership to the two romantic leads, Tammas Milton and Margit Mitchell.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen
(Subtitles, U, 1948, 3 Star)


16:45
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Film)
The third outing for the Magnificent Seven is led by George Kennedy as Chris, the legendary gunman enlisted to help free the incarcerated rebel leader Quinetero and aid the Mexican revolution. He assembles a posse of disparate fighters, including James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Joe Don Baker and Scott Thomas, and they head for the prison and a date with destiny.
Director: Paul Wendkos
Starring: George Kennedy, James Whit, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Scott Thomas
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1969, 2 Star)


18:50
The Family Stone (Film)
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear. Edited for language.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2005, 3 Star)




21:00
Walk the Line (Film)
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash, and Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon plays June Carter in James Mangold's acclaimed biographical film about country music's legendary 'man in black'. The film follows Cash from his childhood, where he was touched by tragedy, through his years on the road to his marriage to June Carter, who was country royalty, and their struggle to find happiness as she weans him off booze and drugs. Walk the Line is a warts-and-all biopic, showing Cash's faults as well as his undoubted star quality as one of the greatest singer/songwriters that America has ever produced.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2005, 4 Star)


23:35
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
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2006, 4 Star)


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Solaris (Film)
Steven Soderbergh's re-make of the classic Andrei Torkovsky film stars George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a therapist sent to mentor a group of astronauts on the Prometheus space station, where the remaining crew are both locked in their own fears, speaking of visions of lost loved ones. Kelvin is, at first, sceptical, but when his deceased wife appears to him, he begins to wonder what influence the mysterious planet Solaris has on the human psyche.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho
(Subtitles, 12, 2002, 3 Star)